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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1976
Page
2
In Geneva Britain proposes March 1978 as a target date for Rhodesian independence during Rhodesian settlement talks. Ivor Richard outlines a compromise between black demand for fast statehood and white minority preference for a longer timetable.
Two Maricopa County Superior Court judges Rufus Coulter Jr. and Paul LaPrade received police protection after the escape of Thomas Lester Pugh from Kentucky. Pugh, a Tulsa native, is linked to a 1973 Arizona State Prison plot to murder the judges.
H. R. Murray nicknamed Nick 53 sales manager for the Independent Order of Foresters died Tuesday at John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix He lived at 6203 Hogahn Circle Paradise Valley and was born in Dalhart Texas He moved to Arizona 15 years ago Survivors include his wife Gerry children Trudy Leonard of Ventura California and Jim of Idaho Springs Colorado mother Velora Murray of Fresno siblings and two grandchildren Services will be at 1 pm Friday at Hansen Mortuary Phoenix with burial at Paradise Memorial Gardens Visitation is 2 to 9 pm today at the mortuary
Memorial services for Hubert Merryweather 58 will be held at 3 30 p m Friday at the Royal Palms Inn Phoenix. He was a former rancher and three term Arizona State Senate member serving as Senate president 1953 1954 and chaired Greater Arizona Inc. Survivors include his children Michael Melinda Hynson and Ann Buxton a brother two sisters and two grandchildren.
Mildred Farris aged 58 died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital after living in Arizona six years. Born in Plentywood Montana she came from Colorado and belonged to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Survivors include husband Robert W and sons Robert E Tempe and Greg A Gunnison Colorado, mother Katherine Duggan Great Falls Montana, four grandchildren. Services at Messinger Mortuary tonight and mass Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Edwin A. Hughes 88 of 7625 E Camelback Rd died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Trinidad he moved to the Valley in 1972 from Monterose California. He was a retired private secretary for 40 years with W R Grace Steamship Lines. Private services were held at Green Acres Mortuary with cremation.
Shirley Ann Cozart, 24, was sentenced to 10 to 11 years in State Prison after pleading no contest to second degree murder in the shooting death of Sue Hatch Cozart, 24, the stepmother of her son, in Mesa last May 17 in front of the victim’s home.
Scottsdale Daily Progress published an incorrect table showing Prop 300 approved. Prop 300 was rejected by voters with 367 223 against and 324 170 in favor of repeal.
Planners prepare policy guidelines and a growth management plan for Scottsdale NEAP to guide timing and distribution of development in the 25 square mile area bounded by Pima Road Salt River Indian Reservation and the McDowell Mountains. The draft aims for a December planning commission hearing and council review.
Five suspects, including three rural Scottsdale residents and an 18-year-old Westwood High student, face Scottsdale Justice Court arraignment for possessing a stolen vehicle. Bear also charged with leaving the scene. Deputies arrested after a 11 p.m. crash at Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard and jailed the five in Mesa.
Scottsdale Public Library displays a children's book showcase in the children’s service area from this Saturday until November 20. It features 28 books chosen as top bookmaker’s art by the Children’s Book Council and owned by the library for circulation after dismantling.
A Tucson man, 29, indicted on 10 firearms counts following an October incident when police evacuated his neighborhood and removed chemicals including nitroglycerin fulminate of mercury and nitro compounds from his home.
A 66 year old Tucson woman Velma Johnson was convicted of illegally receiving Social Security payments and given three years probation and ordered to repay more than $3300. Prosecutor William Vogel said she was among the first in the country to be convicted of a felony involving the Supplemental Security Income Program. She was sentenced by U S District Court Judge William Frey.
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