City launches firefighting program and bids for upgrades
City council approved bids for new two way communications gear linking city shops and the Rural Fire Department station, plus paging units for on call workers. Twelve crewmen began training under Rural Fire officials. The council also invited bids to drill an old airport well to test water feasibility and approved sewer line work on Indian Bend. Other actions included board appointments, right of way bleacher use, wage adjustments, and road funding requests.
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Dick Campana
Board of Adjustments
Robert Kahl
Harvey Weltmer
Board of Appeals
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Indian School
Parada del Sol
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Hickory Pit
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Obituary notices for Minnie Watkins and George Bleakley
Minnie D Watkins longtime Arizona teacher died at 71 in Scottsdale after a 49 year career beginning in Gila Bend in 1912 She taught in Palo Verde Salome and retired in 1961 Services set at Messinger Mortuary and Mountain View Cemetery Prescott George E Bleakley 6125 E Indian School killed in Eloy auto crash Born in Dublin Ireland survived by wife Audrey and daughter Story She had no survivors and requested charitable contributions
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Scottsdale
Watkins
Old Tempe Normal School
Gila Bend
Palo Verde
Saloma
Prescott
Francis Watkins
Messinger Mortu
George E. Bleakley
New York City
Mercer Mortuary
Bleakley
Eloy
Dublin
Ireland
Audrey
Storey
Firebomb attack burns Viet jungle front line area
US B12 bombers dropped magnesium firebombs over 18 square miles of jungle in Iron Triangle as part of a large airstrike against Hanoi Haiphong defenses. American troops report heavy Viet Cong losses and capture of an underground complex as raids target SAM sites and the Thai Nguyen rail yard.
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Hanoi - Haiphong
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Arizona Sales Tax Revenue Rises in 1966
Arizona sales tax collections rose just over ten percent in 1966, totaling $65,969,010, about $6.1 million more than 1965, per a State Tax Commission report released Tuesday.
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UPI
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Arizona hearing urged tougher LSD penalties
Maricopa County Attorney Robert Corbin and narcotics head Capt. Phil Morgan urged stiffer penalties for LSD in Arizona. They told the House Public Health Committee a law making use a misdemeanor would be useless and supported prison terms or fines for manufacturing selling or using LSD.
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UPI
Arizona
Maricopa County
House Public Health Committee
Robert Corbin
Phil Morgan
State Liquor Department
Corbin
Morgan
Senate
Record cold grips 12 states with subzero lows across Midwest
A severe cold wave drove temperatures to new lows from the Rockies to Michigan. Hibbing Minnesota hit 45 below zero at 8 am EST, the nation's coldest. Bismarck North Dakota registered 40 below, Minneapolis St. Paul area a 31 below, and Detroit Lakes Minnesota a 42 below. Meadeville Iowa logged 41 below as far south as Atlanta. New England warned of more cold by dawn Thursday.
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Minnesota
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la Crosse
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Anchorage
New England
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Towa
Meadeville
Atlanta
Vatican Criticizes Johnson on Birth Control Policy
The Osservatore della Domenica denounces President Johnson's push for birth control as a solution to world hunger. It accuses him of double standards on morals and signals no change in the church ban on artificial contraception. The magazine urges redirecting funds from arms and space to development.
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Upi
Vatican
Today
Johnson
U.S
Osservatore Della Domenica
Vietnam
Paul VI
The
Times
Camelback Jaycees Mark Jaycee Week in Phoenix Area
The Camelback Jaycees highlight Jaycee Week as part of the national Junior Chamber of Commerce movement. Since its 1985 founding, the Camelback Club has completed 140 community projects focusing on youth and sports, including Scottsdale city hall palm trees and forming the Camelback Junior Jaycees youth group. The national organization, founded in 1915, lists 250000 members in 6000 communities with charter president Edward Marsom.
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John Thomas
Scottsdale
Camelback Junior Jaycees
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa
Okla
Edward Marsom
Court rejects Bohannan rehearing on disqualification
The Arizona Supreme Court refused to reconsider its ouster of Hubert Bohannon Jr from the Welfare Board. The court had ruled Bohannon profited from mortgage transactions creating a conflict of interest while on the State Retirement Board, barring him from holding public office in Arizona. His lawyers argued the mortgage deals did not profit him and the disqualification was unconstitutional.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizonna Supreme Court
Hubert Bohannan, Jr
State Welfare Board
Bohannan
Scottsdale
Arizona
Rial
Restless Legs Mystery and Home Remedies Shared
In a Mayo Clinic era column a doctor recalls treating a rancher with restless legs and notes growing patient reports of creeping leg sensations at night. He discusses possible nervous irritability, EEG findings, and limited relief from sleep aids and anti epileptic drugs. He mentions codeine safety and offers a booklet by Dr. Alvarez with a mailed request.
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U.S
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