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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1968
Page
11
Arizona total personal income rose to 4.4 billion in 1967, up 303 million or 7.4 percent from 1966, marking the 23rd straight year of growth. Per capita income reached 2681, up 137 per person, with agriculture and government the main drivers. Mining fell 17 percent while construction and manufacturing posted gains.
Lieutenant Greg Howell commands Seabee Team 1112 in Chiang Kai Shek Thailand under Thai and AID. Hospital Corpsman Eric Erickson serves aboard USS Ticonderoga off Vietnam. Marine Private Douglas Breazeale graduates recruit depot in San Diego. Robert Burgess promoted to Specialist Four at Cam Ranh Bay. Joe Powers helps unit win 1968 General Smith Trophy at Gunter AFB. Lawrence Lof graduates Officer Candidate Class 6806 at Newport. Walter Pentland graduates recruit depot in San Diego. Donald Droze completes Lackland basic and trains as munitions specialist at Lowry. Jerry Haney serves on USS America in Gulf of Tonkin. Michael Cope returns aboard USS Gurke. Jesse Greer receives second Oak Leaf for USAF commendation at Grand Forks. Jay Corral stationed at Coast Guard Training Station Alameda. Two University of Arizona students commissioned as second lieutenants at June commencement. Walter Brown and David Page graduate from Scottsdale programs.
In a Europe wide exhibition, Claude Desmouly of France wins a skein of tricks against Benito Garozzo. He opens four hearts, finesses dum my's jack, discards cleverly, and forces a win as the defenders struggle to gain any avoiding tricks.
Bank of America in San Francisco marks 50 years handling wills and trusts by reviewing files with odd duties. Cases include publishing a theory that there is no gravity, erecting Aphrodite statues in Golden Gate Park, and a son under strict parental directives. Executors step in to run businesses or manage diverse tasks such as milking cows or operating a babysitting service. One trust officer even ran a waterfront bar and learned that cheap overmouth makes the best martinis.
James R Knox was appointed assistant manager of the Scottsdale Dean Witter office, joining the firm in 1965 as an account executive after serving as a U S Army major in Europe. A 1953 US Military Academy graduate, he later earned a Princeton master’s degree and leads a family based at 5843 Calle Del Sud in Phoenix.
Standard & Poor's Corp opens a regional office at 40 East Thomas Rd Phoenix to serve Arizona New Mexico Utah and El Paso County Texas. Frederick W. Tutschulte leads the new unit as regional manager while H Russell Morrison notes Phoenix as a key southwest hub for S and P services including advisory publications and stock and bond market coverage.
Mrs. Francis M. Waugh of Orange California was named the winner of a pick-up track and camper in Thrifty Drug Stores month long 300th Store Contest. The drawing was held at the conclusion of the contest, announced by Jim Padgett Thrifty manager at 7011 E Camelback Rd.
Dwight Phelps, son of Mrs. Gladys Phelps of 8237 E Meadowbrook Scottsdale, was commissioned into the Army. Airman Edward J. Rowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Rowan of 8518 E Rancho Vista, Lackland AFB Texas, joined the Air Defense Command at Selfridge AFB Michigan as a medical specialist and is a 1966 Coronado High School graduate.
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