Lunar trainer crash delays NASA lunar tests
A spider shaped lunar landing trainer crashed in flames during a six minute test flight at Ellington near the Space Center. Pilot Joe Algranti ejected safely and was uninjured. Ground equipment problems also delayed Apollo 8 countdown rehearsals at Cape Kennedy but Apollo 8 launch remains on schedule for December 21. Engineers have six days to fix issues and still meet the on time launch.
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Joe Algranti
Ellington Air Force Base
The
Space Center
Algranti
Cape Kennedy
Swiss Banks Said Haven Of Investors
UPI reports that Morgenthau told the House Banking Committee that large numbers of stock investors are seeking Swiss secrecy to evade income taxes. He cited widespread use of numbered accounts and frauds detected in New York markets, noting Switzerland’s secrecy hinders prosecution.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Robert M. Morgenthau
U.S
New York
Morgenthau
Switzerland
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Two Men Plead Guilty In Marijuana Case At Marana Air Park
Two men arrested as they were to depart from Marana Air Park last March pled guilty to illegal possession of 350 pounds of marijuana. William R. Willoughby and Patrick J. O'Neill face sentencing on December 23 before U.S. District Court Judge James A. Walsh after a September trial ended in a hung jury. O'Neill allegedly jumped bail. another defendant, William Watkins, received an indefinite term for four pounds seized near Nogales last October.
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Marana Air Park
William R. Willoughby
Patrick J. O’neill
San Francisco
U.S. District Court
James A. Walsh
O'Neill
Tucson
William R. Watkins
Phoenix
Nogales
Watkins
Former Tucsonan Keller Missing at Sea in Gulf of California
Bradley H Keller 46 once of Tucson is missing at sea after a maintenance boat propeller cable entanglement 80 miles offshore in heavy Gulf of Mexico waves. Coast Guard planes divers search since 9 a m. he leaves a wife and son in Kenner La and a daughter in Chicago.
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Tucson
Bradley H. Keller
Gulf of California
Col
Harald M. Keller
USMC
W. Miracle Mile
Gulf of Mexico
Keller
Desert Steppes Drive
Coast Guard
Kenner
Chicago
Star Employes Dominate Tucson Press Club Elections
The Tucson Press Club elected the 1969 officers with Star staffers claiming most roles. President Robert Moore succeeds John Fahr, with Frank Johnson as VP, Marilyn Drago as secretary, Dorothy Kalil as treasurer, and Barbara Sears plus Lester Inskeep as board members. George Morse and William Cely are re elected associate and allied directors.
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Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Press Club
Robert Moore
John Fahr
Frank Johnson
Marilyn Drago
Dorothy Kalil
Barbara Sears
Lester Inskeep
George Morse
William Cely
Tucson Newspapers Inc
District 1 Exceeds UCC Quota by 358 Dollars
Tucson School District 1 certificated and classified employees contributed a total of 70358 to the 1968 United Community Campaign, reaching 100.5 percent of the 70000 goal. M. D. Montgomery chaired the effort with cochairmen Bob Whalen and Bennie Linkhart and Arlene Lenox handling accounting.
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UCC
Tucson
United Community Campaign
M. D. Montgomery
Finance Department
Montgomery
Cochairmen
Bob Whalen
Brown School
Bennie Linkhart
Sahuaro High School
Arlene Lenox
Jet Lands Safely After Utility Failure at Tucson
An F4C Phantom landed safely at Tucson International Airport after a utility failure during a refueling training mission. Air Force officials say electronic control equipment failed but pilots lowered landing gear and touched down without incident. The two crew members were not publicly identified.
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Tucson International
Davis-Monthan Afb
Air Force
Priest to Seek Church Wedding After Civil Marriage
Daniel Francis McCarthy a former priest, seeks Catholic permission to remarry in church after a civil marriage to Joanne King a nun by a Nevada justice of the peace. McCarthy objected to the pope s birth control policy and was instructed to stop functioning Sept 14 by Bishop Francis J Green of Tucson. He studies sociology at Arizona State University and works as a rural firefighter.
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Phoenix
UPI
Notre Dame
Ohio
Good Samaritan Hospital
McCarthy
Green
Boston
Arizona State University
The
Rural Fire Co
New Office Building Planned for Rosenzweig Center Phoenix
The Del E. Webb Corp announces a $10 million, 20-story office tower to rise in the Rosenzweig Center on North Central in Phoenix, starting April 1. It will sit between the Towne House and the parking garage, include underground parking and a specialty shopping mall, with two additional towers possible north of the Towne House in later development. The Rosenzweig Center is a Webb Rosenzweig Associates joint venture. tenant firms were not disclosed.
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Phoenix
UPS
Rosenzweig Center
del E. Webb Corp
George Reeve
Webb Commercial Division
North Central
Webb Firm
Rosenzweig Associates
Arson Hunted At Valley College Fire Amid Key Theft
Authorities pursue arsonists at San Fernando Valley State College after a gasoline fueled blaze in the administration building destroyed the acting president’s office and damaged five others. Investigators reported unlocked doors and a key-collection link to a prior disturbance involving student protests and dramatic arrests.
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Northridge
Calif
San Fernando Valley State College
Paul Blomgren
Mas
Tucson Daily Citizen Advertisement Rates and Publisher Note
The Tucson Daily Citizen carries AP and United Press International notices. It lists home delivery rates in Tucson and outside Tucson, mail rates, and state and outside Arizona pricing, payable in advance.
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Paber
Associated Press
United Press International
Tucson
Arizona
Canada
Mexico
Citizen Publishing Co
Single Corporation Urged to Control U.S. International Communications
A 15 member committee chaired by Eugene Rastow urges President Johnson to create a single private company to merge all U.S. international communications providers including ITT RCA Western Union and COMSAT. The plan, needing new laws and antitrust exemptions, would centralize cable satellite and relay services with possible partial ownership for current firms.
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U.S. Post Office
Cable
United States
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Congress
American _ Telephone and Telegraph Co
ITT
World Communications Inc
R.C.A. Communications Inc
Western Union International Inc
Four Die As Mercy DC-7 Crashes Toward Biafra
In Geneva an AP report says a four engine DC-7 on a mercy flight to Biafra crashed and all four aboard are presumed dead. Names and nationalities were not released by a Church relief services spokesman.
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Geneva
Biafra
Church Relief Services
Dry Cleaning Challenges for Metal Thread Fabrics in Fashion
The article discusses sparkle in women's fashion using metallic fabrics including dresses blouses and wraps. It explains two main issues with metal thread fabrics tarnish and excessive creasing, notes copper bases cause stubborn tarnish, and advises cleaners to test fabric content before cleaning while promising careful handling of delicate garments.
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East Sixth Street
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Judy Ayer
AICO
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