27 May 1968
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1968
Page
1
Nick Flowerden and Pete Kaulback age 21 and 19 staged a friendly wash in at a London launderette to make it a sociable place. Onlookers and housewives were muttering about indecency as six officers intervened to restore order.
U S tanks routed a North Vietnamese battalion near Dak To as two major clashes unfolded Sunday night. US spokesmen cited 150 enemy dead with 17 Americans killed and 60 wounded. A separate assault on a US artillery base involved tear gas and heavy fighting. 79 enemy bodies were counted and 14 Americans killed in that sector. South of the Highlands reports note several Red units spotted near Saigon with ongoing clashes and casualties.
Two minor injuries occurred in separate incidents near Scottsdale. A five year old Scotts dale youth, Scott Wilson, was struck by Doris Hughes at North Ist Street and was treated at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital. Jamie Bartolino, 41 from 99th Street, was hurt on Scottsdale Road while exiting a driveway, cited for failure to yield. driver Jeffrey Strougin, 19, was uninjured.
A 15 minute ABC TV film depicting Dr Benjamin Spock criticizing President Johnson as deceitful and belligerent was shown in the antidraft conspiracy trial in Boston. The film was made at a New York news conference last November 30 and linked to a New York induction center protest.
Charles Redfern, former Scottsdale Board of Adjustments member, says he resigned because he no longer operates a Scottsdale business. He denies attendance as the reason, noting the mayor preferred a businessman on the board. The Progress had suggested dismissal tied to his attendance.
In Oregon Kennedy and McCarthy push campaigns into the statewide voto day with eight and six appearances respectively in six cities. Nixon concentrates on delegates in Washington as Oregon binds 33 of 34 convention votes for the primary winner while labor groups push for Johnson votes through AFL CIO campaigning.
Barry Goldwater declares he will run for the Senate seat held by Democrat Carl Hayden. He cites enduring national problems since 1952 and warns of weakness in leadership and expanding central government as he enters the race against Hayden’s successor. Roy Elson joins Democrats seeking the nomination.
Rural Fire Department extinguished six weekend fires in the Scottsdale area including a forest fire on the Salt River Indian Reservation west of the erde River near Bee line Highway. The blaze began at 3 27 pm Sunday and spread over about 20 acres as Indian Agency crews with bulldozers battled heavy brush and trees.
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson arrives in Phoenix for a busy day of public and private events. She will dedicate the new main Phoenix post office and unveil the Phoenix convention center name, participate in beauty-preservation ceremony atop Camelback Mountain, and attend an honorary dinner. Interior Secretary Udall and Barry Goldwater attend. Postmaster General Watson accompanies. about 1000 guests expected.
Swarms of large black and white butterflies descend on Malacca Malaysia stirring superstitious fear of a plague. Local residents report the spectacle near the town center as authorities monitor the unusual event for potential causes.
Joao Ferreira da Cunha, 23, from Mato Grosso, Brazil, becomes Latin America’s first heart transplant recipient after receiving a heart from an unidentified accident victim. The operation at the charity hospital was led by Dr. Euryelides de Jesus Zerbini and followed by a second donor kidney transplant to a young woman. A separate report notes a second patient, Joseph G. Klett, 54, from Orange, Virginia, in satisfactory condition after his transplant.
Raymond J. Graves Sr. 80 of 8219 E Fairmont died Sunday in Scottsdale Baptist Hospital He was editor and publisher for 50 years in Tioga Pa and Blossburg Pa He survived by his wife Mary Ann a son Raymond J Jr two daughters Margaret and Charlotte a sister and five grandchildren Rosary today at Mes singer Mortuary Mass Tuesday at Our Lady Perpetual Help Church burial in St Francis Cemetery Nina Julia Stevens 74 of 8450 E Windsor died yesterday in Scottsdale Baptist Born in St Louis Mich she moved from Flint Mich to the Valley She was an Eastern Star member and survived by husband Ezra two grandchildren and a daughter Betty Leaf Services Tuesday at Green Acres Mortuary with burial at Green Acres Memorial Gardens Call hours today at the mortuary
The Scottsdale Jaycees will host the Junior Citizenship Award Banquet at Coronado High School starting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to honor outstanding local juniors. A new scholarship will be presented to David Johnson, Scottsdale High School senior, for use at the University of Arizona this fall. Individual banquet price is $2.50.
Dame Irene Ward, 73, was bodily removed from the House of Commons after denouncing Parliament as a dictatorship during an outburst against a time limit for passage of a finance bill in the austerity budget debate.
The record lists births at St Josephs Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital with parents and addresses. Robin and Sara Kolkoski welcomed a boy on April 25. Anthony Coyne and Caley Hayden on April 28. Howard Keink and Carol on April 30 with a boy. Leonard Comers and Linda Earll on April 24. Patrick Brennan and Brigit Te on April 25. Michael Armstrong and Catherine on April 27 with a boy. Daniel Carapellese and Alice on April 27 with a girl. Peter Sabeff and Deborah on April 27 with a boy. Lawrence Faas and Carolé on April 29. Michael Park and Cheryl Ann on April 30 with a boy.
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