The USS Forrestal was scrapped for a penny. The Forrestal is most famous for the fire that occurred on board. The Air Force promised to take “appropriate action” against an Airman who posed for a disgusting POW/MIA photo.
After the discovery of record mishaps and ID card problems at the VA, it was revealed that Veterans were left to die because of health care delays.
The secret location of King David’s Castle was to be revealed.
A Goodwill worker returned $43,000 he found in donated clothes.
ADOT was busy with the Virgin River Gorge bridges and a project to ease traffic at Camp Verde. Arizona and Nevada DOTs received feedback on Interstate 11.
PETA wanted to honor a chicken.
A judge blocked the efforts of the Arizona State Department of Education from withholding funds from charter schools.
An attempt to block unconstitutional NSA spying in Arizona failed. Essentially it failed the same way the Arizona State Guard bill was killed by Andy Tobin. It was killed in committee. It was flowing until an “environmental” amendment was added which had nothing to do with the environment. It went to the Committee on Government and Environment in the Senate where it languished. Governor Jan Brewer vetoed S.B. 1062, which would have protected the rights of religious groups (Christians) from targeted law suits for not catering to homosexual affairs.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Department held a Tip-A-Cop fundraiser for Special Olympics. A man was arrested on multiple charges and three were arrested for weapons misconduct.
The proposed renewal of the contract for the Zip Line ride caused quite a stir. Level 4 water restrictions were put into effect in Williams.
A life was lost in a two vehicle collision on Townsend/Winona Road in Flagstaff.
The Matthew J. Broehm VFW sold See’s candy as a fundraiser and may do the same this year. Check with Mike Rioux at the Hope for the World ministry, the VFW post or Al Dunaway at the American Legion office all in the mini-mall on route 66 next to the Grand Canyon Coffee and Cafe.
Deaths
Arthur Hubbard, Sr., 102, Native American Code Talker and the first Native American Arizona Senator.
Shirley Temple Black, 85, Iconic child film star, U.S. ambassador to the West African nation of Ghana and later served as White House chief of protocol for President Ford. She also was an ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992, a “substantive job” that was the best she ever held