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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1977
Page
2
Phoenix resident William T. Kory aged 18 was sentenced to five years probation for conspiring to bomb and rob three Phoenix businesses last year. He must undergo psychiatric counseling. Co defendant Alan J. Charbonneau, 19 of Oconto Falls Wisconsin, received three years probation last October.
FBI reports a hooded gunman robbed Valley National Bank in Apache Junction. He handed cash to four tellers before fleeing with 7400 dollars. Authorities describe the incident as a Monday bank heist.
A Phoenix hearing on Ned Warren Sr. change of venue motion is continued as a newspaper fights a subpoena to block access to its articles in the land fraud trial.
A Phoenix area move will establish the first local affiliate of the AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees in the nation. Local officials indicate the chapter will open within the next few months.
John William Dunleavy 2 employed by Wendell's Flower Shop in Fashion Square died Sunday from injuries in an automobile accident. Born in Brooklyn he moved to the Valley from Australia over three years ago and was a Scottsdale Community College student and Gerard High School 1975 graduate. He is survived by his parents two brothers two sisters and two grandmothers. Rosary and Mass services are scheduled at Messinger Mortuary and St Maria Goretti Church with interment at St Francis Cemetery.
David K. Dreste a freshman at Arcadia High School died at his Phoenix home. The native of Phoenix was a member of the freshman tennis team and Boy Scout Troop 448. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Dreste. Services held at Paradise Chapel Funeral Home. Memorials urged to Boy Scouts Troop 448.
Helen M. Loos, 77, of 5613 E. Wilshire Drive, died Saturday in Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Born in Iowa, she moved to the Valley in 1975 from Oakland, California, and is survived by daughter Elaine Ashby of Scottsdale, a sister, and three grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Green Acres Mortuary with entombment in Green Acres Mausoleum. Visitation 7–9 p.m. today and 2–4 p.m. and 7–9 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary.
A House Human Resources Committee heard that if Arizona fails to conform to new federal rules, employers face more than doubling their unemployment insurance tax. Charles Vance noted a 3.4 percent federal rate unless covered by state law, with credits lowering net to .7 percent. The unemployment fund, after a 1975–76 drain, had rebounded to about $30 million by December 31, aided by higher wage bases and premium taxes.
Testimony in the Maricopa Superior Court murder trial of David T. Sety proceeds. He is charged in the March 19 1976 shooting death of Donald D. Cue, 35, whose body was found at a Bartlett Lake campsite with a single head wound and six shots to the back. The case before Judge Frederic Heineman is expected to run through the week.
A 30-year-old South Phoenix man identified as Danny R. Cagle is in serious condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after a shotgun discharged while he was removing it from his car. The incident happened about a half mile south of Rio Verde and Pinnacle Peak Roads when the trigger caught on a blanket.
A 70-year-old Canadian man was found dead in the swimming pool at Scottsdale Towers Garden Apartments at about 7 10 a.m. Police withheld the name pending next of kin notification. An Air Force captain discovered the body. investigators say it will not be ruled a drowning until the county medical examiner releases an official report.
Two Scottsdale residents, rider Robert S. Ketchum and passenger Michaele Fine, suffered injuries in a Monday afternoon collision on Miller Road when a northbound car driven by Herman H. Brethour turned left into a private drive and crossed the motorcycle’s path. Brethour was cited for an improper left turn. The report also notes a separate Sunday fatal crash on Scottsdale Road near Bell Road involving Fred Gheno and John W. Dunleavy, with Dunleavy killed and others hospitalized.
A public hearing to address problems faced by Arizona families receiving AFDC grants will be held Wednesday by the Arizona Women’s Commission Task Force on the Family. The session runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Auditorium in Phoenix, and the public is invited.
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