Longhorns beat Cougars to clinch divisional title
Payson earned its first football divisional championship with a 20 12 victory over Phoenix Christian and swept all five Central Division games. The Longhorns earned the right to state playoffs and will face the East Division winner at 6 p.m. November 19 at Mesa Community College. If Thatcher wins Friday, they claim the East Division. if Tombstone wins, a three way tie is possible.
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Payson
Phoenix Christian
Longhorns
Gridiron
Mesa Community College
Thatcher
Tombstone
Blue Ridge
St. Johns
Antelope
Williams
Longhorn
Smock Protests Closed Meetings In Payson Council
Payson Councilman D J Smock walked out of an executive session over second closed meeting without attorney or town clerk. He criticized procedures and minutes and noted talk of replacing Councilman Jack Monschein amid retirement considerations.
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D.J. Smock
Smock
Robert Young
Belk
Menschein
Arizona
Willard Taylor
Monschein
Taylor
Payson Councilman Considers Resigning for Sheriff Job
Payson councilman Jack Monschein may quit to take an administrative assistant post with Yavapai County Sheriff elect Bud Moore. Elected last May for a two year term, he serves on public safety and parks committees and would be replaced by council appointment through May 1978 if he resigns.
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Payson
Jack Monschein
Yavapai
Bud” Moore
Monschein
Public Safety
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Sprouse- Reitz
Menschein
Northern Gila County votes split by region in county elections
Northern Gila County backed Republican candidates in contested races while the rest of the county favored Democrats. Turnout statewide hit 78.2 percent with northern precincts at 75.5 percent. Northern seven precincts cast 23 percent of returns, and strong opposition to creating a community college district helped defeat the measure.
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Richard Robertson
Gila County
Payson
Pine
Zane Grey
Gisela
Tonto Basin
Young
Northern County
Flu Shots Given to Hundreds at Payson Clinic
Gila County Health Unit administered swine flu inoculations at Julia Randall Elementary School gym in Payson on Wednesday. At 10 am a line stretched through the door and down the steps and by noon about 200 people had received the vaccine.
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Payson
Gila
Graham Kathy Simmons
John Reyna
Arizona Department of Health Services
Simmon
Otis Norton
Phoenix
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Robert Belk
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Brent Althoff
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