Kennedy calls for end to war through negotiated settlement
RFK urged negotiations with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong Front to end the war, admitting painful truths about preserving South Vietnam’s non communist opposition, recognizing Front involvement, stopping bombing, and addressing urban riots and poverty at home. He warned against victory by force and stressed avoiding use of another country as a battlefield.
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Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Col
Kennedy Visits Tucson Amid Applause and Sturdy Security
President Kennedy spoke in Tucson urging support for veterans and education, drawing sustained applause. He appeared tan and vigorous despite earlier hoarseness and faced a dense crowd at the airport and university. A sudden vehicle stop sent him sprawling but he was unharmed and quickly resumed handshakes and smiles.
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Kennedy
Flagstaff
Mal
University Auditorium
Dignity Is Fundamental NAACP Leader Calls for Enforcing Law
Nathaniel Calley of the NAACP challenged 600 attendees at the West Coast Regional Conference in Phoenix to use existing laws against discrimination to secure civil rights for Black Americans. He contrasted legal remedies for land claims with systemic racial injustices and urged youth education, housing reform, and persistent anti-discrimination efforts amid discussions of economic opportunity and community unity.
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Martin Haynes
New Mexico
Nathaniel Calley
National Board of Directors
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hight
West ‘Coast
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Arizona
Tucson
Pioneer ‘International Hotel
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Pioneer
Colley
Calley
Sacramento
California
Phi Beta Kap
Robert Horn
Office of Economic Opportunity
Norville Smith
San Francisco
OEO
the Pioneer
Three Injured In Northern Arizona Car Crashes
Three people were hospitalized after two separate one car accidents on Nogales and Benson highways. William Byrd 18 of Phoenix in guarded condition at St Marys Hospital following a head injury from a crash south of the city. Willy F Kelton 19 of Tempe not hospitalized. Two Ft Huachuca soldiers 23 and 21 were moved to Davis Monthan AFB Hospital in satisfactory condition after their car overturned east of Tucson. Mario Contreras 22 was not hospitalized.
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Nogales
Benson
William Byrd
Phoenix
St. Mary’s Hospital
Willy F. Kelton
Tempe
Ft. Huachuca
Tucson
Davis-Monthan Afb
Highway Patrol
Larry J. Meyers
Raul §. Ruiz
Mario E. Contreras
Contreras
Explosion Hits Induction Center in Lower Manhattan
An early morning blast at the U S Army induction center in lower Manhattan shattered windows on one side of the eight story building. Police attribute the blast to a bomb in the rear. no injuries or immediate bomb traces found. The event follows antiwar protests during Stop the Draft Week.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Army Induction Center
Lower Manhattan
Induction Center
FBI
Illness Cancels Taste Of Honey at Playbox Theater
The extra performances of The Taste of Honey at Playbox Community Theater were canceled due to illness in the cast. The Shelagh Delaney comedy had a four member cast with no understudies. The play opened March 16 to mixed reviews and six weekend performances were held on its regular run.
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Playbox Community Theater
Shelagh Delaney
Senior Citizens Club to Elect and Install Officers
The Senior Citizen Club 1 will hold its election and installation of officers at 220 S 5th Ave at 11 a.m. Tuesday. A pot luck will follow the business meeting.
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Senior Citizen Club
S. 5Th Ave
Health study funds Tucson area health planning plan drops
The Tucson Urban Area Regional Review Committee TUARRC considers dropping a $50 747 health study grant application prepared by the Tucson Community Council. TUARRC votes to become applicant instead of the council citing county view that existing health planning suffices. Dr Thomas Jordan council executive director attends. The plan goes to TUARRAC April 10 for official approval. County health director Dr Frederick Brady weighs federal aid needs for a comprehensive survey. County Board chair Thomas S Jay supports dropping the study reasoning Brady staff suffice.
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Tucson Urban Area Regional Reviewing Committee
Tuarrc
U.S. Public Health Service
Tucson Community Council
Tuarac
Community Council
Health Planning al
South Tucson
Thomas’ Jordan
Frederick Brady
Hhealth
Thomas S. Jay
County Board of Supervisors
Jay
Brady
Eisele Elected Head of TB Health Group
Dr. Paul L. Eisele of Green Valley was chosen president of the Tuberculosis and Health Association of Pima County succeeding Walter T. Altman. The slate includes Joseph C. Padilla as first vice president Gideon E. Wright as second vice president Mrs Walter Fathauer secretary and Robert O. Boylston treasurer.
