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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1967
Page
3
Scottsdale residents can join the summer arts and crafts program offering sculpture papier mache painting and more. Registration runs May 15 to June 2 at city hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Classes meet June 5 to Aug 11 at Community Center or Chesnutt Park with fees 2 for residents 5 for nonresidents.
Cave Creek and Cavefree announce their first Palo Verde festival this weekend to honor the blooming season of the state tree. Exhibits of paintings sculpture and crafts by local and Valley artists. Evening performances at Desert Foothills Amphitheatre feature Miguel Galindo and his Flamenco dancers on Saturday. Sunday showcases include Arizona State University Orchesis and the ASU Naiads water ballet.
Arizona authorities hunted a tall gray haired man driving a black car for the abduction and killing of 7 year old Cindy Clelland. The coroner scheduled an inquest at Bisbee while FBI casts and plaster footprints aided the investigation. The killer is described as about 50, six feet tall, slender with gray hair and bushy eyebrows.
The Phoenix Union High School District dropped the paperback Major American Poets from its approved reading list after objections to e e cummings poem sing of olaf. About 150 parents attended the school board meeting with protests over obscene or unpatriotic content. A 32 vote removed the 95 cent book from district lists and libraries for advanced junior English classes.
A day long conference in Scottsdale will address professional negotiations between teachers and the school board. The Arizona Education Association and Scottsdale Education Association leaders will present proposals on salaries and policies at the Executive House with about 250 attendees. The SEA plans a draft agreement allowing SEA meetings with the superintendent or board, and if no agreement is reached a third party may be consulted.
The FAIR random selection system drew limited support as the Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed a four year extension of the draft law through June 30 and advised the President to test the plan. The panel questioned whether random selection would truly share military service fairly and echoed House committee views during hearings.
Patrick O Connors aged 47 was jailed for three months after stealing a 28 pound bag of coal and getting caught while hanging by his trousers from a spike atop a wall. Police recovered him as he tried to climb back over.
In Bradenton Florida Circuit Judge Lynn N Silvertooth denied Dr. Carl A Coppolino a pauper appeal, rejected motions for directed verdict and new trial, and left bond undecided while Coppolino awaits appeal. Coppolino testified assets under $1000 and transferred accounts to his wife. defense paid over 25 thousand with more due.
Wisconsin Senate voted to repeal the 1895 law banning sale and manufacture of colored oleomargarine. Gov Knowles expected to sign. The debate included Sen Roseleip who opposed the repeal, noting butter importance for farmers and joking about Oleos effects.
About a dozen workers were pinned under debris when a wall at the Mississippi River site near Cordova Illinois collapsed during reinforcement work. Four injured were hospitalized and all remained conscious. The project is to supply power to northwestern Illinois and eastern Iowa, with operation slated for late 1970 or early 1971.
Two Saguaro High School students Bob Steigerwald and Linda Hodgkins won top honors in the local Safe Driving Auto Road contest and will represent Scottsdale in the state finals at Arizona State University Tempe. Local winners include Bill Shepherd of Arcadia High School first runner up Bob Bones of Saguaro and Ray Von Tersch of Saguaro as third runner up, with the event co sponsored by the Scottsdale and Camelback Jaycees.
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