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Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1976

Page

2

Patty Hearst freed on bond amid prison escort

Patty Hearst was whisked from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego at 4 50 a m after her family posted 500000 bond to secure release while she appeals her bank robbery conviction. Judge William Orrick weighs whether to release her under a secrecy plan while she faces related charges in Los Angeles and a January trial date.

San Diego Patty Hearst Metropolitan Correctional Center California San Francisco Correction Center Hearst U.S. District Court William Orrick Orrick Miss Hearst Metropolitan Corrections Center Hibernia Bank

Paradise Valley approves 9800 engineering contract for flood ditches

The Paradise Valley town council awarded Collar Williams and White a 9800 contract for engineering work on the Berneil Invergordon and Mountain View Ditches. Restoration of all ditches will begin after the engineering is done, using 133200 flood funds split between street repairs and ditch repairs. Invergordon project cost revised to about 150000.

Paradise Valley Scottsdale Collar, Williams and White Invergordon Mountain View Oscar Butt Invergordon Ditch Butt Phoenix

Obituary for William Yates Spears DFC recipient

William Yates Spears 55 a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient died Wednesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Ottawa Kansas he moved to Arizona a decade ago from Nevada. Survivors include wife Mary Dee sons John Tempe James Austin Tex Richard Indianapolis daughters Susan and Mary Scottsdale sister and one grandchild. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Messinger Mortuary 7601 E Indian School Rd with viewing 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

William Yates Spears Scottsdale Memorial Hospital Mr. Spears Ottawa Kan Arizona Nevada E. Cambridge Air Force Los Arcos Methodist Church Mary Dee John Tempe James Austin Tex Richard Indianapolis Susan Spears Mary Spears Scottsdale Messinger Mortuary Indian School Rd

Frances E McCommons services announced in Scottsdale

Frances E McCommons 69 dies in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after a career as a schoolteacher for 22 years in Conneaut Valley Pa. Services set for 3 30 p m Saturday at Messinger Mortuary with burial at an out of state location. Survived by husband G Wallace two daughters in Scottsdale and Los Alamitos two brothers five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Memorials to American Cancer Society suggested.

Frances E. McCommons Messinger Mortuary E. Indian School Rd G. Wallace Daniel Jackson Scottsdale Daniel Wollvich Los Alamitos Calif American Cancer Society

Miller Marine veteran dies in the Valley

Mervin Gerald Miller 58 a World War II Marine veteran died Wednesday in a local hospital Born in Oregon he lived at 8631 E Solano Drive after moving two years ago from Mexico City He belonged to Sipe Peterson Post 44 American Legion Survived by wife Edith a Tempe stepson William Bleck and two stepdaughters Karen Jane Coombs of New Hampshire and Susan Bleck Funeral graveside services set for 11 am Saturday at Paradise Memorial Gardens 9300 Shea Blvd Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary and Chapel.

Mervin Gerald Miller Scottsdale Memorial Hospital Oregon Mr. Miller E. Solano Drive Mexico City Sipe Peterson American Legion Miller Edith William Bleck Tempe Karen Jane Coombs New Hampshire Susan Bleck

Mayor's breakfast set for December 10 in Scottsdale

After a two month delay Mayor William C. Jenkins will host his first public breakfast on December 10 at 7:30 a.m. in the Scottsdale Center for the Arts atrium. A speaker and topic are not yet decided as city officials arrange details for improved public communication.

William C. Jenkins Scottsdale Center For the Arts

Scottsdale man dies from gunshot wound

A 65 year old Fred Alexander Whitman was found dead in his bedroom in Scottsdale. Police say he appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His body was found around 1 25 p.m. by his mother in law. Whitman lived at 6613 E Moreland Ave and his wife had left the home earlier. A .38 caliber pistol lay beside his right hand.

Scottsdale Fred Alexander Whitman E. Moreland Ave Whitman

Mideast police officers train in Phoenix scottsdale visit

A group of six Mideast drug enforcement officers and two interpreters arrived in the Phoenix area for US training. They toured Scottsdale police facilities and met with local narcotics officers as part of a federal program guided by Arizona’s drug challenges. The visitors included officials from Egypt Tunisia Qatar and Morocco with Ramour Mohammed absent.

Mideast Scottsdale Police Department Egypt United States Washington, D.C Phoenix Scottsdale Mike Aldridge International Training Division DEA Washington US S Aldridge Arizona Alridge Department of Public Safety Maricopa County U.S Countries Tarek I. Selim Mohammed Ayachi Tunisia Ibrahim. Moussa Yacoub Mubarak Qatar Atallah Abu Darwish Ramour Mohammed Morocco

FBI chief subpoenaed in Arizona lunch remarks

FBI director Clarence Kelley faced a subpoena while attending a crime resistance luncheon in Phoenix. Morris J. Starsky, a fired Arizona State University philosophy professor, seeks Kelley’s testimony at a reinstatement hearing over alleged efforts to remove him.

Phoenix Federal Bureau of Investigation Clarence Kelley Arizona State University Morris J. Starsky FBI Bureau

Copper Deposit Development Delayed by Market Conditions

Continental Oil Co officials say the 800 million ton copper deposit north west of Florence will be developed as an open pit mine when market conditions improve. The project is postponed indefinitely due to current economic factors.

Florence Here Continental Oil Co

Murder charges dropped in Phoenix case against Gretzler and Steelman

Deputy County Atty. Dan Roth said murder and related charges against Douglas Gretzler and Willie Steelman will be dropped because both already face the gas chamber. Steelman, 29, from Lodi California, and Gretzler, 23, from New York, stated they have only one life to give.

Phoenix Douglas Gretzler Willie Steelman Dan Roth Steelman Lodi Calif Gretzler New York Roth

Lion-killer in Tucson faces citation for keeping wild cats

A Tucson man, Walt Taylor, 27, says he shot and killed a mother mountain lion and kept its two kittens at home to protect them. Wildlife officials contest the act and may issue a citation for keeping wild animals in violation of state law.

Tucson Walt Taylor

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