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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1975
Page
1
President Ford will announce tonight whether he will sign or veto the $24.8 billion tax cut bill passed by a Democratic Congress. He will address the nation on television and radio networks at 4:30 p.m. Arizona time.
President Anwar Sadat announced in Parliament that Egypt will reopen the Suez Canal to shipping on June 5 and renew the UN Emergency Force mandate in Sinai for three months beyond April 24.
An aftershock measuring at least 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the Utah Idaho border area today. It follows the strongest continental US quake since 1971 that struck Thursday night near the same region.
Britain freed an additional 20 Irish Republican Army members from Maze prison in Belfast to complete an Easter release of 40 detainees jailed without trial on suspicion of terrorist activity. The move ends the release program for these inmates.
Former president Cheng Heng, targeted by the Khmer Rouge, fled embattled Phnom Penh aboard a commercial flight from Pochentong airport, wearing a steel helmet and flak jacket, bound for Bangkok en route to Paris.
President Ford announced major federal disaster aid for Kentucky and Georgia after storms caused widespread damage. Kentucky has faced severe storms and flooding since March 10, while Georgia saw tornados high winds and heavy rains begin last Monday.
Chaos gripped Danang as South Vietnamese soldiers fired on hundreds of refugees trying to board a World Airways jet out of the city. A soldier’s mangled body hung from the plane after it landed in Saigon, while the crowd endured gunfire and chaos.
Alexander Mitchell died after 25 minutes of nonstop laughter at a TV comedy. His wife Nessie thanked the creators of The Goodies for making his last minutes happy. Mitchell, 50, a bricklayer, had a heavy dinner before watching the program and doctors attributed his death to laughter during digestion.
City council plans to hire a new manager by July 1 to stabilize finances and improve personnel relations. Former Scottsdale leader Bill Donaldson may advise. Arthur D. Little Inc. will source five to six finalists for interviews in May.
The Scottsdale City Council seeks a new arts center director to open in mid October and will use an advisory structure comprising the Fine Arts Commission for now, with consideration of a separate performing arts panel. The director will handle business affairs and schedule, consulting the board as needed.
Billie Gentry and Heinz Hink back a dedicated performing arts commission. Gentry says the director needs a knowledgeable advisory group, while Hink notes the Fine Arts Commission already holds broad powers in visual arts and should not absorb performing arts duties. Mayor Jenkins proposes the Fine Arts Commission as the director’s founding board, noting its current advisory role for the arts center.
Scottsdale Community College plans to ask the Maricopa County Community College District Board to create a 10 member board of publications. The board would oversee student journalism with a student editor and business manager while preserving editorial independence.
Sunny with gradual warming today and Sunday. Breezy conditions. Highs near mid 60s this afternoon and low 70s Sunday. Lows tonight in the lower 40s.
Scottsdale residents touring their sister city Alamos, Sonora found schools under equipped. The Sister City Committee, led by William Johnson, has gathered desks tables maps and microscopes stored in the maintenance yard and seeks trucks to cross the border with help from Gov Raul Castro. Desks and other gear will be shipped to Alamos where a nine bed hospital also lacks sheets highlighting urgent need.
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