Scottsdale Sees 1968 as Peak Year for City Growth
Mayor Bud Tims announced 1968 will complete Scottsdale’s $2.4 million civic center complex including city hall and library, a new fire station headquarters, municipal airport, sewer expansion, and the largest street budget. He highlighted park projects and ongoing downtown rejuvenation as part of a broader civic-improvement program. The mayor urged citizen involvement to keep Scottsdale advancing toward becoming a model Southwest city.
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Bud Tims
Scottsdale
Civb
Tims
Thomas and Miller Rds
Rural Fire Co
Clayton Park Dedicated Near Coronado High School
Clayton, a Scottsdale public servant from 1952, will have a park named in his honor. The facility near Coronado High School includes a community service building, swimming pool, bath house, lake, pond, and four baseball diamonds used by the Chicago Cubs in spring training.
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Clayton Park
Ae Park
Coronado High School
Chicago Cubs
City extends trash pickup on New Year's Day restart
City Manager Bill Donaldson miscommunicated announcing no pickup on New Year’s Day. Officials clarified crews will work on a regular schedule January 1. Refuse crews were idle Christmas Day but doubled up Tuesday to make up the lost day.
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Bill Donaldson
Dallas couple’s missing poodle Chi Chi found in Scottsdale
A Dallas couple parked their car in Scottsdale yesterday while they ate. Their black poodle Chi Chi was found and returned to them after a $500 reward was offered. The dog’s finder remains unknown as the couple left Scottsdale today.
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Scottsdale
Dallas
Ted Kubatzky
Main and
Brown &Ts
Progress
Romney says GOP proxy could find Viet peace
Singapore arrival of Michigan Governor George Romney signals a shift in U.S. policy toward Vietnam. Romney 예정 will meet Singapore officials the next day as Republican hopes focus on a peace path.
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Romney
GOP
Singapore
George Romney
Michigan
U.S
Vietnam
Jakarta
Governor signs tax measure to raise state withholding rate
Governor Jack Williams has signed a law increasing the state income tax withholding as of Monday, with a clause making the change effective January first. Window Rock reports Navajo chapter houses will distribute food clothing and blankets to snow stranded residents and run rescue operations as roads reopen after an eight day storm affecting 40,000 people.
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Phoenix
Jack Williams
Window Rock
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital still seeks new administrator
The Scottsdale Baptist Hospital board has not named a new administrator yet and plans to reach an agreement within about 90 days. Cecil Kammerdiener remains assistant administrator, while Dr. A E Carpenter will continue as hospital chief until replacement. Karl Eddins resigned November 16 to join Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson.
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Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
A. E. Carpenter
Carpenter
Cecil Kammerdiener
Karl Eddins
Mississippi Baptist Hospital
Jackson
Miss
Cambodias Sihanouk Signals Shift on Viet Cong Sanctuary
Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk indicates military restraint if U S forces enter to target Vietnamese Communists in border regions and offers to host a Johnson envoy. he would push the issue to the U N Security Council if needed and favors strengthening international oversight of Cambodian borders.
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Washington
UPI
Cambodia
U.S
State Department
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Johnson
Vietnam
United States
Red China
Soviet Union
Washington Post
Norodom Sthanouk
U.N. Security Council
General Assembly
Cong
Stanley Karnow
the Post
Hong Kong
Averell Harriman
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
International Control Commission
Scottsdale Police to receive federal grant for efficiency
The Scottsdale Police Department was awarded a 14568 grant from the U S Office of Law Enforcement Assistance in Washington D C to hire a research analyst and a part time secretary. The funds will fund planning and research to improve deployment and a police manual for the growing force with a start date likely February 1 and a duration of about one year. The analyst will be drawn from retiring officers who have a degree in public administration or law enforcement and relevant experience.
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Scottsdale
Walter Nemetzi
U.S. Office of Law Enforcement Assistance
Washington
D.C
U.S. Justice Department
Nemetz
Arizona
Residents fight loud vacuum pump near Dickson plant
A neighborhood group on Thomas and Plma Roads complains of 24 hour noise from a diesel engine driven vacuum pump at the Dickson Electronica plant. They allege no relief after months of talks, while the firm says mufflers are ordered and city officials are satisfied with steps taken. The group has hired a lawyer and plans letters and calls if no action occurs.
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Thomas and
Plma Rds
Pe Motors
Dickson Electronica
J. BR
Walker
Mdgemont
Dickson
Thomas Road
Thomas Rd
Salt River Indian Reservation
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Plainsville
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Nancy Schruder
Scottsdale Desert
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Humphrey
Ivory Coast
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William Tubman
FBI
Youngstown
Ohio
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San Antonio
Texas
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Russia
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