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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
7
Park Ranger David Ames guides visitors to a small second tier corner cell on Alcatraz where he notes it was used by Al Capone. The six by eight cubicle shows worn paint a corroded toilet and basin two shelves and a lone cracker box left by a later inmate with broken glass and rust nearby.
Tonto National Forest rules ban smoking and campfires with high fire danger. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to reopen for tours next fall after bids for ferry service. 22 acres will host 1,000 visitors daily to see Capone’s home, Birdman’s cells, and 1850 fortifications under rangers.
A Colombian airliner seized midweek by two men taken off from Guayaquil for Lima with 25 hostages aboard after a refueling stop. Police kept distance as ransom talks shifted with SAM offering 160000 dollars and plans to fly the hijackers to a Latin American refuge.
Scottsdale High School seniors share scholarship awards and special recognitions across multiple fields. Recipients include Rosann Alpers Susan Bitter Larry Field Jean Forzano Mark Johnson Debbie Ingals Terry Murray Lori Roberts Sandy Sahlin Connie Senseman and Stuart Arnsberg plus Bruce Crook Brian Chambers Jeri Johnson Tom Hall Gina Maio and more with numerous department honors. Special eighth grade awards were given last week with Amelia Sherman and Ward Benson Carr named all around top students.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety will investigate allegations guards at Arizona State Prison supplied inmates with narcotics and weapons for cash. Tape interviews claim a $1000 handgun and heroin injections via a cell gap. The probe follows an attempted escape tied to a plot against two Maricopa County judges.
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