Midway decision labeled turning point by White House spokesman
A Phoenix spokesman described the Midway decision as a turning point in US policy on Vietnam troop withdrawals. He rejected the idea of an earlier end to all ground combat units and noted Clark Clifford’s recent suggestion as merely speculative commentary.
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Phoenix
Dential
Klein
Midway
Vietnam
Defense
Clark Clifford
Mk .Maricopa
County Supervisors
Barney
Burns
County Bulletin
City eyes first street lighting district after petitions
Traffic Engineer Dick Brown reports about half of 500 property owners polled favor forming the citys first street light improvement district. Residents in Parkcrest Navajo Village Grove 17 and other south Tonalea areas favor joining the district to avoid a $7 annual light cost while north Tonalea and nearby sectors mostly vote against. Formation awaits recirculated petitions and could be ready for the city council on July 1, consolidating four sectors into one district to ease administration.
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First Street
Dick Brown
Parkcrest
Navajo
Village Grove
Tonalea
Brown
Youth Burglary Ring Brought Juvenile and Adult Sentences
An 18 year old from Scottsdale and a 15 year old from Tempe were jailed for six months and detained in a juvenile home after a month long spree totaling 17 burglaries across Scottsdale and Tempe. About $1,400 in property was taken. Police say the pair entered homes while owners were away and pried rear doors to enter.
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Scottsdale
Tempe
John Wagner
Rancho Vista
Michael ‘Klinge
Sheridan
Bob ‘Arthur
Arthur
Klinger
Wagner
Supai School
Klinge
Alhambra
Calif
Scottsdale TV
Scottsdale Rd
David
Paul Hart
Hart
Cocopah School
Cholla
Irrigation trial stalled as development power shifts loom
The case involves McCulloch Properties and Ariza Leclere planning a general improvement district for a 11 400 acre Page Land and Cattle Co site near the Shea Boulevard and Beeline Highway intersection in Scottsdale. Proponents say the district will fund roads water and municipal services as in Lake Havasu City while opponents including Scottsdale and the state Legislature push back. The hearing was delayed as lawmakers consider a bill to empower developers in unincorporated areas, a measure that died in committee after House passage.
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T ‘Irrigation
McCulloch
Nd Cade 'Co
Ariza Leclere
Rozar
McCulloch Properties
Wigwam
Scotts
Rdsi
Pase
Lake Havasw
Peterson
U S Troops Rush To Aid Vietnam Militia Near Ti Ninh City
Elements of the U S 25th Infantry Division were rushed to Ti Ninh City to reinforce government militiamen fighting North Vietnamese regulars on the city outskirts. The battle involved hundreds of troops on both sides and began before dawn.
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Saigon
U.S
Ninh City
Withdrawal plan gains support from defense officials
Washington discussions on pulling 100000 U.S. troops from Vietnam this year gain momentum with backing from Secretary Clark and Harriman who urge ending search and destroy missions. In separate items, incidents include a Subic Bay collision risk report, housing budget cuts, a new Phoenix county employees medical plan, a Casa Grande bread truck abduction, and a Pittsburgh gunman firing on police.
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Washington
Clark
Clifford
U.S
Vietnam
Averell Harriman
America
Paris
Johnson. Administration
Harriman
Paradise Valley zoning debate over Camelback Country Club plan
About 100 residents heard Southwestern Research and General Investment Co. outline a cluster zoning amendment to allow a recreation heavy development around a new golf course north of Mockingbird Lane and Scottsdale Road. The plan would cut minimum lot sizes and add 32 more lots, while the golf course proceeds regardless of approval. Paradise Valley Homeowners Association backs current zoning.
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Paradise Valley
Southwestern .Research and General Investment Co
Mockingbird, Liane
Scottsdale Rd
Arthur Petersen
Southwestern Research
Southwestern
Harry DaCosta
Paradise’ Valley
Board of Adjust‘ments
Petersen
Adam Byrd
Camelback Inn
Paradise Valley Homeowners Association
Cocopah
Rousing Send Off for Measel Family in 2011
A Charles Measel family prepared to move to Dallas when neighbors covered their lawn with toilet tissue. Mrs. Measel recalled waking at night to find a large group of neighbors or children in front of the house despite a friendly goodbye.
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Charles Measel
Dalas
Scottsdale bond issue faces possible void after Supreme Court ruling
Scottsdale’s 12.9 million bond proposal may be wiped out by aU S Supreme Court decision barring bond votes restricted to property owners. The ruling applies only where time for challenging the election had not expired, affecting Scottsdale’s May 13 vote canvassed May 26.
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Scottsdale
Phoenix
Supreme Court
Arizona
Maricopa
Ernest Richards
Tempe
Coronado
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Ross
Mountain
States Telephone ‘Co
Geer
Steve Couydos
Shea, Blvd
O’brien
Subic. Bay
Philippines
Qrans
Melbourne
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
CASA
Grande
Casa Grande
Joe Ellis
Hurley Trucking Company
Tucson
Baird’s. Sunbeam
Bread
Company
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
James Slusser
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