Arizona House set to vote on repeal of emissions inspections
The EPA warns of disruptive actions if Arizona ends its vehicle emissions inspection program. A House vote is planned next week on a bill to repeal the law requiring a $5 inspection before registration in Pima and Maricopa counties. Separate items note Republicans seeking party posts and a Senate bill to freeze new state employee hiring failing by two votes.
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Phoenix
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Arizona
Pima
Maricopa
Arizona Senate
House
Senate
Arizona Jails Poorly Ranked In 1975 Overcrowding
The Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation survey places Arizona prisons second only to Georgia for overcrowding in 1975. It finds Arizona housing over one and a half times its rated capacity, per Deputy Director Dr. A LaMont Smith of the Arizona Department of Corrections.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Georgia
Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation
A. LaMont Smith
Arizona Department of Corrections
County board approves redistricting plan in Apache County
The Apache County Board of Supervisors approves a voter redistricting plan placing the entire Navajo reservation portion of the county into one district and dividing the off-reservation area into two districts. Attorney Mitchell Platt drew the plan benefiting about 26,000 reservation residents and 6,000 in other districts.
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ST. Johns
Apache County Board of Supervisors
Mitchell Platt
Arizona House Leader Demands State Sales Tax Audit Details
Tucson House Majority Leader Burton Barr said the Department of Revenue has one week to explain how it collects $9 million to $1 million in unpaid state sales taxes. He asked for the amount owed, the basis for accounts receivable, and the audit procedures.
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Tucson
House
Burton Barr
Phoenix
Department of Revenue
Barr
Betty Hackett obituary services set at St. Thomas church
Services for Betty M. Hackett age unspecified will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas the Apostle Church at 24th Street and Campbell. She is survived by children Elizabeth Parker Karen Griffis Lynn Raymond Jr and Brian two brothers two sisters and one grandchild. Paradise Chapel and Funeral Home at 3934 E. Indian School Rd handles arrangements.
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Elizabeth Parker
Karen’ Griffis
Lynn
Raymond Jr
Brian
Paradise Chapel and Funeral Home
E. Indian School Rd
Wayland Clements Brorah 70 Dies in Sunday Death
Wayland Clements Brorah 70 died Sunday. Services will be at Scottsdale Memorial Anata at 10 a.m. Wednesday. A Drake University graduate, he owned a hardware store in Iowa and later worked in heating and refrigeration. Survived by two daughters Jacquelyn Bell and Shirley Lenhart, a sister and four grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today.
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Wayland Clements
Scottsdale Memorial
Drake University
Iowa
Jacquelyn Bell
Shirley Lenhart
Funeral services for Harriet L. Dalluge in Paradise Valley
Harriet L. Dalluge 63 died Sunday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Services set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at American Baptist Church of Paradise Valley. She lived at 3837 E Eugie Terrace and is survived by husband George T stepsons David and George Dallage two brothers and three sisters. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Paradise Chapel Funeral Home.
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Harriet L. Dalluge
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
American Baptist Church of
Paradise Valley
Meier Services Held for William D Meier
Funeral services for William D. Meier, a retired draftman, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Green Acres Mortuary in 401 N. Hayden. He died Sunday at Village Green Nursing Home. He is survived by daughters Mrs. Florence Berger and Mrs. Dorothy Crocker, four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one sister.
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William D. Meier
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden
Meier
Village Green Nursing Home
Florence Berger
Dorothy
Realtor seeks District 24 Senate seat
Maurice Deise of Deise Realty in Phoenix announced his bid for the Republican nomination for State Senate in District 24. He is 29, has lived in the area since 1955, and plans to address real estate, contract, and consumer credit laws. Deise has no formal platform yet and is running for the first time.
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Maurice Deise
Deise Realty
Phoenix
Co. Deise
Kiva
Scottsdale
Arizona State University
District
Scottsdale Road
Camelback Road
Wickenburg
Deise
E. Eugie
Paradise Valley
John C. Pritzlaff Jr
Pritzlaff
Malta
State Senate
House
John Conlan
Scottsdale considers Northeast water and sewer improvement district
City council tonight will discuss Andover Corp proposals to form an improvement district serving a large undeveloped Northeast Scottsdale area. Staff urges delaying until master plan for 16 000 acres is adopted and policy is defined.
