City debates Ashurst Lake water rights and emergency plans
Flagstaff officials weighed securing Ashurst Lake water for emergency domestic use as drought strains supply. Regional Supervisor Packard warned water may not be released next spring, stressing emergency-only use and risks to fish. Commission discussed additional reservoirs, gravel packing for Woody Mountain Well Five, and hiring a city water consultant to coordinate a central plan.
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Game and Wish Department
Packard
Hint
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Northern governors clash over Mohave OEO program shift
Northern county representatives on the regional council oppose Gov. Williams plan to move about 125000 in OEO funds to a new Yuma Mohave council. The Admitting Board warns the shift would ignore county ties, raise costs, and require new central staff, while also altering regional leadership and seeking funds for job programs. Esther Behnam becomes chairwoman as Cesario Diaz is named vice chair.
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US. Health, Education
Regional Council
Arizona Department of Economic, Painting and Development
State House
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Five Northern County
Mohave County
Yura County
Northern Regional Council
Willans
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Yuma-Mohave
Yura
Esther Behnam
Cesario Diaz
John King
Jack Lawrence
Adoption Decline in Arizona Hits 1970 Rates
Arizona adoptions fell from 3,713 in 1969 to about 2,500 in 1970 with a continued drop in 1971. The State Welfare Department handles about one third of adoptions, private agencies another third, and remaining cases are referred by doctors and lawyers. Demand centers on healthy Caucasian infants under two, while 400+ older or handicapped children remain unadopted in institutions and foster care. The median adoption time from interview to placement is eight months.
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Arizona
State Welfare Department
Joan C. Graham
State Welfare Commissioner
Welfare Department
Katherine Price
Graham
Zoning Code Debate Involving Council Members Ends Abruptly
Council members Knoles Turner Langley Lov en and McDonald deny owning property beyond homes or business sites. Langley states it's all for sure. Rowan declines to answer Miss Yearous question as the council responds.
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Turner
Langley
Lov
Woman Says Answers Should Be Public Before Zoning Case
A woman explains that she believes the case questions and their answers are significant for the public, insisting the responses should have been provided before the zoning ordinance case was heard.
Little America project eyed for Flagstaff growth
The Little America Corp led by Lonnie Wilkinson and TrafisAmerica Title Co hosted a luncheon for local business and government leaders as plans unfold for a Flagstaff site. Officials anticipate 1100 to 1800 daily visitors for gasoline and car service with initial phase costing about 7.5 million dollars and a target completion by midsummer next year. The project aims to preserve trees, use local subcontractors, and may include horseback riding and up to eight hundred operations, with a second development planned in Turson contingent on first phase success.
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Dlre
Little America Corp
Butler Avenue
Lonnie Wilkinson
TrafisAmerica Title Co
Holding
Little America Flagstaff
Flagstaff
Little Amerlea
Turson
Sealing Contract Awarded for Flagstaff Streets
The Buck Brown Construction Co. won the Flagstaff street sealing bid for 100 blocks at 319 747 dollars after City Engineer Voelker and City Manager McPherson recommended the bid over Arizona Paying and Grading Co.’s 28 300 offer. The council also sent two liquor license applications to the State Board of Liquor Control for final action.
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Buck Brown Construction Co
Flagstaff
Phoenix
Brown
Ed Voelker
Leland C. McPherson
Arizona Paying and Grading Co
State Board of Liquor Control
Northern Arizona Meat Co
Joseph Adragna
East Seventh Avenue
Ty the Royal Inn
Government Moves to Expand Home Lending Funds
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board plans to free 8 million by easing minimum liquidity for savings and loan associations to bolster home loan lending. The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp will inject 300 million to buy government backed mortgages, lowering FHA-VA loan seller costs by three points, and add 700 million to conventional loan purchases to push rates down. Preston Martin calls it a signal lenders: more funds for mortgage lending to ease rate pressure amid Nixon wage price action.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Preston Martin
Home Loan Bank Board
Sedona Resident Katerina Siroky Dies at 48
Sedona resident Katerina Siroky aged 48 died August 17 at Marcus J. Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Cottonwood. Services were held Saturday in Berwyn. She moved to Sedona 20 years ago from Illinois. Survived by daughter Mrs Mae Stankus of South Bend Indiana a son Charles Straky a sister and five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Marcus J. Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Siroky
Illnois
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Mae Stankus
South Bend
Ind
Market Rally Pushes Dow Above 900 Point Level
New York reports a continuing market rally as the Dow Jones Industrial Average clears the 900 threshold amid moderate trading. Exchange prices were not available at press time.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Queen to Inspect Turkish Harem in Topkapi Palace Tour
ANKARA AP report says the 986 room Topkapi Palace harem will open to the public for the first time during Queen Elizabeth II’s official visit and a June to Sept window. The tour will cover rooms where sultans and royal women lived, following 12 years of restoration.
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Banquet to Honor Young City Hero
Eighteen year old Stanley Mickelson who rescued six year old Eddie Nez at the Ramada Inn Pool in West Flagstaff will be honored at a Flagstaff Fire Department banquet Friday night. The event will include a steak fry and brief remarks by several rescuers about that Sunday morning incident.
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Flagstaff
Ramada Inn
West Flagstaff
Eddie Nez
Mickelson
Nez
Flagstaff Council Nominates Four For Housing Authority
The Flagstaff City Council nominated four candidates for a vacancy on the Housing Authority and named two members each to the SignCode Board of Appeals and the Board of Adjustments and Appeals. They also considered three new names for the Human Relations Commission as action is postponed to the next regular meeting on September 14.
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Jonn Moora
Sign Code Board of Appeals
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Ray Jarkey
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Tilda Johnson
Victor Nackard
Nackard
Behnam
League of Women Voters
Cesario Diaz
Nadec Advisory Council
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Murdock Community Center
Parsons 13
Park Terrace
Flagstaff Medical Center
Flagstaff Community Hospital
Virgil Langley
Parsons
Langley
Woman Relations Commission
Betnam
Drew Christie
Henry Weaver
Housing Authority and Humane Relations
East Coast men each get 90-day pot sentence
Three men from Essington Pennsylvania Red Hook New York and Westport Connecticut each received 90 day terms in Superior Court on marijuana possession convictions after pleading guilty. They were arrested July 28 at Grand Canyon while attempting to sell a batch of marijuana to undercover state narcotics agents for 15 dollars. Judge Thomas Brooks delivered the sentences.
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Ludge J. Thomas Brooks
Daily Sun outlines quality centre program for better papers
The Daily Sun announces a continuing Printing tem mrp as part of its quality centre program to improve newspaper reproduction from its equipment.
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