Government recaptures Dong Xoai after heavy losses
Government forces retook Dong Xoai district town 60 miles north of Saigon after a daylong battle in which American personnel suffered heavy casualties. A U.S. spokesman said 31 Americans were killed wounded or missing, and a U.S. helicopter exploded in flight with seven crewmen presumed dead. Viet Cong attacked with 1500 fighters, overran the Special Forces camp and airstrip, hindering reinforcements as air support and strikes targeted nearby sites.
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Saigon
UPI
Dong Xoai
Civil Irregular Defense
Special Forces
U.S. Navy Seabees
U.S. Air Force
Co Dinh
Hanoi
Scottsdale Home Building Continues Amid Strikes
Scattered housing activity continues in Scottsdale with projects at Park Scottsdale Hallcraft and Villa Monterey Butler Homes proceeding. Trenching crews are absent due to operating engineers strikes while roofers also walk out and officials warn of potential wider action if the dispute lasts.
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Scottsdale
Park Scottsdale
Hallcraft
Villa Monterey
Butler Homes
Davis named principal of new Saguaro High School
Ray J. Davis 48 named principal of the district's forthcoming Saguaro High School. Davis, longtime Scottsdale educator, will oversee opening plans for February and transfer of freshmen and sophomores from Scottsdale High. The $3.1 million campus near McDonald Drive will start with about 1,200 students, reaching 2,400 by 1967.
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Ray J. Davis
Saguaro
Davis
Scottsdale
Arizona State College
Scottsdale High School
St. Johns
St. Johns High School
W. Sixth
John L. Ashe
American Assn
Arizona Assn
National Assn
National Education Assn
Arizona Education Assn
Charles Holt
McDonald Dr
Granite Reef Rd
Camelback Rd
Holt
Cocopah
66Th St
Cholla St
City weighs three sites for proposed civic center
STEP coordinating committee meets with architect Bennie Gonzales and City Planner George Fretz to review three proposed locations for the city complex. Mayor Bill Clayton notes Osborn Road and Ball Park Plaza corner may be feasible due to vacant land, while the Second Street/Main Street site would require purchase or condemnation. Meeting set for 8 p.m. at city hall.
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STEP
Civic Center
Bennie Gonzales
Gonzales
Hight
George Fretz
Simon Eisner
City Hall
Indian School Rd
Bill Clayton
Second
Main Sts
George Ave
Ball Park Plaza
Osborn Rd
Soloma School
Marshall Ave
Second St
Clayton
Houston Astronauts McDivitt and White Return Home
Houston reports jubilant return of astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White with a week of ceremonies to honor their historic space flight. Moscow Tass says lunar rocket will miss the moon by about 99 419 miles.
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Houston
James McDivitt
Edward White
Moscow
Tass
House Education and Labor Committee backs repeal of right to work laws
The committee voted 21 to 10 to repeal section 14B of the Taft Hartley act banning the union shop in 19 states. The action follows two days of hearings on the controversial measure. In Phoenix, Lynda Bird Johnson arrived for a security wrapped two week archaeological dig followed by a four week tour of open spaces.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Phoenix
Lynda Bird Johnson
Porcupine Herman Escapes Clarks Then Freed At Desert Zoo
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Clark shelter a porcupine visitor named Herman at their 8244 Northland address. The animal dodges attempts to trap it with shovels and nearly slips into the house before the Phoenix Zoo is called. The porcupine is released back in the desert where it vanishes.
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Mel Clark
Northland Dr
Porcupine
Kathy
Herman
Phoenix Zoo
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George Adams
U.S
The
Operating Engineers Union
Arizona Building Contractors Assn
Saguaro High School
Walt Smith
Kahnweiler-Simon Construction Co
Walt Halladay
Halladay Construction Co. General Contractors
6Th and
Cholla Sts
City Building
Theo Scheele
Ray Davis
Bennie Surveys
Moon Miss
Lynda
Desert
David Farley
Scott Howle
Larry Vinesky
Neil McDonald
AEC
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