Pima Maricopa Tribe eyes self rule amid slow development
Carlos, chairman of the Community Tribal Council, says 9 year leasing provisions may enable tribal self determination over time. He notes progress from minimal power five years ago to a tribal business manager and contracts now managed by the council. Development is cautious to preserve cultural identity while reserving 9,000 acres from urban planning and pursuing water and sewer facilities with federal funds.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Mike Reynolds
Filmore Carlos
Congress
Community Tribal Council
Bill
Bill Hayes Jr
Bill King
Coldwell, Banker and Company
Scottsdale Community College
LBJ watches Asian threat watch over Thailand Laos and Cambodia
President Johnson monitors reports of increased Viet Cong and North Vietnamese activity near the Thai Laotian border with the White House declining comment. Press Secretary Christian says no policy decision on hot pursuit and that Washington sources favor a wait and see approach. The Texas White House announced King Olav of Norway will visit Washington April 24 and 25, 1968.
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San Antonio
Lex
UPI
Johnson
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
White House
George Christian
State Department
United States
Washington
Christian
Vietnam
Texas White House
King Olav
Norway
Radio contacts link Vietnam son to Goldwater ham
Mrs. Joseph Sneed of Orwigsburg Pa seeks help locating a ham radio operator who recently called her from Vietnam about a radio telephone hookup with her son. The operator declined to name the son, but the number traced to KTUGA tied the operator to former Senator and presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
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Joseph Sneed
Orwigsburg
Sneed
Vietnam
Sneeds
Barry Goldwater
KTUGA
Gray elected to lead Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Gray Walter 8. Gray of 8732 Sage Dr. chosen as president of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce by the chamber board. He replaces H William Welch and will assume office Jan 1. Howard Ryan first vice president and other officers named. Mack Gilstran secretary. Bill Soderquist treasurer. Gray is a past leader in manufacturing groups and Scottsdale Rotary. Installation set for January 26 at Camelback.
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Walter 8. Gray
Sage Dr
Dickson Electronics
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Board of
Gray
H. Willam Welch
ASU
Motorola
Chamber
Howard Ryan
Calle ‘Tiberia
Beatts, Ryan and Bridge Insurance, Inc
Richard Coons
Karl Dr
Fashions West
Mack Gilstran
E. Meadowbrook
Pioneer Bank
Bill Soderquist
Trowbridge predicts 1968 prosperity surge and GNP gains
Commerce Secretary Alexander B. Trowbridge forecast a new wave of prosperity for 1968 with GNP reaching 785 billion by year end, a 42 billion rise. He warned inflation risks, urged tax surcharges to fund Vietnam, and cautioned against excessive wage and price increases while outlining specific 1968 gains across consumer spending, auto production, construction, steel, chemicals, aircraft, and state local spending.
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James Srodes Washington
UPI
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
American Marketing Association
Congress
Thieves strike at motels in Scottsdale
Police investigated three motel burglaries last night with total stolen value about 609 dollars. A color TV worth 212 dollars was taken from Papago Motor Hotel and this marked the eighteenth TV stolen there in 18 months. Two other burglaries at Executive House saw Emma Campbell of Augusta, TI, lose jewelry and a fur coat worth 300 dollars, and Susan Wood of Joliet report a camera stolen for 187 dollars. break in appeared non forcible.
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Scottsdale
Papago Motor Hotel
McDowell
Executive House
Scottsdale Rd
Emma Campbell
Augusta
Iinois
Susan Wood
Joliet
New storm heads East with heavy snow and tornado warnings
A major storm moving from the South toward the Northeast threatened four to eight inches of snow across Tennessee to western Virginia and up the Ohio Valley to western Pennsylvania. Tornado watches were issued for parts of Alabama Florida Georgia and South Carolina as the system brought rain and snow across Dixie and into New England amid sub zero readings from the Dakotas to New England.
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Dakotas
New England
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Pacific Northwest
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Lousiana
Southland
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Dixie
School fires probed by city fire department
Fire officials investigated an arson set last night at outdoor lockers at Hohokam Elementary School 0451 EB Oak. Reported at 10 02 p m the blaze drew every city fire truck and caused no damage. Two other Scottsdale fires involved a car blaze at 65th Street and Camelback and a stove fire at 6300 N Palo Christi with no damage.
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Hohokam Elementary School
Oak of
Geary Roberts
Fire Department
Scottsdale
Jack Shirley
65Th St
Camelback
Palo Christi
City to seize 17 lots over unpaid assessments in Scottsdale
Scottsdale will seize 17 parcels for non payment of improvement assessments totaling about 32000. If not settled by January 4 the properties may be sold at public auction. The city may later convert seized parcels to public use or dispose of them. Names and amounts owed include Sherwood TR Marilyn Gordon 3500 13 Paul M Valacho 532 07 and others.
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Scottsdale
Clarence Bigelow
Bil Donaldson
Donaldson
Sherwood TR
Marilyn Gordon
Orange
Paul M. Valacho
Earl
Waller I
Herman Jr
Barll
Robert W. Wo
Osborn
Gerber Corp
Gerber - Smith Investment Co
Jed
Chicago
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338 Reds killed since end of Viet Nam Yule truce
In Vietnam fighting continues near Da Nang as U.S. Marines assault enemy fortifications. Reports cite 15 Marines killed in the first hours of battle. Separately, a Stockholm pacifist group notes four American deserters seeking asylum in Sweden, while Iowa Senator Bourke Hickenlooper retires from 1968 re election.
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Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Upi'a
Tom Corpora
Stockholm
Swedish Committee For Vietnam
Moscow
Japan
Sweden
Hickenlooper
Des.moines
Iowa
Bourke Hickenlooper
State roundup two killed in Goodyear blast
Goodyear police say a flash fire at Unidynamics plant last night killed Carolyn Joyce Miller sixteen of Avondale and Cirilo Almanza twenty three of Avondale from third degree burns. The incident occurred in a processing bay where materials are mixed as workers carried out a classified military project.
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Avondale
Cirilo Almanza
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