Arizona leaders hail CAP funding decision with dam cuts
President Carter will fund part of the Central Arizona Project while removing Orme Dam northeast of Scottsdale, the Charleston Dam near Sierra Vista, and Hooker Dam in New Mexico. Gov. Raul Castro, Sen. Dennis DeConcini, and Rep. Morris Udall praised the move as fair, urging conservation and groundwater laws while noting environmental and treaty considerations.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Carter
Central Arizona
Orme Dam
Scottsdale
Fort McDowell
Charleston
Sierra Vista
Hooker Dam
New Mexico
Gila Wilderness
Mexico
Raul Castro
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
Morris Udall
Dariz
Udall
Arizona House repeals auto emissions inspection mandate
The Arizona House voted 31 to 17 to repeal the mandatory emissions inspection program in Maricopa and Pima counties, using a rider to a boat towing law. Rep. Sam McConnell opposed the rider after backing the original bill, while Rep. Tony West supported a future referendum on the issue. The measure now advances to the Senate.
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Phoenix
Arizona House
Maricopa
Pima
Sam McConnell
R-Williams
McConnell
Tony West
R-Phoenix
Hamilton Test Systems
Department of Health Services
West
Gerald Moore
D-Phoenix
Frank Kelley
Rphoenix
House
Kelley
Larry Bahill
Tucson
Senate
Arizona jobless rate dips to 7.5 percent in March
Arizona’s unemployment eased to 7.5 percent in March, despite slight county increases. Maricopa rose to 7.1 percent and Pima to 6.7 percent, while February’s statewide rate stood at 7.6 percent. DES noted gains across most industries and warned fuel-price policy could hit tourism.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Maricopa
Pima
State Department of Economic Security
Maricopa County
Pima County
DES
Carter
Jury to hear fraud trial in Cochise College Park case
A U S District Court judge reversed a prior order for a nonjury trial and ordered a jury trial for seven defendants in the Cochise College Park fraud case. The defendants are Richard Curran Robert Lewkowitz Martin Rose William Hetrick Hal Ely Adolph Neer, linked to the defunct Cochise firm, accused of defrauding about 10 000 buyers and investors of nearly 40 million dollars before bankruptcy in 1972 over land near Douglas.
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Cochise College Park
U.S
Richard P. Curran
Malibu Beach
Calif
Scottsdale
Robert K Lewkowitz
Phoenix
Martin W. Rose
E. Camelback Rd
Cochise
William Hetrick
Tustin Calif
Hal F. Ely
Foster City
Adolph P. Neer
N. Century Lane
Standard Land Title and Trust Co
Standard Life Title and Trust Co
Douglas
Obituary Harold Raught 70 Retired Importer
Harold Raught 70 a longtime Scottsdale resident and former importer and exporter died Friday at home. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Green Acres Mortuary Scottsdale. He came to Scottsdale in 1967 from Peru and was a member of the Arizona Country Club. He is survived by his wife Jane a daughter Barbara Smith of North Carolina and one grandchild. Memorials are suggested to the Arizona Heart Association.
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Harold ‘Jack” Raught
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden Rd
Mr. Raught
78Th St
Scottsdale
Peru
Arizona Country Club
Arizona Heart Association
Raught
Jane
Barbara Smith
North Carolina
Retired Florist Archie Petersen Dies at 70
Archie Petersen 70 a retired florist died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Services Monday at Green Acres Mortuary with entombment there. Petersen lived in Scottsdale since 1972 from New Jersey and held leadership roles in Elks Masons and Liberty Fire Co. He is survived by his wife Daytona a sister a brother and three grandchildren.
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Archie Petersen
Good Samaritan Hospital
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden Rd
Green Acres
Mr. Petersen
E. Vernon Ave
Rutgers University School of Horticulture
Scottsdale
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Arizona News Roundup From Associated Press Wires
A roundup of brief items from the Associated Press wires covers political developments, local incidents, economic updates, and cultural events across Arizona. Key figures and institutions contour the day’s regional snapshot.
Defender asks no change in Hanigan torture case
BISBEE The defense attorney for Thomas and Patrick Hanigan asked that no change of venue be granted in their trial for torturing three illegal aliens. Their father George Hanigan was charged but died a week before the March trial was to begin.
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Bisbee
Thomas
Patrick Hanigan
George
Wee
Two Robbers Hold Up Safari Hotel Parking Lot
A 46 year old Phoenix man, Donald W. Forney, was robbed at gunpoint of $2 by two men in the Safari Hotel parking lot on Scottsdale Road around 11 p.m. One suspect is described as about 25, 5 feet 10, 150 pounds with long brown hair and a beard. the other as 19 to 21, 5 feet 8, stocky with short brown hair and a white shirt. They fled east through the lot.
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Phoenix
Scottsdale Rd
Donald W. Forney
Bartender testifies suspect called to cover hit and run
Vernon D. Carr 44 of Scottsdale stands charged with vehicular manslaughter and related counts for the March 25 crash on East McDowell Road that killed Jean French 49. The bartender Domin Palumbo Jr. testified Carr telephoned from Twin Wheels Tavern asking him to claim Carr left the bar hours before the accident.
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Scottsdale
Phoenix
Vernon D. Carr
E. Vista Drive
Shamrock Distributing Co
Dominic Palumbo Jr
Twin Wheels
24Th St
Carr
Jean French
52Nd St
East McDowell Road
French
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Amy Cooper
Patty Monette
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Scottsdale Stadium
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