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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1970
Page
3
A U S Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew crashed during landing near Da Nang Vietnam killing 22. Nine crewmen and two U S Air Force personnel injured. The aircraft, a converted Constellation, carried no bombs. Officials cite mechanical failure.
Interims show Dow Jones Industrial Average at 764.65 down 7.46 with broad losses across utilities transport and energy. A long list of corporate stocks from Alcoa to Xerox displays varied percentage declines and gains amid a general market slide.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson relaxed Sunday at his LBJ Ranch in the Texas hill country, according to UPI. The casual visit focused on leisure time away from public duties.
A Scottsdale man Elmer E. Schumacher 20 is in serious condition at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital with a gunshot wound received while target shooting Saturday near Guadalupe south of Tempe. His brother Dennis said the two were handling a .22 pistol when it discharged during reloading. A second man Richard Ambrose 33 listed in serious condition at Baptist Hospital after an apparent self inflicted shooting accident while target shooting in the desert northeast of Scottsdale.
Louis Clayton, 30, was charged with the murder of 39-year-old Donald A. Ramsey in Tucson. Police say Clayton flagged officers to Ramsey’s body after admitting he struck him with fists and a household iron when he found Ramsey with Clayton’s wife. Clayton said he returned home about 1 30 a.m.
Tim Furhman of Scottsdale stationed at Williams AFB killed a four foot four inch rattler on the Verde River Sunday. He was with a group of young men spending the day at the tube launching site northeast of Scottsdale.
Firemen said a carburetor backfire started a fire that razed a dump, causing extensive damage to the property and prompting a full response from local firefighters.
Eight men in Aden have been convicted of sabotaging government installations in a failed plot to overthrow the regime and were sentenced to death, per the Middle East News Agency. The report notes charges included attempting to seize military sites as part of the wider conspiracy.
A familiar Tonto area PTA figure Mrs. Javier known as Aggie died last weekend. She served on the Tonto PTA executive board and aided the Parent Study Program with Mrs. Cliff Woodka. The March meeting noted her contributions while other activities featured include scholarships and Atlas drives.
Dolores Phillips Mary Jo Spielman and Betty Shields of Scottsdale will conduct a free eye screening at the Day Care Center of America on Wednesday. The trio trained with the Arizona Society for the Prevention of Blindness will test visual acuity binocular vision and ocular muscle balance in each child using a Snellen chart a three legged table and a red dot glass test. The screening lasts about five minutes per child with two weeks needed to complete all tests and then the team will move to the Mary Moffet nursery school in Scottsdale.
Pima School PTA meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m to discuss The Community School with film and discussion led by David Santellanes. Officers for the coming year include president nominee Mrs Patricia Hand not running and Mrs Alfred L Smith as replacement.
Peter Saunders, a 36 year old life prisoner for murder who escaped early Saturday, was recaptured at a Florence cafe after authorities, including sheriff’s deputies, dogs, a helicopter and a plane, narrowed a perimeter around the city. He was spotted in prison garb having lunch by an off duty employee.
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