Soviet Moves Tilt Mideast Arms Balance Amid Middle East Tensions
Reports say the Soviet Union aims to back Arab states with naval forces in the Mediterranean and seek to block U S Phantom deliveries to Israel. Britain’s Short Brothers plans Tigercat missiles to Jordan as tensions rise around Lebanon and Israel.
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United Press” International
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Jordan
King Hussein’s
Kremlin
U.S
Tel Aviv
Vladimir Kasatonov
Novosti
Kasatonov
Middle East
Baghdad
6Th Fleet
Short Brothers
Harland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Escape Tapes Spearhead Green Beret Rowe Home
Viet Cong guards called Maj. James Rowe sneaky and smart as they beat him during five years in a Mekong Delta jungle camp. A defected official recounted Rowe’s brutal isolation, scarce food, two-month chained confinement, and repeated failed escapes before U.S. forces intervened. Rowe’s fate was shared after his fourth escape, with details of daily rations and prison life.
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Saigon
UPI
Green Beret
James Rowe
Viet Cong
Rowe
Phung. van Thuong
Thuong
McAllen
Tex
Mekong’ Delta
U.S
Tragic boat capsizes near Negros Island drowning 15
A boat capsized and sank off Negros Island in the Central Philippines. A 22 year old youth and 12 family members on board were en route to a wedding and drowned. Three boat crew members also died in the mishap.
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Manila
UPI
Negros Island
Central
Philippines
Plane hijacked to Cuba forces New York to Havana
An Eastern Air Lines jet with 148 aboard was hijacked over the Atlantic and directed to Havana Cuba. Pilot Capt Dennis F Van Huss reported the move about 600 miles east of Jacksonville and announced the destination provided by the hijacker.
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Miami
UPI
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Cuba
Eastern Air Lines
Flight 401
Dennis F." van Huss
Waldick
Federal Aviation Administration
Jacksonville
Fla
Havana
Stolen Scottsdale car wrecks Salt River Reservation collision
A stolen 196h Chevrolet from Scottsdale rammed a Salt River Indian police car at Thomas and Horne Rd on the reservation. Ten people were injured as the 1960s Chevy and patrol car collided at high speed. Investigating officers detained a juvenile suspect and others were hospitalized.
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Switzerland
Salt River
Thomas and Horne Rd
Michael ‘Markis
Almeria
Markis
McDowell Rd
Thomas
Thomas Rd
Horne
Loren—Rivers
Apollo 9 Rides to Launch Pad for Moon Mission Test
Apollo 9 space craft moved to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy aboard a mammoth tractor for final testing ahead of the February 28 earth orbital test of the spacecraft designed to help land men on the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Four Arcadia teens charged in New Year assault on physician
Phoenix police filed aggravated assault charges against Jeffrey L. Powers 19 and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor against Mark A. Pihl 16 William B. Kite 16 and Christopher K. Pierce 17. Dr Clarence R. Laing 54 director of the Child Evaluation Center was injured when a pickup stopped in front of his northeast Phoenix home early New Year’s Day. he was struck in the melee after grapefruits were thrown and he fell from his car.
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Arcadia
Phoenix
Jeffrey L. Powers
John A. Powers, Jr
Indiana School
Mark A. Pihl
Rudy Pihl
Lafayette
William B. Kite
Roy’. Kite
N. Dromedary
Christopher K. Pierce
William Pierce
Calle del Medio
Clarence R. Laing
Maricopa County
Laing
Obituaries for Daisy Lomas and Edith Brune
Daisy Lomas 88 died Wednesday at her daughter's home in Scottsdale. Born in St Paul she lived in Bismarck Niles Ohio and Scottsdale. services and burial in Bismarck. Edith Brune 68 died Thursday in a local hospital. A Cleveland native she moved to the Valley in 1950. memberships and survivors listed. services Monday at Green Acres Chapel.
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Daisy Lomas
E. Marlette
St. Paul
Minn
Ohio
Scottsdale
Milton ‘Wick
Bismarck
Edith Brune
Brurne
64Th St
Cleveland
Abiding Savior
Lutheran Church
Martin H
Daugh‘ters
Betty -Schwarzman
Parma
Elenore i Spoerkel
Gladys Frick
Phoenix
Clarence
Tempe
Green Acres
Green Acres Cemetery
Neighbor halts burglary at Harmon home on Lewis
A sharp-eyed neighbor spotted two men at the rear of Charles C. Harmon's residence at 6726 E. Lewis Thursday night. He called police and reported activity around a back door as officers arrived to find evidence of a break in.
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Charles C. Harmon
E. Lewis
Harmon
Douglas Reuben
Camelback
Reuben
Tastee Freez
Indian School Rd
Campaign spending on TV for 1968 exceeds 1964 total
The FCC reported 1968 political TV broadcast costs totaled 8.9 million dollars, with Democrats spending 5.2 million, Republicans 3 million, and minor parties about 681 thousand. Separate police reports note burglaries at two homes and a Tastee Freez, totaling a few hundred dollars in losses.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
Bicycle Registration Clinic At Supai School
A Rural Fire Department clinic at Supai School on East Continental Drive runs 9 30 a m to noon Saturday to register new bicycles especially Christmas gifts and ease firemen workload. Bicycle owners are reminded of the state law requiring registration and licensing. The 75 cent fee covers the life of the bicycle.
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Supai
Rural Fire Department
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