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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1974
Page
2
Scottsdale Vice Mayor Paul Messinger told the Legislative Council Committee on Flood Control that the Federal Flood Insurance Administration unfairly penalizes the city with high premiums and zoning rules. He urged state agency help and clarified flood protection roles amid maps and regulation gaps.
Republican Milt Graham claims Castro Driggs and Williams violated campaign expense laws. He cites 1912 limits and the post Aug 9 new law, while Castro and Driggs challenge the charges and dispute figures. The dispute centers on staff, office rent and advertising classifications amid shifting rules.
The preliminary hearing for William Wayne Macumber, charged with the 1962 desert murders of James McKillop and Joyce Sterrenberg near Scottsdale, was continued to Friday. Witnesses, including autopsy examiner Dr. Darius Benham and Sterrenberg’s father, described the fatal shootings and car involvement.
After six hours Tuesday and about seven hours Wednesday, a Superior Court jury enters its third day of verdict deliberations in the case against three Scottsdale Community College students. Willie Smiley, 19, faces rape and burglary charges for a April 17 incident involving a 16 year old Tempe High junior. Co-defendants Donald Williams, 20, and Bruce Moore, 19, face rape and lewd acts charges respectively. Williams and Smiley played on the 1973 74 SCC basketball team.
Democratic candidates for governor and attorney general will speak and answer questions Friday morning in the Little Red Schoolhouse on Brown Avenue west of Main Street. The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce sponsors the 7:30 a.m. breakfast with free coffee and donuts.
Milton L Robertson Sr aged 81 of 7611 E Monticito died Wednesday in Golden Age Nursing Home He was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Arizona in 1961 from Chula Vista California He was a retired supervisor for Blawnox Steel Corp in Indiana and a Chicago Masonic Lodge member Survivors include wife Florence F a daughter Jane LaPorta Scottsdale son Milton Jr Chula Vista sister five grandchildren and one great grandchild Private family services and cremation will be held at Green Acres Mortuary
U S Senate hopefuls Marshall and Feighan attack Ford on inflation and propose wage and tax changes. Attorney General Warner Lee defends record amid Democratic charges of politicized opinions. Gubernatorial candidates Ross Driggs Williams push crime fighting plans in Arizona. An Arizona barbecue fundraiser supports Fred Pratt.
A public forum on Improvement District No 1 is scheduled for 7 tonight at Paradise Valley Town Hall. The plan covers channelizing the Berneil ditch and building a channel on the east side of Invergordon Road from Mountain View Road to Indian Bend Road, plus a companion channel from Invergordon to 68th Street along Mountain View Road.
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