FBI disrupts Phoenix bombing robbery plot
The FBI said it neutralized a criminal group plan to bomb several Phoenix area businesses to cover multi‑million dollar robberies. About 200 pounds of nitroglycerin materials were found near Squaw Peak. The targets and suspects were not released.
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Phoenix
FBI
Phoenix Area
Homer Boynton
Washington
Arizona Emergency Services Association
Squaw Peak
Dreamy Draw
Roger Young
Phoenix FBI
Young
Seis
Weekend Warmth With Sunny Skies Ahead
The forecast calls for 90 degree highs today and tomorrow with warm nights in the high 50s. Readers are told to check page 3 for further details.
Bond resale bids blamed in school financing debate
Scottadale School Board hears rival firm critique of Barry Peacock offer to issue new bonds at 4.8 to 5 percent to replace existing 5.24 percent debt. Projections show about 1 million in savings and a 3 to 5 cent drop in tax rate per $100 assessed value, with questions about bidding practices and independent consultants.
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Bonnie Foster
Scottadale School Board
Settee
Young
Peacock
Joe Reisnes Jr
Reisnes
Ely
Beck
Jack Kearney
Kearney
Robert Usdane
Sam Childs
Pencocks
Scottsdale Memorial shifts to 200 bed satellite hospital
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital outlines plans for a 200 bed satellite facility on Shea Boulevard near the Sentry Insurance complex in North Scottsdale. The project aims for a 1983 opening with additional care centers in Fountain Hills and Pinnacle Paradise as the Central Arizona Health Planning Agency drafts Maricopa County bed projections.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
North Scottsdale
Agere
Hamilton Wright
Scottsdale Memorial
Shea Boulevard
Sentry
Scottsdale Memo
Aloth
Fountain Hills
Pinnnacle Paradise
Wright
Tea Bowl
Central Arizona Health Planning Agency
Maricopa County
Milton Gan
Gan
City Proposes 1976-77 Budget Above 25 Million
The city presents a balanced 1976-77 budget totaling 25.3 million dollars with 1.25 dollar property tax rate and no fee increases. It relies on 1.938 million in federal CDBG funds, to be adopted separately, to finance grants and programs. Police receive an extra 5 percent step, plus an 8.5 percent COLA for most employees, with top management getting 5 percent.
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City
Rodger Neve
Neve
Reagan Udall poised to win Arizona primaries and GOP delegates
In Phoenix the AP reports Ronald Reagan is favored to win a majority of Arizona's 29 Republican national delegates at Saturday's state convention, while Morris Udall is expected to win the Democratic informal primary though national delegates are awarded next month. Republican and Ford factions project likely Reagan majority, with 5 to 12 Ford-leaning delegates possible. Democrats tally 25 delegates in a three-stage process to May 15.
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Phoenix
California
Ronald Reagan
Morris Udall
Arizona
Ford
Udall
Alabama
George Wallace
Reagan
Burt Kruglick
President Ford Committee
Kruglick
Charles Pine
Tucson
Wallace
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Washington
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Frank Church
Idaho
Het York
Ellen McCormack
Frank J. Bona
Donald L. Jackson
Polling Places Open 9am to 8pm in Scottsdale Districts 24 26 28
Voters in Scottsdale Districts 24 26 and 28 may cast ballots from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. District 24 polling sites include 6632 N 40th St Joshua district and 6345 Villa Estrella Ave Turquoise District. District 26 locations are Kalbab School 4330 N 63nd St Tonelea School 6601 E Oak St and The Armory 5638 E McDowell. District 28 polling sites are Eldorado Park Recreation Room No 2 2311 N Miller Rd and McCormick Ranch Inn 7505 McCormick Parkway.
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Scottsdale
N. 40Th St
Joshua
Villa Estrella Ave
Turquoise
Kalbab School
N. 63Nd St
Tonelea
E. Oak St
Armory
E. McDowell
Eldorado Park
Recreation Room No
N. Miller Rd
McCormick Ranch Inn
McCormick Parkway
Jordan May Buy Soviet Air Defense System
Jordan and the Soviet Union plan high level military exchanges next month to discuss Jordan purchasing a Soviet antiaircraft missile system. The Akhbar al Oushou said Jordan seeks a missile system after a failed deal funded by Saudi money to buy a U.S. Hawk system.
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Amman
Jordan
Soviet Union
Jordanian
Akhbar al Oushou
Ford backs B1 bomber plan amid Indiana campaign
President Ford, during a campaign stop in Evansville Indiana, said the United States will proceed with the B1 supersonic bomber project. The cost is projected at about 21.4 billion dollars and critics say the plane is too costly and vulnerable in a missile era.
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Evansville
Labor contracts rise in first quarter compared to 1975
The department said first quarter labor contracts averaged 8.8 percent for the initial year, versus 10.2 percent in January to March 1975. The Kaiparowits power project was shelved after projections dropped from 10,000 to 4,000 megawatts by 1985, suggesting adequate existing facilities. A helicopter with 11 aboard to an oil rig reportedly crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Cameron, with wreckage sighted offshore about 40 miles south.
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Washington
Eeetas
Eta
Department
Salt Lake City
Kaiparowits
Russell W. Peterson
President's Council On Environmental Quality
New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Cameron
Zarb Doubts Fuel Price Hike Impact on Consumers
Washington FEA chief Frank Zarb said ending price controls and allocation for home heating oil and diesel by July 1 would have virtually no effect on consumer prices. He noted public hearings before a final decision on decontrolling middle distillates.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Frank Zarb
Cugres
Cubans Remain in Angola Amid Civil War
U S intelligence analysts say about 13 500 Cubans stay in Angola to keep undisciplined pro Marxist troops in line as new leadership forms its regime.
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Washington
U.S
Business crimes cost 26 billion in the United States
Deputy Secretary Samuel B. Sherwin told a Phoenix Chamber seminar that crimes against businesses will cost 28.2 billion this year, with underreporting likely inflating the total. He warned organized crime operates across sectors and pressures retailers, urging cooperation with enforcement agencies.
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Phoenix
Sears, Wards and Penney
U.S. Commerce
Samuel B. Sherwin
Sherwin
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Widecwin Bild Tapagons Ie Inc
United States
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