Ben Hecht Dies At 70 In New York
Renowned writer and screenwriter Ben Hecht died of an apparent heart attack at age 70 in his Manhattan apartment. Born February 28, 1894 in New York to Russian immigrants he began journalism at ten, later shaping Chicago journalism and a string of successful plays and films. His works include The Front Page and screen credits such as Spellbound Notorious Scarface Gunga Din Wuthering Heights Angels Over Broadway. Doubleday noted his forthcoming Letters From Bohemia forthcoming next month. Hecht recalled a youth of daring pranks and rowdy saloons before settling into a prolific career in drama and cinema.
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UPI
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West Side
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Chicago Journal
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Doubleday
Bohemia
Weather outlook with clouds and showers continues
Considerable cloudiness today tonight and Sunday with occasional light showers. Windy at times and cooler. High today 85 low Sunday 64 high Sunday 81. Willard Greene weather observer reported today's low 72 yesterday's high 85.
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Willard Greene
Weather Observer
Johnson orders study of Selective Service toward voluntary draft
President Johnson announced a sweeping study of the Selective Service system aimed at possibly filling military ranks on an entirely voluntary basis in the next decade. He said the Defense Department and other agencies would conduct a comprehensive review of the draft and manpower policies, examining trends into the 1970s.
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UPI
Johnson
Defense Department
Jerrie Mock Home Safely Completes World Flight
Jerrie Mock returns to Columbus after a 29 day solo flight setting a women’s world circumnavigation record. The Spirit of Columbus landed at 9 36 p m with a 10 000 strong crowd, President Johnson sending a telegram as Gov Rhodes joined the celebration.
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UPI
Jerrie Mock
Olita
Har Foot
Trail Street rodeo trims crowd as free entry lure offered
Three times as many performers as spectators attended last night at Trail Street rodeo. Fifty paid attendees watched from the bleachers while 149 cowboys competed. Tonight at 8 admission is free for the first five hundred entrants, general admission now $1, and under-12s free with a parent. Jaycee arena at Hinton Street and Osborn Road hosts the event with tickets at De Berge’s Leather Shop. Results from last night include Mike Dawson Las Vegas 62 in bareback, Dick Felton Scottsdale 12.7 calf roping, Wright Howington Colleyville 7.8 steer wrestling, Eileen Gaylor Colorado Springs 16.9 girls barrel, and Woody Hackney Fort Worth 60 bull riding.
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Jaycee Arena
Hinton St
Osborn Rd
Hanson
Walter McCloud
Trail Street Development Company
de Berge
Main St
Mike Dawson
Las Vegas
Dick Felton
Scottsdale
Wright Howington
Colleyville
Tex
Eileen Gaylor
Colorado Springs
Woody Hackney
Fort Worth
Book bazaar at Valley National Bank plaza draws crowd
About 12 000 books and numerous records go on sale today and tomorrow at the book bazaar on the Valley National Bank plaza in Indian School and Scottsdale Ads. Sponsored by Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library Inc the hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Pro go to the library.
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Indian School
Scottsdale
Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library, Inc
Girl 17 to Get Hearing in Double Murder Case
A special Superior Court hearing was set in Maricopa County to show cause why Theresa Robichaud, 17, should not be released from jail for lack of evidence in a February desert slaying near Apache Junction. The suit, filed by her attorney, accuses County Attorney Charles Ronan Sheriff Boies and three deputies of conspiracy and intimidation.
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Ronan
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Herbert Shockey
Nevada
Palm trees stolen from city park sites prompt guard concerns
Parks director L B Spacewater reports three more newly planted palm trees dug up at a Pima Road site and notes eight palms along McDonald Drive were planted on city land donated by Hallcraft Homes. He cites costs per tree and worries over continued beautification plans.
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L. B. Spacewater
Pima Rd
McDonald Dr
Hallcraft Homes, Inc
Spacewater
Scottsdale Country Club
McKellips Rd
Scottsdale Rd
Plane Wreckage Spotted In Gulf
Be irut Lebanon UPI reports wreckage of Middle East Airlines Caravelle sighted ten miles off Dhahran Saudi Arabia after a sandstorm knocked it from flight Beirut to Dhahran. Forty nine aboard include Americans and various nationalities. 13 passengers associated with Aramco. Survivors unreported.
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Lebanon
UPI
Middle East Airlines
Persian Gulf
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Af Its
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Kelly Jewell
Napa
Cali
Ralph Henry Devenny
William A. Scott
Lations
Frank Joseph Jukoski
Paul Arvin
Sheryl Cook Arvin
Marjorie Baumgartner
Jane Baumgartner
I. L. Baumgartner
Thelma Carter
George Hoyle
Robert Keith Sanders
Aramco
Sun and Flare
Verniz
D. Kent
Trans World Airlines
Howard W. Lynch
Thomas Schroder
Ruth Young
Judith Rhodes Shaffer
Brent
L. McDonald
Philip McArthur
Thunderbird Zoning Hearing Delayed To Tuesday Night
The Thunderbird Field rezoning hearings move to Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. in City Council chambers. Officials defer action for at least two weeks while a feasibility study by Assistant City Manager Tom Cochran awaits release. Residents oppose the mix of residential, commercial, and light industrial zoning tied to developer George Tewksbury’s bid for 164 acres including a 3 500 foot air strip.
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Tom Cochran
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Planning and Zoning Commission
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70Th St
68Th
70Th Sts
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Gorway
Hayden and
McDowell Rds
Monte Vista
Camelback Rds
Granite Reef Rd
McDonald Dr
Granite Reef
Chaparral Rds
Chaparral and
Scottsdale Rds
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