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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1970
Page
9
The Scottsdale School District invites residents to weigh in on offerings for a 587000 vocational-technical center to be built for students and adults. Courses may include business accounting cosmetology electronics machine shop nurse aide and auto work with completion aimed for fall 1972.
Brisk winds and a humid air mass sparked thundershowers from the Gulf coast to the Northeast. About 20 families evacuated in Garfield Heights Ohio after roof damage from downed trees and power lines. A Allentown bus crash tied to a thunderstorm left seven dead and 51 injured as 60 mph winds flattened an airport hangar and damaged planes. In Cherokee Iowa a tank exploded at Sun Oil refinery without injuries. Little Rock and parts of Maryland and Delaware recorded nearly an inch of rain.
City Manager Leland McPherson announced an 8 a.m. Friday deadline for 38 striking firefighters to return to work after the council balked at a 15 percent demand. Firefighters trecked out Tuesday as picket lines formed around city offices and garbage pickups halted. Spokesman Frank Costigan said sympathy and expected support from other state fire crews were noted as an afternoon meeting was planned.
Senator Paul Fannin told Squaw Peak Republican Women critics of President Nixon sidetrack his programs for political reasons. He said administration critics create a climate to undermine the nation’s January 1969 confidence and optimism.
Dan Bartos joined a growing list of hopefuls for Scottsdale City Council after announcing willingness to be appointed to the vacancy created by R L Jones resignation. Bartos, who finished tenth in last February’s ten candidate primary and previously sought the mayoralty in 1968, may be considered at an executive council meeting Friday with a decision likely at Tuesday’s council session.
Neighbors in Omaha report a possible raccoon or skunk hiding in a laundry area at Babe Cina home. Denita Simonson seeks permission to place food and water outside the space while readers offer trapping tips and deterrents.
A sharp upswing on the New York Stock Exchange propelled blue chips higher with about 12 million shares traded and the Dow Jones up 11.78 to 723.44, amid hopes of stronger June quarter earnings and a potential GDP upturn signaling end of slowdown.
Campaign leaders seek nearly 180000 in contributions to establish the International Transportation Institute a college level facility near Chandler to research educational technology for aviation train air transportation personnel The project would be a joint venture of academia industry and the federal government and is expected to draw about 2000 students to the Valley creating jobs and boosting the economy
Police report an armed robbery at Wesley Jewelers on West Fifth Avenue where two men tied the owner and a clerk. Estimated loot reaches $100,000 though inventory remains incomplete. Suspects described as 25 to 35, about six feet tall, wearing white shoes sunglasses with rust stripe shirt and pants. second man in white shirt blue pants. possible wig.
The last of a series of Scottsdale health education discussions is at the Education Center on 44th Street tonight at 7 30. A parent committee has reviewed materials and topics for nearly four months and approved a 23 point framework for inclusion in any course.
The Scottsdale Progress reports 616 entrants in the Rain Derby while weather expert Willard Greene cautions limited rain chances. He cites shifting Bermuda Hawaii pressure patterns and sun radiation changes as possible causes, with last night’s Valley thunderstorms described as dry. Hope hinges on a Baja California hurricane or Rockies coal wave bringing torrents, but for now entrants seek prizes from 18 local businesses.
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