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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1974
Page
2
Chaparral High School history class staged a Declaration of Independence project wearing colonial costumes. Sixty six students interviewed about 350 shoppers and gathered opinions on the document while presenting a scene from 1776 and singing folk songs.
Former President Richard Nixon formally asks Judge Sirica to excuse him from testifying in the Watergate cover-up case citing illness. Motions to quash subpoenas are filed. Nixon remains hospitalized with phlebitis and home in California. Sirica reviews sealed envelopes as juror questioning begins for five Nixon associates.
Verner and Associates seek to relocate a proposed medical complex to a 40 acre parcel south of the reservation north boundary on Alma School Road after death of a landowner prompted site shift. Reclassification from agricultural to commercial use must be approved, with tribal council hearing set for October 16.
Arizona Court of Appeals will review a 1972 jury verdict awarding Mrs. Marjorie Orton 10,875 in damages after testimony that odometer rollback may have occurred. The case involves Scott Toyota Co. and claims of consumer fraud tied to odometer tampering.
The Superior Court began the trial of Robert McCashin charged with the April 11 shooting at the El Camino Theatre in Scottsdale. Two psychiatrists were appointed to assess his mental state, with police reports also slated as evidence. McCashin allegedly killed a maintenance man after an altercation and abducted and released another man.
Jack Moffitt Garske 56 a real estate developer and first president of Apache Wells Mobile City in Mesa died Tuesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He served in World War II earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. Survived by wife Dorothy four daughters and other relatives. Services set for Friday at Messinger Mortuary. Burial in Green Acres Cemetery.
John F. Schneider 82 of 4643 East Oak died Tuesday at Medi Center Phoenix. Funeral services will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Arcadia Funeral Home with a Masonic funeral committee. He advised Charlie Case Tire Co and ran the Mobile station at 16th Street and Missouri. He came to Phoenix from Chicago 30 years ago. Survivors include his son Raymond, daughter Mrs June Singleton, Gertrude, four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Radio star Art Linkletter will host a Fashion Square benefit to fund Scottsdale Memorial Hospital’s new family practice program. The event features Norm Crosby Connie Haines and musical groups with tickets at 10 dollars and a Mustang II door prize. Funds support physician training amid a local and national shortage.
The Justice Department has informed Arizona it has no objection to ending straight ticket voting. Special Assistant Attorney General John McGowan said a telegram from Washington would be presented at this afternoon's court hearing on an NAACP lawsuit challenging the Legislature's move to end straight ticket voting.
United Press International reports Arizona lost 8000 jobs from July to August while unemployment stayed at 5.4 percent. The Department of Economic Security cites sluggish conditions and a copper strike as the main factors. Year over year employment growth stands at 2 percent with 15300 more jobs since August, lagging the prior year.
Phoenix banker Richard Houseworth 46 becomes member and University of Arizona economist Dr John E Buehler 41 is named chairman of the Economics Estimate Commission. They will set annual budget growth limits for school districts under a new education finance law.
A survey by the Arizona Beef Council shows the average price of five beef cuts across 13 grocery chains with more than 250 outlets dropping from 1.38 dollars per pound in August to 1.19 dollars in the last week of September. Ground beef, round steak, sirloin steak, chuck roast and rib roast were tracked.
Economic indicators in Arizona showed a continued decline in September with the PMA Arizona survey reporting negative trends in delivery time new orders and employment while prices kept rising.
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