Relief convoy fights to break siege at Ben Het camp
U S military spokesmen report a 2000 reinforced convoy with ammunition fought through encircling Communist forces to lift the siege of Ben Het where Green Beret and South Vietnamese defenders repelled four ground assaults killing 153 attackers. North Vietnamese artillery hit the camp and a US C130 Hercules was shot down along with a rescue helicopter wounding three aboard. The Mekong Delta terror campaign continues as a 4000 man US offensive near Khe Sanh, Operation Utah Flat, kills 161 Communists with 28 American deaths and 80 wounded.
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McCune Mansion Sale Rescheduled in Maricopa County
A court-ordered postponement affects the Sheriff sale of the Paradise Valley mansion owned by financier Walker McCune. The redate includes a $5.5 million property and a Payson near-Pine sale valued at $500,000, intended to satisfy a $116,000 judgment won by Phoenix attorney Robert Kersting for past legal services.
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Westbrook Pegler Dies at 74 in Tugson Arizona
Pulitzer prize winning columnist Westbrook Pegler died at 3 30 a m MST at St Marys Hospital Tugson Arizona He had suffered stomach cancer in recent years Pegler rose to fame for blistering attacks on public figures including Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry Truman He retired to his Tugson home five years ago Pegler won the 1941 Pulitzer for exposing labor racketeers Born in Minneapolis he started as a United Press copyboy and served as a World War I war correspondent The virulent writer was known for his sharp critique of phoniness across society
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Fire Damage Notices and Multiple Small Blazes Across Area
Rural Fire Department reports several incidents including a cooler motor fire at LeRoy-Barris on N. 4th St causing minor damage and a fire in a pump at Indian Bend Water Co. electrical origin. Earlier Grass and brush fires occurred around Granite Reef Highland Hayden Scottsdale Oak and McDowell areas with various times in the afternoon and evening.
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Gerald van Reusen
Coronado
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Thieves Burglary Spree Ends With No Loss In Scottsdale
Scottsdale police investigated three burglaries on Monday with no apparent loss. Break ins at A Z Dairy drive in 1626 S 87th St caused $50 damage to an empty cash register. R C Romanella home at 6402 E Exeter Blvd saw crates of mineral samples broken. Plain n Fancy restaurant at 7043 E McDowell had a cooler cover removed but nothing taken.
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R. C. Romanella
Exeter Blvd
E. McDowell
Black Panther coloring book urges killings of police
Senate investigators heard San Francisco police describe a Black Panther Coloring Book given with free breakfasts to black children. It depicts black youths shooting and stabbing white policemen and calls them pigs. Police say the book circulated during Panther breakfast programs at Sacred Heart Church and Jedediah Smith Elementary School.
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Senate
Ben Lashkoff
Sacred Heart
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Jedediah Smith
Panther
Arizona to collect at least 85 million in state sales tax
Arizona will collect at least 85 million dollars in state sales tax during fiscal 1969 70, the Tax Commission estimated. Cities and counties will share about 49.7 million of the total, a figure 10 million higher than last year’s forecast. Kent Seldon, Phoenix budget director, noted the commission often understates collections to provide a cash balance for year end.
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UPI
Arizona
State
Tax Commission
Tax Hike Targets Torrea Property in Phoenix Area
Maricopa County supervisors raised the valuation of 81 acres in east Phoenix from 166000 to 466000 after Assessor Kenneth Kunes recommended the increase. The land between 48th and 52nd streets from Van Buren to Washington is held by family members who founded Torren Packing Co. The board also boosted the Douglas ranch near Wickenburg from 3 to 7 per acre, affecting about 62000 acres in total.
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Maricopa
Kenneth Kunes
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Douglas Ranch
Wickenburg
State Education Board to study sex education methods
The Arizona state board of education will study sex education problems and hear from parents and psychiatrists. The Arizona School Board Association urged a board position and suggested a course and method of study for optional local district use.
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UPI
The
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Arizona School Board Association
Education Board
School Board Association
Escapee Nabbed After Quick Scottsdale Breakout
An 18 year old Scottsdale man, Robert Michael Carvalho of 4925 N 82nd St, was recaptured minutes after a jail break. Police say he carried a bayonet in a place of amusement and bolted from custody near the jail entrance before being caught following a chase with officers.
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Michael Carvalho
82Nd St
Carvalho
Nixon tax bill faces delaying tactics in House Rules
In Washington the Nixon tax bill faces delaying tactics in the House Rules Committee as leaders consider a Wednesday vote. Rep Hale Boggs acting chair seeks debate clearance while Rep Ray Madden urges delay until Mills returns. GOP leaders expect enough votes with Democratic cooperation to pass the surtax plan.
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Mills
John We. McCormack
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Gerald R. Ford
Inquest Planned Into Professor Capehart Death
Justice Toby La Vetter announced a coroner's inquest to probe the death of Dr. Jack E. Capehart 39, found slumped behind the wheel of his burning car on Tucson's east side. Deputies found an open gasoline can. doctors question if fire was sole cause.
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Toby la Vetter
Arizona
Jack E. Capehart
Man dies in Cave Creek fire identified as caretaker Alford Milburn
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 57 year old Alford Milburn, caretaker at Black Mountain Ranch in Cave Creek. The fire at his small frame dwelling was reported Monday morning by Harold Nolte, who saw flames and returned with Richard Ripplinger to pull Milburn from the doorway. Milburn died at the scene after reaching the door. cause under investigation with preliminary notes suggesting a stove or water heater explosion.
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Sheriff's
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Black Mountain
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Nolte
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Milburn
Revco In Fashion Square Guggy's Restaurant Motel Six
Local shopping area features Revco store at Fashion Square near Guggy's Restaurant and Motel Six. Nearby 70th Street and C B Road signal a cluster of retail and dining options plus Thrifty Drug in E C B Mall.
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Revco
Fashion Square
Guggy
E.C.B. Mall
Beeline Road Work Planned For Beeline Highway
State Route 87 known as the Beeline Highway will be resurfaced this summer over a 21 4 mile section from McDowell Road intersection northeast. Arizona Refining Co. won the contract with a bid of 11711 dollars, below the state estimate of 13249 dollars. The project includes sealing the roadway and must be finished before July 31.
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State Highway Dept
Arizona Refining. Co
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