Lights for Seven Scottsdale Districts Under Consideration
Residents in seven blacked out Scottsdale sectors may win street lighting under a proposed improvement district. If 50 percent sign, petitions go to costs shared by benefited properties, with two weeks to gather data on locations and costs. Brown notes aim to cover entire city eventually, current budget $44,000 yearly and need $200,000 for full city lighting.
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Bob Driscoll
Scottsdale
City Hall
Dick Brown
Highland
MacKenzie
Street Light Improvement District
Brown
Sears Opens New Scottsdale Store Groundbreaking Event
Sears Roebuck and Co celebrated a historic ground breaking for its Scottsdale store attended by over 126 officials and civic leaders. The 253,318 square foot facility, part of Los Arcos Mall, will employ about 800 people and generate more than 7 million dollars in new income for Scottsdale, with opening slated for fall 1969. Leonard Huck hosted as master of ceremonies and welcomed officials, while Vice Mayor Ken Murray welcomed Sears to the city.
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Sears
Roebuck, and “Co
Scottsdale
Flo Walters
Bere tere _ Wilbur
F. Plummer
Arizona
Plummer
Los Arcos Mall
Russ Lyons, Jr
John L. Holmes
Mardian Construction’ Co
Leonard Huck
the Valley National Bank
Ken Murray
Saigon Paris talks hint boycott may end
Vietnam's chief observer Pham Dang Lam met aides of President Charles de Gaulle fueling rumors Saigon may drop its boycott of the Paris talks. Le Monde reported Thieu government pressure to resume meetings while American officials urged caution and optimism remains muted.
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Saigon
de Gaulle
Paris
Vietnam
Charle Te Gaulle
Pham Dang Lam
le Monde
Nguyen van Thieu
Mystery house moved in rain to Mesa citrus grove
A Phoenix College contractor’s large house, moved on a platform from Hay den Road south of Indian School, sits abandoned by rain. It will be repaired and sold in a citrus grove while 800 space for a college parking lot is built. three houses saved, others to be sold or demolished. The move remains halted until weather permits and the permit to traverse Country Club Drive is renewed.
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Mesa
Progress
Hayden Rd
Indian School
Phoenix College
Catalina
Verde
13Th
15Th Aves
Hayden
Scottsdale boy 11 ends life over grades
An 11 year old Paiute School student, John Halston Ghutzman Jr., died from a self inflicted shotgun wound at his home on 6643 E Earl Dr. Police found notes addressed to Mother Kathy Lou and Dad. The family had recently moved to Arizona from Tennessee after prior residence in Canada.
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Scottsdale
John Halston Ghutzman Jr
Paiute
John H. Ghutzman Sr
Ghutzman
E. Earl Dr
Lou
Kathy
Maricopa County Hospital
Arizona
Tennessee
Canada
Dennis Jones battle continues in San Francisco hospital
Dennis Jones, a five year old with a collagen disease, remains near death in a San Francisco hospital despite optimism. His mother Mee John Paul Jones and father a Coronado High School teacher await news as high medical costs trigger a memorial fund drive led by fellow teacher Larry Bell.
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Dennis Jones
Lad
San’ Francisco
Mee
John’ ‘Paul Jones
Scodale
Coronado
Joneses
Larry Bell
E. Bonita Jr
Saguaro
Dennis
Daniel
San’ ‘Francisco
University of California Hospital
Bishops Approve Pastoral on Contraception Moral Judgment
The U S Catholic bishops approve a 11 000 word pastoral declaring contraception immoral while acknowledging circumstances may lessen moral guilt for couples acting in good conscience. The resolution passed 180 to 8 at the National Conference gathering, aligning with Pope Paul VI’s July encyclical as an authoritative stance.
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Louis
Cassels
Washington
UPI
America
Catholic
U.S
National Conference of
Catholic Bishops
Canada
Paul
Weather and Catholic Conscience: Rain Tonight and Bishops’ Guidance
A weather note forecasts considerable cloudiness with heavy rain tonight and showers Saturday amid temps from 52 to 65. Separately bishops in the United States acknowledge moral conflicts for Catholic married couples using contraception and urge continued participation in church sacraments and penance, noting about 47 million U.S. Catholics.
Scottsdale plans Los Posadas Christmas event at Civic Center
A series of city hall meetings outline Scottsdale’s Mexican themed Christmas celebration Los Posadas. Spacewater invites volunteers for the planning committee with a contact number. Attendees include Mrs Cruz Medina and members of the Scottsdale Junior Womens Club and Parks and Recreation Commission. The plan features a Mexican dinner pinata games fireworks and a large 15 to 20 foot tree donated by Paradise Valley DeMolays with another planning session scheduled for next week.
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Scottsdale
Ol. B
Spacewater
Dor
Los
Christ
Cruz Medina
Arizona League of Latin-Aerican
Nancy“ ‘Gilbreath
Myrna Parker
The
Scotts
Dale
Womens’ Club
Parks ‘and Recreation Commission
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Granite Reef
Point Scottsdale
Osborn Roads
Village Grove
Osborn
Thomas
82Nd
Cranbrook Manor
Inmar Terrace
Redlands
Papago’ Paradise
Oak Ridge
McDowell
Vernon
68Th
Scottsdale Road
Golden Keys
Earls
Cottsdale
T ‘Eeper Rd
CNB
United Press International
LBJ
Nixon
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Defense
Federa
Congress
Tréasury ‘and Commerce Department
Prague
Czech Communist Party
Central Committee
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
Transportation Department
Reuss
Richard Barber
United States
Civic Center
Yale
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