Sgt A finally ready for overdue promotion to tech sergeant
Air Force veteran Sgt A, famed for flawless service and Vietnam decorations, faces promotion in November after a congressional inquiry revealed his Silver Star and Purple Heart were not recorded. Investigators blamed a personnel system breakdown and the Air Force pledged back pay potential and a full system review.
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UPI
Sgt
House Armed Services
Congress
Vietnam
Hanoi
Alton Lennon
D-N.c
Air Force
Dow Jones Dips Slightly As Market Totals Unchanged
Stock averages show a mixed session with the Dow Jones at 894.59 down 0.20, the rails at 246.57 up 0.99, and the 65 stocks index at 316.55 up 0.13. Trading volume reached 7,640,000 shares as noon quotes list many major companies with modest gains and losses across sectors.
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Dow Jones
New York
Alcoat American Can
American Motors
At&t
American Tobacco
Anaconda
Arizona
Atchison Topeka
Bell & Howell
Bendix
Bethlehem
Standard
Calif
Texaco
Texas Gulf
TransAmerica
TWA
U.S. Steel
Webb
Zenithan
Obituaries for Fr. Owen de Silva and others in area
Fr. Owen de Silva OFM 61 founder of Casa de Paz y Bien in Paradise Valley died yesterday at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He returned as superior in 1964 after a Las Cruces retreat, taught at St. Mary’s High School Phoenix, directed the Orpheus Male Chorus, and published Mission Music of California. Funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Phoenix with choir and Knights honor guard. Burial in Santa Barbara Old Mission Cemetery. Survived by brother Eugene Forrest of NYC. Cenobio Hernandez 67 of 2537 N 66th St died Sunday at Scottsdale Clinic born in Chihuahua, Mexico, retired lithograph operator, survived by wife Virginia, son Charles, daughter Margaret of Arlington, two siblings in Mexico. Rosary tonight at Messinger Chapel. Requiem Mass tomorrow at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. burial Green Acres. Mrs Blanche Dillon 84 of 4637 N 74th Pl died Sunday in Doctors Hospital Phoenix born in Denison Iowa moved to Arizona 1961 Scottsdale Senior Citizens Club member survived by daughter Opal Dooley and brother J Harris Gable of Reseda. Services Green Acres Mortuary today. burial Green Acres Cemetery.
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OFM
Casa de Paz Y
Fr. Owen
Orpheus Male
Phoenix
Mission Music of
California
Fathers and Brothers
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
N. Third St
Cenobio Hernandez
Cenobio
Charlie) Hernandez
66Th St
Scottsdale Clinic
Mr. Hernandez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Virginia
Charles
Margaret
Arlington
Messinger Chapel
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Green Acres Cemetery
Blanche Dillon
Iin Doctors Hospital
Dillon
Dennison
Iowa
Arzona
Scottsdale
Senior Citizens Club
France’s Couve de Murville to visit Japan in November
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville will travel to Tokyo in late November to attend the fifth Japan France Consultation Conference, announced by the Japanese foreign ministry.
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Japan
Tokyo
UPI
Maurice Couve de Murville
Missing Scottsdale Daily Progress delivery contact info
If you miss delivery, call Circulation Customer Service at 947-7544 to correct the oversight. Phones operate on weekdays until 6 30 p m and Saturdays until 2 p m.
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Scottsdale Progress
Scottsdale Daily Progress
APS
Defector claims CIA link
A man who calls himself John Smith says he defected to the Soviet Union accusing Washington of preparing a new world catastrophe. He claims CIA ties and details a long U.S. career before taking Soviet citizenship and living in Moscow. The embassy disputes knowledge of him.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
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John Smith
Quincy
Mass
Central Intelligence Agency
India
Smith
Literary Gazette
Washington University
State Department
New Delhi
CIA
Austra
Lia
Africa
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Tass
Home tax exemption initiative filed in Arizona
J Michael Morris of Phoenix submitted initiative petitions to the secretary of state seeking to exempt owner occupied homes and up to an acre of land from all property taxes. The measure requires 56571 signatures and aims for the November 1968 ballot with a note that some large taxpayers undervalue property.
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Phoenix
UPI
Secretary of State
J. Michael Morris
Morris
Pfi‘e Bttian
U C Chief Investigates Marijuana Plants in Chancellor Yard
Berkeley police seek a prankster who planted nine marijuana plants among flowers in Chancellor Roger Heyns' front yard. University staff deny involvement and say the plants were not blown in by the breeze.
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Berkeley, Calif
UPI
University of California
Roger Heyns
Joseph Halloran
Firemen douse blaze in auto on Scottsdale road
Rural Fire Department reports one Scottsdale alarm at 9 44 a m. extinguished a car fire on Scottsdale Rd and Thomas causing about 35 damage to wiring in a vehicle driven by Mrs Anna Fisher 8613 E Chaparral in Scottsdale. France to test hydrogen bomb at Pacific proving ground next summer said Defense Minister Messmer.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Rd
Thomas
Anna Fisher
E. Chaparral
Paris
UPI
France
Pacific Proving Ground
Pierre Messmer
Uphill View of Venus From Mariner 5 Flight
Pasadena based reports describe Venus as appearing uphill to observers due to a dense atmosphere. Dr. Von R Eshleman of Stanford explains light bending and a hole like horizon effect. Data align with Soviet findings of extreme heat and high atmospheric pressure. Analysis of Mariner 5 tape data will refine conclusions.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Venus
America
Mariner 5
von R. Eshleman
Stanford University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Eshleman
Mariner
Eshelman
Earth
Two men face charges in Scottsdale shooting case
Walter Myrick and Rudolph Kruse appeared in Scottsdale City Magistrate Court on illegal shooting charges. Myrick, 36, claimed lack of posted signs and was fined. Kruse, 41, pleaded not guilty and a trial was scheduled for 9 a.m. November 13. They were arrested at Scottsdale and Bell Roads after allegedly using an earthen dike as a backstop for target practice.
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Walter Myrick
E. Monterosa
Phoenix
Rudolph Alfred Kruse
N. 32Nd St
Don Allsup
Scottsdale and
Bell Rds
Myrick
Ed Boyle
Kruse
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