Power line shock injures Phoenix construction worker
A Sundt Corp worker, Santos Morales, 55, remained in critical condition after a high voltage shock in Chandler while trench work cut a buried line near Price Road and Chandler Boulevard. He was flown to Maricopa Medical Center with third degree burns. SRP paused power for 1.5 hours in a 2 square mile area.
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Phoenix
Chandler
Sai Santos Morales
Maricopa Medical Center
Chandler Fire Department
Ron Knight
Morales
Sundt Corp
Price Road
Chandler Boulevard
Price
Salt River
SRP
Frederick Bermudez
County delays home rule election to March 1996
Maricopa County plans to push the first home rule election from November to March 1996 due to financial problems and a multimillion dollar deficit. Officials say the election would cost about 1.7 million dollars, and the Board of Supervisors discussed postponement but did not vote.
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Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors
County weighs home rule despite voter sell failure
County officials urge home rule as a potential reform to county government though skepticism from voters and concern over financial costs loom. Supervisor Ed King warns of backlash amid negative publicity while Betsey Bayless favors delaying due to finances and a crowded November ballot. The charter plan requires two elections with a March 1996 option to save costs, totaling about 1.7 million plus outside drafting help.
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Maricopa County
Ed King
Litchfield Park
Betsey Bayless
District 3
Phoenix
Officer Ken Phillips Saves Couple From Fire Arson Suspected
Chandler officer Ken Phillips detected smoke at the Contreras trailer on East Saragosa Street and kicked in the door waking La Sarce and Erma. Firefighters arrived four minutes later and doused a high flames blaze. The fire is under arson investigation with $5,000 damage.
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Contrerases
Chandler
Ken Phillips
la Sarce
Erma Contreras
Phillips
East
Saragosa Street
Chandler Fire Cat
Bill Evans
Cristina Othon
Con
Arizona Board of Education narrows teacher criminal case ban
The Arizona Board of Education approved a rule to review teachers convicted of certain crimes rather than automatically barring them. The rule allows discretionary review for offenses beyond 11 listed severe crimes, including aggravated assault and burglary, enabling consideration of youth offenses and otherwise clean records.
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Arizona Board of Education
C. Diane
Board
Gary Emanuel
Emanuel
Tucson
Col Mvibs
Chandler man given 64 years for sexual assault and kidnapping
In Chandler, Chad Hire received a 64 year prison term from Mari copa County Superior Court Judge Maurice Portley for sexual assault kidnapping and attempted kidnapping in a February 1 1993 attack on a mother and her four year old daughter. He must serve at least 43 years before eligibility for release. The victim described ongoing nightmares and fear for both herself and her child.
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Chad Hire
Hire
Chandler
Maricopa County
Maurice Portley
Dobson Road
Hiro
Leonard Whitfield
Anne Williams
Williams
Apple Five
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D-Ariz
Citizen Action
Robert Glazier
Glazier
U.S. Senate
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Apache Junction
Allen
Arizona Avenue
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