13 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1977
Page
1
Weather data for Flagstaff and northern Arizona includes highs in the upper 70s to 80s, lows in 50s, and a wet forecast with afternoon and evening thundershowers. Sedona faces flash flood potential with scattered showers and heavy rain likely today and Sunday, followed by humid, warm conditions and variable highs and lows.
A collage of reader inquiries and responses from Dear Abby style guidance. Topics range from publishing a deceased lover’s letter to employment ads in teen magazines, corsage etiquette, and a thrifted money‑doubling joke. Includes misprinted letters and self‑addressed envelope requests.
Flagstaff School Board will discuss a 10 year facility needs projection and seek approval to develop preliminary plans and costs for additions. They will also consider an elementary physical education curriculum, renewal of the Blue Cross plan, cafeteria pricing, and a joint city district committee on recreation arts and libraries.
NACOG Executive Director Bill Wade criticized DES Deputy Director Arlyn Larson for misreading NACOG operations in northern Arizona. Wade said DES ignorance and recent DES criticisms ignore NACOG’s CETA funded job training and manpower planning work, while noting an Arizona legislative inquiry into DES underway.
Dr Wilbur R Jacobs from the University of California Santa Barbara outlined the European impact on North America since 1492, noting depopulation of Indians, forest loss, and wildlife destruction. He urged environmental protection amid debates over land development and conservation history at the Pacific Coast Branch meeting.
A collage of notes and anecdotes covers kiss types from Love and Warman, a 1914 Baltimore harbor buoy trivia about Francis Scott Key, Kipling’s retirement wish to Sussex, Sequim’s sunny climate in Washington, marriage advice, Gypsy Rose Lee’s Milwaukee press conference memory, a note on solar energy compared to U S consumption, and a surprise fact about Fourth of July celebrations occurring 23 years after the Declaration of Independence.
An unclear note reads Avadeess mall to LM Hayd and a box 681 Weatherford Texas 76086 Pisa? Lee Bays, suggesting a disconnected mailing or address reference with uncertain names and locale. The fragment presents a jumble of places and people without a coherent event.
A Utah man accused of beating a New Mexico man to death in Page on August 5 waived his preliminary hearing. Ponciano is 19 and from Gien Canyon City. The case will go directly to Coconino County Superior Court with defense by Aspey Watkins and Diesel of Flagstaff. He is charged with murder of Bill John, 40, Mentmore New Mexico, near a Bureau of Reclamation building at about midnight. He is held in the county jail without bond under sheriff’s escort.
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