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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1973
Page
2
President Nixon, in his State of the Union message, shelved plans for broad welfare reform and a guaranteed annual income, citing the legislative outlook as unfavorable. He pledged to strengthen aid administration and propose health insurance and elderly tax relief while outlining budget cuts to curb overpayments and ineligible welfare payments.
Paradise Valley authorities seek citizen help to stop a daylight burglary ring active over the past two to three weeks. Investigators report at least two suspects ring doorbells, enter unlocked doors, and ransack for cash and jewelry during 8 am to 5 pm weekday shifts.
Richard Bondi of Cedar Falls Iowa reported to police a theft from a room at the Doubletree Inn 4710 N Scottsdale Rd. Jewelry worth 1040 dollars disappeared between Tuesday noon and Wednesday 6 30 p m from a dresser in the room occupied by Bondi and his wife including a 500 dollar gold brooch a 300 dollar charm bracelet and a string of pearls valued at 175 dollars.
Police investigated a theft at Pepino’s Patio on North Scottsdale Road where a young man ordered food and asked for change, then grabbed a stack of mostly ten and twenty dollar bills from the cash register. Veronical Hays, the manager, screamed as the suspect fled. Investigators estimate the amount stolen at least two hundred dollars.
Don F. Talbert a 33 year old of 7938 E. Loma Land Drive was in satisfactory condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after an accidental self inflicted gunshot during a quarrel with his wife. Police report he took a .38 caliber revolver from a closet and fired at a living room wall before it discharged again striking his left thigh as he dropped the weapon.
A Parklane Hosiery clerk at Los Arcos Mall fell for a con Wednesday night when a man bought hose with three $20 bills. He produced a birthday card envelope and left with $58 of a $60 sale after counting the clerk’s bills, saying he would fetch the remaining two dollars from his wife.
Civil Air Patrol planes concentrated between Roosevelt Lake and the Mogollon Rim in a search for a gray and white Mooney Mark 21 missing since February 20. The aircraft carrying Leland Badler of Scottsdale and his 13 year old son David was en route from Springerville when it disappeared. Snow melted below the rim but hindered higher altitude searches.
Albert Albertino died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A rosary will be said at 8:30 p.m. and a mass at 9:30 a.m. Friday, with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. He had worked 18 years for Phoenix Newspapers Inc. as a routeman. A native of Italy, he lived in Phoenix 19 years, from Cleveland. Survived by wife Anna a daughter Rosanne Chilcoat and a brother and sister in Cleveland. He was a member of the Church of St Theresa and the Amico Club.
Mrs. Mary Bookey Rosary, 85, died Wednesday at Hayden Manor Nursing Home. Services set at Messinger Mortuary Friday 8 p.m. and Church of St Daniel Saturday 10 a.m. Burial in St Frances Cemetery. Survived by son Richard Cavanaugh, daughter Mrs Loran Walker, and relatives in New York Ireland and Scottsdale.
Services for Tracy Lynn Billups, seven, Madison School No. 1 second grader, are at 12 30 p m Friday at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Burial follows at Greenwood Cemetery. She died Monday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital born in Phoenix. Survived by brothers Robert and Don Billups and grandfather Ernest Bingaman, all of Phoenix, with other grandparents out of state.
Tucson resident William Mellon Hitchcock 33 grandson of Gulf Oil founder William L. Mellon pleads innocent to defrauding the government of 543800 in taxes. He is charged with using a numbered Paravicini Bank Switzerland account to evade taxes for 1966 to 1968 and faces up to 24 years in prison and 45000 in fines if convicted. Bond of 50000 was posted and he is released pending trial.
The Arizona House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to restore the death penalty using a three judge panel to decide execution or life imprisonment after conviction. The measure, combining Senate and House language, moves toward a joint conference to resolve differences. Senator Hal Runyan urged action, warning about potential Supreme Court conflicts over uniform application.
Bonn reports a fresh dollar crisis as speculators dump billions and the dollar devalues to 2.82 marks. Chancellor Brandt orders urgent talks with the United States and European Community nations as Britain’s Heath arrives for monetary discussions.
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