Scottsdale welcomes first woman letter carrier Kathy Scott
Kathleen Scott, 21, a Scottsdale High graduate, becomes the city’s first woman to accept a letter carrier position. Postmaster C. Wilson notes national trend since 1961 under the Equal Employment Opportunities program, with thousands of women now in carrier roles. Kathy trains on scooters and standard delivery vehicles and faces typical hazards including weather, traffic, and dogs.
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Rick Cook
Scottsdale
Kathleen Scott
Scottsdale High
Post Office
C. Wilson
Glendale
Phoenix
Kathy
Wilson
Som
Hospital bids open for Scotts dale Baptist annex wing
Administrator Karl Eddins announced bids for a new 475000 annex at Scotts dale Baptist Hospital will be opened at 3 p.m. at Guaranty Bank Scottsdale. About eight or nine contractors showed interest. groundbreaking planned for June. The two story wing will house 16 patient rooms and 34 beds on the second floor while the first floor remains a shell for future administration. Located on the south side near Osborn Road.
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Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
Karl Eddins
Guaranty Bank
Scottsdale
Eddins
Hospital
Osborn Rd
Johnson proposes Congress financed presidential campaigns
President Johnson asked Congress to fund presidential campaigns through appropriations rather than tax checkoffs. He urged major changes to election laws and a campaign financing plan to supersede the 1966 Campaign Fund Act. An advisory board under the comptroller general would set eligible amounts with bipartisan participation.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
API
Congress
Comptroller General
Progress Apology for Lateness of Wednesday Edition
The Progress apologizes for the delay in distribution of Wednesday's 70 page edition. Unforeseen problems caused the lateness and delayed the first three color advertisements and two other color ads.
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The
Progress
Progress Press
Adu
Theft case solved in Scottsdale for Totress
Larry Totress, 24, of 1425 Taylor Phoenix pleaded guilty to petty theft for stealing $14 from a Frontier Lanes safe. A janitor at the bowling lanes he received six months probation after the charge was reduced from grand theft due to a pending burglary case. Totress also faces federal probation for forgery. Detective Dale Samuels said Totress confessed. The theft was reported by a lanes employee who noticed the cash missing.
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Larry Totress
Taylor
Phoenix
Frontier Lanes
Thomlas Id
Totress
Scottsdale
Dale Samuels
Samuels
Kiva Elementary boundary change on Scottsdale board agenda
Scottsdale Board of Education will review a boundary realignment affecting Kiva and Cocopah districts. A recommendation by associate superintendent C B Smith cites overcrowding at Kiva and plans new Cocopah construction adding classrooms and students. The proposal shifts Mountain View Road to Northern Avenue Foothill Drive Mummy Mountain and allows south of Foothill Drive residents to opt to attend Cocopah.
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Scottsdale Board of Education
Kiva
Cocopah
C. B. Smith
Smith
Mountain View Rd
Northern Avenue
Foothill Drive
Mummy Mountain
Beret testimony blocked in Levy disloyalty case
Military judge blocked testimony about alleged Vietnam war crimes by Green Beret units in the Levy disloyalty trial. Defense witnesses claimed Green Berets were assassination squads, but the court ruled the evidence inadmissible for trial. Weather: variable clouds with possible showers, high near 95, low around 60, in Jackson South Carolina.
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S. C
UPIN
U. S
Vietnam
Howard Levy
Green Beret
Col
Earl V. Brown
Pearl Bnt
Levy
Brown
Border clash claims spark regional tension near Gaza
Egyptian military spokesman in Cairo reports a Wednesday night skirmish near the Gaza border between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Army, calling it an Israeli provocation. Israel denies any clash and says no patrols crossed the border.
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United Press International
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Palestine Liberation Army
Israel
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U.S. State Department
U.S
Egypt
Shneer Zalman Shavay
Montreal
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Deir al Bulah
Gaza
United Nations
Mideast
el Aviv
PLA
Ahmed Shukeiry
Palestine Liberation Organization
Hussein
Jordan
U.A.R
Zoning Petition Delays Spark Referendum Plan
The Zoning Alert Citizens Committee postpones passing petitions to block North Scottsdale Road zoning until legal review. Leader Herb Caywood says the delay does not halt efforts and a nonbinding referendum may show voter will on Lincoln and Scottsdale Road zoning. Developer Mike Fennell plans a site plan for city council in ~90 days despite the dispute.
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Progress City
N. Scottsdale Rd
UC Uccu Biel
Herb Caywood
Oit
Joe Meier
Caywood
Scottsdale Rd
Zoning Alert Citizens Committee
Scottsdale
Lincoln
Ized
Mike Fennell
Fennell
Joe Strickler
North Scottsdale
Strickler
Earty Council
Texas native named to State Department post
Covey Thomas Oliver of Laredo Texas has been nominated by President Johnson to be Assistant Secretary of State for Inter American affairs. The UPI report notes he would succeed Lincoln Gordon. Oliver, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, was ambassador to Colombia from 1964 until last fall and faces Senate confirmation.
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Washington
UPI
Covey
Thomas Oliver
Laredo
Tex
Johnson
Oliver
Seceed
Lincoln Gordon
State Department
University of Pennsylvania
U.S
Colombia
Senate
Thursday in the News
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Sixth Fleet Marines sail on scheduled exercise
Six ships of the Sixth Fleet with 2,000 Marines set sail on a previously scheduled exercise. Little Rock, flagship of the Sixth Fleet, departed Gaeta Italy soon after for related operations.
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6Th Fleet
Marines
Naples
Little Rock
Sixth Fleet
Gaeta
Italy
Tourism spending in Salt River Valley hits 226 million
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce reports tourists spent 226 million in the Salt River Valley this fiscal year with 26 percent on food 22 percent on lodging 18 percent on stores and the rest on miscellaneous services and recreation. Tucson defense seeks delay in Charles Schmid murder sentencing to obtain psychiatric exam
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Phoenix
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Salt River Valley
Tucson
Charles Schmid
Allent Rowe
William Tinney
Schmid
Arcadia High Seeks Student Parent Help to End Vandalism
Principal Jackson M. Drake of Arcadia High enlists students and parents to prevent vandalism like last year. The earlier incident caused about $600 in damages from 30 seniors and nonstudents. Drake urges publicity and cooperation through student council and faculty to protect the school’s reputation and future classes.
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Jackson M. Drake
Arcadia High School
Dr. Drake
Prake
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