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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1964
Page
5
Final unofficial results place Sarah Folsom ahead of incumbent W. W. Dick by 1,300 votes statewide with 232,445 to 231,145 in Maricopa County absentee ballots. Canvassing by the secretary of state will follow next week, and Dix may not concede.
UPI reports explosions shook Saigon as Ambassador Taylor heard disturbances in the U.S. Embassy. Military officials weighed whether the sounds came from Vietnamese army demolitions or the capital. Air activity soared as planes hit a Communist stronghold in retaliation for a Nov. 1 mortar raid. A missing American observation plane remains unfound after helicopter and plane losses during the search. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh urged U S action into North Viet Nam and Red China, naming Hanoi and Peking as the sources of the war.
The bulletin notes continued fair conditions with variable high cloudiness today tonight and Sunday. Temperatures hold near 84 degrees today and tomorrow with a low near 50 degrees Sunday morning.
Moscow sources say Chinese Premier Chou En Lai urged the Kremlin to hold bilateral peace talks in Peking early next year. The plan could delay the December world Communist conference as Chou and other visiting leaders discuss postponing the meeting.
The United States pushes ahead with a Multilateral Nuclear Force plan to form a NATO surface fleet despite French criticism and lukewarm support from Britain and Italy. France warns the plan could split NATO while West Germany endorses it.
London reports the new Kremlin leadership is unlikely to start meaningful negotiations soon and may mark time on major diplomatic commitments with the West. Saigon notes U S officials may discuss bombing targets in North Viet Nam and Laos with Ambassador Taylor heading to Washington for talks. Washington medicaire bill backers say new version is being drafted after elections cleared the path for passage. Phracaba Brazil reports 18 killed and 14 injured as a 15 story structure collapsed amid fears toll could rise to 40.
A Scottsdale hearing follows Judge Tom Felke’s September ruling that the city business license ordinance is invalid for licensing professionals. The case, triggered by realtor Dan Weisberger, questions whether statewide preemption exempts realtors, attorneys, and physicians from local licensing, potentially halving city tax revenue from about 22 000 to 11 000. Don Van Dyke notes roughly half the expected revenue comes from unlicensed individuals.
Moscow reports Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky denounces U S threats to destroy the Soviet Union at a Kremlin parade. The Red Square show featured a record large missile, plus several other rockets, including a 60 foot Havana Cigar model. Brezhnev and Chou En Lai attended the reviewing stand as Khrushchev was absent.
Richard Clayton Rush, 23, admitted taking 5100 from Phoenix Ambulance Inc and giving it to a friend, Brooks Harmon, 18, who bought a car with 3385 cash. Detectives recovered over 1000 stash. Rush faces receiving stolen property charges. Both in jail.
Two white men charged with killing Charles Moore and Henry Dee were freed on $5,000 bond in Franklin County Mississippi. A preliminary hearing was set for January 11 and arraignment postponed. The suspects Charles Edwards and James Seale, both of Meadville, were linked to the July killings of Moore and Dee, whose torsos were found in the Mississippi backwaters during a search for missing civil rights workers. The FBI reported no evidence Moore or Dee were civil rights activists.
A Phoenix man, Kenseth Chambers, 33, from 640 South 8th, was electrocuted when he stepped on a transformer while working near North Central and Washington. He died at Memorial hospital.
Scottsdale area voters cast about 80 percent in the general election, higher than the national 61.4 percent. Barry Goldwater led Lyndon Johnson 21 321 to 16 445 in 30 precincts covering the Scottsdale School District. Gov. Paul Fannin defeated Roy Elson for the U S Senate, while John Rhodes beat John Ahearn for the Legislature. Darrell Smith led Patrick O Reilly for state attorney general, and Sarah Folsom outpaced W S Dick for state superintendent.
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