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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1967
Page
1
A brief syndicated roundup by United Press International and the Progress Staff outlining notable events and reports from the week. It compiles summaries across politics, society, and culture with concise blurbs and byline credits.
New Orleans coroner Nicholas Chetta said Perry Russo would likely tell the truth under drug induced hypnosis about an alleged plot involving Clay Shaw and the Kennedy assassination. The claim emerges amid prosecutors testing Russo's account of a conspiracy.
Phoenix Police report a North Phoenix youth found dead by hanging this morning using a belt. Officers identify victim yet to be named as investigators work the scene. Governor Williams vetoes Senate Bill 80 on transaction privilege taxes, citing loss of a month’s sales tax distribution to municipalities.
The Scottsdale Education Association votes a resolution praising Superintendent John Tanner for his forthright March 18 1987 statement on teacher strikes. The union and federation will present salary proposals at upcoming board meetings while keeping schools open.
Scottsdale clergymen urged the school board to authorize a vote by all teachers to choose a negotiating body from the district. The action follows a Scottsdale Ministerial Association meeting at St. Barnabas on the Desert and addresses concerns over salaries taxes and classroom representation.
Scottsdale Police found stolen items including a fluorescent cherub and duck statue in Richard Kratzmeier’s home. He, 25, of 7071 E Lincoln, was arrested on Thursday night on charges of stealing a power lawnmower valued at $100. Detectives believe the loot came from about 12 local sites, with total value near $1,000. He is held in city jail awaiting bond.
Senator Thomas J. Dodd testified before the Senate Ethics Committee denying charges of using about 150000 in testimonial funds for personal debts. He asserted no secret intent to misuse the money and blamed past debts on political struggles and bad bookkeeping by former aide Michael O Haire, as the panel prepared to draft its report.
New York's St Patrick's Day parade began at noon as a blizzard halted five inches of snow, then sun emerged. About 122000 marchers lined Fifth Avenue with 2002 sanitation workers clearing the route. Weather forecast shows warm trend with highs near 87 tomorrow.
United Nations Secretary General Thant acknowledged engaging in a Vietnam peace initiative but refused to publicize details. He stated the activity is classified and not tied to his official duties, while reports of intensified talks with U.S. and North Vietnamese officials circulated amid unannounced meetings with ambassadors.
UAW President Walter Reuther condemned AFL-CIO leader George Meany calling him the plumber with a banker's mentality. He warned that labor unity is only formal and the movement is vegetating. He urged AFL-CIO to exhibit will and fight for American workers.
Scottsdale Police Chief Walter Nemetz announced the promotion of Sgt. Fred Todd to patrol lieutenant and named Jack W. Allen, a 20 year Phoenix veteran, as the new identification officer. Todd joined Scottsdale in 1962 and became sergeant in 1985, expanding the Lieutenant ranks to four. Allen, 41, retired from Phoenix after serving since 196? and previously led traffic records.
Gov. John Love told a House subcommittee that without a voluntary agreement on the Mexican Water Treaty Colorado may seek a Supreme Court decision. The U S owes Mexico 1.6 million acre feet annually under a 1944 treaty, with evaporation and salinity reducing usable water, leaving an estimated 2.5 million acre feet needed to meet obligations. Colorado River Basin states insist the debt is national, while Eastern lawmakers cite treaty terms.
The text outlines a conflict over Colorado River water to cover debt tied to the Central Arizona Project. It notes schemes costing 700 million to 1.7 billion dollars, including controversial dams that would back water into the Grand Canyon and fund hydroelectric energy. It also highlights water shortages, Upper Basin requests for return of water, and Mexico's 2.6 million acre foot obligation becoming a national issue.
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