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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1975
Page
2
Communist forces moved within four miles of Phnom Penh airport firing artillery rockets and recoilless rifles. Civil air traffic to the capital halted while U S airlifts continued. one American plane sustained minor damage but returned to Saigon.
UPI reports half a dozen vehicles hit by shellfire near Pochentong as rebels press on. An Air Cambodge jet arrived at the capital but passengers were rushed to a sandbagged terminal and flown out empty. Pentagon sources say a U S helicopter carrier with about 1 500 Marines may evacuate civilians if needed, with 300 Marines on alert from Okinawa. Five people killed and at least five wounded in attacks on the airfield. Rebels within four miles of the airport armed with rockets and recoilless rifles.
Pentagon sources said Okinawa with 1,900 Marines and helicopters was moved to the Gulf of Thailand as a precaution to evacuate Americans from Phnom Penh if needed. Marines could secure Pochentong airport to allow civilian evacuations, as the airport remained closed to domestic flights amid rocket and artillery fire while U.S. airlift of rice ammunition and gasoline continued with planes landing every eight minutes.
An eight member congressional delegation returning from Indochina reports support only part of President Ford's $222 million emergency aid request for Cambodia. The House subcommittee postponed a vote and recommended $116.7 million in military supplies plus up to $75 million in food aid, amid further hearings. Ford had sought $300 million in supplementary aid for South Vietnam.
Doris P Schmitz 63 a Scottsdale resident for 18 years died Monday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Moro Arkansas she moved to Scottsdale in 1956 from Germany. Surviving husband Roy E daughter Karen Nelson mother Bertha Pulliam brothers Malcolm David sisters Mariann Norma Claudine and one grandchild. Services 7 p m Friday Messinger Mortuary Chapel Cremation following. Friends may call Thursday afternoon.
Joseph G. Maier 51 died Monday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. A rosary is 7 30 p m today at Messinger Mortuary with mass Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Interment at St Francis cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary sons Philip Steve Clifford Christopher David all of Maryland Jeff of Delaware and others.
Graveside services for Mattie Westerfield 88 will be held at 11 30 a m Thursday in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 9 p m tonight at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Westerfield of 2501 N Hayden died Tuesday at Hayden Manor Nursing Home. She came to Globe in 1907 and was a longtime Eastern Star member. Her daughter Regina Knight of Sacramento and sons Richard Mammoth and Rupert Phoenix survive with three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Glenn B. McDonald 79 formerly executive vice president and treasurer of Town Steel-Iron Works. Born in Elgin Illinois he recently moved to Arizona from Cedar Rapids Iowa. He belonged to Pick Wick Villa Monterey and Phoenix Country Clubs. Services planned with the prayer service tonight and a mass Thursday at local churches. Entombment at St Francis Cemetery. Survived by Gladys his wife two sons John E. and James Roger a sister Maurine McGuire and seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Visitation for Jessie Lee Morgan is set 5 to 9 p.m. today at Paradise Chapel in Scottsdale. Services and interment are planned in Dorado Springs, Missouri. Mrs. Morgan, aged 6333 N. 63rd Place, died Monday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. She was born in Filly, Missouri, and came to Scottsdale from Kansas City. Survived by a daughter Mrs. Al Faron and two grandchildren.
Walter Payne and his son Rodney Payne were convicted of simple battery for beating Dennis Gourley after Gourley floated nude down the Salt River. Judge Edwin Thurston suspended their 10 day jail terms and noted potential radio-aid options while declaring the force used excessive under the circumstances. Gourley, 24, of Tempe, was also convicted of indecent exposure and faces sentencing.
Richard Kravanja, 35, appeared for arraignment in Cleveland on charges of attempting to extort 250000 dollars from newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst. FBI said Kravanja sent two letters demanding the money for the safe return of his daughter Patricia who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in Los Angeles on February 4, 1974.
Tempe city council approves Kaiser Aetna 517 acre community core parcel PCD zoning at Pima Road and Shea Boulevard with 2500 to 3000 apartments on the southern portion. Up to 21 acres set aside for maintenance yard police and fire facilities and a 40 percent dedication by KA with city buying remaining at current prices. An appraisal before June 1 and five year option period. Additional zoning decisions include a shopping center and apartment complex at 68th Street and Thomas Road with lighting concerns and a neighborly council split. Scottsdale Seven proposes 15 acres for neighborhood center and resort residential zoning north of McDonald Drive with resort units near Paradise Valley.
The Senate Government Committee approved a bill to strengthen open meetings laws, banning secret votes and requiring roll calls on final actions. The panel rejected adding party caucuses to governing bodies 5-4, with James Osborn arguing caucuses are not governing bodies. The measure likely heads to a floor vote soon and onward to the House, which may resist universal roll calls in committee.
Netta DeMontaigu, 47, recently from France, drives a car that collided at Pima and Indian School Roads on February 23, killing four. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office forwarded findings to the County Attorney to determine jurisdiction between Salt River Indians and Scottsdale authorities. Four of five people in the other car died. Hilbert and Kathleen Manke of Phoenix and Edwin and Ruth Manke of Wisconsin were identified as the deceased. Francis Manke survived. DeMontaigu fled from Officer Jerry Arnold after a two mile chase prior to the collision.
The Bureau of Reclamation will hold hearings later this month on coal gasification plants proposed near Farmington New Mexico and Window Rock. Western Gasification Co. aims to build four plants producing 250 million cubic feet of synthetic gas daily by 1978 with the others active by 1983. Design Master Homes trims prices on entry models in Phoenix.
The State Court of Appeals affirmed a superior court decision that state agencies may prohibit nude and topless performances in night clubs. The suit was brought by Longbridge Investment Co., former owner of PJ's north of Tempe.
Arizona Senate Health and Welfare Committee will study proposed legislation to curb quack cancer cures. The bill would create a seven member advisory council to screen treatments for legitimacy and make use of unapproved drugs a misdemeanor with fines up to 300 dollars and potential jail.
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