Scottsdale Week of Festivities Marks Civic Center Opening
Scottsdale hosts a week of events celebrating the new 2.4 million Civic Center project on Main Street. Highlights include a Saturday artists painting, a Phoenix Art Museum exhibit, Stagebrush Theater productions, tours of Taliesin West, a fashion show, a Fifth Avenue street dance, a flag raising, and a closing concert and folk festival at Coronado High.
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Flying carpet fix saves Scottsdale city hall opening
Scottsdale completes a costly fix for 6000 yards of wrong colored carpet. Burlington Mills sent gray carpet to Walter Co in Los Angeles, causing delays. Goodman’s shop arranged air freight and round the clock installation to meet the October 11 opening with furniture, phones, and a coastal palm tree move ready.
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Hallcraft homebuilder Hall improves after shooting
Hallcraft homebuilder John C. Hall remains in St. Joseph's hospital after being shot in the head and shoulder last Saturday. Attorney Peter Kiewit Jr. says the bullet entered the left temple near the eyebrow and passed through the sinus, missing the brain but damaging the left eye. Hall has had no complications and is able to conduct some business by phone. Carter, 48, of Scottsdale, charged with the shooting, is held in Maricopa county jail on $22,000 bail awaiting a preliminary examination set for Oct. 29.
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Scottsdale
Rain drenches Arizona as low pressure clears
A front brought heavy rain across Arizona on Thursday with a low pressure center aloft. Flagstaff recorded 1.34 inches while Payson saw 1.74 inches and Phoenix area faced a thunderstorm with high winds. Power outages hit Glendale and northwest Phoenix with damage estimated at $100,000 to two apartments and nearby vehicles.
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Odor Core From DEF Defoliant Hits East Scottsdale
Rural Fire Department confirms a DEF defoliant used on Salt River Indian Reservation cotton fields this year caused a noticeable odor in East Scottsdale. Firefighters note defoliation aids machine picking and stress it is an annual process. one responder described DEF as smelling “like a bucketful of skunk.”
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Here Comes De Judge Charms Courtroom Crowd
Spectators watched Judge Francis Quinn smile as Edwin Godfrey faced a charge of intoxication. After a 10 day sentence Godfrey left the bench, revealing the black letters on his orange shirt reading Here Come De Judge.
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Suspect Arrested in Scottsdale Narcotics Case
Paul Long appeared in Scottsdale justice court in handcuffs for preliminary examination on narcotics charges. Scottsdale police charged him with carrying a concealed weapon driving without a license and illegal possession of marijuana. His bail is set at 1200 dollars as police report a .22 caliber pistol and nearly 1000 dollars in cash found during the arrest. Long was living at 7117 E Angus Dr and had recent ties to Phoenix. Weather: mostly sunny with clouds later. highs 85 to 90, tonight 58 to 63, Saturday 87 to 92.
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Jeff) Long
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Maricopa County
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Scottsdale study session draws smaller crowd in storm
Scottsdale Progress reports 250 residents braved rain at Saguaro High School for a study session led by Supt. E G Burnkrant. He welcomed 120 volunteers for five committees and six subcommittees to review school facilities and plan potential bond actions. Experts projected enrollment to rise from 28,216 to 30,368 by 1970 and 94,842 by 1975, with portable classrooms currently easing capacity shortfalls.
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City attorneys end delinquent business fee cases
Progress City editor reports that 16 professionals including six attorneys settled their overdue city business license fees. City Finance Director Bigelow credited last minute courtesy visits and Progress stories for prompting payments, noting preliminary reports show about 40 more cases resolved and 100 percent of accounts up to date.
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Treaties announced for temporary Soviet troop stationing in Czechoslovakia
Moscow hosts a two day summit where Soviet troops are set to be temporarily stationed in Czechoslovakia amid a broader East bloc détente. In Greenville South Carolina Nixon faced a near mob during a campaign stop as thousands surged toward his car. Humphrey predicts a dramatic late surge to the presidency as Wallace campaigns in Ohio and New York with LeMay. Eisenhower, 77, remains hospitalized after his heart attack while unarmed antiwar protesters end a boycott as Abbie Hoffman is freed. Velasco Alvarado declares dictatorship in Peru after dissolving congress. In Vietnam Unofficial counts show ongoing losses of warplanes and airmen as U S efforts continue in the north.
Girl's bike collision injures 11 year old in Scottsdale
An 11 year old Scottsdale girl was injured when her bicycle struck the side of an eastbound car as she began to cross near her home on East Vista. The driver stopped and offered help, but the girl said she could manage home.
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