Two Cuban diplomats quit Mexico City embassy seek asylum
Second Secretary Antonio Montane and Consul Hilda Portela announced their defection at a FRD refugee group news conference in Mexico City. They accused the Havana embassy of police staffing and using the post as a propaganda center, linking daily contact with the Soviet Embassy and alleging suppression of religion under Fidel Castro's regime.
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Mexico City
UPI
Antonio Montano
Hilda Portela
FRD
Fidel Castro
Montane
Ha‘vana
Castro
Ramino
Latin America
Landslide Traps 70 Persons at Malaya Damsite
A massive landslide at Ringlet in central Malaya trapped about 70 people at a damsite near a World Bank financed hydroelectric project. Eleven were dead, twenty seriously injured, and forty buried as rain likely caused the slide. The eight mile tunnel lies within the $1 million project area.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
UPD
The
World Bank
Prescott Welcomes New Wood Treating Plant
Gov. Paul Fannin praised Prescott leaders for luring industry as Southwest Forest Industries opened a $400000 wood treating plant on land leased from the Yavapai Indian Tribe. The facility near Prescott will employ 18 workers handling railroad ties fence posts and mine timbers.
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Prescott
UPD
Paul Fannin
Southwest Forest Industries
Tourist boom predicted for Pinal County growth
A report from the Bureau of Business Services at Arizona State University forecasts a tourist boom in Pinal County, citing Casa Grande and Apache Junction developments as signs. The study inventories existing tourist facilities and offers copies through the Pinal County Development Board in Florence.
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Pinal County
Bureau of Business Services
Arizona State University
Maricopa County
Pima County
Casa Grande
Apache Junction
Pinal County Development Board
Florence
State To Give Sugar Report
In Phoenix UPI reports an May 18 attempt to include Arizona in a new sugar act. Gov. Paul Fannin and three agriculturists will appear before the House Agriculture Committee in Washington. Accompanying Fannin are William C. Davis Harold Myers and Floyd Smith. The group will present a report showing 364 Arizona farmers estimate total sugar planting capacity at 69 872 acres.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona
Paul Fannin
House Agriculture Committee
Washington, D.C
William C. Davis
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation
Harold Myers
University of Arizona College of Agriculture
Floyd Smith
Fannin
Maps of Future Shown at Maricopa Zoning Review
Don Hutton, director of the Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Department, addresses Scottsdale League of Women Voters on growing pains in county planning. He presents maps for 1980 development, master plans, sewer schemes, and county capital projects tied to a coming bond issue.
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Don Hutton
Maricopa County
Scottsdale League of Women Voters
Hutton
Arizona
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Paradise Valley
Bootlegging Seen as No Problem on Salt River Reserve
An Indian agency spokesman says bootlegging isn’t a problem on the Salt River Reservation east of Scottsdale because liquor is readily available nearby. Federal law keeps all Indian lands dry, while three Arizona tribal councils meet in Phoenix to discuss curbing liquor sales.
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Salt River Reservation
Scottsdale
Indian Agency
Arizona
Phoenix
Price Fixer Claims Actions Not Illegal Under Senate Probe
Fred Loock, president of Allen-Bradley Co. in Milwaukee, told Senate investigators he pleaded guilty to price fixing to avoid a harsher verdict, admitting meetings with rivals like General Electric and Westinghouse in 1919. He argued the aim was to coordinate price increases, not to boost profits, while Justice Department pressure led to a guilty plea and a $2,500 fine. Chairman Kefauver challenged his account.
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Loock
Justice Department
J. Cullen Ganey
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Council Studies Sewer Chemical Additive Proposal
Scottsdale City Council heard Acti-Zyme representative K H Hartelrode tout $1800 worth of treatment for the sewer system with a money back guarantee. City Manager Bob McNutt warned the product lacks approval from state or county health authorities or consulting engineers and could harm bacterial processes. The council tabled decision until next Tuesday.
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Scottsdale City
K. H. Hartelrode
Acti-Zyme Company
Bob McNutt
B58 Bomber Sets Closed-Course Speed Record
Washington UPI reports an Air Force B 58 bomber sustained 1302 miles per hour for 30 minutes 45 seconds spanning 669.4 miles to claim a new closed course speed record.
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Washington
UPI
Women’s League Chooses Officers in Scottsdale
Mrs. Joseph Cusak of 6821 East Granada Road was elected the first president of the Scottsdale League of Women Voters. The organization ended its provisional status and began formal operation under new leadership.
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Joseph Cusak
E. Granada Rd
Scottsdale
Brownie Troop to Host Mothers Tea at Kaibab School
Twenty six members of Brownie Troop No. 665 at Kaibab School will entertain their mothers with a tea and fly-up ceremony tomorrow from 2 to 3 p.m. Leaders will present Scout pins as the girls, including daughters of leaders, are promoted to Scouts. The meeting marks the league's full charter status under new officers and a guest: state president Mrs. Louis Hirsch of Tucson. Tea decorations feature a Hawaiian theme prepared by the Brownies.
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Brownie Troop
Kaibab School
Thomas Hamrich
Calle del Paisano
Viola Youngblood
N. 69Th PL
Fred Allen
Meredith Lasley
Calle Camelia
Slalus Lilc Dallii Uay
Cusack
Provisional League
Robert Bullock
N. Invergordon Rd
Don Pollie
E. Saguaro Rd
Tempe
Phillip Schrader
82Nd St
Edwin Curtis
N. Monte Vista Dr
Bullock
Scottsdale and the
Valley
Scottsdale
The
National League of Women Voters
Hoover Observes 37th FBI Year
Washington observes J Edgar Hoover marking the 37th anniversary of his FBI directorship. Hoover was appointed in 1924 by Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone to head the newly created Bureau.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Harlan Fiske Stone
Coolidge
Hoover
Federal Bureau ofInvestigation
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