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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1977

Page

2

Police crack alleged alien smuggling ring in Arizona

Six Phoenix area men were arrested by U S Immigration and Naturalization Service agents in Glendale after a Scottsdale police undercover probe into an alleged illegal alien smuggling operation stretching from the Arizona border through Phoenix to Joliet Illinois. The suspects face 19 counts each and are jailed in Phoenix. officers say the ring may span multiple states and involve narcotics deals and stolen property.

Phoenix Arizona-Mexico Joliet Chicago Scottsdale Police Scottsdale David Townsend Townsend Arizona-New Mexico Eliseo Balcazar Marie Reyes Balcazar Glendale Richard Gingras E. Mescal Drive N. Scottsdale Rd Los Angeles Reno Massachusetts Arizona Patrick M. Whittacker Calypso Mesa Michelle 8Th Avenue Glendale Avenue Richard A. Whittacker Gerald E. Mathews 60Th Ave Victor H. Crespo 61St Ave David L. Calzada U.S

Ada M. Robinson Obituary Notice

Ada M. Robinson 70, former Camelback Women’s Club president, died Sunday at Doctors Hospital. Born in Kentucky, she moved to the Valley in 1952 from Ohio and lived at 4218 E Wilshire Dr. Survived by husband Roland C sister Dora Fugere and a brother in Kentucky. Services 7:30 p.m. today at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Interment in Lexington Kentucky.

Ada M. Robinson Camelback Women’s Club Doctors Hospital Kentucky

Rosary and services for Nicholas Nizich 70

Nicholas Nizich 70 died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after moving from Illinois to Arizona 80 years ago. A Yugoslav native, he was a truck driver for Roadway Express and a Teamsters Union member. Survived by wife Eva and sons Edward of Phoenix Nicholas Paul of Scottsdale, plus siblings out of state. Visitation 9 p.m. today at Messinger Mortuary Chapel. Mass Thursday 10 a.m. at St. Daniels Church. Interment St. Francis Cemetery.

Messinger Mortuary Chapel Nicholas Nizich Scottsdale Memorial Hospital Nizich Yugoslavia Valley Illinois Roadway Express Teamsters Union St. Daniel’s Church Eva Edward Phoenix Nicholas Paul Scottsdale Indian School Rd

Scottsdale approves contract for Senior Center Phase II

Scottsdale City Council awarded a 250 194 contract to Arizona West Contracting Co. for a 5 600 square foot addition and parking for the 12 000 square foot Senior Center Expansion. Phase I opened last summer. The bid surpassed the architect estimate by 40 19 dollars and raises total project cost to 281 694. The council also rezoned 1.31 acres for a racquetball facility and awarded Motorola Communications for a satellite receiver repeater system for the police department.

Scottsdale Senior Center Scottsdale Arizona West Contracting Co Arizona West Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc Police ‘Department

Local man James H. Goodbar III dies in Scottsdale

James H. Goodbar III aged 40 of 4848 N Woodmere Fairway died Friday in Scottsdale. A native of Iowa he moved from Colorado to Phoenix in 1972 and studied at Arizona State University. Survivors include his wife Karen sons Jerry and Michael out of state mother a brother and two sisters. Services and burial will be in Iowa. Green Acres Mortuary arranged the services. Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society.

James H. Goodbar II N. Woodmere Fairway Scottsdale Memorial Hospital Iowa Mr. Goodbar Valley Colorado Arizona State University Karen Jerry Michael Scottsdale

Tax Court reduces charity art deduction in 1969 donation

The U S Tax Court found five paintings donated by Scottsdale art dealer Robert E Peters to the Minnesota Museum of Art were worth far less than Peters claimed. The court increased value on two works but still limited deductions to about eighty thousand dollars. Peters asserted four expert appraisals supported his higher valuation, but records cited were lost in a move from Minnesota to Arizona.

Phoenix U.S Minnesota Scottsdale Robert E. Peters Main St Minnesota Museum of Art Internal Revenue Service IRS Peters Arizona Esota

County home-rule bill gains Arizona taxing power

The Senate Government Committee voted out a robust county home-rule bill in Phoenix extending full taxing authority to counties. Led by Sen. Frank Felix the panel removed House restrictions on charter counties and the ban on extra taxation.

Phoenix Senate Arizona Frank Felix Tucson House

BIA Approves Tribal Funds for Chairman MacDonald Defense

Window Rock reports the Bureau of Indian Affairs agrees to use tribal funds to cover up to $70,000 in legal defense expenses for Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald. The move supports the tribal leadership amid ongoing legal challenges and internal disputes within the Navajo Nation.

Window Rock Bureau of Indian Affairs Peter MacDonald

Escapee sought after prison inmate flees hospital

Phoenix authorities search for Roy S. Bell 41 after he escaped from the Maricopa County Hospital ward, discharging a .22-caliber derringer at guards and fleeing on foot. In Tucson, unions representing 45000 copper workers may accept 15 percent raises over three years per a United Steelworkers spokesman.

Phoenix Arizona State Prison Maricopa County Roy S. Bell Tucson United Steelworkers of America

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