Indians plan 99 year leases for Salt River lands
The Salt River Indian Reservation seeks 99 year leases to non Indians to develop lands near Mesa Tempe and Scottsdale. Simon Eisner is hired to draft a detailed urban plan with Indian landholders and non Indian lessees. Bill King envisions large scale development with zoning to fit surrounding cities and potential price drops for homes on reserve land.
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Mike Reynolds
Salt River Indian Reservation
Mesa
Tempe
Scottsdale
Simon Eisner
Wallace Baker
University of Arizona Law
King
Elsner
Tribal Council
Indians’ Land Management Corporation
Paradise Valley
Eisner
McDowell Rd
Alma School Rd
Tri-City
Salt River Reservation
Westmoreland says war end in view at height of Vietnam conflict
Gen William Westmoreland told the National Press Club in Washington that the war in Vietnam has reached a stage where the end begins to come into view. The statement followed a White House conference with President Johnson and top advisers. The State Department protested to the Soviet Embassy over the defection of four U S Navy sailors to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
William Westmoreland
National Press Club
Westmoreland
Johnson
White House
Soviet Union
State Department
Moscow
Arizona Attorney General Probes Tucson Police Misconduct Claims
Arizona Attorney General Darrell Smith says investigations into allegations of misconduct by several Tucson Police Department members proceed with full cooperation of Tucson's chief of police. He will not comment further until analyses are complete.
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Phoenix
Darrell Smith
Tucson
Smith
Tims and Council file nominating petitions for Scottsdale slate
Mayor Bud Tims and six council members form United Council for Scottsdale and plan a Feb 20 1968 primary. The slate includes Doris McCauley John Senini Bob Jones Kenneth Murray Leonard Johnson and William Jenkins. Opponents include Dan Bartos and James Campona with Caywood considering a separate slate.
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Bud Tims
Council At & P.m
Tims
Doris McCauley
John Senini
Bob Jones
Kenneth Murray
Leonard Johnson
William Jenkins
United Council For
Scottsdale
Dan Bartos
James John Campana
Herb Caywood
Zoning Alert Citizens Committee
Hallcraft seeks zoning change for 10 acre site
Hallcraft Homes officials will ask the city council to affirm service residential zoning for 10 acres at Granite Reef and Indian School Ads. The plan seeks rezone from single family to multiple family residential after a planning commission recommendation, while a separate 135 by 150 foot corner lot would be kept out of a commercial setback.
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Hallcraft Homes
Granite Reef
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Hallcraft
Youth Shot Killed in Kalibab National Forest Hunting Accident
Funeral services for Brent Ward a 17 year old Judson School senior will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Mercer Mortuary Chapel Phoenix. Ward died Sunday from a rifle bullet in Pine Flats area of Kalibab National Forest the coroner's jury finding the shot accidental. Survivors include his parents a sister a brother and several grandparents and an aunt.
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Mercer Mortuary Chapel
Phoenix
Brent Ward
Judson School
Kalibab National Forest
Ward
John Ward Jr
Lafayette
Pine Flats
National Forest
Silver City
N.M
Marne J. Carmean
Los Angeles
John R
Ara Isbell
Paradise Valley
John R. Ward
Reno
Nev
Evelyn Byara
Williams urges new funding for education amid tax fury
Gov. Jack Williams says the state must extract more value from the education dollar while taxes burden fixed incomes. He warns lawmakers to avoid lobbies and notes broad discontent among teachers students parents and taxpayers over school finance and property taxes.
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Roger Timberlake Phoenix
UPI
Jack Williams
Williams
Arizona
Robbers Take $2400 from Scottsdale Cafe
Two unidentified men robbed Guggy's restaurant in Fashion Square around 1:45 a.m. taking about $2400 from bookkeeper Glen Rodgers. One suspect wore a brown shirt, about 6'8" and 140-150 pounds. the other was taller. No guns used. Police also report $295 worth of firearms stolen from Clifford Ernst home between Sept 8 and Nov 2. no forced-entry signs found.
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Guggy
Fashion Square
Scottsdale
Glen Rodgers
Rodgers
Clifford E. Ernst
Thornwood Acres
Ernst
James
Ernsts
Sia
Banking officials weigh impact of higher prime rates
Local bankers differ on consequences of rising prime lending rates as major banks push from 5 to 8 percent. Some fear higher home construction costs and loan rates for builders, while others expect limited immediate effect on local borrowers amid housing demand and statewide financing trends. Weather outlook calls for showers with 74F high today and 75F tomorrow.
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Great Britain
Federal Reserve Board
Taco Lease OU
Carl A. Bimson
The
Valley National Bank
National City Bank of New York
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust of Chicago
Lincoln National Bank of Philadelphia
Clarke Bean
of Arizona Bank
Bean
Kenneth C. Brown
First National
Jon Ashton
Hallcraft Homes
Israel and Jordan Clash on border amid four hour firefight
Israel and Jordan fought along the Jordan River ceasefire line for four hours in the largest clash since the June war. Jordan claimed two Israeli jets shot down and two tanks destroyed, while Israel reported its Mystere jet downed and several Jordanian targets hit. Casualties included two Israeli soldiers killed and one wounded. Jordan gave no casualty figures.
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Israel
Jordan
Plan
Jordan River
Jordan Valley
Tisraeli
Jarael
West
Nique
Jeta
Al-Kamiri
Tarael
Egypt
Elath
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Gen. Westmoreland
Jack Collins
Eldorado Park
76Th St
Jim Rogers
Shantoo Tarbuck
Rogers
Shantoo
Council
McCauley
Murray
Seninl
Citizen's Committee
UCS
Jones
Jenkins
By Murray J. Brown
Israali
Amman
Bahjat Talhouni
Abdul Moahem Rifal
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Middle One
Kamiri
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