Greek oil tanker explodes at Philadelphia dock
A 650 foot Greek tanker Elias exploded at Fort Mifflin while unloading Venezuelan crude oil. One crewman died, eight missing, and five or more others including a woman and two children were reported missing or injured as the ship broke into two burning sections. Coast Guard crews searched the Delaware River for the missing while fire officials investigated the blast cause.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Elias
Atlantic Richfield Oil Co
ARCO
Fort Mifflin
Coast Guard
Delaware River
Philadelphia Naval Yard
Pier Guard
Tax expert says Nixon cannot deduct 1969 payment
Henry Bloch of H and R Bloch says Nixon cannot deduct the $171,000 voluntary payment of overdue 1969 taxes on this year’s return. Bloch notes the three year limit expired and calls the payment not a gift but a back tax settlement to avoid possible fraud penalties.
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Kansas City
UPI
Nixon
Henry Bloch
H and R Bloch
Bloch
IRS
National Archives
Biltmore submits zoning bid for Phoenix estate project
Talley Industries plans a 250 million rezoning for the Arizona Biltmore Estates in northeast Phoenix. The 1045 acre site would include 2065 housing units and 132 acres of commercial space with 130 acres to be set aside for city purchase as part of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Project designer Vernon Swaback says the goal is a harmonious ensemble retaining plant life and avoiding hilltop development.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona Biltmore Estates
City of
Talley Industries Inc
Phoenix Mountains
Talley
Lincoln Drive
Vernon Swaback
Nixon urged to take leave and let Ford run country
CBS White House correspondent Dan Rather urged that President Nixon take an extended leave under the 25th Amendment and have Vice President Ford govern, arguing it would be better for the nation than impeachment or resignation. Rather said the House will likely move to impeach and the Senate may hold a trial, though he doubted Senate impeachment rules.
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National School Boards Association
Nixon
U S. House
Senate
House
Opening Day at Chaparral Park Boosts Local Little League News
April 27 marks Scottsdale Little League opening and the first official day at Chaparral Park with ceremony guests including Mayor Bud Tims and Cubs official Charlie Grimm. The day features team photos at 10 30 am two inning games at 1 pm a 230 pm gift presentation and a 5 pm opening day dinner at Mohave cafeteria with varied menu and salad desserts and drinks.
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Joan Sheff
Scottsdale
New Chaparral Park
Bud Tims
L.B. Spacewater
Bob Frost
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
East Scottsdale Little League
Jack Martin
East Scottsdale
Little League
Mohave
DeMolay honors Walter J Ogilvie with Cross of Honor
Walter J. Ogilvie of the Camelback Inn management staff received the Cross of Honor from the International Council of the Order of DeMolay at its Memphis session. He is Scottsdale Chapter dad and El Zarhah Shrine Temple member in Phoenix. The order, serving young men, has about 3 million members in the United States and 11 foreign countries.
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Walter J. Ogilvie
The
Camelback-Inn
International Council of the Order of DeMolay
Memphis
Tenn
Ogilvie
Scottsdale
el Zarhah Shrine
Phoenix
Order of DeMolay
United States
Reg Manning to Speak at ASU Library Meeting
Reg Manning of Scottsdale, Pulitzer Prize winner for a 1951 Arizona Republic editorial cartoon, will address Library Associates at ASU Memorial Union. He is an author of four books and noted for copper engravings on crystal vases shown at the Phoenix Art Museum.
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Reg Manning
Scottsdale
Library Associates
Memorial Union
Arizona State University
Arizona Republic
Manning
Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum
London Colney Man Turns Failing TV into Bulldozer Smash
Tony Warner in London Colney England paid 120 dollars for repairs that failed to fix the television. He then ordered a 32 ton bulldozer to smash the set to pieces on Tuesday calling it a release from the faulty device.
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London
Colney
England
UPI
Tony Warner
Scottsdale senior wins GOP Women’s Scholarship Award
Kathleen Jo McGill, Scotts dale High School senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard J McGill, was named recipient of the Paradise Republican Women’s Scholarship Award worth 150 dollars. She plans to study French and foreign relations at Arizona State University and aims to be a government interpreter. She is president of the French Club and American Field Service and a 1973 Girl State delegate.
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Kathleen Jo McGill
Scottsdale
Paradise
Kathleen
Richard J. McGill
Navajo Trail
Arizona State University
Scout
French Club
American Field Service
Scottsdale Honors Cotillion
Marilyn Riddell
Ernest Garfield
State Corporation Commission
Richard Harris
Maricopa County
Best Cub in Pack 842 Is a Girl
Carrie Crosman a 7 year old girl outperforms nine boys in Cub Scout Pack 842 in Coppell Texas She has earned the Wolf Badge while the boys have not The Boy Scouts council forbids her admission and lawyers for her family and civil rights groups plan a court challenge
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Coppell
Tex
UPI
Carrie Crosman
Ms. Peabody
Integration
Liberty
Boy’s Life Magazine
Carrie
Boy Scouts
James Tarr
Circle Ten Boy Scout Council of
Dallas
MacDonald Crosman
Texas International Airlines
Convair
Black Fork Mountain
Mena
Ark
Fort Worth
Brownies
Blue Birds
American Civil Liberties Union
Women’s Equality Action League
Women For Change
Hank Albach
Dallas Aclu
Cecil Woolery
New York UPI Guild Ends 23 Day Editorial Strike
United Press International workers return to duty at midnight after Guild members approve a two year contract 323 to 245 following a split vote of 58 percent rejecting earlier. The agreement grants 5.67 percent annual raises and raises the minimum editorial salaries from 300 to 317 immediately and to 335 in January 1975.
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New York
UPI
Guld
United Press International Today
Conlan to Present Capitol Flag at Local School
Congressman John Conlan will present a U S flag flown at the Capitol to Soloma Little School students at 3720 North Marshall Way Friday at 10 a m A ceremony features guests including Secretary of State meted representatives Robert Hanger ford and Mac Carvalho Supt William T Randall and city council school board American Legion and veterans of foreign wars members
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John Conlan
U.S
Soloma Little School
North Marshall Way
Capitol
Washington
D.C
Meted
Robert Hangerford
Mac Carvalho
William T. Randall
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars
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Biltmore
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Swaback
Mohave-Pueblo Area
Pueblo Community School
Lynda Hopkins
Ligia Ukasick
Joann Klint
William Randall
Eldorado Park
Randall
Mohave School
PTA
Pueblo School
Blood Services
Good Samaritan Hospital
DeMolay
International
ASU
OLD Corral
E. Indian School
Ormerly the Wild Horse
Corral
Payson
Aaron
HUD
W Sangihng
Thomas Ru
Warner
SHS
GOP
Miss McGill
Conlan
Swiss Village
Hacienda
Businessmen’s
N. Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale, Ariz
Saint Barnabas-On-The-Desert Episcopal Church
N. Mockingbird-Lane
Paradise Valley
Ascension Lutheran Church
Saint Barnabas-On
Eorrogating
Conrad S. Braaten
William P. Rowland
Denton Massey
SAINT
Barnabas
E. Thomas
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