Water outlook grim for Paradise Valley amid intercity talks
Arizona Water Commission officials warned Paradise Valley could face water depletion within 20 years while Scottsdale and Phoenix plan for long term supplies. They discussed condemning part of Paradise Valley Water Co. service area and contracting pipelines, plus CAP funding and aggressive conservation measures.
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Paradise Valley Water Co
J. Duncan Brock
Central Arizona
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Paradise Valley Considers Water Conservation Measures
Paradise Valley seeks to save underground water with possible mandatory or guideline based conservation. Mayor Barbar von Ammon and Town Manager Oscar Butt discuss lessons from Scottsdale Phoenix and Tucson and consider recycling treated wastewater for irrigation as a key option.
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Raul Castro
Arizona
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Billie Gentry
Barbar von Ammon
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Paradise Valley
Phoenix
Tucson
U.S
Central Arizona
Oscar Butt
Carter
Butt
Army Corps of Engineers
Westside
Carter Doubts Geneva Talks Without Substantial Achievements
President Carter, after bidding farewell to Jordan's King Hussein, questioned holding a Geneva Middle East conference unless there are strong prospects for real progress. He warned that raising expectations too high could be damaging and urged agreement on matters like Palestinian representation before any Geneva meeting.
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Carter
Jordan
Hussein
Geneva
Middle East
Oval Office
Scottsdale Dad and Daughter Rescued From Rugged Mazatzal Trek
Michael Dillon and his 15 year old daughter Stephanie were rescued by Department of Public Safety helicopters after being missing since Friday during a horseback trip in the Mazatzal wilderness about 40 miles east of Payson. They are in good health and expected to stay near Payson until Wednesday.
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Stephanie
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Gila County
Sue Millien
Sheriff's Office
Department of Public Safety
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East Verde
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District seeks Scottsdale aid in land swap for new middle school
Scottsdale School District asks city to act as middle man to exchange four McCormick Ranch sites for a 35 acre phase II parcel near Gainey and Hayden Parkways. District plans temporary seventh and eighth grade facilities by September 1978 with permanent facilities next year. Planning talks include shared park use. council wary about returning park-adjacent sites to Kaiser Aetna.
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Scottsdale
McCormick Ranch
Jack Kearney
Via de Ventura -Bet
Ween
Billie Gentry
Charles Smith
Kaiser Aetna
Richard Campana
Panel revives water bill as severability clause is dropped
The House Agriculture Committee voted 11 to 1 with two abstentions to approve an emergency groundwater bill and remove a severability amendment. Santa Cruz Valley farmer Dan Clark urged delaying the effective date to September 1 to protect cotton acreage leased from American Smelting and Refining Co. The measure heads to the House Appropriations Committee, with action possible Thursday.
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Phoenix
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Santa Cruz Valley
Dan Clark
American Smelting and Refining Co
Clark
James Cooper
Mesa
Cooper
House Appropriations Committee
House
Students turn bridge builders
Two Saguaro High School students Steve Shell and Joe Jaros built a 12 foot replica of the Golden Gate bridge for a physics class. The 16 inch high model used balsa wood wire and thread, cost $36, took 178 hours of work, and features threaded vertical support wires. They hope to sell the replica to a movie studio or travel agency.
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Golden Gate Bridge
Saguaro High School
Steve Shell
Joe Jaros
Carey Wilcox
Gas stalls cap efforts on North Sea well
In Stavanger Norway a dangerous gas buildup forced six American blowout experts to evacuate a platform in the North Sea as they began capping a four day geyser of oil from a runaway offshore well. Officials said gas concentrated after wind died and the workers postponed the operation.
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Stavanger
Norway
North Sea
Bell vows pursuit of FBI mail tapping case on principle
Attorney General Griffin Bell says he will continue prosecuting an FBI agent for alleged illegal mail opening and wiretapping. He frames the case as a matter of principle and the rule of law despite FBI morale claims.
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Washington
FBI
Griffin Bell
Bell
Mary Hartman Cancelled as Creators Bow to Popularity
Norman Lear said the Mary Hartman Mary Hartman series will be canceled because its creators did not want it to outlive its popularity. Louise Lasser, star of the show, will not appear in future productions replacing Mary Hartman, according to Lear's spokeswoman.
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Los Angeles
Mary Hartman
Norman Lear
Louise Lasser
Lear
Voice of America director fired in quiet dismissal
Kenneth Giddens, the Republican-appointed head of VOA, says he was forced to resign March 12 as the Carter administration sought to install its own appointee. No formal announcement of his dismissal was made.
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Washington
Carter
Kenneth Giddens
Voice of America
Giddens
Beiruts Cease Fire Restored After Beirut Fighting
The cease-fire in Beirut is restored after three days of clashes between Syrian troops and Palestinian guerrillas. Palestinian sources report over 80 killed in the fiercest fighting since Syria halted Lebanon's civil war five months ago.
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Beirut
Lebanon
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