Canyon Crash Kills Five in Grand Canyon Area
Five people died in a Grand Canyon area plane crash near Hermit’s Point after the twin engine Piper Navajo lost an engine and burned in forest fire. Four others survived with second degree burns and were flown to Maricopa County. All identified or pending IDs are Californians.
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Grand Canyon
Grand. Canyon
Coconino County
Riverside
Calif
Hermit's Point
Maricopa Coun
Forest Service Mixed Feelings on Pending Flagstaff Rains
Loyd Barnett and a multidisciplinary Forest Service team managing Mt Elden's 4600 burned acres weigh rain impacts on erosion control and seed protection. They plan grass seeding, erosion prevention, and later reconstruction and reforestation as monsoon rains arrive.
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Forest Service
Flagstaff
Nature
Loyd Barnett
Mt. Elden
Barnett
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Coconino National Forest
Police Arrest Suspects In Flagstaff Service Station Robbery
Winslow police arrested Donald Varciaga Theresa Nordham and Patricia Earnheart all Colorado residents after a roadblock linked them to an armed robbery at Husky Service Station Santa Fe Avenue. Attendant Clyde Hutchinson described a knife threat and cash taken during the 8:30 p.m. incident.
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Colorado
Winslow
Flagstaff
Donald Gene Varciaga
Theresa Marie Nordham
Brighton
Patricia Ann Earnheart
Denver
Clyde Hutchinson
Husky
Santa Fe Ave
Supervisors Plan Public Meeting to Review Budget
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Supervisors' Chamber to discuss the county's 1977-78 budget of about 14 million dollars. County Manager Jack A. Smith said the session is for public input and not a formal hearing, with Medicaid at 41.2 million planned as a possible line item pending Arizona Supreme Court ruling. A formal budget hearing is set for July 6 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse chamber.
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Coconino
Smith
Arizona
Coconino County
Arizona Supreme
Supervisors
Supreme Court Allows Lawyer Fee Advertisements
In a 5 to 4 ruling, the Supreme Court allows lawyers to advertise fees for routine services such as wills and uncontested divorces. The decision, holding state ad bans unconstitutional, limits ads to a narrow area with the court delaying broader questions. Justice Powell dissented, saying the ruling will transform the practice of law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell
Harry A. Blackmun
Olympian Hall to Visit Flagstaff for Continental Games
Olympian Gary Hall, 1976 U.S. Olympic swim team co captain and flag bearer, will host the first annual Continental Olympic Games at Continental Country Club in Flagstaff. The event opens with a morning ceremony and flag raisings, followed by relay races, obstacle course swimming, volleyball, and tug of war. A noon patio cookout features a gymnastics demonstration by national age group champion Carrie Lewis.
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Gary Hall
U.S
Continental Country Club
Carrie Lewis
Pow Wow Edition in Today's Sun
The Arizona Daily Sun publishes a four page Pow Wow edition featuring parade rodeo Indian arts and dances. It is a pictorial look at past Pow Wows and includes stories on this year’s festival with a brief Pow Wow history.
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Arizona Daily Sun
May Trade Deficit Falls as Oil and Coffee Imports Drop
The Commerce Department reports May's U.S. trade deficit at 1.20 billion, the year's lowest monthly gap, helped by a 4 percent rise in exports to almost 10.4 billion and an 8 percent fall in imports to just over 11.6 billion. Oil imports dropped 625 million and coffee imports fell 144 million, while overall imports for the year thus far total 17.8 billion.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Carter
United States
Supreme Court delays executions in Arizona gas chamber case
The Supreme Court told Arizona officials to postpone the executions of John Henry Knapp of Mesa and Paul William Jordan until formal appeals can be filed. The stay pushes decision to review their cases to next fall, as 16 people await death under Arizona's death penalty law. Knapp, 30, convicted in 1974 for a 1973 fire that killed his two daughters, and Jordan, a Texas resident, were to die Wednesday. Knapp maintained innocence and had earlier trials with a hung jury.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arizona
John Henry Knapp
Mesa
Paul William Jordan
Texas
High Court
Knapp
Linda
Lena
Jordan
Maricopa County
Pow Wow Prep for Large Gathering at Fort Tuthill
Preparations for Playstaff's all Indian Pow Wow at Fort Tuthill include water tanks and fire equipment. Ambulances and medical staff, a lost-child station, and a on-site disaster unit coordinated with Flagstaff Hospital will handle injuries and intoxicated individuals. Rangers and rescue teams will provide first aid as needed.
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Pow Wow
Cies
Art Lee
Social Services
Dept. of Economic Security
Native Americans For
Arizona
Flagstaff
City Council to Consider Adoption of Resolutions
Flagstaff City Council to hold a special meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in City Hall to adopt four resolutions formalizing the 1977 78 fiscal year budget. Hearings will cover federal revenue sharing funds expenditure base and the budget itself plus allocation of sales tax receipts and contingent fund transfers.
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Flagstaff
City Hall
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Lois J. Gartia
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Brad Anderson
Playstaff
Fort Tuthill
Pow Wow Wrangler Emergency Service
Troy Rhodes
University Heights
Thorpe Park
Lake Mary
Arizona Engineering
Coney Park
Fisher Contracting
R. Dixon Speas
Pulliam
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