Grey Eagles Convention Brims With Flight Tales
At Mountain Shadows 600 former American Airlines pilots gathered for their annual Grey Eagles convention. Byron Moore, a 1925 veteran, recounts Curtis Oriole era tech including the first Hamilton propeller and skis used on polar expeditions. He recalls postwar Icelandic Airlines and a dramatic Copenhagen breakfast crew incident before retiring in 1959. The group shares stories through Saturday night.
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Dinty Moore
Grey Eagles
Moore
Hamilton
Amundsen
North Pole
Denmark
Attack reported at Patrina's cocktail lounge
Paul W Grimmett 34 of 8519 S Columbus says he was struck in the face by an unidentified man at 12 20 a m today at Patrina's cocktail lounge 7243 E Camelback He was with a friend when two men approached and one asked to butt in on their conversation The assailant about 6 feet tall 27 years old with dark hair wearing glasses and a dark blue jacket struck his left side leaving a black eye.
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Caribbean
Paul W. Grimmitt
S. Columbus
Patrina’s
E. Camelback
Grimmett
Abraham Lincoln
John J. Meier
Stock market closes higher on broad gains across industries
Dow Jones industrials rise 5.28 to 860.48 on the day as 30 industrials gain. Rail averages advance 0.48 to 199.16 and utilities up 0.16 to 119.09. Quotations list prices for Alcoa to Xerox with many firms showing gains or software-like percentages.
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New York
United Press International
Francis I. Dupont & Co
Alcoa
American Motors
At&t
Arizona Pub. Ser
Bell and Howell
Bendix
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
CBS
Dupont
Eastern Airlines
Eastman Co
Fairchild Camera
Ford Motors
Frontier
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear
IBM
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Litton
Maréor
Minnesota—Mining
Motorola Oo
North Am
Rockwell
Northrup Aviation
Texas Gulf
Transamerica
TWA Ve
Union Oil
Uniroyal
United Aircraft It
U.S. Steel
Webb
Xerox
Zenith
Dow Jones
Daughter of Gene Tunney Leaves Hospital in France
Mrs Joan Wilkinson 30 daughter of former world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney has left Sainte Marguerite Hospital near Marseilles where she was treated for shock and amnesia after being missing for weeks. Doctors report she is completely recovered.
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Marseilles
France
UPT
Joan Wilkinson
Gene Tunney
Wilkinson
Sainte- Marguerite “Hospital
Quigley and Horn Testify on Telephone Service Frustrations
Mrs. William Quigley told the Florida Public Service Commission she faced delays and miswiring after requesting an extension line from Southern Bell. She described being on a party line and hearing others, while neighbor Mrs Horn recounted a January bill confusion during a rate hearing.
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Miami
UPI
William Quigley
Florida Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Viet Cong Launch Strong Saigon Attack And Wider Offensive
In Saigon Viet Cong forces attacked two police stations and shelled 68 Allied targets nationwide in the strongest mortar and rocket assault in two months. An agent failed to assassinate South Vietnam’s Open Arms Minister Ho Van Cham. The fighting drew in U.S. helicopter support and signaled a winter offensive expected to last about 60 days with major actions near Tay Ninh and along the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
UPI
Commmunist
South Vietnam
Ho van Cham
U.S
Mekong
Julian Ewell
Do Gao Tri
Tay ‘Ninh City
Weather and transport disruption amid high pressure ridge
Temperatures run 20 to 30 degrees above normal from Montana to upper Michigan under a stationary high pressure ridge. Heavy fog closed Chicago O'Hare Airport with flights diverted to Kansas City Des Moines Detroit and Milwaukee. A weakening coastal low pressure system over Long Island brings light rain from central New York and Pennsylvania to the Atlantic. Thieves stole an auto stereo and tapes worth over 284 from a car parked on Old Scottsdale Road.
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Rapid City
Red Bluff
Eno
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al Albuquerque
Salt’ Lake City
San Diego
Atlanta Anchorage
San Francisco
Bismarck
Seattle
Spokane
Boston Oil
Thermal
Brownsville
Washington
Chicago
Cincinnati
Bisbee
Denver
Coolidge
Des Moines
Cottonwood
Detroit
Duglas
Fairbanks
Flagstaff
Fort Worth Fort Huachuca
Fresno
Gila Bend
Helena
Globe - Seine
Kansas” City
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas
Kingman
Los Angeles
Nogales
Miami
Page
Minneapolis Payson New Orleans
Phoenix
New York
Prix South
Oakland
Prescott
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Safford
Omaha
Show Low
Montana
Upper
Michigan
O’hare International
Kansas City
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
Long Island N.Y
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Jobless rate drops in United States in October
The U S unemployment rate fell to 3 9 percent in October from 4 0 percent in September as 2 8 million people looked for work. Labor officials described the rate as virtually unchanged from September while noting a slowing in labor demand may help curb inflation.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Manfarny Nacerall
Goldstein
Information bill approved to shield credit records
Senate passage of Senator William Proxmire's bill aims to protect 110 million Americans from inaccurate credit files. The law would allow individuals to inspect their records, require expunging older than seven years, and mandate disclosure, confidentiality, and reinvestigation of disputed data.
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Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
America
Obituaries for JoAnn Reid and Rudolph Heidrich
Mrs. JoAnn Reid aged 38 died after a long illness and cremation services were held at Messinger Mortuary in Scottsdale. Born in Muskogee Oklahoma she moved to Scottsdale three years ago with no known survivors. Rudolph Heidrich age 72 died at his Paradise Valley winter home after a long illness. born in Lithuania he owned Heidrich Tool and Die Co. in Birmingham before retiring in 1959. He is survived by his wife two sons a daughter and other relatives. Services and interment will be in Detroit Michigan arrangements by Messinger Mortuary.
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JoAnn Reid
Messinger Mortuary
Phoenix
Muskogee
Okla
Scottsdale
Rudolph Heidrich
Paradise Valley
Mr. Heidrich
Lithuania
Birmingham
Mich
Heidrich Tool and Die Co
Viola
Lawrence C
Richard
Joy Ainsley
Marie Richter
Detroit
Kennedy letters bring $225 at charity auction
UPI reports Mrs. John F. Kennedy and three other Kennedy letters sold at Charles Hamilton Galleries for $97,250. The former first lady, now Mrs. Onassis, contributed an $18.50 refund note about a sweater John Kennedy gave her in 1959.
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New
York
UPI
Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Charles Hamilton
John F. Kennedy
Senate Office
Washington, D.C
Zoning variance approved for wall near Civic Center
Scottsdale's board of adjustments approved one of three variance requests this week. A wall nine feet high will be built 35 feet from the roadway center opposite the Civic Center at 66 N. George. Denied were parking for a day nursery at 7530 E. Thomas and a six foot fence at 6757 EF Jenan Dr. The seven member board chaired by Forrest Kohn meets on the first and third Wednesdays as the city's court of last appeal.
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Scottsdale
Board of Adjustments
Civic Center
N. George
Jenan
Forrest Kohn
Court of Last Appeal
Alaska Quake Felt Near Adak Amid Nuclear Test Nerve
A moderately strong quake shook about 60 miles from the Aleutian island where a one megaton hydrogen bomb was detonated a month earlier. It was felt lightly at Adak Naval Station where winds were also delivering heavy weather, officials said.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian Island
U.S
Adak Naval Station
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