County official presses tax free bond rules for industry
Maricopa County officials debate guidelines for using tax free industrial bonds to lure new employers. New member Herb Caywood doubts financing McDonald’s expansion is proper, while Scottsdale Memorial Hospital expansion is deemed acceptable. George Campbell also criticizes the McDonald’s proposal, citing lack of policy and urging future votes.
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Maricopa County
Authority
Scottsdale
Herb. Caywood
McDonald's
Caywood
McDonald’s
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Cagwood
Hamburger
Caywood-Soderquist Insurance
Scottsdale City
George L. Campbell
Paradise Valley
Og “ Campbell
Campbell
Henry E. Bobbe
Bobbe
Kerr-McGee to pay $200000 in voluntary Chinle taxes
Kerr-McGee Corp. plans to pay $200000 in taxes voluntarily if its legal counsel approves and the Chinle tax rate remains stable, officials said. The company is the largest taxpayer in the financially troubled Chinle School District and spoke to lawmakers Wednesday.
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Phoenix
Kerr-McGee Corp
Chinle
Public hearings set on balloon bread ban repeal
The Arizona Weights and Measures Division schedules two hearings for April 28 and 29 in Phoenix to consider repealing the balloon bread ban. Officials say the ban labeled the product deceptive due to excess air in baking. A November trial is set for builder Herman Chanen and two ex National Housing Industries officers on conspiracy and false bidding charges.
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Phoenix
Arizona Weights and Measures Division
Asst
Richard Harris
Harris
Arizona
Herman Chanen
National Housing Industries
Chanen
Miller Lee
M.L. Vanlandingham
U.S. District Court
Walter Craig
Craig
Arizona cotton crop damaged by April cold snap
Brooks Taylor of the University of Arizona extension warned that up to a tenth of the cotton crop in Pima Cochise and Graham counties must be replanted at a cost of about 450000, after last week’s rare April frost that hit fields just as they emerged.
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Tucson
Arizona
Brooks Taylor
University of Arizona
Pima
Cochise
Graham
Drowning victim search fails along Verde River
Yavapai County deputies searched 55 miles of the Verde River for 18 year old Charles Williams of Camp Verde who authorities believe drowned at Childs. Sgt. Joe Duncan said the missing man is Charles Williams and the body had not been found.
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Camp Verde
Verde River
Childs
Yavapai County
Joe Duncan
Charles Williams
Police officer loses part of finger in gun mishap
Mesa officer Keith Burley 28, a 30 year veteran, accidentally shot the top joint of his left index finger while inspecting a pistol at his home on Weldon Avenue. He said the weapon was not loaded and doctors at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital reattached the fingertip.
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Mesa
Keith David Burley
E. Weldon Ave
Burley
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Smithbaker seeks Maricopa District 2 supervisors post
John Smithbaker 41 formally declares candidacy for the District 2 seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. He cites infusing business methods into county government and aims to challenge the term held by Eldon Rudd. Smithbaker owns John Smithbaker Agency Inc. in Scottsdale and lives on Joshua Tree Lane.
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John “Jack” Smithbaker
Maricopa County
Board of Supervisors
Smithbaker
Eldon Rudd
Scottsdale
Rudd
Fourth Congressional District
John Conlan
Alming
John Smithbaker Agency Inc
E. Joshua Tree Lane
Arizona
Arizona Citizens For Reagan Committee
East Phoenix
Paradise Valley
Carefree
SRP Sells 140 Million Bonds A Record Year Issuance
The Salt River Project sold 140 million dollars in municipal revenue bonds at 6.6 percent net interest cost, the highest total in SRP history as part of the year’s 280 million authorization. Proceeds fund electric facility construction at Coronado Hayden Navajo Craig and Palo Verde plants. Purchasers include Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Goldman Sachs among others. Bonds rated Ag by Moody’s and A by S&P, dated April 1 1976 with delivery around April 29.
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Salt River
SRP
Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc
Bache Halsey Stuart Inc
First Boston Corporation
Goldman
FBI seeks 2 or 3 suspects in $2094 bank hold up
FBI in Phoenix is pursuing two to three suspects in a Wednesday Valley National Bank robbery on Indian School and Scottsdale Roads. A teller triggered a silent alarm. hidden cameras captured the scene. The robber, 5 feet 5 inches, 155 pounds, blond mustache and shaggy hair, wore a grey sweatshirt and carried a green bank bag. No gun was displayed according to investigators.
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Valley National Bank
Indian School
Scottsdale
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Phoenix
FBI
Special
Richard E. Long
Long
Scottsdale Road
Old Town
Senate panel approves 35,000 student enrollment cap
Phoenix AP The Senate Education Committee approved 5-2 a measure setting a 35,000 full time equivalent enrollment ceiling on state universities. The panel required a Western Maricopa County ASU branch campus by 1981. Regent Rudy Campbell opposed the limit, fearing it could drive families to send students out of state. The cap has no immediate effect.
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Phoenix
Senate Education Committee
Board of Regents
Arizona State University
Maricopa County
Rudy Campbell
Tempe
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United States
Steve Birringer
Bob Hungerford
Birringer
ASU
John B. Conlan
R-Ariz
American Institute of Industrial Engineers
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U.S. Senate
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Pima Rd
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