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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1967
Page
11
Sporting goods store manager Joe Lie big aimed to impress a prospective customer with a new shotgun. He squeezed the trigger and the gun fired, blasting a large hole in the store ceiling.
House Interior Committee pressed Secretary Udall over a trimmed 719 million Central Arizona Project calling for less than the 1.2 billion plan. The dispute centers on the Hualapai and Marble Canyon dams and how to fund water for Phoenix and Tucson. Northwest lawmakers urged a national study separate from regional issues as Arizona pivots toward Pacific Northwest support.
A $22,500 federal grant from the Economic Development Administration supports a feasibility study of recreation and tourism on the Salt River Indian Reservation. The Salt River Tribal Council will add $2,500, covering the eastern third, with plans for motels, dude ranches, a museum and other facilities. The project may inform a broader Scottsdale plan by Simon Eisner and Associates.
Reports from Hong Kong via the New Life Evening Post say hundreds were killed or wounded in Canton when Communist army troops clashed with striking factory workers. Travelers describe tens of thousands in the industrial district on the Pearl River. Soldiers used rifles against workers armed with clubs and stones amid internal party rifts.
The Casa Blanca Inn at 5001 E 56th St Scottsdale is sold to Bernard P. McDonough of Parkersburg W V owner of Dromoland Castle Ireland and a hotel at Shannon Airport Ireland The sale takes effect May 1 with Treadway remaining as manager The 20 acre resort accommodates 65 guests seasonally and plans air conditioning upgrades and new accommodations this summer The sale does not affect the Casa Blanca Estates owned by Treadway and not connected to the Inn
In Geneva, U S and Soviet negotiators unite to press for a treaty banning further spread of nuclear weapons as five years of disarmament talks mark the occasion. William Foster and Alexei Roschin pledge alliance to gain allied compliance and ensure no country renouncing nuclear arms is forced into lax usage.
Superintendent John Tanner declares that existing Arizona statutes deny teachers the right to strike and warn that striking would jeopardize their jobs. The district reports talks with the county attorney about a possible walkout as AFL CIO representatives gauge potential support. Senate killed an antistrike amendment linked to a tenure bill amid disputed tenure arguments. Weather: partly cloudy to sunny with highs near 72 today and mid-70s tomorrow.
United Press International and the Progress Staff present a digest of daily items. The brief rounds up notable events, people, and developments reflected in the Tuesday news cycle.
A 25-year-old New Orleans man testified he heard Clay Shaw Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie discuss killing President Kennedy in September 1963. Perry Russo recounted the party discussion at Ferrie's apartment during a New Orleans court hearing.
A Pacific Coast storm misses Arizona as it breaks up. Most moisture shifts to Nevada and Utah with only possible showers in Northern Arizona. In Phoenix an inquest into Hall Thomas Hansen death is continued to next Tuesday after he was shot by police fleeing Sky Harbor in a stolen plane.
A Scottsdale lighting improvement bill died in a Senate caucus after passing the House. If enacted, an improvement district could fund city-wide street lights, with costs shared by benefiting residents. Currently neighborhoods are either county district lit, city funded, or unlit.
The 28th Arizona Legislature adjourned after 63 days as the first fully GOP led body. Key actions included Central Arizona Project support and state agency reform while major issues like permanent reapportionment and property tax implementation faced possible special sessions or court intervention.
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