Mount Camelback perils and rescue crews stories
Valley climbers face deadly cliffs on Camelback Mountain where two youths died and a third survived falls. Arizona Mountaineering Club rescue teams, formed a decade ago, regularly save hikers and train across the state.
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Tim McGraw
Valley
Beas Bailey
Scottsdale
Echo Canyon
Camelback Mountain
Craig Martin
Sam Day Bailey
Martin
Arizona Mountaineering Club
Herb North
North
Papago
Bob ‘Johnstone
John
Brinnand
Echo Canyon Park
Greg Bruening
Yvonne Brinnand
Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Bruening
U S completes airlift as Phnom Penh falls in Cambodia crisis
U S helicopters evacuated 269 people including 159 Cambodians and 62 Americans to the carrier Okinawa amid rebel thrusts toward Phnom Penh. Lon Non and others fled as Long Boret contemplates a revolutionary committee. Ford laments Congress aid failure.
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United Press International
U.S
Cambodia
Gulf of Siam
Phnom Penh
Okinawa
Sau K
Radio
John Gunther Dean
U Tapao
Bangkok
Dean
Air Force
John J. Barnes
Sattahip
Thailand
Pentagon
Lon Non
Lon Nol
Ford
Congress
Khmer Republic
Scottsdale District Recruits After Non-Renewal Notices
Scottsdale schools sent non renewal notices to 286 teachers amid budget and law deadline concerns. A district recruiting team then visited the University of Arizona and Arizona State University, prompting protests from the local teachers union.
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University of Arizona
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
Larry Bell
SFT
Bell
William Randall
Randall
Gloria Welch
Tucson
Arizona State University
Scottsdale students expand high school trips for learning and fun
Scottsdale School District approves varied field trips from Coronado High to Chinle studying Indian culture to a Disneyland class trip. Philip Gates notes trips extend learning beyond the classroom and broaden teacher student relationships while costs come mainly from students.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale High School
Arcadia Hiking Club
Magdalena
Mexico
Arcadia Spanish Club
Tonto National Monument
Disneyland
Carlsbad
Calif
Europe
Philip Gates
Gates
Coronado
Chinle
Mazatzal
Belgium
Mansfield warns on South Vietnam aid as Ford request stalls
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says Congress supports humanitarian help for South Vietnam but backs President Ford's request for 722 million dollars in military aid, predicting tough going in the Senate. Mansfield notes his stance as a longtime military aid proponent.
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Washington
Congress
South Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Mansfield
Orphans Arrive in Los Angeles on World Airways Jet
A World Airways 747 landed with 330 Vietnamese orphans in Los Angeles. One child died, many ill and at least three critically sick. Some to Fort Benning Georgia and others to Norway if health allows. Paramedic teams began medical evaluation.
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Los Angeles
World Airways
Fort Benning
Norway
Dallas swindler posing as auto company chief caught
FBI reports Jerry Dean Michael captured at a residence after posing as Elizabeth Carmichael the Dallas based alleged auto firm president. Authorities say he and his family lived at the home while investment schemes were pursued. In Salt River Valley forecasts expect variable clouds and possible showers with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s.
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Miami
Elizabeth Carmichael
Dallas
FBI
Jerry Dean Michael
Salt River Valley
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Anwar Sadat
Beirut
Suez Canal
Soviet Union
Mrs. Carmichael
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