Fire destroys five vehicles at Shadow Rim Camp
A propane gas leak after a hose broke on a Matlock Gas Co. truck caused a blaze that destroyed a recreation hall and five vehicles, burning about half an acre of forest near Washington Park. Two Globe workers were hospitalized after sustaining facial and hand injuries.
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Shadow Rim
Washington Park
Matlock Gas Co
Recreation Hall
Matlock
Ronald Statham
Art Pla
Elmer Mead
Bill Harris
Payson
Closing of dumps irritates public on Tonto National Forest
Public irritation grows as Forest Service works toward closing two open pit dumps Pine and Christopher Creek by June 30 to meet air and water standards. Tonto Forest Supervisor Fred Wirth cites four years of progress and ongoing contract hurdles with Gila County Board of Supervisors and Greg Stamper.
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Tonto National Forest
Forest Service
Gila
Wirth
Tonto
Star Valley
Young, Roosevelt
Punkin Center
County Agre
Music Festival on Channel 2 promotes June event
Payson's Country Western Music Festival will be held June 29 and 30 at the Rodeo Arena. KOAI TV Channel 2 in Flagstaff will air a festival salute during the Northern Arizona program at 8 a.m. Friday. Contestants Mac Bevell and Githen Reed, and committee member Bill Doudna will appear. Bevell, Don Stevenson, and Bert Sprague will promote the festival on three Phoenix TV stations next week.
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Payson
Rodeo Arena
Koai-Tv
Channel 2
Flagstaff
Northern Arizona
Mac Bevell
Githen Reed
Bill Doudna
Bevell
Don Stephenson
Bert
Copper Cloud
Vertielee Floyd
Viola Goodnow
Dorothy Donovan
Githion Reid
Tom Wing
Bert Sprague
Payson Records 103 Degree High as Heat Wave Persists
103 degree high set Friday by Payson’s temperatures marking the warmest day of 1974 to date. Anna Mae Deming, a U.S. weather observer, reported the readings, with June 12 and 13 earlier seeing 100 degrees. No measurable rain since April 2, and Tonto National Forest remained closed with extreme fire hazard.
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Payson
Anna Mae Deming
U.S
Weather Observer
Tonto National Forest
Two serious accidents injure Payson residents
Two serious traffic incidents near Payson over the weekend left seven people hurt. John Bowers of Phoenix and his daughter Patricia Penton were in a motorcycle crash west of Tonto Village, Bowers sustaining serious head injuries while Penton had minor injuries.
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Payson
John Bowers
Phoenix
Tonto Village
Bowers
Patricia Penton
Payson Town Council Swears In New Members
A brief June 12 Payson Town Council meeting saw Ted Pottet named mayor and Dr. Dave Gilbert as vice mayor. Former vice mayor Alan Slaughter did not seek reelection. Justice Ezra Peace administered the oaths to the new council.
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Payson
Ted Pottet
Dave Gilbert
Alan Slaughter
Ezra Peace
Hospitalized Geotech Teledyne lab chief in serious condition
Gayle Stanfill station manager and Payson Hospital board president suffered a severe heart attack Thursday and is confined to hospital in serious yet improving condition. Local council swore in several officials and voted to place federal revenue sharing funds in a building fund. The town will receive 21 576 from the sharing funds for a specific use. Census Bureau notice promises a refund after the count totaled 2885 rather than 3000. A petition from 12 residents requests action on unlicensed mini bikes with a school safety program and licensing enforcement.
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Gayle Stanfill
Geotech Teledyne Seismological Laboratory
Payson Hospital Board of Directors
Ord Highway 87 Realignment Delayed by Arizona Commission
The reconstruction and realignment of Highway 87 from Slate Creek Divide to the old Ord mine site was delayed last week by the Arizona Highway Commission. It was one of eight projects initially budgeted at over $20 million that were postponed due to funding limitations or design delays.
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Slate Creek Divide
Ord
Arizona Highway Commission
Commission
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Parson Jones
Harriet Rip
Harry
Payson Roundup
Sprague
Department of Public Safety
Gladys Jordan
Lee
Jordans
Sherwood
James W. Heck
Mesa
Heck
Velma L. Heck
DPS
Jordan
Petter, Gilbert
Ele Insche
John Fletcher
Eddie Lollar
Richard Robertson
Bill Thomas
Bureau of the Census
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