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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1973
Page
1
Rebels mounted fierce assaults on Dei Graham and Spean Bak on Highway 2 seven miles south of Phnom Penh forcing the retreat of about 160 government troops. Maj. Ghou Chan said his battalion dwindled to 160 with 20 killed and 120 wounded over 20 days.
Scottsdale officials welcome a State Supreme Court decision upholding Tucson ordinances banning topless dancers in bars. The ruling suggests Scottsdale's appeal may hinge on similar restrictions, with City Attorney and Prosecutor debating whether to adopt Tucson's ordinance or pursue further appeals. The decision centers on the balance between regulation of adult entertainment and First Amendment rights.
A psychiatrist testified Shawn Jensen is insane and likely has been for about two years. University of Arizona doctor suggested heredity may influence mental illness. Jensen, on trial for the March murders of James Burgoyne and Kathy Roger near Saguaro Lake, pleads innocent by reason of insanity.
Dow Jones falls 6.40 to 946.87 as profit taking tempers a seven day rally on the NYSE. S&P 500 slips 0.43 to 108.65 while total volume nears 12 million. Fannie Mae attracts bids. Cooper Laboratories rises despite a DOJ order. Coastal States Gas resumes trading after a suspension, pending Texas rate action.
Services announced for Lloyd W. Gilbert 60 of Scottsdale who died Wednesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Interment at Green Acres Memorial Gardens with visitation tonight at Green Acres Mortuary. Survived by wife Mary two sons Kenneth and Michael daughter Carol Custer and seven grandchildren. Rafael A. Ortiz 63 Puerto Rico born resident of Scottsdale died Thursday at home. Burial at Green Acres following a memorial service. Ortiz survived by Felicita and Dr Peter Ortiz two daughters Lourdes Paoli Maria Brown and sister Carman Maria Ortiz. Industrial note: Ortiz formerly worked as a commissions agent in Arizona.
Frank B. Brumby 82 a 40 year dog handler who came to Scottsdale 22 years ago died Thursday in a local nursing home. He was born in England and came to the United States in 1912 with his father. He and his father ran kennels in New York and long Island and he belonged to the Scottish Terrier Club of America and the Superstition Kennel Club of Mesa. Burial and services will be private with Green Acres Mortuary in charge. He leaves Clare and four sons Frank Robert Fred and Wilfred of New York.
Residents of the southeast portion of Maricopa County vote Tuesday for one of four candidates to the county community college district board. Precinct No 1 candidates include Dwight W Patterson Theodore C Jarvi Thomas Gammill and William B McCarl. The district covers Tempe Mesa Chandler Gilbert Higley and parts of South Phoenix. Scottsdale residents in Los Arcos and Yavapai precincts vote at Scovel School in north Tempe.
Highway Patrolman Goode stopped to help a man with a flat tire in Marshill North Carolina when two 200 pound calves reportedly jumped into the back seat. William Edwards of Greenville South Carolina claimed he did not know how the calves arrived. Edwards was charged Wednesday with stealing the calves.
The Big Bear Market assistant manager Henry Moreno received a call from an apparent extortionist warning of a bomb. He hung up as the caller mumbled. The store was evacuated and searched with no explosives found. It was the fourth telephoned bomb threat to a Phoenix market in three days.
Senator Barry Goldwater says Luke Air Force Base will host the F15 Eagle next year becoming the jet’s first operational base. The plane reaches 1600 mph and is described as superior to Soviet MI6 class adversaries.
Nearly 14 percent of Maricopa County high school students quit without degrees last year prompting officials to call the dropout problem serious. The Phoenix Union High School District reported a 13.4 percent dropout rate in 1972-73.
Federal authorities charged Lawrence Zaffina and Charles Interlandi of Phoenix with using an electronic signal box, the blue box, to make free long distance calls to California Missouri Colorado and Illinois from an unnamed location.
The Phoenix Parks Board endorsed a power line along a proposed park in southwest Phoenix. Final approval risks the park deal as federal donation of land could be withdrawn if 100 foot steel towers are erected along the park.
Former county adult probation officer Jack Karie was acquitted on bribery charges as the trial opened in Apache County. Judge D L Greer ruled for acquittal after the state's key witness gave conflicting testimony. the eight jurors unanimously approved the verdict.
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