Oldest Floating Block Party Keeps Christmas Spirit Alive
In Scottsdale the 8400 and 8500 blocks of East Turkey Avenue plan their 10th or 11th year of holiday block parties. Started around 1961 by Bill Johnson Jim Lewis and Ed Hallman the event grew from Memorial Day casual gatherings to labor day and memorial day weekends with steak fries and desert fries in winter. Neighbors say the neighborhood now includes over 20 families and nearly 70 children with multiple pools and organized activities.
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East
Turkey
Avenue
Bill Johnson
Jim Lewis
Ed Hallman
California
Johnson
Scottsdale
East Turkey
Motorcycle and minibike crashes injure two youths
An 18 year old Michael Bleavins of 612 W Highland was cited after his motorcycle failed to stop at a sign and struck a curb before crashing into a fence near Scottsdale Baptist Hospital where he was treated. A 12 year old Brian Mercer of 6009 E Osborn was taken to Scottsdale Baptist Hospital and later to Barrow's Neurological Clinic in Phoenix for a concussion and facial lacerations after his mini bike crashed on Paiute School grounds. He was cited under a city ordinance banning mini bike use on streets and school grounds.
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Scottsdale Baptist
Michael Bleavins
Bleavins
Virginia
Brian Mercer
P. W. Mercer
E. Osborn
Scottsdale Baptist “Hospital
Barrow
Phoenix
Palce
Soi‘ Tockers
German train crash kills 45 schoolchildren and five adults
A two car freight collision in West Germany killed 40 children and five adults returning from a graduation outing. Authorities blamed human error and a freight engineer who allegedly ran red signals on a single track by the Wupper river near Bremen.
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UPI
West Germany
Wupper
North ‘Sea
Bremen
Phoenix Woman Arrested on Four Warrants in Scottsdale
Scottsdale police arrested 52 year old Quida Hooke from Phoenix on four warrants including insufficient funds failure to appear and attachment. Detained at 86th Street north of Sells Drive at 10 21 a m Thursday. Bail set at 1100 in Scottsdale Justice Court.
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Aswoman
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Quida Hooke
86Th. Street
Sells
Phoenix City
Mesa Court
Scottsdale Justice Court
Tempéman man charged with DWI after crash scene
Police arrest 33 year old Dan Scarborough at 4626 N Scottsdale Rd after his car hit a Good Will Industries truck in Fashion Square parking lot. Earlier, the vehicle collided with a 1970 Chevrolet, struck a guy wire and caused a power failure. Bond set at $165.
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Tempéman
Dan’ Scarborough
Scottsdale Rd
Scarborough
Good Will “Industries
Fashion ‘Square
Scottsdale Road
Fashion Square
Phoenix Chapter to Host Three Day Airborne Meet at Camelback Inn
The Phoenix Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association hosts a three day gathering at Camelback Inn this weekend to mark Arizona Airborne Day proclaimed by Gov. Williams. Events include a Saturday registration and parachute jump, a Governor’s Trophy jump on Sunday by Billy Lockridge, a 2500 foot drop onto a cross target, a 10 am jump contest, a beer bust, and a Prophy Banquet and dance at 7:30 pm in the main dining room.
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Phoenix
82nd_—Airborne Division Association
Camelback Inn
Jack Williams
40Th Street
Bell Road
Billy Lockridge
Yuba City Murder Toll Ris es to Twenty with Graves Foliage
In Yuba City California sheriff Roy Whiteaker said more bodies may be buried in orchards along the Feather River as crews with a trench digger continued the grim search over a week after the first bodies appeared. Juan Corona a 37 year old farm labor contractor was arrested and charged with murder. Five victims were tentatively identified including Don Smith Bill Kemp James Howard Jonas Smallwood and Elliott Riley. The victims aged 40 to 63 were believed to be transient farm workers and most likely Anglos with one possible Black victim. Whiteaker could not discuss evidence or witnesses and said the digging would continue until recoveries end.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPI
Suitér County
Feather River
Juan
Corona
Roy Whiteaker
California
Whiteake
Marysville
Don Smith
Atlanta
Bill Kemp
Baton Rouge
James Howard
Jonas Smallwood
Elliott
Riley
Kenneth Edward Whitacre
Alameda
Sigrud
Beierman
Oe Co
Whiteaker
de Corona
Assault during arrest taser? not specified here
Police report two suspects were arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct after an incident on 77th Street and Moreland. Officer David Isom encountered a mud covered, unconscious man on the ground. The youth spat in Isom’s face twice while being booked, and a second man identified as 21 year old Encarnacino Martinez of 1226 77th Pl was also involved.
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David Isom
Moreland
Fsom
Ag Hesta
Encarnacino Martinez
Weather snapshot shows frost, storms across U.S.
United Press International reports diverse weather across the nation. Frost warnings in the upper Midwest contrasts with severe storms in the Southwest. Showers sweep from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast with hail and high winds concentrated in New Mexico and Texas. Brownwood, Texas, reports downed trees and power lines as more than two inches of rain drenched the city.
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United Press International
Midwest
Rockies
Atlantic
New Mexico
Texas
Brownwood
Tex
Man Receives Citation for Rescue Attempt in Canal
John Parsons of 5311 N Zath St was honored by City Manager Dale Carter for attempting to rescue Robert Wayne Murphy after Murphy’s car plunged into the Arizona Canal on May 18. Police say the car struck the canal rim, traveled about 160 feet, and sank in darkness. Murphy’s body was later recovered. Murphy lived at 6945 C B Osborn Rd, and his death marked the third fatality in six months near Indian School Road and the Crosscut Canal.
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John ‘Parsons
Dale
Carter
Robert Wayne
Murphy
Arizona Canal
Murphy's Auto
Rite Rail
Tradi
Canal
Osborn Rd
Indian School Road
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Indian School
Granite Reef
78Th Street
Indiana School
Shea
DWI
FLAGG
E. Main
Doors
Lulu Belle
Ste
Hayden East
George Skelton
U.S
Boneywell
F.i-Dupont
Ebm.s
Glore Forgan & Co
eTnth
Dow Jones
T&t Smenenteehh
Terim
Indus
Johns Manville
Traiis, Haem
Kennecott
Arizona Public
Bell & Howell
Penn’ Central
Bendix
Pepsico
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
Raytheon
Chrysler Ty
RCA
San Diego
CBS
Sears Rodtiick
DuPont
Aggs
Easter ‘Air Lines
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Eastman
Fairchild Camera
Ford
Motors
Texaco
Frontier
Escaune
Trans America
General
Union Oil
General Motors
General Telephone
Uniroyal
Goodyear
United Aircraft
Steel
Webb
Fooa
Cowboy
Scottsdale’s
Mee
Scottsdale Municipal
Second Street
E. Second Street
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