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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
7
The Progress announces extensive summer baseball coverage for the Kiva Kaibah League and city teams. Parents league presidents managers and players are urged to supply game results by 8 a.m. the day after games. Reports may be mailed dropped or phoned in to 947-7544.
A high school junior was detained during Sunday School at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Paradise Valley after his parents reported him missing four days earlier. Officers from Paradise Valley and Maricopa County detained and searched him, finding marijuana. The pastor sought guidance from the ACLU, which said sanctuary has no legal basis but is a courtesy. the youth was turned over to Juvenile Detention.
UPI reports United States and North Vietnam agreed to open formal preliminary talks on Vietnam Monday. Vance and Habib for the United States and Col Ha Van Lau and an official for Hanoi will handle procedural matters while W Averell Harriman and Xuan Thuy stay away from the opening sessions. The start of substantive talks remains uncertain amid warnings of possible tough negotiations and Hanoi's stance on U.S. surrender.
The FDA ordered updated labeling for all birth control pills sold in the country effective June 30. Eight manufacturers agreed to revise to inform physicians about British studies linking contraceptives to thromboembolic episodes.
Describes U S and Allied forces cornering a decimated Viet Cong unit on the outskirts of Saigon with napalm and artillery. In five days of fighting around the city they report killing more than 3000 Communists and holding 12000 at bay outside the capital. Also notes a Mississippi caravan heading to Washington for the Poor People's Campaign and Britain pledging extra NATO forces to offset French withdrawal and maintaining two frigates in the Mediterranean.
Prague Radio dismisses fears of Russian troop movements toward Czechoslovakia as propaganda and says the activity is part of regular Warsaw Pact maneuvers in Southern Poland. In Arizona a study predicts population and state employee growth, urging a 7.3 million construction program by 1970. A University of Arizona student faces a June 3 sentence after conviction for failing to possess a draft classification card.
Scottsdale patrolman Dale Samuels, assigned to the detective division, was honored as Officer of the Year by the American Legion Post 44 Sipe Peterson. Mayor Bud Tims and Police Chief Walter Nemetz attended. Samuels has served five years in Scottsdale and is pursuing a police science degree at Phoenix College while working full time.
About 200 Cocopah-Kiva parents met with school officials on April 28 to oppose double sessions in primary grades. Spokesman David Don Fann cited potential spread to all grades and urged board members to consider alternatives such as redrawing school boundaries, sharing arts and library space, and rearranging schedules to reduce after-school fatigue and transportation costs.
The Planning Commission will review an alley abandonment east of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church to connect with a two acre parcel bought from Scottsdale. The church plans to enlarge the playground and possibly add parking for a new sanctuary. Also on the agenda Standard Oil requests a service station permit at Miller and Indian School roads and Dorothy Pease seeks zoning for a condominium project at 60th Street and Thomas Road amid local protests.
The Commerce and Industry Committee approved abandoning the fixed fee schedule for treating industrial injury cases. It favored fees based on usual, customary, or reasonable charges, signaling a 10 to 11 percent rise for some physicians. The panel also endorsed including spiritual healing under workmen’s insurance, at the Christian Science Church’s request.
Country Club for sale in Indian Bend, at 7330 N Pima Rd, featuring an 18 hole golf course, clubhouse, hotel facilities and townhouse project. Stover says the entire operation is for sale but disputes a quick deal and notes the golf course sits on land leased from the Pima Maricopa Indian Community.
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