Task force seeks alternatives to Orme Dam
A government task force formed this week studies alternatives to Orme Dam that avoid flooding Ft. McDowell Indian lands and may aid tribes. The group includes representatives from the Bureau of Reclamation and Arizona state entities, aiming to complete work by December or January.
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Brent Brown
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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Arizona Office of Economic Planning and Development
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Scottsdale
Bureau of Reclamation
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Salt
Verde
Ft. McDowell Reservation
Salt River
Castro
Richard Shunick
Arizona Projects
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Governor’s Office
Arizona Water Commission
CEPAD
Governor's Commission On Arizona Environment
Maricopa Association of Governments
Maricopa County Flood Control District
Valley Forward Association
Central
Arizona Project Association
Salt River Project
U.S. Forest Service
Arizona
Rabin resigns after wife’s bank scandal shadows Labor
Tel Aviv Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns after a revelation that his wife deposited 18000 in an illegal U S bank account instead of the 2000 she had admitted Hawkish Defense Minister Shimon Peres and dovish Foreign Minister Yigal Allen loom as top contenders to succeed Rabin if Labor wins the national election set for May 17 Also in Karlsruhe West Germany officials offer an 85000 reward for the motorcycle assassins who killed Chief Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver and wounded another official.
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Israel
Labor Party
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Hawkish
Shimon Peres
Yigal Allen
Rabin
Labor
Story
Karlsruhe
West Germany
Siegfried Buback
Scottsdale teachers reject nearly $1 million raise plan
About 1,000 of Scottsdale School District's 1,300 teachers voted 616 against and 375 for a negotiated policy and salary package that would have raised pay by about 5.4 percent next year, averaging $617 per teacher. An official count will occur Tuesday.
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Bonnie Foster
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
SFT
Scottsdale School
Vogal
Paul Streich
Streich
Walter Hoffman
Hoffman
Chaparral
Coronado High Schools
Arcadia High School
McGovern calls for immediate lift of Cuba embargo
Senator George McGovern urged the United States to lift the Cuba embargo without delay noting Fidel Castro’s brother indicated such a move would help settle other issues. He compared Cuba to trade with Peking and Moscow.
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Cuba
George McGovern
United States
Fidel Castro
Critics challenge federal form on Scottsdale schools data
Scottsdale School District faces criticism from board members over a nine page Office for Civil Rights form collecting student ethnic data. Board president Paul Streich warns the form fragments local unity and could empower federal intervention. Superintendent William Randall cites time costs and a pilot district’s $150000 impact. Deadline is April 30.
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Scottsdale School District
Office For Civil Rights
Paul Streich
Streich
William Randall
Phyllis Spencer
Randall
Carolyn Warner
Carter energy plan could require home insulation
Federal Energy Administrator John F. O Leary said two thirds of U S homeowners may have to weatherize or upgrade insulation under President Carter s omnibus energy policy. The plan aims to improve efficiency with incentives, possible utility weatherizing mandates, tax credits, and new standards for homes and buildings.
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Carter
John F. O'Leary
U.S
O’leary
O'Leary
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
White House
James Schlesinger
Kennedy
House
Senate Economic Committee
Congress
Schlesinger
City workers press for seven percent pay rise for 1977-78
Scottsdale's civilian employees committee seeks a seven percent increase for the 1977-78 fiscal year challenging the city council's five percent offer. The plan, routed to City Manager Franklin D. Aleshire, would cost about $563,469 including fringe benefits and adds a proposed 25 percent sick leave conversion to personal leave after four years. The police union proposes a five percent raise plus extra fringe benefits totaling about $158,000, totaling a 6.8 percent package.
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Scottsdale
Franklin D. Aleshire
Dan Schmidt
Schmidt
Bermert Wauculr
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35
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Marjaoun
Jerusalem
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I.W. Abel
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Cyrus R. Vance
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