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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1972
Page
1
U S planes bombed the French diplomatic mission in Hanoi and SAM missiles may have crashed after missing U S Navy aircraft. The U S Command said air strikes hit North Vietnamese targets north of Hanoi and noted missiles fired at U S planes, with no U S losses reported.
Reports from Hanoi say the French delegation building was damaged in air strikes with injuries to the French delegate Pierre Susini and the Albanian delegate. The Algerian embassy roof was blown off and Vietnamese workers and a French official were killed or wounded. U S command weighs possible accidental bombing while noting monsoon weather and strikes near Vinh with B52s.
The Scottsdale race for school board president pits Ray Whitey Planeta Dave Richards and Samuel Childs against incumbent Tom Larsen who steps down in January. Election day is November 7 with the general election.
A veteran teacher and administrator in Scottsdale schools urges curriculum guides from K to 12 and district master planning for new elementary needs. Planeta stresses clear command chains and basic education while Richards advocates kid oriented focus and extended library and gym access. Childs criticizes system flaws and calls for district wide commitment to improving all schools.
Fifty trained observers begin the eighth annual count of the California condor in the mountains near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The two day effort tracks population trends, young to adult ratios, and habitat use, with last year finding at least 34 birds.
Scottsdale Police investigate the loss of 24 steel 10 foot concrete forms worth 600 from a Nesbitt Construction Co. site at 7530 E Butherus Rd along with 48 steel pins worth 48. The theft occurred between Oct 3 and Tuesday morning. In a second incident a Standard Glass Co. employee reported a toolbox worth 125 stolen from the Scottsdale Hilton site at 6339 N Scottsdale Rd between Wednesday and Tuesday.
In the three way race to replace Tom Larsen on the Scottsdale School Board candidates will hold a public forum Thursday at 8 p.m. at Scottsdale Baptist Church located at 2429 N. 71st St. The event is open to the public.
Salt River Project reservoirs gained about 100000 acre-feet of water from last week's storms but are only 31 percent of capacity. Roosevelt and Horseshoe Lakes rose most, while Saguaro and Canyon filled to capacity prompting a 6300 acre-foot release. Total SRP storage now 648841 acre-feet of 2072050 capacity.
A 14 year old Scottsdale rider was injured when he rode into a car pulling onto Scottsdale Road from Demas Volkswagen at 3230 N Scottsdale Rd. The youth was treated and released from Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. The driver, 19 year old Carl Hereford of Mesa, was not cited. Another crash on Scottsdale Road and First Street injured Mrs Shirley Mobley.
John J Morris 66 a longtime Circle F Corp foreman in Pennsylvania died Monday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital He lived at 6613 E Earl and had worked six years as a die setter for Rayco Ball Co A Baptist from Doylestown Pa he moved to Arizona in 1966 from Gardenville Pa Survivors include wife Margaret son Earl J Gething Scottsdale daughter Mrs Hilda Jewkes Phoenix a sister in Philadelphia two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Green Acres Mortuary 401 N Hayden Rd Burial in Green Acres Cemetery
Marie Antoinette Bonenfant of 4601 E Oak St died Wednesday. Born in New York City she moved to the Valley 16 years ago and worked in women's clothing in Miami before joining Switzers in Thomas Mall Phoenix and Scottsdale. Graveside services set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Mesa City Cemetery. Friends may call at Messinger Mortuary until 9 p.m. today.
UPI reports Commerce Department data showing September retail sales at 37.3 billion dollars after seasonal adjustment, about six percent above year earlier levels. July to September sales rose two percent from the prior three months and nine percent from July to September 1971.
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