Scottsdale to hold first public hearing on master plan
The city schedules an 8 p.m. public hearing at the Valley Ho Hotel with planning consultant Simon Eistr presenting the master plan. City officials, including Mayor Bud Tints and City Manager Bill Donaldson, will attend alongside council and zoning commission members as opponents from the Arizona Association of Homebuilders critique density and land use while officials defend compliance with property owners' wishes. The plan maps land use for commercial, recreational, residential areas and notes school sites and major thoroughfares guiding future rezonings.
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Bud Tints
Bill Donaldson
City Planning and Zoning Commission
The
Arizona Association of Homebuilders
Arizona Canal
City Council
Planning Commission
Israel Faces Possible Blockade Challenge From Western Ships
Western ships reportedly head toward the Gulf of Aqaba to challenge Egypt’s blockade. The United States and Britain seek an open gulf via a maritime declaration while France resists. Diplomatic figures warn time is running out and the risk of wider war grows as talks continue.
Taliesin Architects Back Scottsdale Plan With Conditions
Members of Taliesin Associated Architects sent a letter to Mayor Bud Tims endorsing Scottsdale’s master plan while urging further study. The Frank Lloyd Wright foundation architects urged avoid new traffic issues, preserve canals as parks, limit left turns, add smaller schools, and refine architectural standards before final adoption.
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Taliesin Associated Architects
Bud Tims
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Scottsdale
Thunderbird
Kenneth Lockhart
Charles Montooth
E. T
Tom) Casey
Anthony Puttman
Miga
Taliesin Est
Miss Iff Draws Line in Bank Robbery Hold Up
Anna Marie Iff, 28, secretary for the Swiss National Tourist Office, handed over her purse but refused to surrender her blouse during a robbery on Market Street. The gunman fled after she grabbed his toy pistol and screamed for help.
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Anna Marie Tff
Miss Iff
5th Ave Station Reopens After Substation Revival
The Owens Fifth Avenue Drug store postal substation at 612 N. Old Scottsdale Rd reopened today after owner Jack Owens closed it May 1 over compensation concerns. Postmaster O C Wilson noted Owens’ bid won when rebid occurred.
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Scottsdale
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Nigerian civil war looming as Gowon mobilizes forces
Lagos Nigeria UPI Gowon moves to isolate Biafra secession with general mobilization and port blockade. Ojukwu declares Biafra independence while Katsina calls up reservists and warns compulsory training as diplomats fear war.
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Nigeria
UPI
Yakubu Gowon
Africa
Odtumegwu Ojukwu
Republic of
Biafra
Gowon
Hassan Katsina
Katsina
Ojukwui
Missing woman reward raised for Marion L. Robinson
The reward for information on the disappearance of Marion L. Robinson, 31, of 8702 FE Mariposa, is raised to 1500 dollars. She vanished from her Scottsdale home since May 1 amid personal troubles. No new leads in a month.
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Marion L. Robinson
FE. Mariposa
Mrs. Robinson
Scottsdale
Dave Townsend
Psychedelic Volks Car Draws Offers From Buyers
Larry Virtue, a Progress employee, surveys the world from his flower-bedecked Volkswagen painted by Don Tippit for fun. He isn’t eager to sell, yet has received several offers since the decoration.
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Don Tippit
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Particu
Direct Atlantic helicopter flight by U S Air Force crews
Two Sikorsky H-19 helicopters landed at Le Bourget after a 29 hour 4 minute flight from New York, aiming to set speed records Paris Air Show officials and dignitaries welcomed Maj. Zehnder and Maj. Murray and their five man crews as Igor Sikorsky praised the achievement. The pilots reported varied weather and high altitude drops during the nonstop crossing.
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St. Louie
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
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U.S
State Department
Normandy
Creully
Robert Boissieres
Inlaw
Donald Is. Alford
Austonia
Tex
Alford
London
International Aeronautics Federation
Igor Sikorsky
Herbert Zehnder
Remap session speeded as Democrats threaten voters
In Phoenix Republicans push a swift reapportionment as Democrats threaten to take the fight to the voters. Senate Democratic Whip Bob Stump signals rules suspension to speed action while pursuing a November 1968 ballot challenge by petition that could freeze current districts. The federal court may intervene to block changes.
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UPS
Senate
Bob Stump
Federal
Thursday in the News United Press International
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Maritime nations urged to oppose gulf blockade
Washington reports the United States joins Britain in seeking world maritime backing to keep the Gulf of Aqaba open to all. Egypt blocks the gulf while Israel relies on its Red Sea outlet. Prime Minister Wilson travels for talks with Pearson and Johnson on ending the blockade.
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Britain
Harold Wilson
America
Johnson
Lester Pearson
Middle East
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Kremlin
Dean Rusk
Yuri N
U.S
Egypt
Gulf
Wilson
Canada
Pearson
GOP Defends Reapportionment Bill In Arizona House
Republican House leaders in Phoenix defend their reapportionment bill amid charges of bias. Majority leader Burton Barr challenges opponents to prove the bill skews power by examining voter registration figures. Separately, Roger Elliott, 21, was to be arraigned for open murder in the mutilation slaying of his stepfather Phoenix contractor George Blecick, held in city jail after arrest.
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Phoenix
House
Burton Barr
Roger Elliott
Ellottt
George Blecick
Petition Drives Round Oak St Bridge Controversy
Mrs Tom Sams of 6462 K Parkview Dr leads EHy View Parents for Oak St Bridge at the Canal pushing petitions from over 500 residents to build a $35000 span linking Hy View to Tonalea and Coronado schools. Opponents led by Mrs Gerald Marchal and Bill Bryan plan a meeting to recruit against the project citing drainage needs and property values.
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K. Parkview Dr
Arizona Canal
Oak St
Hy-View
Sams
Gerald Marchal
Bill Bryan
Tonalea School
Coronado High School
Sanis
Marshall
Sama
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