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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1974
Page
2
Scottsdale School District faces student milk cost rise as five cent per carton increase approved Aug. 27. District official Bill Pedersen says the move offsets rising costs and keeps hot lunch prices down, while free lunch applications remain available to assist families.
In a work study session the Scottsdale School Board voted 3 to 2 to require unanimous consent in three member meetings to conduct district business. The move is part of a broader policy manual review begun last winter and updating 98 operating policies in the district business division.
AFL CIO president George Meany blasts Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns accusing him of driving the economy toward collapse. Meany vented that Burns would be shipped to Siberia if he were a Soviet citizen, criticizing Nixon’s economic team on a tense Tuesday.
City council informally extends the Downtown Redevelopment Area deadline to November 15 for private redevelopers to settle finances and take possession. HUD would cover interest until next March. several properties face rebid if bidders fail.
SCC students plan a lawsuit against Maricopa County Community College District to create an unbiased board of publications. The Artichoke issue promotes free student press, cites alleged intimidation by MCCCD President John Prince, and covers campus figures and a $3,000 debt controversy involving six athletes.
Rep John Rhodes will keynote the first formal recognition of Scottsdale and Paradise Valley as bicentennial communities. He will present official bicentennial flags and certificates to Scottsdale Mayor William Jenkins and Paradise Valley Town Manager Bob Tribken. Speakers include Dr William Phillips and Bill Eversole. The ceremony at city hall is about 30 minutes long.
Suspect John Knapp freed on his own recognizance travels to California and Texas after a mistrial in his murder case of two young daughters. Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Charles Hyder said Judge Charles Hardy granted the trip with a new trial set for Oct 15. Western Electric to lay off 36 telephone installers Friday due to Mountain Bell order declines.
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies seized an estimated $20,000 worth of Indian jewelry during a Tuesday search of a Glendale home. The collection included 60 pieces largely crafted by Zuni Indians such as squash blossom necklaces and turquoise ring bracelets and pins.
SRP may build a generating plant outside St Johns in Apache County and operate within state air quality standards. Dr Ed Roberts of Dames and Moore told a state hearing emissions could cut median visibility in the Petrified Forest from 0 miles to 67 miles but would be a small fraction of state limits.
A garage in Elwin Swanson’s home on East Keim Drive caught fire shortly after 9 am injuring a beagle puppy. The Rural Fire Department contained the blaze with minor attic damage and no human injuries. Fire chief Frank Roush suspects arson due to outside-opening doors and possible break in.
Services for Robert J. Williams 61 will be held at Green Acres Mortuary in Phoenix Thursday at 3 p.m. Burial follows in Green Acres Cemetery. Williams of 1822 North 87th Way died Sunday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Youngstown Ohio he moved to Arizona in 1957 from Chicago and worked as a technician for Motorola. Survivors include his wife Sun Sun a son Donald of Scottsdale and a sister Mrs Jeanett Burr of Ohio.
Richard E Hoebreckx age 40 of 8749 E Clarendon died Monday in Scottsdale Wisconsin after moving to Arizona four years ago. He was a Marine Corps Korea veteran and worked as a paper mill millwright. Survived by wife Marjorie A three sons Joseph David James and three daughters Ann Susan Kathleen all of Scottsdale and father Cyril J of Wisconsin. Burial will be in St Francis Cemetery. Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary. Contributions to Shrine of St Jude Chicago.
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