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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1966
Page
15
President Johnson signed a bill allowing Pima Indians on the Salt River Reservation near Scottsdale to lease land for up to 99 years, replacing prior 25 year terms. The measure also applies to Papago Indians on the San Xavier Reservation and was led by Congressman Morris K. Udall.
TEMPE UP I City officials plan to mail letters today to 20 striking workers from the Federation of State County and Municipal Employes asking them to return to work while refusing to recognize the union. The strikes began after the City Council voted unanimously not to recognize the union.
Closing arguments occurred in Superior Court for Efrain and Hector Flores of Phoenix charged with kidnapping and beating Officer Charles Bolado a Scottsdale undercover narcotics officer last January 21. Bolado testified he was beaten after attempting a narcotics buy, and Efrain allegedly helped force him into a car before he escaped.
Federal state and county authorities launched a joint probe into a Angeles National Forest brush fire that destroyed 2,100 acres in Pacoima Canyon. Ten hotshots died and 12 were seriously injured while a separate Camp Pendleton blaze near Oceanside killed four Marines and badly burned others. Deputy Chief Hamilton K. Pyles led the Forest Service team, saying no negligence is indicated and pledging to learn from the tragedy.
Dan Bartos of Scottsdale challenged a jail term for non-payment of a sewer bill. The state Supreme Court received his appeal for a written opinion after a Superior Court halt while it reviews whether Judge Ed Boyle’s Scottsdale City Court ruling was unconstitutional. City Attorney Dick Filler argued the sentence was for violating a city ordinance, not non-payment.
President Johnson flew to Texas to rest at the LBJ Ranch before two planned operations within 15 days at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Doctors will repair an incisional hernia and remove a polyp from his right vocal cord after a prior gall bladder surgery. Weather outlook is fair with highs near 79.
New York reports on Aeroflot aboard the Soviet four engine airliner the largest with a restaurant seating 48. The Russian menu may be less appetizing to Americans with breakfasts including caviar and sandwiches. In flight movies are absent but fringe benefits exist with half fare for children and possible Havana cigars for interested flyers.
A flash fire swept the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt in Saigon killing seven sailors and injuring four. It marks the second blaze on a Seventh Fleet carrier in two weeks off Vietnam.
Phoenix police and narcotics agents rounded up 18 people on drug charges in the Phoenix area. The group includes at least two Scottsdale residents and four women, among them two go go dancers. Named suspects include Carcy lyn De Walis and Audrey Frazee, with others such as Donna Berg Beth Tilley Robert Quinlan Alan Ningham Leon Lawson Michabe Salphine and Steve Devitt.
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