U.S. Casualties Hit New High in Vietnam War
US casualties climbed to a record 2,941 in the latest week as heavy fighting along the North South Vietnam border continued. Washington reported 318 killed, 2,618 wounded, and 12 missing, with total US losses now at 73,648. A Seventh Fleet ship pounded a Communist stronghold 330 miles northeast of Saigon.
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United States Military Aid to Arab Nations Totals Over 345 Million
A UPI review shows the United States has provided at least 345.9 million in military aid to 10 Arab countries backing Egypt in the conflict with Israel through the 1966 fiscal year. Israel has received 27.6 million, with additional arms sales pending. Saudi Arabia leads Arab recipients with 161.7 million in credits.
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Junior citizen awards slated in Scottsdale Jaycees event
Twenty eight Scottsdale School students are nominated for the Scottsdale Jaycees Junior Citizenship awards. Six winners in junior and senior divisions will be named at a 7 30 p m dinner at Coronado High School. Nominees span elementary and high schools with judging by a panel including city council member Mrs Edwin McCauley and school board member Rev John Shaw.
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Bombing suspects charged in Las Vegas extortion plot
Two men, Jack Keeney and Nader Kocsis, arraigned in Los Angeles on a charge of fleeing Nevada to avoid prosecution after a live bomb was found at the Sahara Hotel. They were arrested May 26 in a restaurant atop the Occidental Center Building where they worked as waiters. Authorities say the pair is linked to a May 15 bomb scare that evacuated about 2,300 guests from seven Webb hotels across Nevada, Arizona and California.
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J R White Named VP At Valley National Bank
J Robert White of 2012 Calle Rosa has been named a vice president of Valley National Bank. White, a Arizona native, joined the bank in 1959 and serves on multiple boards and committees in Phoenix including the Phoenix Children's Theater and the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.
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Airman Is Sentenced In Destruction Case At Williams AFB
Airman Leander Hopkins Thomas T aged 20 pleaded guilty to malicious mischief and got six months in county jail. He was originally charged with first degree burglary after breaking a window at Alexander's Jewelers 75 W Fifth Ave. A citizen's arrest by Robert Wertsching of Phoenix aided the capture at the scene and Judge Ed Boyle praised Wertsching's actions.
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Medics defend ethics of Green Beret Viet medicine case
A civilian surgeon testified at a Army court martial that Green Beret medics showed ethics in treating sick and wounded in Vietnam as prosecutors argued over Capt Howard Levy’s claim to refuse training. Testimony wrapped two thousand pages as the board nears deliberations on Levy charged with disloyalty and refusing to obey.
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Burglary Reported At Home Of Mrs Jeanne Tenk
Mrs Jeanne Tenk of 7424 EK Bonita Drive reported a burglary yesterday with about 300 in items stolen from her residence. A 200 portable television set clock radio and portable radio were taken after entry was gained through a rear door.
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Notable Scottsdale Birth Records List May Dates
A compiled birth record segment lists parents and newborns with addresses in Scottsdale and Phoenix area locales. Entries include Ralph and Joyce Rizzolo with a girl born May 1 at Pala Lane. Thomas and Norma Fredericksen with a girl at Sheridan May 12. Marvin and Dorothy Schenecker with a girl May 1 at a719 E Rancho Vista Dr.
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Four Californians among victims of US jet crash over Phoenix
Investigators from the Air Force Civil Aeronautics Board and FAA probe Tuesday's collision of a US Air Force T43 jet and a civilian Cessna 182 over Sky Harbor. Four people aboard the Cessna died including Margaret Bennage and Betty Bassett.
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Davis loses bid in slaying case at Tucson
A Pima County judge denied Leo G. Davis's habeas corpus petition claiming beatings and threats by deputies to force a confession in the 1963 bludgeoning of Glendell M. Soape. Judge Boylston found no proof of abuse and noted the confession was not used in trial.
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Obituary for Theodora Drake Tempe Scottsdale resident dies at 50
Theodora V. Drake 50 longtime Tempe Scottsdale resident died Tuesday at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. She moved to Tempe in 1950 born Seattle Washington survived by husband Dean A two sons Dean T. and Lt Ted Drake daughter Mrs James Goodman parents and siblings two grandchildren services 11 30 a.m Carr Mortuary Tempe burial Green Acres Cemetery friends may visit mortuary 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow
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Weather forecast predicts cool wet nationwide
UPI and the Weather Bureau project a cool wet pattern for the nation with below normal temperatures across the Atlantic Coast states Southern Plains and much of the West excluding the Pacific Northwest More rain than average is expected across the western half the middle and north Atlantic coasts the Great Lakes region and Florida.
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