Dropout finds path to youth counseling role in Scottsdale
John A. Jackson, 51, a former high school dropout with an educational psychology degree from Western Michigan, is chosen as Youth Counselor for Scottsdale's juvenile program. He would take a $1500 annual pay cut from his current post in Globe to work with teachers and citizens on juvenile issues while evaluating family responsibilities and community need.
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Jack Earie
Progress City
Scottsdale
John A. Jackson
Ed Boyle
Jackson
Western Michigan University
Phoenix College
Arizona State
Battle Creek
Mich
Western Michigan
U.S. Youth Corps
Globe
Lynn Early
Phoenix
Sandra Scutter
Kathleen Grewe
Mesa
Jimmy Martinez
Gila County
Martinez
Thunderstorms hit Phoenix area with scattered damage
A storm system drenched Scottsdale and the Phoenix metro area with up to .38 inches of rain and winds to 43 mph. Power poles fell in Chandler causing a one hour outage, and several telephones poles near Williams AFB were downed but no widespread outages followed.
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Jack Collins
Scottsdale Civic Center
1st.St. and George
Scottsdale
Mummy Mountain
Paradise Valley
Willard Greene
Chandler
Arizona
Tucson
Ft. Huachuca
Nogales
Gila Bend
Safford
Payson
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Sheriff's Deputies
Williams Afb
Arizona Public Service Co
Tonto National Forest
Rains Delay Fireworks Across Valley on Fourth
Wet weather forced postgame delays and cancellations at Scottsdale American Legion post, Tempe Kiwanis, Indian Bend Country Club, and Arizona Country Club. Scottsdale Stadium show proceeded with a 75 minute display as winds and lightning lashed the night.
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Mother Nature
Scottsdale American Legion Post
Scottsdale Stadium
Kiwanis
Sun Devil Stadium
Century Country Club
Arizona Country Club
Indian Bend
Marines leave Khe Sanh fortress after demolition complete
U S Marines finish move out of the Khe Sanh bastion as demolition crews conclude work and the fortress is abandoned to North Vietnamese forces. Communists shell and damage the area including a truck convoy and a bridge during the withdrawal.
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U.S
Khe Sanh Bastion
Saigon
Khe Sanh
Hanoi Seeks Hard Line Backing From Moscow Aid Pledge
The Soviet pledge of military and economic aid to North Vietnam boosts Hanoi negotiators at the Paris talks. Washington and Hanoi have met 11 times since May 13 with no progress and Hanoi demands an unconditional U S bombing halt. North Vietnam warns Thailand and South Korea to quit sending troops as it reiterates its position.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Moscow
United States
South Vietnam
Thailand
South Korea
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
Abducted Woman Held as Man Escapes Prison Crew
Police captured Danny Lee Eckard, an escaped state prison inmate, after he allegedly abducted a Phoenix area woman from Black Canyon City and drove her to Phoenix. Eckard, 27, was serving 40 to 50 years for rape and kidnapping, with tracks washed out by rain hindering a search by mounted posse and bloodhounds.
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Phoenix
UPI
Danny Lee Eckard
Black Canyon City
Eckard
12Th St
Northern
Horse Thief Basin
Joan Kennedy
Crown King
Arizona
Bartos Switches Sides to Run as Republican for State Senate
Dan Bartos, former mayoralty candidate, quits the Democratic Party and will seek the state senate as a Republican. He changed registration June 22 after noting Democratic infighting and plans to campaign for State Sen. John Conlan’s seat, collecting Republican nominating signatures after earlier backing Democrats.
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Dan Bartos
Democratic Party
State Senate
Bartos
Bud Tims
John Conlan
Conlan
Indian Bend buyer faces talks on Scottsdale club sale
Walley architect Bennie Gonzales is among negotiators for Indian Bend Country Club in Scottsdale with Roger Sack saying a deal is in place and unlikely to fail unlike a previous attempt. Stover’s death follows reports of the sale. the 18 hole course and hotel facilities sit on Salt River Reservation land off Pima Road.
Shields seeks post nomination for governor in Arizona
University of Arizona government research chief Dr. Shields, a Tucson Democrat and WWII veteran born in LaPorte Indiana, announces post nomination plans in Scottsdale. He earned a PhD in 1950 after degrees from Nebraska and Wisconsin and served as a nonpartisan professor.
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Scottsdale
Curring ‘V. Shields
University of Arizona
Shields
Department of Government Research
The
University
Tucson
LaPorte
Ind
NASA University
University of Nebraska
University of Wisconsin
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South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Ray
London
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Tennessee
Martin Luther King
Arthur Hanes
Birmingham
Alabama
Wandsworth
Pentagon
Rickover
Washington
Hyman Rickover
Defense
Alain Enthoven
Senate
Enthoven
Black Power Group
Desert Fox
Bradshaw Mountains
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