Parada del Sol Week Begins With Mock Hangings and Shows
Mock hangings and shootouts kick off Saturday in front of Lulu Belle Restaurant as part of Western Month activities ahead of Parada del Sol. Dolan Ellis Ron Nix and Amanda Blake join the lineup with Indian sign language prayers and stunt demonstrations plus a Parada parade on January 31 and rodeo shows January 30 to February 1.
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First '70 call nets arrests at Scottsdale bar
Scottsdale police arrested two men at 12:01 a.m. Thursday after they were refused admission to the Red Dog on North Old Scottsdale Road. Elder J. Topel, 22, of Tempe and Nikolaus Busch, 29, listed Glendale as his address, were charged with trespassing and drunk and disorderly conduct after refusing to leave the entrance area.
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Pistol stolen in burglary at Gunsmoke Sports Shop
Burglars broke the front door glass at Gunsmoke Sports Shop, 118 N Brown, about 2 50 a m Thursday and escaped with a .45 caliber pistol worth 114 dollars from a display case. Police said nothing else was taken. A second burglary at Timbers Bar, 3005 N Hayden, occurred earlier that evening through a restroom window, with about 5 dollars in change and two small jugs taken near the cash register.
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Communists shell U.S. outpost near Saigon amid Vietnam fighting
In the DMZ and near Saigon several attacks injure U.S. troops as Vice President Agnew warns of a possible new offensive. Five rounds from DMZ cause injuries but no fatalities. Bombings along the Cambodian border and a Saigon bomb wound four women as Hanoi Radio claims huge Allied losses in 1969.
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Sunshine Music Festival draws crowd in Honolulu
About 15 000 people attended the Sunshine Music Festival in Diamond Head Center Honolulu. The youth crowd mostly teens enjoyed the folk rock outing under clear skies.
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Early Scottsdale councilman John Sweeney dies at 74
John Sweeney, 74, longtime Scottsdale figure and former city council member since 1951, died Thursday at Doctors Hospital. Rosary at Arcadia Funeral Home tonight, mass at St Agnes Phoenix, burial in St Francis Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ethel, two sons Francis and Edward, two daughters Eileen Wright and Ethel Mason, and extended relatives.
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Explosion report turns out to arcing wires near K Mart
Scottsdale Rural Fire Department responded to a 6:25 a.m. report of an explosion at 7902 E. McDowell but found only arcing electric wires. Salt River Project was notified and two units repaired the wires behind the K Mart. A separate incident at 10601 N Scottsdale Rd damaged a service station where an electric motor in the heating unit caught fire and burned wiring and a filter pad. Firefighters extinguished the fire with CO 2 at Jim Combs station.
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Man on the Moon tops 1969 decade news list
United Press International polls list Apollo 11 moon landing as the top story of 1969 and the decade. Vietnam War, Kennedy assassination, Woodstock, and Son My disclosures are among the top ten, with events from politics to natural disasters shaping the era.
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Man charged with assault in Mesa incident
Ralph Garner a 36 year old man living at 8211 E Garfield was arrested Thursday after police alleged he threatened his wife Phyllis Garner 37 with a loaded 25 caliber pistol moments during a confrontation at their apartment. Raymond Baxter 1054 S Grand Mesa notified police after leaving with Phyllis Garner.
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Pair charged with vagrancy in Scottsdale arrest
Lee A. Wadsworth age 19 of 8732 East Crestwood and Ronald M. Vincent age 20 of Maryland Phoenix were arrested by Scottsdale police early today and charged with vagrancy. Wadsworth also faced a concealed weapon count after police allegedly found an eight inch switchblade. Officers encountered the pair at 240 Western Park Drive at 2 05 a.m. and arrested them for suspicious behavior.
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E.crestwood
Ronald M. Vincent
R. E. Maryland
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Scottsdale ‘Police
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