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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1967
Page
1
Mayor Bud Tims urged strong turnout as Scottsdale faces six charter questions. Officials expect backers to win. opponents, led by Don Barros and Salvador Gonzales, challenge floodway powers as unconstitutional. Community groups line up endorsements and volunteers to push passage.
Registered Arizona voters who have lived in Scotts dale six months may vote. An affidavit swearing the voter has not voted elsewhere is required at ballot cast. Voting occurs Tuesday from 6 am to 7 pm at Cocopah Hohokam Soloma Mohave Navajo Pima Supal Tonal oa Yavapai Coronado and Scottsdale High Schools.
An Israeli newspaper blames Jordan for an artillery exchange to mask sabotage moves into Israel. No casualties were reported as contacts quieted. King Hussein travels to Washington to discuss recognizing Israel as part of a broader peace plan.
J W Gaskins of 6634 Calle Redondo mailed questionnaires to city housewives asking if they would circulate petitions finance his campaign and campaign for his election He said he would not run without homemakers support and noted he opposes charter revisions he claims would give mispowers to mayor and council He asks recipients to return a six question postcard and contact him directly
The U S Post Office will add 100000 square feet of space in San Francisco to handle a holiday mail surge for Navy personnel in the Pacific. Postmaster General Lawrence F OBrien said 425000 square feet are already allocated in San Francisco and Seattle for military mail to Vietnam and Pacific theaters. A 30 percent rise in holiday mail for servicemen is expected.
CAPE KENNEDY UPI America's versatile robot broke from an egg shaped path to a circular orbit about 22 300 miles high. Project manager Robert Darcey said the on board motor fired normally at 10 38 a m EST via radio from an earth station. The satellite now hangs over a fixed earth point as its speed matches Earth's rotation.
A Scottsdale hayride at Horse Country Club turned fatal when a runaway wagon struck participant Sharon Berg who died. Hospitalized victim is Mrs. Hoddy with a broken hip, while Erv Hanson and four others were injured but not hospitalized. Jaycees aided victims as weather outlook forecasts high 77 with cloudy conditions.
The Scottsdale city council will seek approval for plans and specifications for an administration building at Scottsdale Municipal Airport, a hangar and site work, and a new fire station at 76th Street and Thomas with costs of 75 000, 150 000 and 150 000 respectively. Bids for all projects are set to open December 8 or 9, along with authorization to call bids for a 39 000 Pima Road bridge over the Arizona Canal. The council will also approve plans for the Paradise Valley sewer interceptor and name Keygagon Engineering Co to update the Phoenix water system economic evaluation. Ferguson will conduct the study on an hourly basis up to 10 000 with an expected cost around 7 000.
A Democratic legislator urged the Arizona House to adjourn until next Monday, saying the special tax session was not ready. Rep. A V Bid Hardt of Gila, Globe merchant, claimed the governor knew this and that Ways and Means hearings would be held out of Phoenix. The House recessed for education-committee work on school finance amid heavy discussion of plans A and C for increased state aid. The Senate arranged a hearing on cutting widows’ property tax exemptions while caucusing on education bills.
United Press Inter nation provides a digest of events from the preceding week, highlighting political developments, economic shifts, and cultural notes across regions. The summary surveys policy debates, international relations, and notable societal trends influencing public discourse.
London officials say a Hastings to London train crash may have been caused by a broken rail. Fifty three killed and 139 injured as one coach jumped the tracks and tumbled down a 20 foot embankment.
Several widows testified before a Arizona Senate committee protesting proposals to curtail home exemptions. They fear losing property if repealed as lawmakers consider narrowing eligibility to widows resident at the time of husbands deaths with limited income. PHOENIX An unidentified woman was found shot to death on the Abraham Lincoln School playground. Det Sgt John Fields says the body was found at 6 45 am by a caretaker at 10211 Huckeye Rd.
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