Memorial ceremony marks former POW camp site in Scottsdale
An Arizona ceremony at the Scottsdale Elks Club honors a former Army camp that housed German prisoners of war. The area later fed into local history with a Christmas Eve escape tale and inspired Glendon Swarthout's novel The Eagle and The Iron Cross.
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Arizona Department of the Council
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Scottsdale
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U.S. Cavalry
Papago Park
Cross Cut Canal
Oak, St
64Th. St
Hy-View
Elks Club
Will Barnes
Afrika’ Korps
Swarthout
Paradise Valley Robbery Exposes Jewelry Losses at Home
A Paradise Valley couple reported a late Friday robbery at their home totaling more than 17000 in jewelry and cash. Two white male gunmen 18 to 20 fled in a white 1964 Chrysler station wagon after a failed scuffle with the husband. The Milsteins reported their home unlooted otherwise and minor injuries to the father.
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Paradise Valley
Robert Milstein
Milstein
Morris Milstein
Joshua Tree Lane
Alamos tourism rises as new riches for former mining hub
Alamos Mexico, once a powerful mining center, shifts to tourism as its new wealth source. The town preserves Spanish colonial architecture under a ban on modern buildings, while revived homes and sites like Las Delicias draw visitors. Historic battles, floods, and a French occupation marked its past, with a 1868 flood destroying many homes.
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Alamos
Scottsdale
Sierra
Tarahumara
Mexico
Guillermo
William) Acosta
Alamos i
Las Delicias
Bartolome
Selon
Don
Jose Almada
Mazatlan
Alamos-Scottsdale
Wayne Farley
Farley
Coronado
Nixon ban on chemical warfare development questioned
Washington reports Rep Richard McCarthy of New York accuses President Nixon of reversing his pledge to ban chemical and biological weapons. He says toxins byproducts of bacteria would be excluded, though testing the agents would be needed to produce them.
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Washington
Richard McCarthy
New York
Nixon
McCarthy
Parents Bankroll Local School Supplies Amid Budget Strains
In Arizona districts including Scottsdale parents step in as budgets tighten. They fund trips and materials for Pupils, from Cocopah third graders renting a trailer for busing to Saguaro High science labs. Districts face state aid losses due to enrollment, prompting ongoing cuts and potential further parent purchases.
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Arizonia
Scottsdale
Cocopah
Saguaro High School
Ray Davis
PTA
SRPOfficial Charges Phoenix Council With Betrayal
Salt River Project general manager Rod McMullin accused the Phoenix City Council of betrayal after its move to authorize a lawsuit over SRP bond issues and the shareholder voting system. Scottsdale and Mesa will join Phoenix in the action. negotiations on sewage effluent and power district voting had stalled.
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Phoenix
Rod McMullin
SRP
Municipal — Water Users ‘Association
Scottsdale
Mesa
McMullin
City of
Fireworks incident at Old Corral sparks burn injuries
At the Old Corral restaurant on Friday night Elmer Wright called the police after a disturbance erupted when three men threw firecrackers at dancing patrons. Wright was burned on the arm and two women sustained burns as the flames spread. Police said the men had been asked to leave prior to the incident.
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Elmer Wright
Corral
Wright
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