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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1966
Page
7
Officials announced a Wednesday launch window for the Gemini mission as crews conduct tests at the base for about five hours. Armstrong said the plan includes a sequence to couple with Agena in orbit, the first of four hookups.
The report notes Walter OMalley plans to keep the Dodgers in the West with spring games in Mesa and Phoenix and a Los Angeles facility shift contemplated. It also mentions the Cubs leaving their spring home after 17 years and the Athletics eyeing Mesa facilities as Oakland purges spring plans.
A police log entry between an armed robbery and a wanted men alert notes a large brown snake with diamonds on its back at 1201 North 71st Street. The report adds that the snake left quickly, as did Sgt. Carpenter.
In Maricopa County the Judson School stimulant inquiry continues with five students slated for interviews at the Juvenile Probation Office in Phoenix. Deputy Glen Bray said talks would occur off campus at the private Paradise Valley board school. on campus interviews remain possible.
Jakarta reports say a million people gathered in a public square to thank the army for banning the Indonesian Communist Party. Demonstrators proclaimed loyalty to Lt General Soeharto while major political groups joined the rally as Sukarno bargained on a new cabinet.
David McGinty, a Scottsdale High junior with long hair, is barred from campaigning for student body president after administrators, led by Principal Tracy Tripp, argued he lacks good citizenship. McGinty contends hair length is a personal expression and that eligibility requires only a 3.0 average. he carries a 2.0. Voting is underway today and tomorrow as the school administration defends rules to keep election orderly.
The Western European Union faces a French decision to leave NATO as De Gaulle’s move prompts British and other officials to view the Brussels Treaty as undermined. In Iowa, Adair Casey High School remains closed after a student dies of meningitis, with two more pupils hospitalized.
A Scottsdale police sergeant was injured while investigating a possible burglary and is undergoing surgery at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital at noon. A fellow officer fell from a ladder during the incident, fracturing a leg.
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