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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1973
Page
1
Arizona House leaders weigh changes to the gasoline tax formula split among cities counties and state The plan aims to shift funds for street and road projects while easing homeowner tax burdens A special session may address broader tax reform and school finance considerations
About 35 inmates attempted to break out by burning newspapers and mattresses. Four prisoners were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. officials said no one escaped.
Richard Whitley 91 former general store operator and three time president of the Retail Grocers Association of Idaho died Friday at Hayden Manor Nursing Home He lived at 8531 E Sheridan born in Spencerville Ontario Canada came to Scottsdale ten years ago from Rupert Idaho He ran a grocery from 1906 to 1946 and led the Idaho Boys Ranch in Rupert Survived by three sons Dean Scottsdale Starr Pontiac Ill Keith Barstow Calif two sisters eight grandchildren five great grandchildren Services and burial in Rupert with Messinger Mortuary in charge of arrangements
Mrs Mildred B Button Baxter 60 a Rome N Y native who moved to Scottsdale from Minerva Ohio four years ago died Thursday in St Luke s Hospital Survivors include daughter Mrs Barbara Ankefer of Fostoria Ohio and grandchildren in Stark County Ohio Funeral arrangements are being handled by Messinger Indian School Rd. local arrangements in charge
Minnie Bell Davis 92 died Thursday in Green Acres Mortuary. Services at 11:30 am Monday at Green Acres Cemetery. Born in Union County she came to Phoenix in 1972 from Aurora. Survived by two sons John Tweedy William Tweedy of Scottsdale a daughter Vida Damron of Carbondale Ill four grandchildren and 18 great. burial at Green Acres Cemetery.
Seventy four U.S. airmen boarded a C141 Starlifter in Saigon ending the four party JMC and signaling the last U.S. troops leaving South Vietnam. Remaining are 223 servicemen including Marine guards and DAO personnel as the Paris cease fire ends the American military role.
Arizona Public Service Co informs the State Corporation Commission of a May 1 rate hike raising average residential gas and electric bills by 34 cents monthly. Gas customers rise about 22 cents and electric about 12 cents as natural gas costs and fuel oil use drive the increase. Charles K. Kernan named manager of the USPS Phoenix District and officer in charge of the Phoenix Post Office, succeeding J. Edwin Kerr and William J. Azlin in interim roles.
Federal grand jury in Sioux Falls returns indictments charging most Wounded Knee takeover leaders with breaking and entering and larceny. Dennis Banks Russell Means and Carter Camp face nine counts each for roles in the occupation and alleged post looting losses reportedly reaching 150000 dollars. Clyde Bellecourt also listed among the charged AIM figures.
William Miller, 23, was killed after being struck by a hitchhiker in the desert west of the Carefree Highway near I 17. Charlene Lamb, 20, from Libertyville Illinois, suffered serious injuries the suspect, 21 year old Douglas Lee Wood, was arrested by deputies after fleeing to his mother's West Phoenix home.
A 76 year old Scottsdale woman said a man who answered her newspaper ad for a housekeeper beat her and extorted 350 dollars over three weeks. She described dragging assaults, blackouts, and threats to include him in her will as police investigate.
Police reported a $3,970 theft from Harold Williams at 7246 E Garfield. Items missing include two TV sets an electric typewriter a calculator a $500 gold watch a $250 ring a neon telephone a cassette recorder and $300 in cash after an arcadia door was removed about 2 a.m. Friday.
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