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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1970
Page
1
A cyclone and 30 foot tidal waves devastate coastal islands of East Pakistan leaving up to 100000 missing and tens of thousands dead. Warships head to the coast with relief as communications fail and clean water becomes scarce.
Seven people were injured in three traffic accidents on Friday. On Indian School Road and 60th Street a rear collision injured Flower Olsen and Reba Flower. Olsen cited for excessive speed. A second crash on 74th Street and Osborn left Lavold and Walker with minor injuries. Lavold cited for failure to yield. A three car collision at McDowell and 70th injured Johnson and Bowens. Johnson cited.
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1967 law taxing railroads at 60 percent of assessed value in a unanimous decision. Railroads Southern Pacific Co and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co were ordered to cover court costs. they had argued for a 40 percent rate and uniform taxation. The decision follows precedents allowing separate classifications for railroad property under state and federal constitutions.
The Scottsdale Tempe YMCA lists four five week courses starting next week. Oil painting begins Monday at 7 p.m. for 10 dollars for members 12 dollars for non members. Christmas crafts run Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday 10 to 12 a.m. Conversational Spanish starts Tuesday with beginner 6 30 to 8 p.m. and other levels on later days. Camera Fun begins Wednesday at 7 p.m. two hour sessions with 10 or 12 dollar fees.
A Humble Oil and Refining Co. platform near New Orleans suffered a rupture in a glycol reboiler during gas moisture removal. Fourteen workers were hurt, six with severe chemical burns over half their bodies. helicopters transported the injured to Raceland Baton Rouge and New Orleans hospitals.
A stereo worth 500 dollars and 20 dollars in change were taken Friday from Payless Discount Nursery at 7218 E Thomas. Police said the burglars gained entry over a fence and removed the stereo from under a counter while the soft drink machine was pried open with a screwdriver.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko relaxed on the snow backed shores of Lake Garda away from anti Soviet demonstrators during his Italian visit. He drove to the lakeside resort with his wife after a day of museum and cathedral sightseeing in Milan.
A young leader of a clothes makers union in Seoul burned himself to death on a busy market street after police blocked the union’s demonstration. Local authorities investigated the incident as a protest death with no further details provided.
Military officers loyal to a flexible policy seized control of the government in Damascus in a bloodless coup. President Atassi and former Premier Zayyen were detained while Hafez Assad and Maj. Gen. Mustafa Tlas faced removal. Diplomats expect Assad to pursue closer ties with Iraq and a liberal Middle East stance.
Mrs Ann M Beans 73 of 7308 E Chaparrel died Friday at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital She managed Paradise Vista Apartments Survivors include husband Charles son Robert and three grandchildren Services Monday 3 p.m. at Messingers Mortuary 7601 E Indian School Rd burial Green Acres Cemetery
Mrs. Margaret Felker manager of Happiness House at 8013 East Indian School Road will become a U. S. citizen after 11 years in the country. The Canadian native will receive two American flags one in memory of her late husband Donald who died before naturalization. Friends plan a reception and party Tuesday night in her honor.
Retired Air Force master sergeant Charlton Browning starts a crosscountry walk from Orlando to San Diego to urge Hanoi to address the fate of POWs in North Vietnam. He carries a Vietnamese sign seeking a meeting with Hanoi leaders. His son Air Force Captain Ralph Browning has been a prisoner since a jet was shot down in July 1966.
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