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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1974
Page
1
Brezhnev announced plans to sign a series of arms limitation agreements with Nixon. He said the accords would limit antimissile missiles and underground testing and strengthen world peace. Nixon said progress exists but many problems remain in ending the arms race.
scattered heavy rains provided brief relief from drought and heat but failed to reduce forest fire danger. Nogales reported 1.40 inches, Safford 0.72, Tucson 0.69 with Bisbee 0.05 and a trace in Douglas. flash flooding occurred in the Santa Rita mountains near Tucson with nearly 3 inches and hail.
Scottsdale School District official Jack Kearney says Cherokee Elementary near 56th Street and Tomahawk Trail will be completed by July 22 with remaining work done within a week. Furniture moves begin late July, with teachers moving in August 19 for a September 5 opening. Final equipment purchases total about 350000.
Continental Homes proposes trading north of Indian School Road land for more park space to satisfy city planners. The plan centers on a three acre park and a golf course spanning to Thomas Road, with city and private land involved and debate over public access and equity among developers.
City planners project 1980 traffic load will require spend between 10 and 12 million dollars over five years for street upgrades. Bauman warns several road segments will be overloaded even with improvements, while proposing six-lane expansions on McDowell Scottsdale and Hayden. Council weighs truck routing concerns and downtown parking revisions.
Paradise Valley High School seeks annexation by Phoenix and the City Council informally agreed. District officials say city oversight on a 40acre site north of Bell Road and 40th Street will aid emergencies crowd control and fire protection, according to Principal Chris Carrino.
The Scottsdale Federation of Teachers led by Larry Bell frames itself as a watchdog enforcing contracts to win trust for future programs. Parents and administrators clash over power, evaluation criteria, and school staffing amid perceived union seniority blocks and calls for more community involvement.
About 350 demonstrators from Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the Winter Soldier Organization marched from their Capitol mall encampment to the Veterans Administration to press for increased benefits. AAA says Fourth of July travel should face no gas shortages nationwide.
Washington officials say retail meat prices will rise this summer but supplies will rise and push prices down in the fall. Agriculture Undersecretary J. Phil Campbell said beef imports in 1974 are expected to fall 11 percent from 1973, and no import quotas are needed.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Raymond Choate vacated a contempt order against newsman William Farr. The ruling cites state law protecting immunity to shield sources, restoring Farr’s status in relation to a grand jury.
The House Judiciary Committee began a new phase of its impeachment inquiry by hearing Alexander Butterfield, the former White House aide who revealed Nixon's secret taping system.
The Chinese delegation at the Caracas Convention on the Laws of the Sea accuses the United States and the Soviet Union of trying to monopolize and plunder the world oceans. It pledges support for developing nations seeking to secure territorial control up to 200 miles from shore.
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