Fiesta Bowl Block Party set for Tempe downtown crowds
Tempe prepares for the 10th Fiesta Bowl Block Party with more than 150000 expected along Mill Avenue starting at 4 p m The annual New Year event features over 30 bands including The Pirates of the Mississippi and Dread Zepplin plus rides and a fireworks show admission for adults rises from 3 to 5 with children under 12 admitted free Alcohol sales are banned to curb drunken driving venues offer ample public parking and shuttle service downtown
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Costume designer Gina Aller builds wardrobes for film and TV
Gilbert native Gina Aller designs costumes for TV commercials and feature films including Tombstone and Stargate. She started with a Nescafe ad four years ago and now works on sets in Arizona to balance family life with her career, aiming to stay local unless bigger opportunities lure her to Los Angeles.
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Radiation milk tests on mentally disabled boys exposed years ago
The Boston Globe reported in a Tribune wire story that 19 retarded boys at Fernald State School in Waltham were fed radioactive iron and calcium in milk from 1946 to 1956 to study digestion. Harvard and MIT scientists led the trials funded by Quaker Oats and the AEC, sparking federal probes into consent and risk.
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Llano Texas Declares Deer Capital During Hunting Season
Llano, a Hill Country town 75 miles northwest of Austin, swells each November as deer season begins. Officials and locals describe Llano as the deer capital of Texas and the world, with 75,000 deer in the county and about 20,000 deer bagged last year. Hunters lease private land for four deer a season, boosting a local economy that stretches into the new year while town shops bustle and deer motifs dominate.
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Police identify man in hostage taking charges filed
Phoenix police identified Patrick Neal Bradberry as the man who burst into an Ahwatukee Foothills home and held four women hostage for about an hour amid an apparent robbery attempt. He faces aggravated assault kidnapping armed robbery and armed burglary counts. No one was injured.
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Phoenix Woman On Crane Delays Help At Squaw Peak
A 46-year-old Phoenix woman Annie Barber spent hours Saturday waving to onlookers from a construction crane on Squaw Peak Parkway. Police said she read a magazine and did not descend until nightfall when she was taken to the hospital's psychiatric unit. Barber had prior threats to harm herself, details unclear.
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Man says racial bias at work spurred stroke
A 59 year old ADOT worker, Arthur Stanley, says pervasive racism at the Arizona Department of Transportation contributed to a stroke after he found a KK K painted in his area. The EEO office found no intimidation, while an independent report urged morale improvements amid alleged minority concerns. ADOT denies discrimination and notes a recent promotion for Stanley.
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Babbitts shun limelight to keep family life simple
Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and wife Hattie avoid Washington social whirl to preserve private life. They prefer family dinners with sons Christopher and T J, mow the lawn, grocery shop, and attend essential functions only. Bruce notes Washington views differ from Arizona’s open spaces as horizons shrink to tree lines.
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