09 Oct 1964
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1964
Page
1
Elderly men write for advice on prostatic cancer. Treatments mentioned include stilbestrol therapy, potential radiotherapy with cobalt, urethral endoscopic tumor relief, and occasional hormonal or castration-like results. The writer notes some cancers grow slowly and some patients live years with the disease.
The town council discussed modifications to the zoning ordinance to allow a Racquet Club on MacDonald Drive to operate as a non profit family club or counseling facility. Max Good of Phoenix proposed the idea and named local supporters. The council suggested consulting the Planning and Zoning Commission as current zoning blocks the land use and noted local resistance to high density zoning. The meeting also approved street signs and paving bids for Cheney Road.
In Saigon Lt. Col. Charles Undercoffer of the Military Assistance Command said he did not deny friendly fire involvement in shooting down a U S helicopter. He noted guerrillas and Vietnamese troops fought so closely that blaming who fired is unreliable. A joint investigation followed a Vietnamese claim the helicopter killed 25 and wounded 27 troops mistaken for rebels. Vietnamese sources said friendly forces fired to drive it off. The helicopter landed safely. none of its crew were injured.
Sen Barry Goldwater campaigned in California urging a new crusade to reduce Communist power to levels that do not threaten global security. He spoke at a World Affairs Council luncheon in Phoenix and planned a Hollywood Palladium appearance after a coast-to-coast swing from Lubbock and El Paso.
William Woodrow Robertson 51 of 609 N Hayden Rd died yesterday of a heart attack at St Luke's Hospital He owned the Robertson Al falfa Dehydrating Mill in Litchfield Park Born in 1913 he was a mortician before World War II He moved to Arizona in 1954 from Alliance Ohio and lived in Goodyear Phoenix and Scottsdale He was a Methodist church member Private services will be held at 930 am tomorrow at Chapel of Light Green Acres Mortuary Cremation to follow Survivors include his wife Pauline M of Scottsdale a son Paul of 1918 E Pinchot brothers H G Robertson of Alliance and Dr A D Robertson of Phoenix a sister Anna Grosse of Peking Ill and two grandchildren
One of 100 copies of a limited Kennedy memorial book titled As We Remember Joe sold to a rare book dealer for 2400 in New York. The auction, run by Charles Hamilton, also offered a letter from Jacqueline Kennedy which fetched 550.
Mrs. J. Paul Jones secured a landslide victory by about 1000 votes in a five year school board race. She will take office in January and backs curriculum expansion for Spanish, vocational training, physical education review, and student services. Her family, campaign staff totaling around 200 volunteers, and the absence of her husband in Europe shaped election notes.
About 7 500 French speaking Laval University students stage a secret spoof of Queen Elizabeth s visit on campus in Ste Foy at 6 p m EDT They threaten to burn the Queen in effigy and insult the Fathers of Confederation as police and RCMP guard the royal party amid Quebec separatist tensions.
In the Redington Pass area east of Tucson an 18 year old hunter from Rincon High School, Gary Buck, was fatally shot when a rifle discharged after he slipped on a ledge. Deputy Carmi Nichols, 58, suffered a heart attack while aiding Buck and remains hospitalized in critical condition. Bill Dohrmann, 18, notified authorities after calling from a ranch house.
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