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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1969
Page
6
A Senate investigations subcommittee will study campus disorders. Under McClellan they will hear testimony on organizations involved in riots, their personnel, motives and financing.
Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst urged a campus crackdown in a Washington speech. He said Americans must press for prompt prosecutions of those responsible for violent campus demonstrations.
In New York conservative students allied with the Democratic Society staged a sit in at an administration building. The protest disrupted campus activities as they voiced opposition to university policies amid a broader student movement. Nearby reports mention regional unrest and international conflicts.
Finance Director Chad Cowley said ten Scottsdale merchants are delinquent on quarterly liquor license taxes. Officials sent notices giving until May 9 to pay amounts due at end of March. Liquor license fees range from 25 to 225 dollars by license class, with fines up to 300 dollars for nonpayment. Robert Li Edmonds Jr. faces city court on May 8 for failing to pay his 1 percent city sales tax.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird pressed for a probe into rising defense contract costs after a Senate Armed Services Committee session on Jumbo cargo jets that doubled in price. A separate Phoenix case reports Gary Holt, 34, held on a homicide charge for the death of his wife Loretta Jean Holt, 33, shot at their north side home.
U N Secretary General U Thant called for a rededication with vigor and vision to the unfinished work begun by the League of Nations fifty years ago. He spoke at a Geneva ceremony marking the anniversary.
Four bulls roamed the streets of San Martino in Pensilis Italy during a festival race in a crowded piazza. One man was killed and 18 injured as the animals charged spectators and caused chaos.
The forecast predicts continued sunny conditions today and Friday with gusty winds Friday afternoon. High temperatures reach 90 to 98 degrees, with overnight lows around 53 to 59 degrees.
Scottsdale resident Carl Kummerlowe, 42, is jailed on homicide charges in Phoenix after police found parts of Harley Kimbro’s body in three ice chests in the rear of Kummerlowe’s pickup camper. Kimbro, 46, of Mesa, operated a Regal service station on East Broadway.
Report notes controversy over Joseph Crow a 39 year old billed dean of sociology at Pacific Western College Renton Wash and musician claiming expertise in sociology and music. Scottsdale residents question his authority while Crow promotes Rock Music Youth Drugs and Brainwashing.
Sen George Aiken and Rep Donald Riegle push for faster action on Vietnam. Aiken, ranking GOP on Foreign Relations, says time for decisions is near with unilateral withdrawals discussed. Richardson cites gradual capability buildup in South Vietnam to justify pullback while timing remains months away.
Phoenix officials clash with Scottsdale leaders over reviving party politics in city elections. Bud TimS argues for nonpartisan towns while Milton Graham and Bill Donaldson cite patronage and efficiency flaws in partisan systems. advocates claim reform has swept the nation with over 2,000 cities nonpartisan.
Rural Fire Department released a proposed employee evaluation system for Scottsdale and tests on promptness quality of work initiative adaptability and communication. The joke criteria compare leaps and speed to heroic feats while a Witzeman quote touches rumors of political plans.
Mayor Bud Tims, who will lead a Saturday jog for a life event, reveals jogging increases his appetite and has added five pounds in two weeks. He fears reaching 250 pounds before hitting 100 miles for a YMCA plaque, noting weight concentrates around the midsection.
State Rep. John Pritzlaff of Scottsdale District 8 C says he has been under consideration for an ambassadorial appointment to Malta but has received no official word from the White House. He notes the nomination would come from the President and adds he would likely accept if offered.
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