City Park Plan Blocked by Communications Gap at 64th St and Osborn Rd
Residents petition with 230 signatures urged immediate park development on city leased land from Salt River Project. City plans only irrigation berms and planting this year, citing need for federal funds contingent on a 25 year lease extension and removal of overhead power lines.
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64Th St
Osborn Rd
Salt River Project
Richard Turner
2Nd St
Progress Today
Scottsdale mayoral race finances reveal costs and delays
Dan Bartos estimated a per vote cost of 85.88 cents for his losing mayoral bid in Scottsdale. He spent 286 on personal and advertising expenses, with 266 unspecified from donors. Bartos noted 333 votes were cast. Bud Tims won with over 5,000. Jay Gaskins faces possible misdemeanor for late expense filing. others filed, with Tims and United Council reporting 5172.
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Dan Bartos
Scottsdale
Bartos
Bud Tims
Jay Gaskins
Gaskins
Dick Filler
Filler
Tims
United Council For Scottsdale
Doctor Arrest Made After Suspected Offense Case
Gannon testified at Daniel’s home and said the doctor was taken to his office to view patient records before arrest. Daniel’s attorney questioned why the arrest happened at the office, not at home, and cited constitutional rights. Murphy defended press coverage hoping it aids clearing the suspect’s name.
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Daniel
Gannon
Charles Stidham
Tom Murphy
Murphy
Residents protest club building move in Camelback Club Estates
Neighbors surrounding Valley Country Club vow to seek an injunction and damages over a trailer mounted building moved onto a vacant Chaparral Rd. lot. Attorney George Randolph says the suit would target permanent installation, citing deed restrictions and neighborhood incongruity.
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Valley Country Club
Camelback Club Estates
George Randolph
Dewey Bender
66Th St
Chaparral Rd
Invergordon
Randolph
Maricopa County
R. H Alberding
Phoenix
Alberding
Rescue workers search smoky mine shaft for trapped men
Rescue teams descended into a salt mine shaft in Morgan City Louisiana and found no trace of the 21 workers trapped since Tuesday midnight. The shaft is a quarter mile deep, filled with carbon monoxide and flooded to 80 feet, with a fire still burning.
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Morgan City
Lousiana Gulf Coast
Goldwater backs Nixon for 1968 nomination firm on support
Former Senator Barry Goldwater said he will use all his power to help Richard Nixon win the 1968 Republican Presidential Nomination while pledging to support the party’s chosen candidate. He believed Nixon would soon demonstrate nationwide backing making debates over other candidates fruitless.
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Phoenix
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Goldwater
Dick Nixon
Gray sentenced to 20 years for girlfriend murder
Jimmie Lee Gray, 19, received 20 years to life in Yuma after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of his girlfriend Elda Prince, 16. Prince was found strangled in a railroad culvert near Parker where the two attended high school.
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Yuma
Jimmie Lee Gray
Superior Court
John McGuire
Gray
Elda Prince
Parker
Nuclear umbrella pledge links U.S Britain and Soviet Union
The United States Britain and the Soviet Union offer immediate aid to nonnuclear states renouncing arms under a draft nonproliferation treaty. The resolution to the UN Security Council envisions protection against nuclear attack or blackmail and signals unprecedented Cold War cooperation. The plan, supported by Western officials as historic, aims to curb nuclear spread and reassures nations like India facing Chinese nuclear strength nearby. The General Assembly is slated to reconvene April 23 to debate the treaty. Weather forecasts show sunny becoming partly cloudy with highs near 73 and 72 tomorrow.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
William C. Foster
U.S
Soviets
Security Council
U.n.general Assembly
India
Russia
China
Peking
General Assembly
City Manager orders police to change their own tires
City Manager Bill Donaldson ordered Scottsdale police to fix their own flat tires, citing overtime costs for relying on city mechanic Virgil Watkins. He said the city paid Watkins about six dollars per tire change and urged officers to handle tire work themselves.
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Bill Donaldson
Scottsdale
Donaldson
Walter Nemetz
Virgil Watkins
Watkins
Scottsdale rental tax remains at one percent says city manager
City Manager Bill Donaldson assured landlords no changes are proposed to the current one percent rental tax in Scottsdale. He noted the city has collected the tax for five years and proposed ordinance changes will not revise the rental property tax.
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Bill Donaldson
Scottsdale
Scottsdale area ranches form vast Page Land and Cattle Co holdings
Progress City article notes Page Land and Cattle Co operates three main ranches the Box Bar the P Bar and the Goldfield covering about 165000 acres north of Bartlet Dam Verdé River and from Granite Reef Dam to Canyon Lake with Bar ranch near McDowell Mountains 15000 miles northeast of Scottsdale. It covers operations from foremen to cowboys including Bill Jackson John Daniels and Hank Hurlbert with roundups starting in April and salaries around 450 dollars for foremen and 300 for cowboys plus food and housing.
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Jack Karie
Progress City
Scottsdale - Area
Page Land and Cattle Co
Los Angeles
Bartlet, Dam
Verdé River
Granite Reef Dam
Canyon Lake
Fred Eldean
Page Co
McDowell Mountains
Scottsdale
Shea
McCulloch Corp
Page
Box Bar
Vérde River
Pinnacle Peak
Goldfield Ranch
Usury Pass
Saguaro Lake
Sycamore” Creek
Ashers
Moores
Pembertons
Curtis
Ryan
Robbins
Weeks
U. S. Forest Service
Sitgreaves National Forest
Bob Carlock
Cochise County
Honcho
Frank Jackson
Goldfield
John Daniels
Harvey Noriega
Noriega
Mucho Hombre
Jackson
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Ed Thirkhill
Chaparral
Thirkhill
United Press International
Quantico
Quantico Marine Base
Washington
White House
George Christian
Johnson
Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Robert McNair
Orangeburg
Romney
Rockefeller Lansing
Mich
George Romney
New York
Nelson-Rockefeller
Nixon
Eldean
Bar Ranch
Ath
Fort McDowell
Salt River
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