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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1975
Page
2
Arab terrorists exploded a powerful charge inside an old refrigerator in downtown Jerusalem killing at least 14 and wounding 32 as shoppers prepared for Sabbath. The blast halted city activity at 10 a.m. amid a massive security search for other embassy killings and Beirut kidnapping.
Maricopa County Recorder Tom Freestone claims Congress may approve a postcard voter registration system that he calls fraud ridden and expensive. He urges residents to write to their congressional delegates in a last-ditch effort to block the program.
The University of Arizona based program for rural health care loses nearly 500000 from federal support for next year. The Arizona Regional Medical Program received 3 million but officials were told funding will be 799075.
A U.S. Customs patrol pilot traced a twin engine Lockheed Lodestar that made low level passes and landed on a remote road to a seizure of about three tons of marijuana. The aircraft was seized and two persons were arrested in Miami.
A 30 year old Scottsdale woman Pat McGregor was treated and released at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after the van she rode in collided with a northbound car at the Camelback Road and 70th Street intersection around 1 50 a m. Kenneth Vickers a 3 year old was a passenger in the van and suffered minor injuries. Dorian Beese 19 of Glendale the other driver was cited for failing to yield at a stop sign.
A flash flood swept Las Vegas causing one death and a missing man. Flood waters up to 10 feet clogged the Strip and forced closure of roads and six casinos. Police described widespread inundation and stranded vehicles as crews searched for the missing man and more flood victims.
Ethel Augusta Pinnick 87 who came to Phoenix in 1917 and earned a life member certificate from the Arizona Congress of Parents and Teachers in 1950 died Thursday at Phoenix Nursing and Convalescent Center. She lived on a farm at 2345 North 53rd Street since 1919 and taught nine years in Clay County Arkansas. A Red Cross worker in World War I she belonged to Capitol City Rebecca Lodge 30 and was survived by son Robert J two brothers and two grandchildren. Services 3 p.m. Monday at Mercer Mortuary 1541 East Thomas Road Phoenix.
Mary L. Williams 79 a former Cuyahoga Ohio school teacher died Thursday at her home 6030 North 53rd Street in Phoenix Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Messinger Mortuary Chapel 7601 East Indian School Survivors include daughter Mary E Tinker a sister and two grandchildren
John William Hoekstra 65 a retired AI Research engineer died Wednesday at Desert Samaritan Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday in Messinger Mortuary Chapel 7601 E. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and was a Mason AiResearch Employees Club and AARP member. Survivors include his widow Edith a brother and two sisters.
Betty W. Baker 66 a former Scottsdale resident until 1972 and Ohio native died this week in Salem Oregon. She lived in Scottsdale four years then moved to Oregon and was active in City Hall and Civic Plaza activities. Survived by husband B Williams three sons Thomas Ronald and David one grandchild two sisters and one brother all in Ohio. Services held Thursday in Salem.
Ten people, all Indians, died in a head on crash on State Route 98 in the Navajo Reservation near Kayenta Arizona. A pickup truck crossed the center line at about 70 mph and struck a sedan and camper leading to a fatal wreck. Witnesses described the vehicles “melted together” in the impact and both drivers were killed along with eight passengers. Additional fatalities occurred in separate Arizona accidents nearby.
The report lists Arizona’s deadliest crashes, including a two vehicle collision near Page that killed ten, a January 1944 Kingman bus train crash with twenty seven servicemen, a 1959 Phoenix bus crash killing sixteen Mexican workers, a December 1956 Phoenix car train crash with thirteen deaths, a July 4 1966 head on collision west of Tucson with ten deaths, and other nine casualty cases.
Arizona revenue officials report state sales and use tax collections reached 397.3 million for the 1974 75 fiscal year, up nearly 30 percent largely due to a July 1974 rate increase. June 1975 receipts were 35.6 million versus 26.9 million in June 1974, confirming strong growth despite a recession.
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