Solar energy pioneer bets on sun powered home and farm devices
Bill Matlock of Armory Iron Works near Civic Center Plaza says he is close to delivering solar heating and irrigation systems with trough mirrors to households and farms by next year. He asserts public support and government priority could cut fossil fuel use by half in ten years.
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Bill Matlock
Scottsdale
Matlock
Mike Petryni
Armory Iron Works
N. Civic Center Plaza
Arizona
California
Ford seeks extended unemployment benefits amid economic signs
President Ford asks Congress to extend federal jobless benefits from 52 to 65 weeks and add 39 weeks for the unprotected, with programs running through 1976. He cites tentative signs of recovery while noting continued troubles, and cites March unemployment near 8.7 percent with 1.1 million discouraged workers.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ford
Congress
San Francisco Bay Area Council
Labor Department
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ford weighs options to stabilize South Vietnam
President Ford, after an Indochina strategy session with Kissinger and Weyand, weighs careful options to stabilize South Vietnam and may push for more military aid. About $175 million in unused aid is being allocated, with a final decision expected next week.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Ford
South Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Indochina
Kissinger
Army
Frederick C. Weyand
Congress
U.S
Weyand
United States
Desert Springs rezoning eyed by Phoenix Planning Commission
The Phoenix Planning Commission will review two large rezoning requests. Herberger Enterprises seeks a 1,082 acre planned community district on land near Scottsdale Road, 56th Street, Thunderbird Road and Paradise Lane for 4,683 homes plus a 67 acre resort, 55 acres offices, 54 acres industrial park and 49 acres shopping center with parks and trails to house up to 14,000 residents. Dick Raskin seeks zoning for a Scottsdale Road shopping center and offices with about 130 apartments or condominiums on an 80 acre parcel near the Herberger site. Officials caution about traffic and demand a smaller commercial area. Scottsdale Municipal Airport sits across the street from the Raskin parcel. planners favor an industrial park use similar to Thunderbird Industrial Air Park.
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Phoenix Planning Commission
Herberger Enterprises
Scottsdale Road
56Th Street
Thunderbird Road
Greenway Road
Paradise Lane
Dick Raskin
Scottsdale and
Thunderbird Roads
Herberger
Desert Springs
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Municipal Airport
Thunderbird
Paradise Valley Seeks Clues in Clerk’s Strangulation Case
Helen Marston, Paradise Valley’s first town clerk, was found strangled Thursday night at her home on 6316 N Quail Run Road. The 67 to 81 age discrepancy has investigators and the public unsure of her true age as they review a burglary theory and a missing .38 revolver and car. Marston had helped found the town in May 1961 and served in multiple roles, including clerk and treasurer.
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Paradise Valley
Helen Marston
Carrol J. Marston
Phoenix
N. Quail Run Road
Quail Run
Patrick Downey
Marston
Packers Return to Camp at Saguaro High
The Green Bay Packers completed their rookie free agent camp in Scottsdale after three days of public practice. New head coach Bart Starr led drills, with a photo feature by Chuck Pratt on page 9.
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Green Bay Packers
Saguaro High
Bart ‘Starr
Page
Chuck Pratt
Chiang Kai-shek Dies at 87 in Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek, longtime wartime leader and president of the Nationalist government, died at 11:50 p.m. after a prolonged illness. He relinquished duties to Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, his health failing since 1972 with pneumonia and heart trouble. He had not appeared publicly since 1972.
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Taipei
UPI
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist
Chiang
Chiang Ching-kuo
Bomb Explodes Near Ford at Oil HQ in San Francisco
A powerful bomb exploded near the Standard Oil of California headquarters three blocks from President Ford's San Francisco speech. The 21 story building suffered heavy damage but no injuries after police evacuated 20 people following a bomb warning. In Washington, Judge Sirica said White House tapes from the Watergate trial cannot be released to broadcasters yet due to pending cases, potentially years away.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Kissinger
Weyand
Ford
Washington
Las Vegas
National Association of Broadcasters
Congress
San Diego
San Francisco
United States
America
San
Standard Oil of California
White House
U.S
John Sirica
Sirica
Cambodian Government Says It Destroys Part Of Insurgent Flotilla
Cambodian government pilots report destroying part of an insurgent flotilla of up to 100 sampans moving north in an apparent bid to aid Communist forces besieging Phnom Penh. Three Asian nations withdraw ambassadors, leaving the United States as the sole diplomatic representative in Phnom Penh.
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Phnom Penh
United States
Portugal parties back draft constitution giving leftist leaders power
The Diário de Noticias reports major Portuguese parties agreed with the ruling military regime to draft a constitution transferring near total power to leftist leaders after the Armed Forces Movement submitted the draft to 12 parties. Sioux to counteract AIM Rapid City Dick Wilson announces new Indian organization to oppose the American Indian Movement on Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Diario de Noticias
Armed Forces Movement
Rapid City
8.D
Dick Wilson
Pine Ridge Reservation
Avalanche Halts Brenner Pass Traffic In Italy
A massive avalanche swept across highways and rail lines into Austria near the Brenner Pass. Carabinieri and trained dogs search the snow for possible victims after the snowstorm. Weather shifts bring increasing cloudiness and a chance of rain.
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Bolzano
Italy
Brenner Pass
Carabinieri
Autostrada
Austria
Salt River Valley
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