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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1967
Page
1
A compact roundup of daily news items compiled by United Press International and the Progress staff highlights notable events and brief developments from various sectors. Community updates and national items are presented in a concise, period-appropriate style.
The House completed action on a bill to lift the temporary debt limit by 6 billion dollars to 338 billion. The change allows more government borrowing via bonds and other instruments.
Ernesto Miranda, 27, receives concurrent 20 to 30 year prison terms for kidnap and criminal assault in Florence, retroactive to June 27, 1963, while already serving 20 to 25 years on a robbery conviction. In Phoenix, Walter Shannon, 40, was shot dead after allegedly menacing a police officer with a knife during a confrontation nearby.
The Arizona House postponed floor action on a bill capping state university enrollment at 25 000 while debating daylight saving exemption. Senate canceled tentative debate due to several majority members absent. Barr signaled an amendment proposing one year of daylight saving before exemption.
A mostly fair day with some high cloudy periods tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures hold steady with a high around 82 today, a low near 45 tonight, and another high near 82 tomorrow.
A 30 foot Saguaro cactus toppled at Camelback Inn after years guarding the entrance since 1936. Workers struggled with rotted trunk as ropes broke until the trunk gave way. Crews disassembled and loaded the fallen giant onto a waiting truck.
Mississippi officials including Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price were indicted again on federal conspiracy charges for the killings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia during the 1964 “long hot summer.” Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers of Laurel was named in the case, marking the first time he faced charges.
Angered by the booby trap death of civil rights leader Wharlest Jackson, 2,000 Negroes threaten a face to face confrontation with alleged Ku Klux Klan members at the Armstrong Rubber tire plant in Natchez. NAACP official Charles Evers says search will occur at 4 p.m. CST. Rewards totaling 36,000 dollars are offered. Gov. Johnson calls the murder heinous and senseless and orders state investigators.
A Scottsdale youth died after a two car collision at Hayden Plaza East Shopping Center. Bruce Dudzik died at St Josephs Hospital after being thrown from a car driven by Frederick Davis 18 of Tempa. The crash involved a second vehicle driven by Ralf Wood 72 of 3302 E Van Bren.
A Peking radio report says Mao Tse tung backers with army support seized Shantung Province after six months of bloody incidents. It notes a provisional revolutionary committee now holds power with army help, following a Shanghai broadcast about a liquidation group targeting anti Mao groups.
Hallcraft withdrew its abandonment request for Caballo Ranchos No 2 to placate residents opposing street changes. The plan would have replatted to 28 half acre lots, altering access to riding trails on Salt River Indian Reservation and risking property values in Caballo Ranchos No 1 and nearby neighborhoods. A zoning hearing on March 14 for a C-5 warehousing zone was set.
Last night the planning commission briefly paused as an unscheduled speaker asked where to get a cab. Chairman Gerald Sudbeck directed her to the outer hall telephone, amid a heated remark about visitors from Chicago.
In Munich a man named Helmut hurls sticky dumplings at low flying aircraft near Fuerstenfeldbruck air base. After negotiating a informal peace with pilots and officials, he vows to keep dumplings on the dinner table if planes stay 900 feet away.
A public hearing reviewed a proposed amendment changing sign placement on parapet walls used to hide rooftop equipment. The ordinance, initially mislabeled in advertising, was revised to allow signs only on walls concealing flat roofs.
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