POW releases stall U S troop withdrawals in Vietnam
North Vietnam handed over a list of 108 POWs including one civilian to the United States amid a halt in troop withdrawals until the date and place of all releases are confirmed. A PRG list is promised, with Hanoi naming POWs and the Gia Lam airport release slated for Wednesday.
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Saigon
PRG
P&g
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Gia Lam
U.S
United States
Gilbert Woodward
Joint Military Commission
Woodward
Prisoner exchange delays in Vietnam amid Paris ceasefire
The United States again delayed troop withdrawal and prisoner releases under the Paris ceasefire. Nixon intervened to break an impasse, with all prisoners to be freed by March 28 and foreign troops to leave Vietnam. Details on the 287 remaining U.S. prisoners and 13 civilian captives were not announced.
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Cong
United States
Nixon
Paris
South Vietnam
Phoenix robbery suspects arrested by Scottsdale police
Two men identified as Michael L. Fancey and Dennis M. Kanski were arrested at 1 15 a m Sunday near Straw Hat Pizza Parlor after a car matching a getaway vehicle from a 90 dollar Phoenix store robbery was spotted. They face conspiracy to commit armed robbery charges. Police say they stayed at Granda Royale Hometel in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Scottsdale
Michael L. Fancey
Dennis M. Kanski
Granda Royale
Straw Hat
Hayden Rd
Resort break in suspects arrested at Sky Harbor Airport
Two Florida men Vince D. Greene and Richard C. Chapman were arrested at Sky Harbor International Airport as suspects in burglaries at Camelback Inn Mountain Shadows and Casa Blanca Inn. They carried hotel keys, stolen traveler’s checks totaling nearly $4,000, and jewelry valued at $3,600. Police watched them for a week and linked them to multiple resorts and stores.
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Florida
Sky Harbor International Airport
Vince D. Greene
Miami Beach
Richard C. Chapman
Fort Lauderdale
Camelback Inn
Mountain Shadows
Casa Blanca Inn
Scottydale
Greene
Chapman
Scottsdale
Flood bond backers plan orientation session in Scottsdale
Volunteers for a Better Scottsdale hosts an orientation at City Hall Kiva 3 p.m. Tuesday for residents interested in passing the 10 million flood control bond and related charter amendments and water sewer bond. The April 10 special election agenda includes fundraisers and neighborhood discussions to inform voters.
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Scottsdale
Kiva
Herb Caywood
Caywood
Mohave
Pat O’brien
Downey Freed CIA Spy Reaches Philippines for Medical Flight
John T. Downey, a U S spy freed from a Chinese prison after over two decades, arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines and boarded a mercy jet to CT to see his ill mother. He stated I feel fine thanks you as he left. Downey, 42, was jailed by the Chinese and later released in a humanitarian move.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Upi
John T. Downey
Connecticut
Downey
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Downey Freed After Nixon Appeals Overseas Return
Downey, a former civilian then CIA employee, was freed after President Nixon appealed to Premier Chou En-lai. He crossed the Lowu border from China to Hong Kong, flew to Clark, and arrived at the POW reception center aboard a C9A evacuation plane wearing a brown check coat and light brown slacks.
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Korea
Japan
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Downey
Army
CIA
Lowu
China
Hong Kong
U.S
Clark
Peking
Obituaries James F. O'Brien
Rosary for James Frank O'Brien a Phoenix lawyer and investment president will be held at Messinger Mortuary. Mass follows at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. He died at his Pinetop home after living there since 1965. Survivors include his wife Lucille and 9 children and grandchildren.
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James Frank O’brien
Phoenix
Pinetop
University of Colorado
Columbia University
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Phoenix Press Club
Maricopa and
Arizona State Bar Associations
White Mountain
Navajo County Sheriff’s Posse
Local man Kenneth L. Kerr dies in Scottsdale
Kenneth L. Kerr, 66, born in Dayton Ohio, moved to Scottsdale twelve years ago from New Carlisle Ohio, died Saturday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He was a salesman at 2007 E. Fairmont. Survived by wife Donna two sons two daughters nine grandchildren. Services and interment in New Carlisle. Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School, handling arrangements.
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Kenneth L. Kerr
Dayton
Ohio
Scottsdale
New Carlisle
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Kerr
E. Fairmont
Donna
Messinger Mortuary
E. Indian School
Rosary and funeral set for Carmela Fonda
Carmela Fonda 45 a native of Italy who came to the Valley from New York City died Sunday in St Josephs Hospital Burial will be in St Francis Cemetery A rosary is set for 730 p m today at Arcadia Funeral Home Mass will be 930 a m Tuesday at St Francis Xavier Church Survivors include husband John of Phoenix a son John Jr of New York City three daughters Carmela Multari Yonkers NY Philomena and Joan Fonda New York City a sister out of state and mother Mrs Phyllis Calabro New York City
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Carmela Fonda
Italy
New York City
Arcadia Funeral Home
Indian School Rd
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
N. Central Ave
St. Francis Cemetery
John
Phoenix
John Jr
Carmela Multari
Yonkers
New York
Philomena
Joan Fonda
Phyllis Calabro
Purse Snatcher Sought After Early Morning Robbery
Scottsdale police search for a young man about 18 who grabbed a woman's purse containing $80 as she exited her car at her apartment complex. Ann Slaughter of 3220 North 66th Place reported the 1 30 a.m. theft, the suspect fleeing between buildings.
