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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1966
Page
6
Tass announced Venus 3 achieved a landing following Mariner II's near approach, while Russia touts new interplanetary flight data. U S observers note Venus atmosphere and surface remain cloaked, with high temperatures and carbon dioxide present.
Sir Bernard Lovell, head of Jodrell Bank, warned that the Venus 3 mission may have contaminated Venus with Earth organisms, jeopardizing future biological studies. He called for more evidence that the probe actually reached the surface and urged caution in planetary contamination.
Dr. Edward C. Welsh of the National Aeronautics and Space Council called the Soviet Venus 3 soft landing a spectacular payoff for Russia's planetary program. He noted Russia has invested about 25 percent of launchings toward moon Mars and Venus, far more than the U S. He said Venus 3 may stand alone for years and that the United States plans no Venus mission though a Mars landing is hoped for 1973.
In Pima County Supreme Court final arguments were delivered this afternoon in the Charles Schmid murder trial. Schmid, 23, is accused of strangling his teenage sisters Gretchen and Wendy Fritz on August 16. Neither side presented rebuttal witnesses this morning.
The Scottsdale School Board meets at 7 30 p m tonight at the All American School Center 3811 N 44th St to award a bid for fixed lecture room seats. The bid from Howes Co for seating is under review along with personnel hires and two out of state travel requests plus an experimental adult education plan for Yavapai School.
Flood control bond measure of 22.7 million dollars heads to Maricopa County voters. The Maricopa County Elections Board consolidates polling sites to about one fifth of prior locations, with districts and precincts combined at designated precincts including Coronado and Navajo for efficient balloting.
City council to consider leasing nine police sedans at 8 p.m. tonight in council chambers. Bids from three firms submitted. Also bidding for municipal pool rein, vote tally adoption from Feb 15 primary, and a general election set for March 22.
Pfc. Robert Quinlan, 18, son of Mr and Mrs William N Quinlan of Scottsdale, was shot in the right arm on a patrol near Chu Lai 350 miles north of Saigon. He has served since last June with the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines and was treated at an aid station before transfer to Clark Air Base Hospital.
Defense Department lists Pfc. Jack L. Himes of Phoenix Arizona as killed in action in Vietnam. Himes who graduated from Carl Hayden High School and previously worked for Maricopa County was killed Saturday in a battle with Viet Cong north of an unnamed area. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Landen Himes of 745 East Maryland Street.
Rezoning applicants requested continuances for two proposals. Mike Fennell agreed to delay to show city completion of an elegant shopping center at Scottsdale Rd and Lincoln Dr while Foxgal Inc also sought a pause for recreational facilities on 50 acres near Coronado Golf Course. Prior actions affected Paradise Valley planning. The commission denied Phoenix Title and Trust Co. a commercial zoning extension between Camelback and Indian School, and 76th to 77th Streets, citing opposition to easterly expansion.
A partial political line mentions Bob Stump and vote counting hints. The text is fragmentary with unclear context and no clear outcome or event date.
The Scottsdale police department states it will not sue or cite motorists for no license plates until drivers are notified to comply.
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