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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1965
Page
7
State Senator B C Rhodes was in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after collapsing at a luncheon. Hospital officials reported a blood clot in a vein and doctors gave Rhodes a good chance at full recovery after morning consultations with Senate leaders.
Georgia Senator Richard Russell says the United States should employ nuclear weapons of any size against Communist China if Red China forces more troops into Vietnam and threatens U.S. victory.
A Scottsdale attendant reported a robbery at about 4 a.m. by a tall Negro man in his twenties who demanded cash at the Richfield Service Station on McDowell Road. He fled in a parked 1955 or 1956 Ford after taking $98 from the register.
Santo Domingo United Nations representative Jose Antonio Mayobre said he would meet leaders of rival Dominican military factions to finalize a 12 hour cease-fire to move the dead and wounded from city streets. He and the Red Cross would oversee body removals under the plan. The U N aide noted lighter fighting overnight. U S Army reported minor sniper fire at daybreak and no heavy weapons since Wednesday night. A Marine missing since May 18 was reportedly returned to a U S checkpoint. another Marine in rebel hands and a Peace Corps worker seeking release were noted. The Marines were in a water truck on a route inside the international zone.
Police search for a teen described as 17 to 18 years old with blond hair about 5 foot 10 inches who is suspected of stealing a white drawstring bag holding three diamond back rattlesnakes from Tom Tomelty and Jordan Weinstock near Arizona State University. The snakes were en route to a laboratory experiment.
Mari copa County deputies shot and killed James Baxter after a morning chase near Guadalupe. Baxter, 30, of Phoenix, refused to drop a 38 caliber pistol and allegedly aimed at Officer Ambrosio Lopez, prompting Deputy Norman Malone to shoot. Baxter’s Phoenix address listed as 5526 W Elm.
A Pakistan airliner on its inaugural flight to Cairo crashed in flames near the airport killing 121 of 127 aboard. Among the dead are seven Americans identified as Lewis and Marian Howard and daughter Elizabeth Clare of Sturgis Michigan. George Brock. Arthur C. Hill. Jerry Harris. and Donald B. Love of Riverside Connecticut an Esso executive. One US passenger listed on a diplomatic passport. Six Pakistanis survived.
Frank H. Cushing and his son Frank Jr. survived 37 days adrift on a 22-foot raft from Guam toward the Philippines. They lived on fish and rare rainwater, drifting about 3,500 miles before reaching Calayan and Didicas islands, then were rescued by a passing boat and reported by base hospital staff.
A nine year old Scottsdale boy, Charles Guy, died from injuries after being struck on McDowell Road near Physicians and Surgeons Hospital. Police seek a white pickup with a bright red horse trailer seen in the area. no witnesses to the moment of impact. The investigation considered possible driver involvement but found no skid marks and released a Pontiac driver questioned near 52nd Street.
Partly cloudy at times today and tonight but mostly sunny with breezy afternoons. Highs near 100 and a low around 60. Friday expected to reach about 95 with continued warm and dry conditions.
Seventy U S Navy planes attacked a deep North Viet Nam naval base causing heavy damage. A 23 plane leaflet raid neared Hanoi. In Da Nang area a US Marine was killed and two wounded in a Communist mortar attack.
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