24 Sep 1968
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1968
Page
1
Vietnamese government and U.S. spokesmen report Cong rockets struck an oil complex near Saigon, killing two civilians and igniting 2500 gallons of gasoline. The attack accompanied vows to persevere, while Allied forces retaliated with four waves on suspected guerrilla positions.
Scottsdale Junior College cancels Thursday night classes due to an open house program at Scottsdale High School. The suspension affects Tuesday to Thursday courses. sessions resume next week.
Nixon greeted by thousands in Sioux Falls as he campaigns across the Dakotas on a five day swing. Humphrey criticizes Nixon over the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and urges immediate Senate ratification while touting working Americans and families as core voters.
The NLRB accused AFL CIO negotiating committee and 27 unions of seeking companywide bargaining and common expiration dates during a nine month strike at Phelps-Dodge. Attorney Mike Gottesman said the demands were within union rights. NLRB says tactics aimed to unilateral expand bargaining units. hearing set to continue through Friday.
John Norred, 73, retired statistician for the Arizona Highway Department, died Sunday at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital. He moved to Scottsdale in 1950 after arriving in Arizona in 1929 from California and served in WWI with the Army Air Corps. He held multiple veteran and fraternal memberships and is survived by Ena. daughter Ellen Schmidland. siblings Clinton and Elsie. three grandchildren and one great grandchild. A military service will be held Wednesday at Green Acres Mortuary by the VFW. Minter L. Wilson, 77, longtime attorney and judge in Morgantown, West Virginia, died Monday at his Scottsdale home. He moved to the valley in 1964 and to Scottsdale in 1966. He is survived by Eloise. daughter Mrs. George Ceadil. two sons Col. Minter L. Wilson Jr. and Dr. Michael F. Wilson. eleven grandchildren. Services and burial will be in Morgantown, Mercer Mortuary announced.
Thant says he has no intention of inscribing Vietnam on the UN General Assembly agenda or urging others to do so. He notes the issue is impractical to table and would not secure a majority. U.S. and George Ball press for Paris talks without such moves.
Prague sources said a Moscow summit was postponed again due to strong Czechoslovak unity. Joseph Smrkovysky urged factory workers to rely on unity to solve problems, a stance Moscow dislikes as it complicates Soviet control and occupation plans. Rude Pravo warned that Western cold war rhetoric could delay normalization and troop withdrawal.
Scottsdale PTA members will hear Dr. Fick Henderson of the Maricopa County Junior College District speak at 8 p.m. in the Hohokam School cafeteria about the proposed district plan for the Scottsdale area and what is at stake in the October 24 junior college bond election.
A small fire at the Executive House on Scottsdale Road drew five Rural Fire Department units at 6 40 this morning. The sprinkler system had put out the blaze in a storage room trash container. damage estimated at 50 dollars. A car fire on West Indian School Road near Smith at 7 30 caused by carburetor overflow.
Scottsdale police reported Mohave Elementary School was burglarized Monday. Entry opened the supply room and thieves took school supplies including two pencil sharpeners paper paint and erasers.
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