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Scottsdale
Ann Slaughter
66Th Pl
Campora Leads in Argentinian Election Return
Hector J. Campora the Peronist handpicked candidate built a commanding lead in Argentina's presidential vote with 98 percent counted before a revision. Balbin trailed with 21.2 percent as Campora neared victory and Peronism looked set to return to power after 1955 military ouster.
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Peron
Buenos Aires
UPI
Hector J. Campora
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Campora
Radical Party
Ricardo
Balbin
Spain
Madrid
Francisco Manrique
Oscar Alende
Peronist Justicialista Liberation Front
Alejandro Lanusse
Estelle H. Cullen Dies. Scottsdale Resident
Estelle H. Cullen, 63, a former stenographer born in New York City, died Sunday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after relocating to Scottsdale 18 months ago. She worked for AT&T and belonged to the Telephone Pioneers of New York and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Survivors include her husband James. Rosary will be Tuesday evening at Messinger Mortuary. final services and burial will be in New York City.
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Estelle H. Cullen
Scottsdale
New York City
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Cullen
N. 78Th St
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Telephone Pioneers of
New York
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
James
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Allen H Rhodes longtime Arizona contractor official dies
Allen H Rhodes 67 former Arizona registrar of contractors died Friday. Services in A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with private cremation. A native of Manila Philippines he moved to Arizona in 1957 and held posts with Paddock Pool Construction Co National Automotive Fibers and the Arizona Tax Commission. Survived by wife Mary P son Jim three grandchildren and a brother.
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Allen H. Rhodes
Arizona Registrar of Contractors
A.L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
W. Adams
Rhodes
N. Monte Vista Dr
Paul Fannin
Paddock Pool Construction Co
Scottsdale
Arizona Tax Commission
Good Samaritan Hospital
Manila
Philippines
Arizona
California
National Automotive Fibers
Detroit
Jim
Rhodes Building and Development Co
National Association of State Contractors and Licensing Agencies
Mary P
Brazil U.N. Leaders Meet In Rio De Janeiro
U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim meets Brazilian President Emilio G. Medici in Rio de Janeiro and plans talks in Brasilia with Foreign Minister Mario Gibson Barboza. He will attend a special U.N. Security Council meeting in Panama later this week.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Emilio G. Medici
Brasilia
Mario Gibson Barboza
Waldheim
United Nations Security Council
Panama
Wounded Knee occupiers declare war on U.S. forces
At Wounded Knee South Dakota Indians allied with AIM proclaimed war on the United States after clashes that wounded an FBI agent and led to arrests and gunfire on a road into the 40 acre compound. Russell Means said the group would shoot to kill FBI entrants.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Oglala Sioux Reservation
United States
United Nations
FBI
U.S
Curtis Fitzgerald
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
AIM
Means
William Calyton
Sioux Falls
S.C
Conlan to Sponsor Capitol Student Visit Program
Rep. John Conlan announces a district program to take 25 high school juniors to Washington for a week. Principals nominate one boy and one girl from the 11th grade. a citizens board selects the group for April 28 to May 5. Expenses funded by civic clubs and businessmen. Students will tour congressional offices observe Congress in session and meet with federal agency officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John Conlan
R-Ariz
Conlan
Congressional
Congress
Biker Struck by Auto Near Scottsdale Road
A 20 year old Scottsdale man Tim Daulton was treated and released at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car while biking on Scottsdale Road. The driver Mary Ann Rayn 42 of 8336 E Kein Dr was turning north onto Scottsdale Road from First Avenue. Police cited Daulton for riding to the left of the centerline.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Tim Daulton
Ride-N-Rock Ranch
Indian Bend Road
Scottsdale Road
Mary Ann Rayn
E. Kein
First Avenue
Daulton
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United Press International
IBM
duPort
Ind Nickel
Glore Forgan, Inc
It&t
Johns Manville
Dow Jones
Ennecott Bis
Indus
Litton
Marcor
Minnesota Mining
Motorola
Rockwell Intl
Alcoa
Northrup
American Brands
Owens Illinois
American Can
American Motors
Pg&e
Penn Central
At&t
Pepsico
Polaroid
Bell & Howell
Bendix
Raytheon
Bethlehem Steel
RCA
Boeing
San Diego
Santa Fe
Sears Roebuck
CBS
Skaggs
Control Data
Southern Pacific
DuPont
Sperry Rand
Eastern Airlines
Standard of Calif Eastman
Talley Industries
Emerson
Texaco
Exxon Texas Gulf
Fairchild Camera
Transamerica
Ford Motors
Frontier
Union Oil
General Dynamics
Uniroyal
General Electric
United Aircraft
General Motors
US Steel
General Telephone
Webb
Goodyear
Honeywell
Zenith
YWCA
Frank Caliendo
Cali’s
Granite Reef Road
James F. O’brien
Lucille
Patrick
Bishop
Calif
James F. Jr
Michael F
Mary Lee Lemons
Theresa Mason
Tempe
Joan Finney
Charles J. Placek
Transportation Cnet
Motorola, Inc
Mr. Placek
E. Palm Lane
Chicago
Anne
Charles Jr
Donald
Ilinois
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden Rd
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Mrs. Carmela Fonda
van Leer Insurance
Brazil
Scottsdale RD
Scottsdale Plaza
Friggles
Dean Tostadas
Taco Bell
E. McDowell Rd
Wounded Knee Braves
Eldon Drapery Cleaners
E. Belleview
DES Ae
E. Thomas
Arizona Reading Center
7Th Avenue
the Center For Reading & Learning Disabilities
E. Osborn Road
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