Florist Zack Blackistone Nears 103 in Quiet Washington Life
Washington poet of petals Zack Blackistone, nearly 103, rises at 5:30 each day, jogs 200 yards, and runs a shop started in 1898. He wears a daily baby carnation, recalls selling flowers to a Treasury Department worker and to Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and enjoys a versatile, flower filled life despite naps.
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Washington
UPI
Zack
Zachariah D. Blackistone
Mr.b
Blackistone
Treasury Department
Citizen Kane
Zack Jr
Bethesda
Charlotte
Teddy Roosevelt
Alice ‘Roosevelt Longworth
Calley seeks federal reversal of My Lai conviction
UPI reports that lawyers for 1st Lt. William Calley pushed federal courts to overturn his My Lai murder conviction and 20 year sentence. A habeas corpus hearing was set for February 27, and a restraining order barred his transfer from Fort Benning while the action targets the conviction rather than the sentence.
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Columbus, Ga
UPI
William Calley
Calley
Kenneth Henson
Columbus
U.S
J.robert Elliott
Elliott
Army
Cailey
U.S. District Court
Georgia Middle District
Ft. Benning
My Lai
Ft. Leavenworth
Fr. Benning
Henson
Howard H. Callaway
Nixon
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Callaway
Military Appeals Court
Unclaimed valuables auctioned in Arizona Friday
Arizona plans its first auction of contents from unclaimed safe deposit boxes with over 300 lots including Indian rugs rare coins and antique jewelry. Estate tax commissioner Geraldine C Swift notes some items stored since 1909, well before statehood, as law allowing such auctions passed in 1956. Conins of unclaimed boxes go to the state after seven years of nonpayment.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona
Geraldine C. Swift
Scottsdale High Students Engage in Cultural Exchange and Activities
Scottsdale High students participate in Guadalajara cultural exchange with Jean Van Barbara Swenson and Michael Rabe returning with ten Guadalajara students. A 31 member North Central Evaluators team will assess the campus and curriculum next week.
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Scottsdale High School
Scottsdale High
Guadalajara
Mexico
Jean van
Michael Rabe
Barbara Swenson
Guadalara
Scottsdale
Studen
North Central Evaluators
Scottsdale Chess Club Elects Officers
The Scottsdale Chess Club elected Seymour Schumach as president Malcolm Kaiser as vice president Peter Kanis as treasurer and William Macomber Jr as secretary. Meetings are held every Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Eldorado Park South Control Building 1907 Miller Rd. Everyone interested is invited.
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Scottsdale Chess Club
Seymour Schumach
Malcolm Kaiser
Peter Kanis
William Macomber, Jr
Eldorado Park South Control
Miller Rd
Arizona State Treasurer Predicts Mild Economic Slowdown
Tucson UPI report quotes State Treasurer Bart Fleming saying Arizona will dodge severe crunches with slower growth ahead. He expects population growth to continue and unemployment under 5 percent while nationwide inflation may rise and unemployment could top 6 percent. Fleming has served as treasurer since November.
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Tucson
UPI
Arizona
Bart Fleming
Fleming
Pima County Republican Club
Educator Doris Vogel elected to national board post
Doris Rae Vogel Scottsdale Public Schools coordinator for the Program for Visually Impaired has been elected to the national board of the Council for Exceptional Children serving as the Arizona governor. The organization promotes education for gifted and handicapped exceptional children. Also noted are Maricopa Technical College and Scottsdale students achieving academic honors and various local appointments and recognitions across Scottsdale and Phoenix area institutions.
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Scottsdale High
Doris Rae Vogel
Scottsdale
Council For Exceptional Children
Arizona
Maricopa Technical College
Martin Belstrud
Alfonso Echeveste
Judith Evensen
Thadeus L. Eminowicz
Sandra Johnson
Bonnie Jean McLeod
Frank Katich
Fredrick Roberts
H. Grant Puffer
Layne Mike
Auguste St. Pierre
Ester Wilson
Walter Zakulec Jr
Henry Trzeluski
Patritia Victor
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Flower Power Preserves Zack
Robert
Michel Jobert
United States
France
Jobert
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Carolyn VanValer
Mitch Kopp
Roy Bean
Paul Newman
Soloma
Paiute
Coronado
Coronado Kdot
Holly Bittinger
Clarence'Bittinger
Holly
Girl Scouts
God Squad
Cantadoras
Oklahoma
Amicae
Saguaro
Saguaro High
Sabor Society
Ricky Fowles
Jill Aardema
Russ Miller
Rose Finacchiaro
Fred Martino
Donna Masterson
Pete Pond
Collette Kessler
Kim Grane
John Hall
John
Saguaro High School
New Chaparral Park
McDonald and
Pima
Joseph Esile
Pueblo
Kiva
Chess Group
Gino’s
Lincoln
Republic Development Inc
Hayden & Jackrasbit RD
Cancee Fashion
Bouare Shopping CI
Dave Wiese
Decorator
Dave
Biane
Scottsdale Community College
LULAC
Carlos Medina
Ramona Ortega-Liston
Ralph Rios
Dennis L. Hegle
SCC
League of United Latin American Citizens
Ted Edmundson
56Th Pl
Arizona Boy’s Ranch
Alan. D. Ewen
E. Sparkling Lane
Paradise Valley
Theodore Roosevelt
The
American Board of Family Practice
Edward G. Saravia
Camelback Hospital
Judy Toye
James’c. Toye
110Th St
Chapman College
Orange
Calif
Southwest
Albuquerque
Shirley Frye
Walter Hoffman
Albert Ferencz
Will
Harquahala Ranches
Ariz
Jerry Harris
Floyd Bond
Steven Cross
Texas” Christian University
Fort Worth
Mary Hunt
Phoenix Art Museum
Leon. F. Lentz
E. Indian School Rd
Robert A. Watkins
Mrs. Vogel
Joseph Best
Donald Arthur Cryan
William J. Dowling
E. Burke Scagnelli
Saravia
Village Craftsman
Fifth Avenue
Las Vegas
Kowa Kai Motor Ink Ca
Resen
Las Vegas Blvd
Rayco Automotive Center
East Thomas Road
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