Beauty school director recounts deadly shooting in Mesa
Evelyn Cummings, director of Rose-Mar Beauty College, described fleeing to call police after spotting a man with a gun, then returning to find five students and others shot dead. She identified the gunman later as Robert Benjamin Smith, though she could not confirm the initial suspect. Witnesses described two hammer-like sounds and the chaos that followed at the Mesa incident.
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David Hurlburt Phoenix
UPI
Beauty College Today
Evelyn Cummings
Robert Benjamin Smith
Smith
Cummings
Carol Farmer
Mrs. Cummings
Robert Stern
Jaydee Sale
Mra. Cummings
Troops clash along Jordan River reported by Israeli officials
Arab terrorists and Israeli troops clashed along the Jordan River. El Fatah irregulars crossed into the Israeli occupied West Bank and fired on an Israeli military car. A 20 minute exchange ensued with no Israeli casualties. casualties among attackers unknown.
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Jordan
Jerusalem
el Fatah
West Bank
Wright seeks rezoning and Sands East No 2 subdivision
Local builder Wright requests rezoning of about four acres north of Indian School Road east of 6th Street from R-17 to RG to allow up to 12 apartments per acre. He also seeks approval of Sands East No 2 subdivision plat. The zoning commission meets tonight at 8 p.m. in the council chambers to consider the requests and may table an amendment on cluster housing pending study.
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BE. T. Wright
City Zoning Commission
R6th St
Ichambers
E. Main St
Writht
Wright
Sands East No. 2
Commission
Aspinall to Consider CAP in Senate Vote Next Year
Rep. Aspinall and Rep. Saylor agreed last August to push CAP in the Senate next year despite House opposition. The plan seeks 768 million for canal works Phoenix Tucson and 360 million for small Colorado dams. Udall expects a vote on the appropriations bill early next year despite objections.
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Senate
Wayne Aspinall
D-Corp
House
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Aspinall
House Interior Committee
Phoenix-Tucson
Colorado
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Hayden
Udall
Saylor
U S forces bolster DMZ posture amid North Vietnamese threats
U S troops near the DMZ are boosted to about 100 000 with 3000 Marine reinforcements as possible major battle looms with 35 000 North Vietnamese forces north of the zone. In Pittsburgh violence resurges in the steel haulers strike as union officials report a tentative settlement. In Alaska the Panoceanic Faith disaster yields two rescued crewmen and several bodies, with four more ships en route.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union
Kodiak
Alaska
Nations sign space treaty at White House signing
President Johnson spoke with optimism on space uses as he signed a treaty banning nuclear weapons and military bases on other planets. Representatives from 18 nations attended the White House signing ceremony.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Military plane crash near coast kills 23 in South Vietnam
A C-190 military transport plane missing since Sunday was found crashing into a clouded mountain along the northern coast of South Vietnam. Officials report all 23 aboard were killed in the disaster.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Soviet peacetime defense budget hits record high
Moscow reports the Soviet peacetime defense budget rose to 18.3 billion dollars, up 1.4 billion from last year. The plan includes replenishing Arab planes and tanks and more aid to North Vietnam to curb aggression from the United States and Israel, according to Soviet officials.
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Soviet Union
North Vietnam
U.S
Israel
Strike talks stall as mediators report no progress
In Salt Lake City the 88 day copper strike shows little progress as unions and Kennecott Copper Corp resume meetings. Federal mediator Lyle Johnsan says he has nothing to report after sitting in on sessions begun last week.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
Lyle Johnsan
Industrial Commission Must Submit Budget to Finance Dept
The attorney general's office says the State Industrial Commission must submit a budget to the finance department. Finance Commissioner Ted Hawkins asked whether the commission is subject to the legislation creating the finance department.
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Phoenix
Attorney General
State Industrial Commission
Finance Department
Ted Hawkins
Industrial Commission
Dress code debate settles into school discretion
Parents and administrators weigh dress rules as Coronado High School sent home Elizabeth Frey for red middy pants. officials cite teacher discretion and student cooperation. ACLU offers aid after administrative appeal, with district leaders noting minimal trouble and high compliance levels across Saguaro Arcadia and Scottsdale schools.
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Harold P. Frey
Latham
Elizabeth
Coronado High School
Frey
Harry Fogle
Princi
Fogie
Miss Frey
Fogle
Ted Male
The
Arizona Civil Liber
Ies Union
ACLU
Mole
George Goldey
Pricipal
Saguaro High School
Goldey
Arizona grad killed in Vietnam honor roll
Army 1st Lt. William Brooks Kiser 25 formerly of Scottsdale High School and long time Phoenix resident was killed in action in Vietnam last Thursday Defense Department announced He was forward observer with A Battery First Battalion 11th Artillery He enlisted in 1944 earned Bronze Star in 1987 He attended ASU for 30 years and worked for Southern Pacific Railroad and Berridge Flower Shop Burial with military honors at Green Acres Memorial Cemetery services at 1 pm Thursday Survivors include his mother Louise Quinn father Archie C Kiser and a brother
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William Brooks Kiser
Scottsdale High School
City
Vietnam
Defense Department
Kiser
11Th Artillery
Sheffield
Ala
Arizona
Arizona State University
Memorial United Presbyterian Church
Green Acres Memorial Carden
Green Acres Mortuary
Bolivia confirms death of Che Guevara in Higueras clash
Bolivia announced the death of Ernesto Che Guevara in a battle with Bolivian Rangers near Higueras. Four guerrillas were Cuban nationals. Guevara was identified by fingerprints and medical examiners in Vallegrande.
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Che Guevara
LA Paz
UPI
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Fidel Castro
Guevara
Higueras
Alto Seco
Vallegrande
Vallegrande Morgue
Cal
Joaquin Zenteno Anaya
Armed Forces
Alfredo Ovando
al—_Guevara
Maj
Ramon
Organization of American States
Walter Arze
Argentina
Workers protest state safety law at Phoenix Capitol
Hundreds of workers gathered at the Arizona State Capitol led by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to demand tougher safety laws. Tom Brahm’s death at Del Webb’s Townehouse was cited as a prompt, and union officials urged electing pro union legislators while criticizing current lawmakers for alleged undue burdens on contractors.
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UPI
Arizona
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Tom Brahm
del Webb
Conlan
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
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Arcadia High School
Drews
Tracy Tripp
Scottedale High School
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Archie C. Kiser
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DeMolay
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Southern Pacific Railroad
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