Nixon orders mining of North Vietnam ports and rail links
The United States mines Haiphong, Hongai, Thanhhoa and Campha to cut North Vietnam imports. Navy planes sew mines while bombers strike rail lines. Officials say Haiphong handles about three fourths of imports with many Soviet vessels. Nixon defends action as not a blockade amid protests at home and warnings from Soviet media.
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Hanoi
China
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
Hongai
Thanhhoa
Campha
North Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
North
USS
Moscow
Tass
Washington
Vietnam
Artichoke Mascot Vote Sparked SCC Administration Controversy
Scottsdale Community College faces a clash as executive dean Roger Donaldson annuls the student senate action selecting Artichoke as mascot and pink and white as colors. The Monday referendum drew 229 ballots with Artichoke at 76.4 percent, rutabagas 4.8 percent, and scoundrels 7.9 percent amid funding grievances.
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Paula Schechert
Scottsdale Community College
SCC
Artichoke
Marion Donaldson
Donaldson
Senate
Roger Brooks
Maricopa County Community College
Brooks
Rutabagas
Scoundrels
Aspirants Gather For County Supervisor District No 2 Race
Political insiders report several aspirants lining up to seek the District No 2 supervisor post vacated by B W Burns who will not seek re election after 13 years in office. Ken Kunes may move into the district while Bob Field emerges as the only announced Republican candidate. BGA influence lingers as former members weigh endorsements. Scottsdale figures like Herb Drinkwater deny running. Democratic opposition remains unlikely barring a token candidate.
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Jack Earie
B. W
Barney) Burns
Burns
Kenneth Kunes
Bob Field
Motorola
Scottsdale
Better Government Association
BGA
Devereux Day School Aids Troubled Pupils In Paradise Valley
Dr. Betty Hammer leads Devereux Day School and Clinic, a certificated private facility for emotionally disturbed and learning disabled children aged 5 to 15. The center uses individualized curricula, behavior modification, play therapy, and counseling to return students to public schools, with typical stays around two years and monthly costs of 275 dollars in the school year and 250 dollars in summer.
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Paradise Valley
Devereux
Betty Hammer
Hammer
Scottsdale
Valley
Communists Bombed Rail Lines and Harbors in Vietnam
U.S. planes mined six North Vietnamese harbors and bombed rail lines to China under President Nixon's plan to cut Hanoi's war supplies. Thieu urged sacrifice as Communist forces overran bases near Kontum. A helicopter crash killed Rear Adm. Robinson in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Arthur Higbee
Saigon
API
U.S
China
Nixon
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Kontum
Hue
Haiphong
Soviet Union
Far North
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Adm
Rembrandt
Convicts to Air Gripes in Florence Meetings
The Arizona Corrections Department and the governor announce a series of meetings with striking inmates at Florence state prison. Warden Frank Eyman and Allen Cook will host sessions starting Wednesday at 9 a.m. with groups of eight prisoners chosen at random to discuss any topics. About 10 percent of the 800 strikers, including diverse ethnic representation, will participate.
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Phoenix
UPI
State Department of Corrections
Governor’s Office
Florence
Frank Eyman
Allen Cook
Corrections Department
Department of Corrections
Dow Jones sinks as Vietnam war actions rock markets
United Press International reports a sharp stock tumble with the Dow Jones index dropping 12.72 to 925.12 amid Vietnam news and Nixon’s port blockade. Trading elicits high activity as declines outpace advances and volume rises to 19.91 million shares. In Rome Neo-Fascists win a major election triumph while the Communist party faces its first postwar setback.
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New York
Vietnam
Nixon
Rome
Red Belt
Benito Mussolini
Gravel reveals CIA guidance on 1969 Nixon war options
Senator Gravel discloses secret CIA documents showing agency advised President Nixon in 1969 that mining North Vietnamese ports and bombing major rail arteries was unworkable. The Senate passes a land use planning bill after vote switches.
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Washington
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Nixon
Phoenix
Senate
House
Neighbors protest planned Gulf Leisure resort hotel plan
Paradise Valley and Scottsdale residents plan to oppose a $9 million Gulf Leisure Co resort on 18.28 acres at Scottsdale and Jackrabbit roads. They argue a zoning change to commercial would lower property values and invade privacy. A public hearing is set at Town Hall tonight at 6325 N Invergordon Rd. Petition protests with hundreds of signatures will be presented.
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Paradise Valley
Town Hall
N. Invergordon Rd
Scottsdale
Gulf Leisure Co
Scottsdale and
Jackrabbit Roads
Samuel N
Dorthea W. Pickard
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Pickards
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Forrest Gittus
Andy Rosenbaum
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