Obituary notices for Norman F. Christian and George Conk
Norman F. Christian 46 died Sunday in Phoenix VA Hospital. A WWII staff sergeant and German POW, he received the Purple Heart Bronze Star and Air Medal. Survivors include Blanche his wife two sons Nelson and Mark two daughters Marsha and Laurie his mother Mrs Lydia Christian of Scottsdale and a brother in Illinois. George Conk 73 died Monday in Scottsdale Baptist Hospital after a long illness. A Navy veteran of WWI, he later worked in postal transport and lived in the Wheel Inn Trailer Park. Survivors include wife Ellen son Rowland of Tempe two sisters three brothers four grandchildren and a great grandson.
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Christian
Schweinfurt
Air Corps
American Pow Club
Christ Lutheran Church
Scottsdale
Chicago
66Th St
Blanche
Nelson
Mark
Marsha
Laurie
Lydia Christian
Illinois
George Conk
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
Messinger Mortuary
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Conk
Wheel Inn
Holland, Mich
Hope College
U.S. Navy
Ellen
Rowland
Tempe
Henrietta Koetsier
Eva Bos
Bill
John
Holland
Albert
Ringwood
Plans for two new buildings on city agenda
The design review board will study two proposed structures this afternoon. Southwest Savings and Loan seeks an office building at Rancho Vista and Scottsdale Rds. International Bankers Life Insurance plans a building at First Ave. and Marshall Way. Site Plan Committee reviews the insurance building Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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Southwest Savings and Loan
Rancho Vista and
Scottsdale Rds
International Bankers Life Insurance
First Ave
Marshall Way
Dutch Jews petition Soviet embassy for justice
A delegation of Dutch Jews presented a petition to the Soviet embassy in The Hague on Monday appealing for justice for Jews in the Soviet Union. The embassy's second secretary V N Sorokin refused the petition saying there is no Jewish problem in his country.
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the Hague
UPI
Soviet Union
N. .Sorokin
Brezhnev Sees Doom for Imperialism Amid Defense of USSR
In a three and a half hour Kremlin speech marking Lenin's birth centenary, Leonid Brezhnev acknowledged past mistakes in building the Soviet Union but forecast the doom of imperialism. He defended Warsaw Pact actions in Czechoslovakia, criticized China and Israel, and urged long term planning to advance toward communism. The event drew 6,000 Soviet and foreign Communist officials and diplomats, with some delegations absent or silent in protest.
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Moscow 2
UPI
Communist Party
Leonid
Soviet Union
Vladimir
China
Israel
Czechoslovakia
Kremilin Palace of Congresses
Lenin
Red
Albania
Brezhnev
Comunist
U.S
Jacob D. Beame
Fire damages car and couch at local residences
A fire of undetermined origin caused 200 dollars in damage to a 1961 Buick at 2724 S Scottsdale Rd where Russ Hawkins was driving. Firemen reported the blaze nearly destroyed the vehicle. A second fire damaged 500 dollars worth of a couch at 11415 N 67th St, attributed to a blaze at the Dwayne Turley residence. firefighters arrived after the couch had been moved outdoors.
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S. Scottsdale Rd
Russ Hawkins
Scottsdale Rd
Dwayne Turley
67Th St
Rubber workers strike hits Goodyear plants nationwide
About 23 000 URW members walked off 15 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plants across the nation as contract talks broke down. Three other major rubber producers faced possible action while Goodyear sought new negotiations with the UAW. Talks in Cincinnati were continuing with Goodyear, and negotiations with Goodrich Uniroyal and Firestone were expected to resume.
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Akron
Ohio
UPI
United Rubber Workers Union
URW
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
A _A
Goodyear
UAW
Cincinnati
Goodrich
Uniroyal
Firestone
Vandals Loot New Home on North 81st Street
Hallcraft Homes representatives reported a stolen front door from a vacant residence at 5710 N 81st St. between April 3 and 4. Vandals entered the home between Saturday and Monday, broke a window, and poured cooking oil on new carpets and tile. The door, valued at 140 dollars, was taken with fixtures. damage listed at 55 dollars.
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Hallcraft
N. 81St St
Nixon Plans to Withdraw 150000 Troops From Vietnam in 12 Months
President Nixon announced plans to withdraw about 150,000 U.S. soldiers from Vietnam over the next year, lowering total combat forces to roughly 284,000 by May 1971. He said pacification is succeeding, and American troops can and will be withdrawn, with withdrawal paced by military and diplomatic developments. Senate leaders welcomed the move, while Thieu’s government was given a long-range timetable for the plan.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
Senate
Mike Mansfield
White House
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
United States
Saigon
James Pirtle
Whittier
Calif
David Parker
Portland
Ore
Pfe
Richard Gordon
Los Angeles
John Caldwell
Ann Arbor
Mich
Three Injuries Narrowly Averted In Local Auto Crashes
A 10 year old boy on a bicycle a 4 year old girl and a woman driver escaped serious injuries in two separate crashes Monday in Phoenix Arizona. Susan Himrichs age four of 8619 BE Valley View and Alice Porter age 29 of 8731 BE Crestwood were not seriously harmed in a three vehicle collision at Camelback and 76th Street at 1137 AM. Porter failed to stop for a red light and was struck by an eastbound dump truck driven by Paul Schwartz then pushed into a car stopped for the light. The truck and the third car drivers were not injured and Porter received a red light citation. Gino Tarantini age 10 of 5014 N 86th Place was treated and released at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital after his bicycle collided with a car at 86th Street and Vista Drive at 730 PM. Car driver Thomas Niece age 23 of 8744 E Vista Drive took him to hospital. Police said Niece stopped at a stop sign then entered the intersection as the youth rode into the street. No citations were issued.
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Susan Himrichs
Valley View
Alice M. Porter
Crestwood
Camelback
76Th St
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
86Th St
Vista Dr
Thomas L. Niece
E. Vista Dr
Niece
Carnival Opens at Papago Plaza Benefiting Rotary Club
Siebrand Brothers Carnival starts Wednesday at Papago Plaza Scottsdale and McDowell with proceeds to Papago Rotary Club. Discount ride tickets available at Papago Plaza stores. Carnival hours 3 p.m. weekdays 10 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.
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Papago Plaza
Scottsdale and
McDowell Rds
Papago Rotary Club
Papago
Clark Edward
Merchants Association
Soldiers Question Nixon Plan To Withdraw 150,000
UPI reports mixed views among American troops on Nixon’s announced plan to pull 150,000 GIs from Vietnam. Some say it’s doable, others doubt success, citing Cambodia and Laos as reasons.
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Richard Bale
Portland
Maine
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Man Charged in Scottsdale Assault Case Involving Morgenstern
Leslie Morgenstern 32 of Tempe was arrested by Scottsdale police on aggravated assault charges. He allegedly attacked his former wife Jeanne Morgenstern 32 at her home on April 1 after an argument. He was released on 1100 dollars bail and arraignment is pending in Scottsdale City Court.
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Leslie I. Morgenstern
Apache Blvd
Tempe
Scottsdale
Morgenstern
Jeanne Morgenstern
Mulberry
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