Millionaire in the Seat Pocket Press Empire
Jeff Butler built a magazine network distributed in airplane seat pockets. From a three-person LA office, East-West Network Inc. grew to offices nationwide and London with contracts with United, Pan Am, Hughes Airwest, Delta, and Continental. A $7 million hotel deal followed, as he pursued advertisers from New York to Marina del Rey.
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Jeff Butler
Marina del Rey, California
Butler
Marcy Springer
Copley
Los Angeles
United States
London
New York
Marina del Rey
Pacific Southwest Airlines
PSA
Pride
East-West Network Inc
United
Pan Am
Hughes Airwest
Delta
Continental
Motorola SPD Honored by National Safety Council
The National Safety Council awarded Motorola's Semiconductor Products Division for an injury free record in 1974. SPD's record was 52 percent better than peers in low injury frequency and 80 percent better in days lost. Ernest Scaggs thanked the council and credited management and workers alike. SPD operates two major Phoenix electronics plants and leased facilities.
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National Safety Council
Motorola
Semiconductor Products
E. McDowell
Vincent L Tofany
Ernest Scaggs
SPD
Scaggs
Phoenix
Rubber bands clog sewers in Glenwood Iowa
Pollution control superintendent Harvey Brake pleads for help as hundreds of rubber bands clog Glenwood sewer valves and pumps. He suspects bands enter from homes and businesses and urges residents to discard them in waste baskets rather than the sewer system.
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Glenwood
Iowa
UPI
Pollution Control
Harvey Brake
Brake
Blake
Arizona unemployment climbs as DES forecasts April May relief
Arizona and Maricopa County see rising unemployment with Maricopa at 9.9 percent in February and statewide 9.2 percent. DES cites deportation and more building activity in spring as potential relief, noting 700 illegal aliens arrested in early March and about 5,000 illegal workers in the county. Construction remains down but seasonal gains expected. relief also seen from lower interest rates and home buying incentives. Motorola contract boosts local business with a $3 million proximity fuse project for the Army.
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Arizona
Maricopa County
Department of Economic Security
DES
Phoenix Area
Motorola
U.S. Army
United Brands admits bribe payments linked to Honduras
United Brands acknowledged that in September its chairman Eli M. Black paid one or more Honduran officials 1.25 million dollars and promised another 1.25 million this month. U.S. officials noted possible routing through French subsidiaries and Honduran president Oswaldo Lopez faced bribery questions. Black later died by jumping from the Pan Am Building in New York. The SEC charged Swiss bank deposits and a cover up of bribes plus a separate 750000 dollar payment to a European official.
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New York
UPI
United Fruit Co
Caribbean
U.S
United Brands
Honduras
Eli M. Black
Oswaldo Lopez
Black
Teguciagalpa
Lopez
Pan Am
Manhattan
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington
SEC
Palo Verde Nuclear Units Delayed Construction Schedule
APS revises in service dates for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The first unit is now due in May 1982 with the second in 1984 and the third in 1986. Edwin E. Van Brunt Jr says extended planning and engineering require the new timeline.
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Arizona Public Service Company
Palo Verde
Edwin E. van Brunt, Jr
APS
Arizona
van Brunt
SAP invites bids on bonds for SRP electric program
Salt River Project invites bids on 75 million dollars in municipal revenue bonds to fund electric construction. Board authorized up to 170 million for 1975. Bids open at 9 30 a m April 16 at the SRP Administration Building and awarded to the lowest effective rate. Bonds dated April 1 and deliverable May 8. Revenues pledged to repay bonds.
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Salt River
SRP
Arizona Corporation Commission
Karl F. Abel
Abel
Coronado
Hayden
Navajo
Craig
Palo Verde
SRP Electric
New York firm barred from mail over false money scheme
The Postal Service denied Unique Ideas Inc a mail order operation for false representations. Ernie Tucker advertised an easy money method. 39 buyers paid $4,631, plus $2,961 in postage for 36,000 ads, yielding only eight orders totaling $62.75. A mail stop stops further mailings and refunds are issued.
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Unique Ideas, Inc
New York City
U.S. Postal Service
Ernie Tucker
Edward F. Lussier
Postal Service
Tucker
House approves bonds to ensure required improvements
In Phoenix the House tentatively approves legislation forcing developers to post performance bonds to guarantee installation of required improvements. The measure, added as an amendment by Rep. Craig Davids, aims to tighten subdivision rules amid concerns builders avoid essential services.
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Phoenix
House
Craig Davids
D-Coolidge
Peter Corpstein
Paradise Valley
Davids
Arizona
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Shields
Scottsdale Rd
Garden Lights
Scottsdale
SAP
Progress
LoftDen
Yvonne
Indian School
Valle Vista
Stalcup Realty
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