Counter intelligence veteran recalls WWII lessons at Scottsdale convention
Jim Broz, purchasing commissioner of Cleveland, describes frontline counter intelligence during WWII. He details collecting enemy gear, using intercepted maps to gauge enemy positions, and the risks of souvenir hunting. Broz notes 2000 talks to educate troops and lists 6000 potential informants in Manila with 3000 jailed within two days.
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Jim Broz
Broz
Cleveland
Ohio
National Counter Intelligence Corps
Valley Ho
Scottsdale
South Pacific
1St
Cav
Admiralty Islands
Manila
Trators
Kempitai
Douglas McArthur
Union bust claim sparks clash over juvenile department
Juvenile Reform Association members accuse Chief Probation Officer James McLaughlin of undermining unions in the juvenile court, alleging a pattern of broken promises and harassment. Judge Thomas Tang says employees have organized for over a year and denies interference, noting discussions with union representatives on grievance procedures.
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Jack Karie
Juvenile Reform Association
James McLaughlin
McLaughlin
American Federation of County
Thomas’ Tang
Association
Tang
Juvenile Department
Joe Burgan
Louisiana
Motorola builds weather sonder for high altitude data
Motorola testers sent aloft a compact radio sonder attached to a weather balloon from the Aerospace Center in Scottsdale. The unit functions as a complete radio receiver transmitter and reports temperature humidity and atmospheric pressure from altitudes over 20 miles. Officials say the device will aid more accurate weather prediction as part of a global data network with Air Force ground receivers and support from NASA and the Weather Bureau.
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Motorola
Aerospace Center
Scottsdale
Air Force
Army
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Bureau
Congress approves Colorado River project funding plan
Washington conferees reach agreement on a 1.3 billion dollar package for the Colorado River Basin Projects including 800 million for the Arizona aqueduct extending water to Phoenix and Tucson. Final congressional action is expected next month.
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House
Senate
Arizona
Colorado River
Colorado
Phoenix
Tucson
House Hill
Indicted Scottsdale Architect Hid Income While Here
Former Scottsdale resident Harry B. Clow II now in Mexico City was indicted by a Phoenix grand jury on two counts of willfully subscribing to false returns related to undeclared income of 1963 and 1964. He worked for Ramada Inns Inc as an architect and faces up to 5000 dollars fine and up to three years in prison per count. A US marshal has a warrant for his arrest.
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Scottsdale
Mexico City
Harry B. Clow II
E. Mockingbird la
Phoenix
Clow
Ramada Inns, Inc
U.S
Prague leader Dubcek ends talks with Soviet Union
Alexander Dubcek announced by radio that negotiations with the Soviet Union concluded with a compromise. Moscow appeared to accept reforms in Czechoslovakia while pledging adherence to the Warsaw Pact, averting immediate Soviet military action and signaling a tentative easing of tensions.
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Nad -Tisou
Czechoslovakia
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Communist—Party
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Union
Dubcek
Leonid Brezhnev
Prague
Czechslovakia
Moscow
Bratislava
Russia
Warsaw Pact
Ukraine
Kosice
East Germany
Bulgaria
Poland
Hungary
Czech
Pendice
Communist Party
Scottsdale teens launch Operation Observer crime fight
About 50 youths led by Jeanne Rice of the Scottsdale Teen Council plan a Friday 1 p.m. gathering at 6614 E Monterosa to organize Operation Observer with police. They will urge local merchants to join the city wide effort and call police on suspicious activity.
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Scottsdale
Jeanne Rice
Ers
Walter Nemetz
Ex-employe backs claim against McLaughlin
Joe Burgan a former county union leader now a New Orleans Juvenile Department supervisor says McLaughlin harassed him with daily threats to quit union activity. Burgan filed a sworn affidavit with private investigator Fotinas as details emerge from a probe into juvenile court policies. Clarissa Hall corroborates Burgan and says McLaughlin mistreated staff who opposed him. Judge Tang warned he may dismiss McLaughlin if charges prove true as the board reviews Fotinas report after Monday’s return from vacation.
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Scottsdale
Burgan
University of Texas
Burgen
Norbert Meyers
McLaughlin
Meyers
Joe
New Orleans
Phoenix
Clarissa Hall
Miss Hall
Urban League
Fotinas
The
Progress
Thomas Tang
County Board of Supervisors
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