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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1966
Page
10
In Bedford Massachusetts a Weight Watchers group therapy club seeks a new city building after a theater floor inspection found it cannot safely support 75 to 80 overweight members. The UP I report notes talks with officials to secure a suitable space.
More than 100 wild mustangs in Wyoming and Montana could be culled to 150 after foaling to meet range needs for livestock and wildlife. The BLM ordered the herd cut, sparking local protest from Lovell residents who call the horses part of western heritage and urge preservation.
Reported fighting in the Vietnam War describes Marine forces under Operation Jack Stay after an air and ground assault near Quang Ngai and Da Nang. Marines inflicted moderate casualties on Viet Cong with heavy resistance from a low hill at 2,000 yards. Reinforcements struggled to contact the enemy amid monsoon weather.
UFO reports spread nationwide from Pasadena to Newark and Ann Arbor as law enforcement and residents report flickering red lights. Keyhoe urges congressional inquiry, challenging Air Force secrecy while noting thousands of witnesses claim extraordinary sightings.
Astronaut Frank Borman accompanied by Dr. C Lester Hogan visits Motorola and Sperry Phoenix to view space program equipment. Borman asserts the United States is ahead of the Russians in space efforts.
Nixon warned the Republican party must make gains in 1966 or risk oblivion. He projected gains in Senate and governorships, urged unity, and called for stronger U S action in Vietnam. At a Phoenix dinner he pressed allies to end trading with North Vietnam and criticized inflation.
A planned industry exhibit at the mall includes firms such as Electroni ciofax Inc. and Ganivenience and Retaam. Dickson and Elizabeth are named in the display roster with China listed among participating entities.
Congressman Morris K. Udall mails 164000 questionnaires to Arizona District 2 residents asking opinions on the Viet Nam war and college reform. The ballot includes options on war strategy and presidential policy with other questions on measures by Dirksen and the Taft-Hartley Act.
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