Psychological warfare marks race to 1948 presidency
United Press International reports both parties engaging in strategic moves ahead of their conventions. Nixon leads in Gallup trial heats against Humphrey and McCarthy while Rockefeller touts electoral-vote polls. Humphrey pushes open convention rules to weaken McCarthy, seeking delegate freedom beyond unit-rule constraints.
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United Press International
Richard M. Nixon
Gallup
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nelson. Rockefeller
Humphrey
McCarthy
Market Report Highlights Broad Equity Movements At Noon
Wall Street indices show a mixed session with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 884.08, up 0.72. The 20 rail index climbs to 250.63 up 1.03 while utilities dip to 131.26 down 10.03. Trading volume reaches 8.9 million shares as numerous industrial and consumer names advance and retreat.
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Alcoa
American Motors
At&t
American -Tobacco
Arizona
Bell & Howell
Bendix
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
CBS
DuPont
Eastern Airlines
Eastman
Emerson de Fairchild
Ford Motors
Frontier Airlines
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear
IBM
St&t
Johns Manville Gay
Kennecott
Litton
Minnesota Mining
Montgomery Ward
Motorola
North Amn
Rockwell
Northrup
Owens Illinois
Pan American
Pg&e
Parke Davis
Penn
Pepsico
RCA
Raytheon
Rexall
San Diego Gee
Sears Roebuck - Abm
Southern Pacific Aals Lana of
Calif
N.J
Texaco
Texas Gulf
Union
Xerox
Zenith
Dow Jones
Fe Ty
North Viet Nam massed for August offensive says UPI sources
UPI reports 100000 North Vietnamese troops massed in five northern South Vietnam provinces for an offensive possibly in August. American Marines and 1st Air Cavalry units suffer 24 dead and 65 wounded amid ongoing firefights and a Hue infiltration attempt. B52s bomb the area while a dogfight near Vinh sees Lt Cmdr Guy Cane shoot down a MIG 7. Da Nang remains a focal point as Viet Cong prep raids and Allied forces tally over 250 enemy killed in a week.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
I Corps
1St Air
Hue
Panhandle
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Guy Cane
New York City
Vinh
Bon Homme Richard
Henry W. Buse
Pacific
Ray Wilkinson
da Nang
Paris
Buse
Hoang Xuan Lam
Three youths held in Scottsdale armed robbery case
Three juveniles aged 16 and 17 were arrested in Phoenix last week in connection with an armed robbery of Mr and Mrs Albert Kitchen at the Tiger Laundry mat on July 22. Police say a firearm was discharged during the incident. The suspects are detained at Maricopa County Detention Home under suspicion of armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, with arrests by Phoenix and Scottsdale police.
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Phoenix
Scottsdale
Maricopa County
Albert Kitchen
E. Highland
Forest Service paves at lakes in Central Arizona
The U S Forest Service will close Acacia and Tortilla Flat areas at Canyon Lake and Butcher Jones Beach at Saguaro Lake. Saguaro del Norte will be partially closed on Wednesday with traffic routed to keep only half of the area open. Lake users should park in unpaved areas by ramp 2 at Saguaro del Norte.
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Arizona
U.S. Forest Service
Canyon Lake
Jones Beach
Saguaro Lake
Saguaro del Norte
Scientists urge long term study of unidentified flying objects
A group of six scientists told Congress they want government backed programs to investigate unexplained UFO sightings. They cited glowing cigar shaped craft, disc and elongated objects, and reports from around the world as evidence for possible visitors from other worlds or natural phenomena.
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Washington
UPI
Calfornia
Congress
House Science Committee
Sapern
Seven police wounded in Peoria flareup and arrests
Seven Peoria police officers were wounded by shotgun blasts during a four hour violence spike in Peoria Illinois. At least 13 people were arrested as trouble spread to Gary Indiana Pacifica California and reports list minor disturbances in Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Seattle and other cities. Police said no officers were seriously hurt and three were hospitalized. the flareup began after arrests near the North Side Taft housing project and ended by dawn.
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United Press International
Peoria
Ill
NBC
WCXL
Gary
Ind
Pacifica
Calif
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Seatle
Wash
Chicago
North Side
Taft, Federal Housing Project
John Stokowski
World’s first woman-to-woman heart transplant recipient improves
Houston housewife Mrs. Allen H. Brunk, 49, the worlds 29th heart transplant recipient, was listed in very satisfactory condition at St Luke s Hospital. Doctors said her borrowed heart reduced her enlarged liver within minutes of the operation performed by Dr Denton A Cooley s team.
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Houston
Allen H. Brunk
St. Luke’s Hospital
Denton A. Cooley
Dallas
Chile
Czechoslovakia
Beth Brunk
Betty O’neal
Corsicana
Tex
Firemen rescue cat amid two fires in Rural Fire Dept
Firefighters responded to Dr. John Hudson's home at 5524 N. Quail Run Rd to free a kitten trapped in a storage room. They also fought a grass fire south of McDowell Rd on 76th St with no damage and doused a 2048 N. 68th Pl. blaze that burned about 20 feet of a redwood fence belonging to Charles North.
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John Hudson
N. Quail Run Rd
McDowell Rd
76Th St
68Th Pl
Charles North
Giant Leech Found in Imperial Palace Gardens
A Tokyo policeman discovered a five foot four inch long leech in the gardens of Emperor Hirohito's palace. The giant specimen would be given to the emperor's youngest son, Prince Hitachi, a biology student. The report notes such leeches average about 2.14 inches in length.
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Tokyo
UPI
Hirohito
Imperial
Prince Hitachi
Scottsdale Jaycees win two state honors at meeting
Scottsdale's Jaycees received two Arizona Jaycees awards at the state board meeting in Phoenix. The first project taught blind children to bowl over four weeks at Papago Bowling Lanes in June and July. A special early bird award went to the club for having the most members present. Pat O'Brien of 4601 N.75th St. was appointed state treasurer and is a former Scottsdale Jaycees president.
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Scottsdale
Jaycees
Arizona Jaycees
Papago
Jaycees’ State Board
Phoenix
Pat O’brien
N.75th St
The
O’brien
Scottsdale Jaycees
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