Minibikes Spark North Scottsdale Controversy
A North Scottsdale resident faces potential assault charges after allegedly throwing boards at three minibike riders on his property as police push for an ordinance to curb the minibike problem. Officers say youths ride on easements and private lots, crowding streets, triggering debate over designated riding areas and enforcement.
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Sam Lowe
Progress City
North Scottsdale
Scottsdale
Mart
North
McDowell Mountain Park
Scottsdale budget proposal hikes expenditures over last year
City staff and the Scottsdale City Council debate a proposed budget totaling 9.03 million dollars up from 8.44 million. The plan includes 150 thousand dollars for a five percent raise, police department staffing costs, firefighting funding, and capital improvements such as refuse services and park construction with federal grant potential. It also allocates funds for the city manager office, court operations, and legal department, with allocations to promote Scottsdale and support the chamber of commerce.
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Scottsdale
Gravel alarms over planned Amchitka underground blast
Alaska Senator Mike Gravel voices concern as the Atomic Energy Commission plans a fall underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. The device is described as about five megatons, over four times the power of prior U.S. underground tests.
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Washington
Mike Gravel
Atomic Energy Commission
Amchitka Island
Aleutian
Gravel
U.S
Gunmen posing as detectives rob Brooklyn bank
New York authorities seek three gunmen posing as detectives who robbed a commercial bank on the Fort Hamilton Military Reservation in Brooklyn of about 250000 dollars. They held bank managers and about 15 other people as hostages who were released unharmed.
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New York
New York City
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Judge rejects motions in Kotouc Viet Cong case
A military judge denied two motions to dismiss the government case against Capt. Eugene Kotouc charged with maiming a Viet Cong suspect. The defense sought dismissal citing prejudicial publicity and related issues.
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Fort “Mcpherson
Tas
Eugene Kotouc
India may aid rebels in East Pakistan crisis
New Delhi Indira Gandhi says India is weighing recognition of the Bangla Desh rebel government. She notes India has openly supported the secessionist movement seeking to topple Pakistan’s government, despite warnings from Pakistan and China.
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New Delhi
Pakistan
Red
Women chained to fence protesting war near White House
Thirty seven women from Philadelphia New York and Washington chained themselves to the iron fence before the executive office building beside the White House. White House police defer to metropolitan police on how to proceed.
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Washington
White House
Philadelphia
New York
Metropolitan Police
South Vietnamese Push Toward Firebase 6 Amid Bombing
Backed by large U S bombing 6000 South Vietnamese troops drive toward Firebase 6 to relieve pressure. In twin northern and southern attacks they reach within about a mile of the besieged base with no Communist resistance reported yet.
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Saigon
U.S
City plans open space push to cut housing densities
Planning Commission set to hear two or three zoning proposals aimed at enlarging open space and reducing densities in R-5 R-3 and R-4 zones. Proposals include a base 16 units per acre for R-5 with landscape incentives and required mature trees with three per unit planting. new limits would need Design Review Board approval.
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Planning Commission
Bill Walton
Design Review Board
Scottsdale to Hire Four Civilians With DOJ Grant
City officials say a $39,000 U S. Justice Department grant will fund four uniformed non commissioned aides to relieve officers from routine duties. They will handle accident scene support report writing and at police HQ while officers focus on core tasks. The budget also calls for three patrolmen and one and a half clerks next year, short of Chief Nemetz's request for five new patrolmen.
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U. S. Justice Department
Scottsdale
Terry Phemister
Phemister
Walter Nemetz
Woman falls to death at Grand Canyon
A Flagstaff woman Elizabeth Hazlehurst, 21, died Monday after slipping from the edge at Mohave Point while sitting with two sisters and a friend outside the railing. She tumbled an estimated 300 to 400 feet before impact.
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Grand Canyon
UPI
Elizabeth Hazlehurst
Mohave Point
Miss Hazelhurst
Recall effort against Scottsdale School Board paused
An attempt by the Scottsdale Education Association to recall five school board members was temporarily abandoned after a Monday meeting. The group plans reassessment, while schools run near normally and negotiations with the district pause for about three weeks as teachers urge professionalism and seek amnesty talks.
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Scottsdale Education’ Association
Board of Education
Gerry Nagle
Nagle
SEA
Emil Sarpa
Rumor control clarifies Scottsdale substitute pay during strike
The standard substitute rate was 20 dollars per day for most substitutes while four or five long term substitutes earned 40 dollars daily, the normal rate for that category. ADA impacts and potential state aid loss remain unsettled as district officials await final figures and possible legislative relief.
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Scottsdale
Emil Sarpa
Jack Kearney
State Department of Education
Early Bird Gets Chair as City Manager Retires
City Manager Bill Donaldson says he will start work two hours early in his final week at City Hall. He jokes that arriving late means finding Dale Carter in his chair, the former assistant city manager who is taking Donaldson's place.
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Bill Donaldson
City Hall
Donaldson
Dale Carter
Carter
Weather Outlook Says Sunny Warm Today Then Cloudy
Forecast calls for 92 with sunny mild conditions then clouds increase tonight. Wednesday remains cloudy and breezy with warm highs in the low 60s.
City Manager Donaldson praises Scottsdale staff
Donaldson says the city will be “left in good hands” when he leaves. He commends Public Works Director Marc Stragier, Dale Carter as his replacement, Police Chief Walter Nemetz, Finance Director Chad Cowley, Parks Director L B Scacewater, Planning Director Bill Walton, Librarian Brad Simon, City Attorney Dick Filler, City Magistrate Ed Boyle, and City Clerk Fern Anderson for their hard work and leadership. He notes the strong records and rapid growth under their efforts and hints at future staff choices in Tacoma.
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Scottsdale
Fen Anderson
Bill Donaldson
Marc
Dale Carter
Carter
Donaldson
Chad Cowley
L. B. Scacewater
Scacewater
A Donaldson
Bill Walton
Walton
George Fretz
Brad Simon
Simon
Dick Filler
Ed’ Boyle
Fern Anderson
Tacoma
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