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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1960
Page
1
North Paradise Valley Home Owners Association asks Maricopa County Planning and Zoning to rezone 6000 acres north of Scottsdale for three homes per acre. Paradise Valley Improvement Association opposes the change from R1D43 and R1D35 to R1D10. Hearing set 1:30 p.m. Thursday September 15.
A fragmented piece describes theater promotions at Roundup Drive-in and local politics with mentions of Dick Searles and Nixon. The column also notes a death and offers kindness in a troubled world, ending with a pithy quotation about aging and worries.
The Town Council tentatively approved participation in an accident, hospital and life insurance plan for permanent employees. Town would contribute $3 per month per employee, with workers covering the balance of the costs under the proposed program.
Two of Scottsdale’s three new elementary schools will open one to two weeks late due to delays in securing steel window and door frames. Navajo on Gack Street is expected to open by November 10, with Hept School on Lefayette opening Sept 6 alongside ten other schools. The delay affects the start of classes and outdoor work remains to be completed.
A years delay is expected in upgrading the Indian School Road Stoltedale intersection after bonds approved last spring. Assistant town manager dint Smith cited insufficient right of way and winter constraints. Donations from area property owners augmented bond funds but construction may wait until next summer due to weather and administration caution.
Republicans establish a district party hub at 22 Stetson Drive just east of Scottedale Road. The official opening is planned for Tuesday Sept. 3 under volunteer leadership led by Mrs. Harrison Howard. Telephones will be installed this week and staff are needed six days a week from 10 am to p.m. Democratic HQs are not yet set. a Scottsdale Democrats headquarters will be chosen after the September 3 primaries. Semple ballots for the primary are expected next week.
A record attendance of 612 paid admissions was logged last Sunday at the Scottsdale Community Swim pool. The pool manager Robert Finkbine cited 711 cash tickets and 102 card tickets. As a Labor Day attraction, a series of races and diving contests will be held with prizes of free pool passes. Attendance after the opening of wheat will determine the chasing date for the season.
Marshal Bill Downing issues admonition to total residents to take care over Labor Day weekend. Alert on traffic fatigue and alcohol dangers, boating and swimming risks. State and local deputies plus Arizona Highway Patrol will be on alert.
Mertin BK Bixler Scottsdale attorney and town magistrate filed for the Republican nomination as Maricopa County attorney. He is unopposed in the September 13 primary. Bixler, a Colorado native, moved to Arizona in 1934 after Cumberland University Law School graduation. He served as AEC security inspector in Los Alamos and as municipal police officer, and is a U.S. Army Reserve criminal investigator. He has been town magistrate since June 1959 and lives with his wife Dorothy and three children at 4t1 Creighton Court in Sentisdale.
The Baltimore Orioles rookie entry will train in Scottsdale October 6 to December 11 at the Scottsdale stadium. A four team rookie league including the Dodgers Giants Cubs and Orioles will operate with 30 Orioles players plus many wives arriving October 6. Daily games and double headers are planned with some games at other stadiums and possible lease extensions for fall and spring ball.
Improvement of Indian School Road from 48th Street to Scottsdale town limit and from west town limit at Taylor to east of Scottsdale road is planned for next year. Engineering studies and right of way talks continue to convert Indian School into a four lane arterial with construction to start in 1961. Scottsdale Town Council authorized including Indian School in the Western Park Drive improvement district, covering the area between Indian School Camelback Canal south, and west of Scottsdale road. Initial work will build a 33 foot north half right of way due to south side constraints. Canal bank will be cut and revetted and some curves straightened in the county sector.
The Scottsdale Junior Chamber of Commerce elected Hiram Kennedy chair to coordinate a two day NFR event on November 19 and 20. John Van Cronkhite Dale Smith Yale Siminoff and other Jaycees will lead publicity tickets arena parking concessions ushering policing and dance duties as the nation’s top fifteen roping teams and top fifteen girls barrel racers compete before forty five finalists across two performances.
The new Town Park Department led by Director Clarence Allen aims to expand recreation without duplicating existing clubs. Plans include winter basketball and football areas, shuffleboard and horseshoes, youth sports, an arts program for adults, and a girls club with local civic groups. Community picnics and events are also planned.
The Town Council approved plats for seven subdivisions totaling over 400 homes, mostly per Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations. Notable entries include Papago Manor, Papago Parkway 11A, Charnel Terrace, Trail West No. 2, and Hidden Village Nos. 15 and 16. Mereway Manor faced a land-use recommendation, with approval contingent on county industrial designation. Contingent sewer extension and access road suggestions were noted.
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