50 Feared Dead in Air Collision in Mountains
A Mughes Air West DC 9 carrying 49 people collided mid air with a Marine F4 Phantom near Duarte in Angeles National Forest. Nine bodies found in wreckage. fog hindered night rescue. one crewman survived on the military plane, with later reports of a parachute sighting. The crash occurred eight minutes after takeoff from Los Angeles International.
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Los Angeles
California
Here
Vath Tassel Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles County
Duarte
Air West
Los Angeles International Airport
Allegheny Propjet Crash Claims At Least 25 Lives
An Allegheny Convair 58 propjet with 31 aboard struck fog near Tweed New Haven Airport. It hit a power line, damaged cottages and marshland, broke into two wreckage pieces, and caused many fatalities with figures varying between 25 and 90 dead. Airport and hospital officials reported confirmed deaths ranging from 29 to at least 25.
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Allegheny
Wew Haven
Conn
Tweed
New Haven
Malarky
Tweed - New Haven
James Malarky
Yale - New Haven Hospital
Wilkins Dam funding eyed via Coconino water district
A desk note says Flagstaff could bypass Congress and finance Wilkins Dam through a county water conservation district using tax revenues from the Navajo Generating Plant at Page. The plan would shift federal repayment to local funds, creating a decentralized public works model with local control.
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Flagstaff
Congress
Wilkins Dam
Coconino
Salt River Project
Coconin County
Caconino County
Page
Wilkins
Cosmonauts Link With Soviet Orbital Space Lab
AP reports a Soyuz 11 crew connected with the space laboratory Salute, a seven week old project, marking a step toward orbital space stations as three cosmonauts joined the lab aboard.
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Laboscow
Soviet Union
Te Space Laboratory
Williams Named Flagstaff Schools Superintendent
David A. Williams, 95 year old assistant superintendent, was named superintendent of Flagstaff Public Schools succeeding Sturgeon Cromer who resigns to become director of occupational education. Williams, who joined Flagstaff in 1961, heads curriculum and served as chief negotiator for the district. He holds an Education Specialist degree from Northern Arizona University and has attended three national academies for school executives. He and his wife Bobbie have three children. He will be confirmed at the next board meeting.
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David A. Williams
Flagstaff
Williams
Supt
Sturgeon Cromer
Cromer
Wiliams
Board of Education
Dan Stoops
Willams
Assi Supt
Flagstaff Education Association
Flagstaff Public Schools
East Flagstaff Junior High
Northern Arizona University
University
National Academies
Arizona Education Association
Northern Arizona
State of
Arizona
American Association of School Administrators
National Education Associations
Doney Park Subdivisions Delay Decision After Hearing
Flagstaff board delays action on Sunset Crater Estates and Alpine Meadows pending more study. Opponents urge fire, road, water, and dust concerns. supporters cite needed housing and water supply tests. Public hearing drew 15 to 20 residents as supervisors plan further consultation with zoning and health officials.
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County Board of Supervisors
Doney Park
Tio Tactlas
Coney Park
Crater Estates
Alpine Meadows
Guy Bensusan
Coney Park Assn
William Bones
Bensusan
Flagstaff
Richard Mangum
Sunset Crater Estates
Clyde Holland
Assn
Tachias
SUN
Council Faces Lengthy Agenda For Flagstaff Meeting
Flagstaff City Council begins a long agenda Tuesday at 7 30 a m in City Hall led by the re establishment of the University Heights Improvement District with a second time adoption. Other items include a temporary paving study in Pine Knolls and a report from City Manager McPherson and City Engineer Voelker. Also on the docket are Traffic Safety Commission recommendations a Hozhoni Foundation handicap request and the Canyon Country Club Unit No 4 final plat. There are 28 items on the regular agenda.
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University Heights Improvement District
Flagstaff City
I. Karl Mangum
Mangum
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Redmond
Chamber
Hegou Well
Pine Knolls
Brannen Homes
Albert Casados
Casidos
Leland C. McPherson
E.D. Voelker
Traffic Safety Commission
Hozhoni Foundation For the Handicapped
Canyon Country Club Unit No. 4
Letter of the Law Is What Counts
Arizona law views drunk and disorderly conduct as the offense Patrolman Michael Pitts described to Lucas Riggs of Tuba City after Riggs demanded arrest. Riggs left the station and yelled on Birch Avenue before Pitts rebooked him for disorderly conduct.
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Ami
Arizona
Michael Pitts
Lucas Riggs
Tuba City
Riggs
Pitts
Birch Avenue
City Revenue Report Shows Growth in Flagstaff Funds
City of Flagstaff general fund revenues to date total about 2.15 million through May 31, 1971, up from 1.93 million a year prior. Major gains come from the City Sales Tax and property tax, with May 1971 sales, property, and state sales tax figures showing continued improvement.
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Flagstaff
Donald Wilson
Wilson
Java
City Revenue May Top $2.2 Million
City of Flagstaff projects 1971 72 revenue of 2 220 299 98 from five sources including city sales tax property tax state sales tax ice skating rink and City Magistrate Court. Main source is city sales tax at 744 401 92 and property tax at 782 165 56. Estimates issued in February subject to revision.
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Flagstaff
City Parks and Recreation
Ken Ingels
Donald F. Wilson
Wilson
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Washington, D.C
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Cosmonauts
Bill Hood
Dave Williams
Wilams
Malpais Kiwanis Club
Coconing §S
Cocotino County
Department of Public Health
CCODA
Air Force
Japan
Doney Park Area
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