It's named after Kemper Marley, the apparent inspiration for the murder of newsman Don Bolles. It's full of inaccuracies, racism, Chamber of Commerce blather and third-rate gimmickry.
A few hours ago, we were driving in the vicinity of the Clarendon Hotel on 4th Avenue south of Indian School Road when it struck us: It's June 2, the anniversary of a day that will live in infamy (to steal a line) in Arizona and in journalism circles around the nation.
At about 11:30 that morning in 1976, veteran Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles left his downtown offices for a meeting with a prospective informant named John Harvey Adamson.
A local low-level ho
Max Dunlap, who was convicted in 1993 of masterminding the 1976 fatal carbombing of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, died in prison today at the age of 80.
Dunlap, a jury concluded, ordered the attack on Bolles. Dunlap always asserted his innocence, and the Republic story linked above notes that one of two people accused of carrying out the bombing was ultimately acquitted.