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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
6
Apollo 9 completes a 10 day orbit mission with 151 orbits and a splashdown near the USS Guadalcanal. Commanders McDivitt Scott Schweickart praised the flight as a success as recovery crews winched them aboard.
Paradise Valley Town Council plans final action on bids to widen Lincoln Drive 400 feet each side and install traffic signals at the Mockingbird intersection. Estimated costs total 8 000 with regional funding shares from Maricopa County and federal aid. sewer work and a remodeling variance are also on the agenda.
Scottsdale Historical Society plans an Oldtimers Day get together for residents who lived in Scottsdale before 1940. A meeting at 7 in Civic Center will outline plans for Eldorado Park on Palm Sunday and announce the charter membership drive with applications available at the meeting. the drive ends April 10.
At Arcoa national headquarters in Phoenix a large computer bears a name tag reading Gina Lottadata. The machine provides research information management advice and data control to clients as part of the firm’s operations.
Cloudy conditions persist this afternoon tonight and Friday with highs near 60 to 65 today and around 60 Friday. Lows run 40s to 45 this evening with rain chances 20 percent today 40 percent tonight and 20 percent Friday.
Assistant City Manager Dale Carter announced Scottsdale's 1969 70 budget will hit six million dollars for the first time, only about 115000 above the current total. The property tax remains at 1.03 per hundred with no new staff hires planned.
The Arizona Supreme Court denied Scottsdale's appeal on the Police Pension Act, establishing that cities with prior pension plans remain exempt only if those plans existed before the act. Scottsdale officers currently rely on Social Security and the State Employee Retirement plan, with retirement at 65 under the new system forthcoming.
A six member committee led by councilman Bob Jones and Bill Jenkins recommends the city council adopt frontage roads on major streets. They propose wide frontage roads on Shea Pima and Scottsdale Rd with desert landscaping, exits every quarter mile, and setback distance limits for properties not fronting a frontage road. The council is due to consider March 24.
Scottsdale district officials say no disturbances expected but have prepared formal procedures to handle demonstrations. Administrators reviewed national trends, balancing free expression with minimal disruption while involving parents and, if needed, law enforcement.
Commander Lloyd Bucher, in a final plea to the Navy Board of Inquiry, blamed inadequate outfitting of the U S S Pueblo and said he allowed the ship to be captured because there was no power to resist. He cited disregarded suggestions and broader Navy neglect.
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