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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1973
Page
1
The Scottsdale School Board heard nearly 50 staff member suggestions to replace Supt. Gabriel Reuben, who resigned for a New York position. Board member Sam Childs requested eight district employees submit up to six names each for board consideration, with internal candidates presented for selection.
The board conducted a 154 minute public session at the educational center then met privately on the superintendency issue. They discussed selection criteria and possible candidates as they gather input from teachers and administrators. The chair and others insist on thorough internal search with ongoing almost daily meetings.
Scotts dale Education Association president speculates the school board’s March shift of Jack Kearney to administrative assistant to the board created dual control over the district. He suggests Reuben left after part of his duties were removed.
The Senate Watergate committee summoned former presidential counsel John W. Dean III for a secret session today to probe reports he discussed a Watergate cover up with President Nixon on at least 35 occasions. He is set to testify under oath Tuesday during televised hearings, but investigators seek Dean’s evidence first.
The EPA announced drastic clean air plans that could eliminate automobiles in Los Angeles by 1977 and cut gasoline use and downtown parking in other areas. It may seek Congress to delay some requirements. EPA decisions cover plans by 23 states under a 1975 act to clean city air.
Saigon reports 84 Communist attacks in the first 18 hours of the new cease fire. The truce began at noon Friday after both sides ordered a halt to firing 16 hours earlier.
Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev, who had promised silence on Watergate, boarded an Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 jet for his second summit with President Nixon in Washington. This marks his third Western trip and first to the United States, with prior visits to France and West Germany.
President Nixon, buoyed by a Pekin crowd, moves toward next week’s talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Foreign policy adviser Henry Kissinger arrives for discussions at Nixon’s bayside villa as Nixon plans formal welcoming ceremonies and a week of hard bargaining at the White House.
Chrysler Corp. began seeking alternative fuel sources after Canada restricted exports to the United States at midnight Friday. A spokesman warned the ban could severely hinder production of new cars. The firm had been importing about one million gallons of Canadian fuel monthly, a quarter of its total consumption.
Police investigate two major thefts in Scottsdale totaling more than 10 000. Indian jewelry worth 6697 stolen from Sewell's Indian Arts on East Fifth Avenue after a window smashing. Appliances valued about 3700 stolen from two Chanen Construction homes on North 73rd Place via pried windows.
Town manager Oscar A. Butt announced the hiring of Paradise Valley's first full time engineer Charles Atkinson age 31 from Dibble and Associates of Phoenix at an annual salary of 12000 dollars He replaces consultant Todd Rockwell who leaves to focus on his own firm Juni Hart passes building inspector role to Roy E Jacobsen 47 from Bud Melcher and Associates Realtors who will begin duties Monday The town will consult Scottsdale officials on building inspection methods Rockwell remains as hourly consultant.
An 83-year-old great grand father and his wife Vera saved two newborn hummingbirds after a hail storm killed their mother. They kept heat on, fed them every three hours with sugar water and strained baby food under veterinary guidance before releasing hopes for their freedom.
David Richter reports a swarm of blue jays dive bombing neighbors the mailman and police in Mount Prospect Illinois. A police officer fired a BB gun to scatter the birds while a village worker labeled street signs to warn pedestrians. A baby blue jay was found in the garage as the suspected culprit.
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