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Scottsdale
Andover Corp
Long Range Planning
Ken Allison
Andover
Allison
Pot smugglers get prison terms
Two men convicted of importation and possession with intent to distribute about 700 pounds of marijuana were sentenced in U S District Court in Phoenix to six months in prison. George Alan Kelly 28 of 18041 N 40th Place received four and one half years probation while Charles Louis Sivak 21 of 8338 E Heatherbrae got two years probation. They were arrested December 20 at the Scottsdale Municipal Airport by customs agents who followed them in a plane from an airstrip north of Tonopah. A pickup truck loaded with marijuana was seized at the airstrip. Kelly, a pilot, pleaded guilty to illegal importation of marijuana Sivak, a student, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute.
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U.S. District Court
Phoenix
George Alan Kelly
N. 40Th Place
Carl A. Muecke
Charles Louis Sivak
E. Heatherbrae
Scottsdale
Tonopah
Kelly
Sivak
Scottsdale Community College
Council to Review Bid for $1 Million Storm Drain Project
City council considers awarding a contract to J W Lattimore Construction with a bid of 967 207 the lowest of eight for a storm drain under Scottsdale Road from Osborn to Thomas then to Indian Bend Wash work to start around May 1 and finish by October 20 Scottsdale Road segment due by September 19 Other items include senior center interior design furniture bid, final payment for Mockingbird Water Co purchase, an 87000 bus service budget, and Golden Keys residents seeking a review of Smitty s supermarket plans at 61st Place and Thomas Road
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Scottsdale Road
Osborn Road
Thomas Road
Thomas
Indian Bend Wash
Scottsdale
Indian School Road
Osborn
J.W. Lattimore
Jeff Kracht
Capital Improvements Engineering
Osborn and
Senior Citizen
Mockingbird Water Co
Phoenix
Golden Keys
Development Review Board
Smitty’s
61St Place
Petition seeks removal of two Arizona Medical Examiners
Arizona Citizens for Open Public Meetings presented Gov. Raul Castro with petitions containing about 1000 signatures calling for the removal of Dr. Richard Dexter, board president, and Dr. Manus Spanier, board secretary treasurer, over alleged repeated violations of the state public meetings law. The group cites four secret sessions in which the public was excluded under their leadership.
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Phoenix
Raul Castro
Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
Richard Dexter
Tucson
Manus Spanier
Prescott
Arizona Citizens For Open Public Meetings
Arizona
Dexter and Spanier
Hale Gammill
Roberta Gallagher
Postmaster Replies To Damaged Mail Criticism
Scottsdale Postmaster Robert Schwartz defends staff while urging customers to better wrap parcels. He says many damages result from improper packaging and that post office workers will rewrap inadequately wrapped items. The program aims to reduce complaints through stricter handling and customer guidance.
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Scottsdale
Robert Schwartz
The
Progress
Schwartz
Scottsdale Post Office
Post Office
Hearing set in murder case of Scottsdale man
A preliminary hearing is scheduled in West Mesa Justice Court for David Theodore Sety 32 charged last week with the shooting death of Scottsdale resident Donald D. Cue 35. Sety appeared in court and was released after county attorneys declined murder charges March 23. Cue was found shot six times at a campsite near Bartlett Lake after an argument with Sety who reportedly fired a .45 caliber pistol at Cue following a threat with a .25 caliber pistol.
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West Mesa
Sety
Dean Wolcott
Cue
Hayden Rd
Bartlett Lake
Postal aid bill faces Senate test on Capitol Hill
The Senate Post Office Committee hears the $4.5 billion three year aid bill for the Postal Service with a committee vote planned after Easter recess. Postmaster Bailar warns of deep financial crisis and ongoing service cuts unless new funds are provided.
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Postal Service
Senate
Senate Post Office
Congress
Gale W. McGee
Capitol Hill
McGee
D-Wyo
Bailar
Mail Agency
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