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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1965
Page
1
Rescuers search wind and flood hit areas as Hurricane Betsy death toll feared to exceed 200. A chlorine barge near Baton Rouge vanished during the storm, prompting 100000 gas masks to be sent to Baton Rouge and a federal search for the missing barge. Local officials urged calm despite the potential chemical hazard.
Officials warn receding Betsy flood waters may reveal many more dead in isolated areas. By early today 45 dead in Louisiana and 11 elsewhere. New Orleans death toll may reach 200 as morgue operations begin at police HQ basement. Coroner orders 300 body bags amid missing residents.
Tryouts for Five Finger Exercise will be held Tuesday at 8 pm at Stagebrush Theater Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale. Director Mel Weisner stages a strong adult drama about family relations and a young German tutor with a five person cast. Performances run November 19 through December 4 on select weekends.
Scottsdale police arrested 41-year-old George Earl Johnson after a neighbor awoke to find a man in her bed. Johnson, of 6819 E. Diamond, faces first degree burglary and assault charges with a $10,000 bond. Police traced his entry to a pried Arcadia door. In a separate case, burglars broke into Copper Kettle Restaurant at 2122 N. Scottsdale Rd, stealing unknown amounts. a hole was cut in the rear wall and a safe pried open. Detectives found a chisel, flashlight and hammer in a waste basket.
Former Sen. Barry Goldwater told Phoenix Jaycees to join the fight to protect the right to work. He argued the proposed repeal of Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley act is a matter of basic American freedoms and cited Nevada as a 14b state with high wage rates.
Dow Jones final shows 30 industrials at 920.92 up 1.97, 20 railroads 215.77 down 0.44, 15 utilities 158.33 up 0.55, and 65 stocks at 920.38 up 0.39. Volume reached 7.02 million shares versus 6.65 million Friday.
Deborah Bryant, 19, Kansas City suburb native, won Miss America 1966 in Atlantic City after recounting how a dislike of ants in Europe as a girl spurred her to work toward the crown. She spoke with reporters the morning after her triumph, acknowledging her freckles and lasting weight confidence.
William J. Kosco 31 of Phoenix sustained minor injuries when his light plane crashed near Ridgway Pennsylvania on Saturday He was piloting the craft with passenger James Mathew of Elbow Pennsylvania both treated and released from medical care
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