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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1976
Page
2
A Soviet Aeroflot TU104 airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Moscow en route to Leningrad, killing about 70 aboard. Officials confirmed a crash but withheld casualty details as investigation began. airport closed and ambulances attended the scene about 20 miles from the capital.
Scottsdale Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on December 14 to consider zoning ordinance revisions that would allow a Greyhound Bus Lines satellite station in the central business district and highway commercial zones with a use permit. City Council follows with a hearing December 21.
Leaders of the nine European Community governments gather in The Hague for a two day session facing unemployment inflation and slowing growth. Britain and Italy are hit hard with weak currencies while a stronger union plan and a majority voting policy are discussed. Oil price rises from OPEC looming.
YUMA AP Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jones Osborn says he will introduce legislation to require administrative agencies to hold open meetings. He cites an Arizona Supreme Court ruling allowing the Board of Property Tax Appeals to close meetings if it follows judicial procedures, arguing open meetings protect public rights and interests.
Bethlehem Steel Corp joined six other major producers in announcing about a six percent price increase on sheet and strip steel used in consumer goods, effective December 1. The move makes Bethlehem the second largest US producer and the seventh major mill to raise flat rolled products amid auto and appliance demand. National Steel Corp had led the boosts earlier, while U S Steel had not yet commented.
Isaac H. Levy 85 of 7334 Via De La Montana died Saturday at Golden Age Nursing Home. A Chicago native and retired insurance salesman he wrote the Royal Blue Hospitalization Plan. Survived by wife Henrietta daughter Minette Cowen Scottsdale three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Graveside 3 p.m. Green Acres Memorial Park. Rabbi C Joseph Telchman officiating. Sinai Mortuary arranged. Memorials to Kivel Nursing Home Phoenix.
Beatrice D. Butler 72 of 4800 N 68th St died Friday in St Josephs Hospital Born in Brooklyn she lived in Arizona ten years. She was a member of Paradise Valley Country Club and St Barnabas on the Desert Church Survivors include sister Florence D White and a nephew Services will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Messinger Mortuary 7601 E Indian School Rd Interment in Clinton North Carolina Friends may call today at the mortuary.
Edwin E Armstrong former president of the American Association of Fund Raising Councils died Saturday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital at age 70. Born in Hamilton North Carolina he moved from Ohio to Arizona four years ago and resided at 5819 E Edgemont Ave. Survivors include his wife Janice son David of San Francisco sisters Edna Scott and Helene Morrison Beatrice Bell Gertrude Steen all living out of state. Private funeral services were arranged by Messinger Mortuary and Chapel.
George E. Spear, 82, native of South Dakota, died Saturday in Phoenix Veterans Hospital. He lived 43 years in Sioux Falls before moving to Scottsdale. Survived by wife Catherine, sons George, Edwin, and David, daughters Carol Miller, Margaret Nelson, Edith Nacke, a sister, and 19 grandchildren. Services set for 9:30 a.m. at Indian School Road mortuary. visitation 2 to 9 p.m. today.
Bibijana Govorchin 90 of 7812 E Plaza Ave Scottsdale died Friday in Scottsdale. Born in Yugoslavia she lived in Arizona since 1971. Survived by husband Jacob son Dr Al Govorchin of Scottsdale daughters Jennie Brosman Elizabeth Hughes Anne Sch wandt Victoria Henderson four grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Private services were arranged by Messinger.
George W Pavelka 71 a former Judson School bus driver died Friday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital He lived at 1067 E Apache Blvd Tempe born in Ohio and was a 50 year member of Masonic Lodge 302 F and AM in Willoughby Ohio He leaves Sylvia son George of Lakewood Colorado daughters Jeannine Tring of Paradise Valley Shirley Rogers of Matthews NC seven grandchildren and one great grandchild Private services were arranged by Messinger.
Nine people were treated for injuries after two weekend traffic accidents in Scottsdale. A three car crash at McDowell Road and 68th Street Saturday led to speeding charges for Margaret Costanco and injuries to Costanco, her family, and others. A Sunday two car crash at Shea Boulevard and Pima Road involved Doyle Bauserman and Sandra Pennington with four injured.
A U S interior geologist Phillip Blacet 39 from Palo Alto Calif remained missing after a search near Dateland Arizona. An official vehicle was found abandoned November 22 and 40 Interior workers plus two helicopters failed to locate him over the weekend.
Funeral services for Robert B. Roe president of Sperry Flight Systems were scheduled Wednesday in Phoenix. Roe died Saturday at age 59 at Good Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness in Carefree.
Northern Arizona University plans to operate by January a $30,000 Sherman Mifflin Smith Seismic Observatory built in memory of a former student from Douglas who died in a 1971 plane crash near Juneau Alaska. The four seismometers will monitor earthquakes nearly worldwide.
The Justice Department filed a second suit against Pima College in Tucson alleging gender discrimination after the initial suit was dismissed in March by Judge William C. Frey. Revisions were required before proceeding.
Two men were injured in separate accidental shootings Saturday near Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Lorenzo Ardizzone, 39, of Ridgewood New York, is in critical condition after a gun discharged while he handed a .22 caliber pistol to his 11 year old nephew during target practice near the Pinnacle Peak restaurant. William D. Still, 23, of Tempe, accidentally shot himself in the knee while target shooting in the Carefree area.
The city plans a second bid call Dec 7 to sell 3.2 acres of commercial property at McDowell Road and 77th Street in the Vista del Camino area. Economic development director John Holmes said several firms showed interest after no bids in July. This is the last unsold parcel in the neighborhood redevelopment program.
A $1,500 turquoise squash blossom necklace was reported stolen from Shirley M. Thompson's Scottsdale apartment Saturday night. Thompson said she locked the door at 8 15 p m and returned at midnight to find the front door unlocked. Inside, two bedrooms were disturbed with clothing tossed about and plants smashed, but no forced entry was found.
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