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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1973
Page
1
Scottsdale veterans rallied over flags not flying at city hall and the library on the Fourth of July. Bill Hassard with local VFW posts criticized the lapse calling for flag duty to resume, while Acting City Manager Paul Davis promised flags will be raised on future holidays.
Sophia Loren and Richard Burton will costar for the first time in a movie directed by Vittorio De Sica. Production will start about the end of this month.
The Los Angeles Times reports mismanagement of radioactive wastes from U.S. reactors endangers thousands in broad areas. It cites leaks at Hanford near Richland Washington and Savannah River, with plutonium, strontium 90 and cesium entering the environment and water table.
The Valley is due for five degrees cooler Friday with a projected high near 110 after today’s 116. Scattered showers and gusty winds are forecast, while the Scottsdale area hit 113 Wednesday and Tucson recorded .06 inch of rain.
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce disputes a UPI report stating Santa Monica Park in California is the nation’s largest at 4,100 acres. It asserts South Mountain Park in Phoenix remains the largest at about 15,000 acres, noting California plans originally included 25,000 acres.
United Press International reports Benson legislator Rep. Hank Fenn backs widow Kathleen Awalt for the late Sen Charles Awalt’s seat calling her highly qualified and fit for appointment or election. In Virgin City Utah a Nogales family of six dies when their wagon loses brakes on Kolob Mountain. Only one survives in critical condition. victims named Donald Bartz 45 Jean unspecified ages and children Danny 11 and 13 Joy 15 Lori 14 in critical condition.
Elmer Hanson, 57, was killed while watching fireworks at North Mountain Park. Witnesses report at least six rifle shots from darkness, possibly from a nearby sundeck, with a single bullet striking Hanson in the throat.
In Greenlee County Superior Court a $101,000 suit accuses Clifton Elementary School Principal Billy McDowell of wilfully malicious conduct for refusing a 13 year old girl, Eleanor Stacy, from participating in eighth grade graduation ceremonies. Attorney Bruce Aarestad of the Arizona Liberties Union represents Stacy.
Benson Democrat Hank Fenn urged the U S Department of Transportation and the National Transportation Safety Board to bar bomb laden railroad cars from crossing southern Arizona after a spectacular local explosion. He warned another disaster could occur in a populated area and wrote the agencies requesting action.
A Wednesday blaze caused about 3000 dollars in damage to the home of Joseph Gartrell at 6528 East Hubbell Senior. Firemen confined the fire to a bedroom and a closet, with the rest of the house suffering heavy smoke damage. The cause is undetermined and no injuries were reported.
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