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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1973
Page
1
Nixon administration ends price freeze on most foods except beef, with wage limits at 5.5 percent plus fringes. Beef prices delayed until Sept. 12, while other sectors face delayed pass through of increased costs by Aug. 12. Health care fees also freed immediately as Phase IV shifts to new controls.
Herbert L. Stein, head of the President's economic advisory council, warns that the Phase IV package will not please either producers or consumers. The food sector gets heavy scrutiny as Nixon notes no solution can fully prevent price rises, with a expected bulge over several months and easing later.
A Paradise Valley couple, Henry B. Shafer and Mary Shafer, and a New York visitor, Otto Guth, suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash at Casa Blanca and East McDonald Drive. The Shafer car failed to yield at a stop sign and struck an eastbound car driven by June Ruth Wulsin before hitting a northbound vehicle. All were treated and released from Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.
A free dance for mentally and physically handicapped teenagers and adults runs 6 30 to 9 p m Friday at the Jaycee Clubhouse on Hinton Avenue north of Osborn Road. Sponsored by the Needy Children's Society with Harold Kay Band and Scottsdale Optimist clowns, it includes prizes and refreshments and will be supervised. The next event is a Labor Day Fun Day at Eldorado Park with games and contests.
Arizona Highway Patrolman Allen Hansen died at Maricopa County Hospital after burns from a propane gas explosion two weeks earlier. The blast during transfer from a railroad tanker to a storage tank destroyed three businesses injured about 100 people and caused $1 million in damage. Kingman city declared a disaster area to obtain funds.
Hopi Chairman Clarence Hamilton asks federal court to declare Navajo leader Peter MacDonald in contempt for failing to comply with a 1972 order dividing 1.8 million acres in northern Arizona. Navajo Attorney Larry Ruzow says the Navajo have no livestock in the joint area and thus no authority to remove animals.
A summarized Q and A on Nixon Phase IV controls detailing the wage and price freeze through August 12 for most sectors, food price moves, sector based post August rules, exemptions for rents and small employers, and the plan to avoid gas rationing with new ceiling prices on petroleum. The piece notes mandatory wage rules, exemptions, and debates on ending the program by year end.
Abram Crumley and L. J. Gray filed a federal suit in Phoenix alleging they were moved from trusty to maximum security on false homosexual activity accusations. Named defendants include former warden Bud Gomes and guards Captains Robert Lenox and Andy Jiminez and officer Abner Whitaker.
Yuma Kofa High School teacher Carl Winters sues Boyd Chambers a citrus grower for 200000 accusing him of defaming him on radio and TV by claiming Winters punished students for personal views.
Rep. John Conlan announced an 18 month, $2 million NASA award to Sperry Flight Systems in Deer Valley for continuing development of a navigation guidance and control system for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
The Arizona State Supreme Court ruled a search warrant cannot be declared invalid solely due to the judge not signing it. The case against Oscar Willams Jr. of Yuma for raping a 17 year old girl was ordered to stand trial.
Pinal County Sheriff Coy Dearman urged a law banning mixed chemical loads in a single truck or railcar after a dangerous incident prompted evacuations for about 200 residents. The evacuated group returned home Wednesday once a wrecked truck carrying chemicals was removed.
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