Spotlight fades celebrity theater amid bankruptcy and lawsuits
The Celebrity Theatre in the Valley, a 1972 landmark once hosting stars like Bill Cosby and Liberace, faces Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.3 million in assets and $957,000 in liabilities. It endures lawsuits, unpaid utility bills, and refund complaints from patrons after canceled shows and disputed contract obligations.
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Liberace
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Willie Nelson
James Brown
Naomi
Wynonna Judd
Maricopa County
W. Anthony Curtis
Sheldon Pollack Arizona Management
Javier Bob Hope
Delores Reade Hope
Ward Grant
Hope Enterprises
Hope
Valley
Samuel Etchells
Jeno
Etchells
State Attorney General
Celebrity
Citibank
Venture Holdings Inc
Newport Beach
Calif
Main County
Arizona Public Service Co
US West
Dillard’s Ticket System
Baseball meets basketball stars in chaotic charity game
A chaotic charity softball event at HoHoKam Stadium mixed football players and baseballers, with Suns stars Charles Barkley and Dan Majerle, police on the field and heightened security. The game began late after a long batting contest, featured enthusiastic young fans, and ended tied 12 to 12 after six innings.
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Bashers
Suns
Charles Barkley
Co-Rec
HoHoKam
Kevin Johnson
Patterson Field
Barkley
Majerle
Milwaukee
Greg Vaughn
Dave Pratt
Intel plans second Chandler plant as theft probe widens
Intel prepares to break ground on a second Chandler facility later this year while a five month theft probe expands. Investigators traced stolen Intel chips from Estrada and Garcia to stores and warehouses in Phoenix Mesa Tempe and Los Angeles, with federal and state agencies aiding the case.
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Chandler
Intel
Sandy Black
Black
Estrada
Phoenix
Garcia
Mesa
Family Computing
Motherbord Warehouse
Tempe
Motherbord
California
J-Mark Computers
Los Angeles
William Chen
Paorang Yeh
Taiwan
Rombus Computer Systems
Rombus
Chandler Police
FBI
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Maricopa County
Teachers Press GOP Lawmakers To Rescind Stipulation
Teachers meet with GOP leaders to urge undoing a stipulation that ties extra funding to new hires and materials. Senate Majority Leader Tom Patterson says the plan avoids locking districts into union salary contracts while addressing classroom needs. Critics say it limits local control and could shift funds from other priorities. Arizona budget calls for 191 million for ASU Tempe, 7 million for ASU East, 700 thousand for Williams Base development, and 116 million tax cut with 100 million for personal income tax. A 89 million allocation aims to begin erasing a 142.5 million revolving fund, plus 42 million to the rainy day fund.
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Senate
Tom Patterson
R-Phoenix
Arizona State University
Tempe
Asu-East
Williams Air Force Base
Maricopa County
House
Italians back Berlusconi as right wins likely Senate lead
Projections show Silvio Berlusconi's right wing alliance winning a majority in at least one Parliament house with about 47 percent in the Chamber of Deputies and leading in the Senate as the leftist coalition trailed. Occhetto warned the right could not govern, while Berlusconi urged unity amid internal coalition tensions. Final tallies awaited.
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Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
Berlusconi
Texas
Ross Perot
Achille Occhetto
Coun Berlusconi
Chamber of Deputies
Abacus Research Group
RAI
Senate
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Summers
Chuck Essigs
Mesa Unified School District
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