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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1965
Page
6
The Defense Department asked Selective Service to provide 27 400 men in September and 33 600 in October with 4 600 for the Navy in October marking a first draft since March 1956 while the Army supplies most of the Viet Nam era draftees.
The article notes UFO sightings in Arizona Wyoming and Oklahoma with the Air Force dismissing the claims. It also highlights Don Barclay the master of Insulting Manor and previews Scottsdale versus Tucson in the state Pony League baseball championship.
About 100 Arizona youths labeled Athletes in Temporary Employment were removed from a federal state anti poverty project after failing to meet Neighborhood Youth Corps poverty standards. They were diverted from Yuma melon harvest to road work near Scottsdale and later laid off. Labor officials pledged new jobs as discrepancies between federal and state rules surfaced.
Dickson zoning on agenda again to reclassify 30 acres at the northwest corner of Pima and Thomas Rois from single family to industrial park zoning. City council to meet at 8 p.m. at 131 E Main St to decide and review lease plans with Dickson Electronics of Scottsdale.
About 5 000 Scottsdale residents will receive the city news bulletin Forward Steps to bridge a communication gap with City Hall. The issue includes a mayoral column by Bill Clayton a tax comparison with Valley cities and civic center bond news with a park map.
Houston officials report the eight day orbital mission remains tentatively set for August 19 with astronauts Conrad and Pete (Charles) Gordon listed. Fuel cell problems threaten schedule as NASA, Aeronautic agency planners work to link a hydrogen powered system to the Agena rocket and ensure mission readiness.
A hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow before the corporation commission in Scottsdale. It is the third session in a dispute between Scottsdale Tram and Valley Transit over route extensions and service within a 50 mile radius of Scottsdale. The first session addressed Scottsdale Tram’s route extension request. the second occurred last Wednesday.
Roving U S Ambassador Harriman and Ghana’s envoy said peace moves are underway in the Communist world with talks in Belgrade and Peking. Hanoi rejected U N intervention and China offered no clear conciliatory signal. Harriman noted Moscow’s cautious openness at Kosygin’s meeting.
President Johnson told the International Platform Association that the United States would leave Vietnam promptly if the local population could secure self determination free of alien ideology. He vowed to negotiate peace while using American power against Communist aggression and urged keeping treaties with South Vietnam.
Beirut sources report Saudi Arabia has evidence that Egypt plans an air sea and land attack on the Red Sea port of Jizan and warns of possible hostilities.
A brief weather notice reports 107 today with little temperature change into Wednesday. Highs around the 100s and lows near the lower end of the 80s are forecast with steady conditions.
Lou A. Hich, accused in a Sunday hijack attempt at Sky Harbor, left the Safari Hotel without paying a 76.70 bill. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and held without bond by Judge Coppock. He was listed as an Air Force captain from Travis AFB, Calif.
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