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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1969
Page
9
Phoenix Governor Jack Williams announces a 10 point plan to reduce rising highway deaths. The proposal calls for tougher license tests, higher point penalties, unannounced roadblocks, enhanced driver examinations, and stricter court and police enforcement with media backing.
Dublin born writer Samuel Beckett, living in France and writing in French, is awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature for his pioneering work in novel and drama. The prize totals 72,712 dollars with Sweden’s academy noting his portrayal of modern man’s destitution and elevation.
An Arctic air mass plunges southward bringing record low readings in Buffalo and Binghamton while frost warnings stretch across Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio New Jersey and South Carolina. Snow flurries sock the Northeast and Vermont meanwhile Florida sees light showers and the Northwest reports rain. A Scottsdale YMCA Halloween party offers games contests and ghost stories for children.
The Weather Bureau reported fair and warmer weekend days ahead but warned of temperatures well below freezing in the high country. Morning readings ranged from the 20s in the mountains to the 50s in desert valleys with Flagstaff 23 Winslow 32 Prescott 35 Tucson 42 and Phoenix 50.
A man claiming to be the Zodiac slayer phoned a San Francisco television program for two hours. He begged for help, complained of headaches, and cried out Ive got to kill. He failed to keep two attorney appointments with Melvin Belli while police assessed mental state.
A 1962 sedan sustained 400 in damage when a car fire burned it out at 6420 E Windsor Wednesday around 4 06 p m. Scottsdale Rural Fire Department could not find a cause. Separately firemen on a special duty call investigated a snake report at 10849 N Hayden Rd. Shovel dispatched a diamondback in the Betty Watters home garage. Firefighters extinguished a grass and weed fire behind 8413 E Lewis at 5 25 a m. with no damage or cause found.
The city council did not approve a rate increase this week for improvement districts delaying the rise until the November 1 or 2 meeting. George Long, district attorney, says rates may move from 4% to 6% to align with bond market, noting 4% bonds discount by 20% and bids inflated by 20% to break even. The rate could eventually reach the legal 8% limit.
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