01 Oct 1968
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1968
Page
1
United Press International notes temperatures and precipitation recorded over a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. The bulletin lists regional readings and highlights deviations from normal values across several locales.
A House Un-American Activities subcommittee opened hearings into Chicago confrontations during the Democratic Convention. James Li Gallagher testified the disorder was engineered by dissidents to support Hanoi and disrupt the American political system. Police escorted demonstrators in costume, including Jerry Rubin, as security kept order and sought to identify groups and individuals linked to the disruptions.
The FBI in its annual report says the New Left movement draws beatniks hippies and students and has grown into a major security concern. It cites sabotage threats violent talk and possible destruction of key facilities and notes 13123 convictions including 281 hoodlum-vice figures. James Earl Ray among 31 fugitives caught. SDS linked to turning dissent into active resistance with workshops at its national convention.
A three year old Phoenix girl was hit while crossing Cactus Road by a pickup driven by Earl Vogel 43 of 12201 N 65th Street Scottsdale Police charged Vogel with failure to control his vehicle The child was taken to Baptist Hospital for treatment.
Nobuo Miyazaki, 18, Asia's only surviving heart transplant recipient, lapsed into semi conscious state in Sapporo. Doctors report irregular heartbeat and a light bronchitis. The patient received a heart from a 21 year old college student who drowned on August 8.
Maricopa County Attorney Robert Corbin said no charges will be filed against the parents of a 17 year old boy detained by police. He noted the parents had attempted to control the youth but could not. Corbin had announced a policy to file charges of contributing to delinquency of a minor against parents whose children are repeatedly picked up by police.
Firefighters investigated two brush fires reported about 5 p.m. Monday behind K Mart at Hayden and McDowell. About 500 gallons of water were used to extinguish the flames in the vacant lot.
Tucson attorney Richard Duffield was re elected state chairman by acclamation after Guy Stillman withdrew citing disorganization in the party. Other officers were chosen by acclamation including four vice chairs and three vice chairwomen. Treasurer Robert Begam reported party expenses of 20 471 with 4 334 in treasury.
Kiva Elementary School announces changes to orientation for parents. Fourth to eighth grade students report to homeroom at 7 or 7 30 tonight. Kindergarten to third grade orientation set for Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
Phoenix jeweler Harry Rosenzweig won a third term as state Republican chairman at a one hour meeting of the state committee. Pat Conlee of Tucson and Harry Burke of San Manuel were re-elected secretary and treasurer. Delegates adopted ten resolutions including prosecuting forgers of petitions and backing a voters vote on the Maricopa and Pima boards proposal. Barry Goldwater pressed for a return to his former post amid talk of a GOP statewide landslide.
BAD HOFGASTEIN Austria police arrested Julian Armandugs van Doren a 64 year old man for alleged war crimes as a Nazi collaborator in Belgium twenty five years ago. He had been living in the Austrian resort for about 23 years under an assumed name.
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