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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1969
Page
1
A powerful blast hit a school in Israeli occupied Gaza injuring 15 children, two seriously. One pupil lost an eye and another suffered severe chest wounds. 13 others were treated as observers. Separate incidents saw Arab girls school students stoning vehicles on a main road amid regional unrest.
Hong Kong reports Communist border guards opened fire at Len Ma Han near the Ta Ku Ling outpost. Two men died and two were wounded as a dozen shots were heard. Chinese guards dragged away casualties while officials said no one crossed the border. About 500 have fled to Hong Kong this year.
Harry Hollis Sheridan, 58, of 7140 E. Sunnyvale Road, died Friday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association.
The Arizona House approved a measure to aid districts that overestimated attendance, providing two years to address funding without increasing state aid or taxes. The bill returns to the Senate for concurrence.
The Scottsdale Shrine Club invites Visiting Shriners to a Sunday cocktail party from 4 to 7 p.m. at the French Quarter in the Safari Hotel on Scottsdale Road. President Lee A. Benedict says entertainment will be provided.
United Press International reports heavy snow and rain sweeping the southern tier while much of the nation enjoys sun. A western storm triggers warnings across the Southern Rocky Mountains, Southeast New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma. Fort Huachuca sees a rapid snow burst with dense accumulation. Oklahoma City Gage and Lubbock see several inches of snow while Flagstaff and Phoenix record unusually low high temperatures for mid March.
A 31-year-old Phoenix man John B. Kennedy landed in Scottsdale jail after striking Officer Edmonson at the Hustle Inn on N Hayden Road. Kennedy weighed 220 pounds and was charged with simple assault and resisting arrest, with drunken and disorderly conduct. his employer Bill Ochoa was arrested later for drunk and disorderly conduct.
Snipers fired on the apartment of James Doss vice chairman of US organization led by Ron Karenga in an apparent reprisal for a Black Panther shooting outside a church. Police sought four suspects seen in a green station wagon after a week-long school boycott in Los Angeles affecting local high schools and colleges.
Jose Ochoa a business leader from Guadalajara Mexico will address the Scottsdale Soroptimist Club at the Safari Hotel at a noon meeting Tuesday He will discuss opportunities for American investment in Mexico The public is invited but reservations are required before noon Monday by calling Mrs Cecelia Kline at 946-0460.
The Scottsdale YMCA lists spring sessions teaching judo oil painting dog grooming self defense and more. Classes run eight weeks with costs from 10 to 18 dollars. Some start this week while others begin the weeks of March 17 April 18 and May 19. Contact the Scottsdale YMCA for specifics.
Opening arguments began in the murder trial of 20 year old Robert Dean Endreson for the death of Tempe housewife Linda Hodge 21 found in a desert shack near Scottsdale. He also faces a separate murder charge for Circle K clerk Sylvia Presley 36 shot to death March 12 in a walk in cooler. Investigators say both women were killed the same day.
The city moved three beautification trailers to new spots along 78th Street between Beatrice and Garfield and at 74th Street and Papago Road. They will stay through Friday to collect litter deposited by residents in the area.
Vietnamese and North Vietnamese forces launched heavy shelling across 65 towns and Allied camps marking a peak in the winter spring offensive. Marines suffered ten KIA and forty wounded two miles south of the DMZ as Viet Cong and NVA attacked camps and approached Saigon, with 17 enemy dead in the Saigon area amid air and artillery bombardment.
The Royal Palm Fife and Drum Corps from Royal Palm School in Phoenix will perform at the Chicago Cubs vs Seattle Pilots game in Scottsdale Stadium Monday at 1 pm. The group has appeared at 22 events including the Arizona Senate.
The Arizona Supreme Court considers the automatic appeal of Timothy Malumphy 26 who was sentenced to death in the gas chamber for the 1966 shootings of two Scottsdale waiters. He asked the court to affirm the sentence and oppose any reprieve and said he would kill again if allowed to live.
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