Scottsdale stations weigh trading stamps halt move
Gas stations in Scottsdale show a wait and see stance on trading stamps with many phasing out stamps to gas and oil purchases only. Operators report pressure to keep stamps, some aim to abolish them, while a few still issuestamps but restrict redemption.
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Lee Gould
Stu Robertson
Scottsdale
Progress
John Nochta
Shell
70Th St
Thomas
56Th St
Don Waggoner
Chevron
Pete Nelson Texaco
Nochta
Arizona
Hiram Kennedy
Shell Station
Scottsdale Rd
Midway Mobil
Lazear
Mack Lazear
al Shaw
Walt Turcotte
Walt
Papago Station
J. W. McCune
Hitchrail
Texaco
70th Street Osborn crossing studied by city engineers
City engineer Richard Pearce said Scottsdale will study improvements at the 70th Street and Osborn intersection where a recent fatal crash and multiple collisions occurred. Traffic engineer Dick Brown will meet with the property owner to clear trees and shrubs blocking visibility at the southeast corner, aiding drivers approaching the intersection. The police chief Walter Nemetz and city manager Bill Donaldson discussed the plan today.
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Richard Pearce
Scottsdale
70Th St
Osborn
Dick Brown
Pearce
70Th. St
Walter
Nemetz
Bill Donaldson
Mao Opponents Mobilize Peasants in Shanghai Clash Risk
Peking Radio reports anti-Mao factions mobilizing large peasant forces to attack pro-Mao workers in Shanghai amid signs of growing violence. High ranking officials reportedly dead or attempting suicide, while Red Guards crush plots in Beijing.
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Hong Konc
UPI
Peking Radio
Mao Tse-tung
Shanghai
Peking
Mao
Lo Jui-ching
Po I-po
China
Red Guards
Lin Piao
Lin
Wein Wei Pao
Liberation Daily
Liu Shao-chi
Baker linked to LBJ in 1962 financial trouble testimony
Robert G. Bobby Baker testified that Lyndon B. Johnson sent him to see Sen. Robert Kerr in 1962 during Baker’s severe financial distress. Baker, a former Senate Democratic secretary, faced tax evasion, theft and fraud charges but did not name Johnson directly in his remarks.
Baker Testimony Links Kerr To Offshore Motel Debt
Federal court heard former Senate aide Baker describe how Vice President Kerr arranged loans totaling 295000 after Baker revealed a collapse of his Carousel Motel project in Ocean City Maryland. He blamed a partner’s death and a 1962 flood for the failure and noted 1085 tax mistakes by his secretary Carole Tyler.
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Capitol Hill
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Baker
Federal Court
Sen. Kerr
Kerr
Ocean City
Fidelity Bank and Trust Co
Oklahoma City
Carousel
Senate
Oklahoma Bank
Washington
Carole Tyler
Miss Tyler
Scottsdale District Eyes Intermediate School Shift Plan
Scottsdale School District proposes converting to an intermediate system and turning Scottsdale High into an experimental school. Dr. Clifford Smith told the citizen advisory committee that six intermediate schools could be built within three years. A fifth high school would be needed by 1970 71 to support projected growth in the southeast.
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John Winters
Scottsdale
Scottsdale High School
Citizens Advisory
Clifford Smith
James Warne Jr
Smith
Pulitzer winner sees possible North Vietnam delegation at peace meet
Harry Ashmore says North Vietnam might send a delegation to a world peace conference but formal talks to end the war likely await a halt to U S bombing of the north. Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions announced a Geneva May 22 28 meeting with North Vietnam and China likely to attend. Russia will send emissaries. Ashmore noted U S raids strike nonmilitary targets including schools and judged the bombings not personal.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hanoi
North Vietnam
United States
Harry Ashmore
The
Arkansas Gazette
Ho Chi Minh
Ashmore
Thhe Center For the Study of
Beverly Hilton
Center
Robert M. Hutchins
Santa Barbara
Calif
Fund For the Republic, Inc
Hutching
China
Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
Friday in the News Friday in the News
A United Press International and Progress Staff roundup highlights top items of the week. The column notes key events, people, and developments across politics, society, and local affairs.
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United Press International
Progress
Appalachia program extension sought for two years
President Johnson asks Congress to extend the Appalachia development program for two more years with a proposed authorization up to 275 million dollars for projects in a 12 state region. Senator Henry Jackson pushes a faster anti missile defense program at five billion dollars. A Spokane crash helicopters report notes a missing Air Force tanker crew with one body located and eight missing. Commerce Dept reports December drop in new home spending continuing a long decline and a 11 percent fall in overall construction from November.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Appalachia
Commerce Department
Goldwater hints at possible US invasion of North Vietnam
Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater says a time may come for invading North Vietnam and notes American forces might need to enter neutral Laos to reach raiding infantry. He spoke after returning from the Far East at a morning news conference.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
U.S
North Vietnam
Goldwater
Far East
Laos
Escapee Rescued From Broom Closet in Scottsdale Court
John Linsner, 20, of Phoenix, charged with robbery and attempted robbery in the gunpoint freeing of four girls from a Maricopa County detention home. He vanished from Justice Court, was found hiding in a broom closet and returned to custody. Preliminary hearing set for 9 a.m. January 26.
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Justice Court
John Linsner
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Scottsdale
Linsner
Harold Holcomb
Ofee
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Ana
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Aritoma Humane Society
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Arizona Humane Society
Camelback Rd
Henry Jackson
Washington Democrat
Barry
House
House of Representatives
Public Health Committee
Si Yaaker
State House of Representatives
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