Town Crier Fitness drive aids Los Angeles Marathon runners
Local runners prepare for the Los Angeles Marathon to raise at least 1600 dollars each for the Leukemia Society with Caryn Kagan of KTVK TV among notable participants. Body Success offers 15 minute fitness reports for 20 to 10 dollars benefiting Team in Training, with offices planned in Gilbert and Chandler. Museum volunteers sought for Mesa Southwest Museum docent program beginning Feb 19. Docent training runs Saturdays 10 am to 3 pm at 53 N. Macdonald, enrollment first come first served. call Anna Sanchez at 644-3421. Public tips on consumer issues advised to seek cost clarity, not legal actions.
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Los Angeles
Leukemia Society
Caryn Kagan
Ktvk-Tv
Channel 3
Nancy Pullman
Body Success
Gilbert and
Chandler
Mesa Southwest Museum
Arizona
N. Macdonald
Mesa
Anna Sanchez
Mesa crime up 11 percent over 1992 tally
Mesa police report 1993 December crime rose 11 percent overall from 1992. Robberies and rapes spiked. sixteen rapes in December 1993, a 129 percent rise from December 1992, and fifty eight robberies, 37 armed and 21 strong armed, up 107 percent from a year earlier. The year end total was 111, eight less than 1992.
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Mesa
Earle Lloyd
Lloyd
Crime trends in Mesa show 1993 rise in robberies and violence
In 1993 Mesa saw armed robberies up 47 percent to 277 and strong armed thefts up 15 percent to 123, with eight homicides, two of them infants. Auto theft and grand theft rose while bicycle theft fell. weapon and drug law enforcement fueled surges in drug and weapon violations. Actual arrests edged up 0.8 percent to 19,439.
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Mesa
Lloyd
Arizonans pitch in to aid California quake victims
Arizonans donate hundreds of thousands to Red Cross and Salvation Army and provide food blankets cots and diapers for California earthquake relief. The Arizona chapter notes totals near 175000 sent while private shipments and school drives add to the effort as the disaster moves into later coverage.
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California
Florida
1993 Mesa Crime And Traffic Trends
In 1993 Mesa crime categories show duct theft and runaways from home rising 6 percent and 16 percent respectively. Forgery, vandalism, drunken driving, liquor violations, prowling, obscene calls, and agency runaways decline. Traffic citations down 8 percent while accidents up 19 percent. Traffic fatalities decreased from 31 in 1992 to 23 in 1993.
Proposition 104 would let Mesa set housing rules on property
A ballot measure in Mesa would remove a 1967 charter ban on a housing code. If approved, the city council could draft ordinances applying to all structures and property in the city. Mayoral candidate Kirby Allan warns of potential intrusions into homes, while supporters push housing safeguards for neighborhoods.
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Mesa City
Kirby Allan
Allan
Mesa
Mike Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Willie Wong
Panel backs gun free zones around schools in Arizona
A state legislative panel endorsed changes to create gun free zones around schools and require reporting of all weapon violations to police. The subcommittee also backed harsher penalties for selling guns to minors and allowing immediate seizure of a minor's gun, while some members urged a total handgun ban for youth. The plan faces a tough test as bills move through the Legislature and gun lobbyists push back.
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House
Judiciary
Phillip Hubbard
Tucson
L.A
Subcommittee
Rep
John R-Peoria
Arizona
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Rob Lively
Phoenix
Team Air Express
Dave Cruz
Tribune
Kelly Ettenborough
Tempe
Tonya Harding
Schnagl
East Valley
Mountain View High
Chris Coppola
Gilbert
Queen Creek
Lori Daniels
R-Chandler
National Rifle
Keegan
Landis Aden
Association
Werp
Judiciary Committee
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