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Eisele
Paul L. Eisele
Green Valley
The
Tuberculosis and Health Association of
Pima County
Walter T. Altman
Joseph C. Padilla
Gideon E. Wright
Walter Fathauer
Robert O. Boylston
Jerome C. Rothbaum
Harold B. Thurber
J. Russell Spann
Mary Caldwell
C. J. Furness
Herman C. Rasche
James EB. Brady
Richard Duffield
Hazel Gore
Mayer Hyman
Hannah Nelson
Florence Reece
Edward W. Scruggs
Stanley M. Secrist
Oscar A. Thorup
Walter F. Schuette
Robert A. Dean
Tucsonian Marine Lt. Col. Dies on Duty in Virginia
Marine Lt. Col. Clayton G. Herbert of Tucson, 37, died on duty at Norfolk Virginia. Burial was at sea with full military honors. A University of Arizona graduate he recently returned from Vietnam. he served with the Supreme Allied Command Atlantic. Survived by widow Paula and son Francis.
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Clayton G. Herbert
C. G. Herbert
E. Baker Sr
Norfolk
University of Arizona
Col
Herbert
Vietnam
Supreme Allied Command
Atlantic
Paula
Francis
Svoboda Elected President Of Czechoslovakia
Gen. Ludvik Svoboda, 72, wins 282 of 288 votes to become president after Antoinin Novotny is ousted. Described as a Czechoslovak Eisenhower, he was nominated by the Communist party and faced unanimous support from the presidium and national front.
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Prague
Ludvik Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
National Assembly
Svoboda
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
National Front
McCarthy Petition Drive Starts in Phoenix
George Miller leads a two week city campaign for Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy with 50 volunteers canvassing downtown Phoenix locations and shopping areas to gauge Arizona Democratic sentiment due to the lack of a presidential primary.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George Miller
Los Altos
Arizona
Miller
Arizona Democrats
McCarthy
Opera Ballet Auditions Set in Tucson Sunday Afternoon
Richard Holden of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet will supervise auditions for the Tucson Civic Ballet starting at 1 30 p m Sunday at the Downtown Center City Parks and Recreation 220 S 5th Avenue Holden is director and choreographer of the Civic Ballets upcoming Rice Adventures in Wonderland production.
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Richard Holden
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Tucson Civic Ballet
City Parks and Recreation
S. 5Th Avenue
Holden
Civic Ballet
Freeway Planning Debate Divides Tucson Workshop
At an Aztec Inn workshop, Dr. Donald L. Woods and others clashed over whether newspaper coverage harms freeway planning. Verne Tregonis and W D Kelley defended controversy as public utility while Woods argued it hurt public opinion and budget, with Eckbo noting risks of a vast freeway system. The event, funded by a federal grant, featured UC Berkeley’s Eckbo and UA figures shaping Tucson’s civic center design.
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Donald L. Woods
Aztec Inn
California
Tucson Area Transportation Planning Agency
TATPA
Verne Tregonis
City Public Works
W. D. Kelley
Woods
University of Arizona
Tatpa Coordinating Committee
State Highway Department
Tucson Boulevard
Garrett Eckbo
Mayor Corbett Seeks Annexation Drive in Tucson
Anti annexation speakers attacked Mayor James N. Corbett Jr claiming he aims to build an annexation empire funded by a dedicated fee. City officials say final plans may be ready by June with petitions due by year end or early 1969. Community leaders oppose annexation centering on financial motives and constitutional questions.
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James N. Corbett Jr
Tucson
Harry Neffson
300 Casas Adobes Community Club
Corbett
Harelson Elementary
Gene Adelstein
Adelstein
Parker Perry Jr
Unified Committee Against
Local Ad Clipping Promotes Tucson Shop Prices
A fragmented ad lists price details and a Tucson address at 794 North Siene Avs, noting Sunday hours and outside-Tucson pricing. The readable text mentions 45¢ and 43¢ rates and a $2.55 advance for a product or event named Goneee pala.
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Tucson
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