Amtrak ends five years without profit
Amtrak closes its first five years of operation tonight with no profitable routes and rising subsidy needs. Ridership rose about 9 percent annually since May 1, 1971, while costs outpaced revenues, with federal aid projected to reach at least 6.2 billion dollars for 1976 to 1980.
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Scottsdale Students Score High in State Math Tests
Scottsdale School District students perform strongly in mathematics on state and national tests. Twelve students placed in the top 50 of 8,326 in the state test while more than 500 volunteers from Scottsdale participated. The district ranks high on the California Achievement Test and emphasizes increased math participation, credit for algebra, and plans for math lab-resource centers and remedial class ratios.
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Shirley Frye
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California
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White
Philip Gates
Business, Education
Youth faces charges in kidnapping of girl in Scottsdale
A 19-year-old North Scottsdale man was arrested at the Scottsdale Police Department on kidnapping and assault charges after allegedly dragging a 16-year-old girl by the neck and threatening her with a pistol. Investigators say the incident followed a broken car window and an enticing plan to lure the girl to a party before she was taken to the desert and brought to the station. He was released from city jail and will be arraigned on a criminal complaint.
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Arizona House Debates Auto Emission Law Repeal
The Arizona House opened debate on repealing the auto emissions control act with floor amendments. Rep. James Skelly won a 34-18 vote to allow Maricopa and Pima counties to withdraw from current controls, challenging efforts by Rep. Diane McCarthy to preserve county participation. The Health Department director currently may order controls in smaller counties to protect ambient air quality.
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Paradise Village to add four department stores in Valley mall plan
Westcor Inc and Dayton Hudson Properties plan Paradise Valley Mall expansion with four large department stores and about 100 smaller shops within two years. Diamond's Goldwaters and Penney's named for the mall with a possible fourth store. a grocery and drug store are signed for nearby realigned Cactus Road and Tatum Boulevard. Construction to begin next spring.
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Obituary Willie W. Luce 80 Desert Valley
Willie W. Luce 80 of 7505 E Culver St. died Wednesday at Doctors Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Los Arcos United Methodist Church with a 3 to 5 p.m. visitation today at Gibbons-Bunker Garden Chapel in Mesa and a half hour prior to service at the church. He was born in Hawkeye Iowa and a retired watchmaker who lived in the Valley 14 years. Survived by his wife Marvel.
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DPS probe links Bolin issued ID to slayer in lounge case
Arizona officials reveal that a state ID card listing William D Ambrosio as a state law enforcement agent was issued by Secretary of State Wesley Bolin. The card ties to D Ambrosio’s alleged hidden stake in a Scottsdale cocktail lounge and to a broader probe by the DPS into the case.
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Postmaster mum on reprimand amid Phoenix Scottsdale talks
Scottsdale Postmaster Robert Schwartz would not confirm nor deny reports he was reprimanded by Phoenix officials for remarks opposing the Phoenix Scottsdale consolidation set to start June. He blamed unions for trying to disrupt postal management and noted a possible merit pay denial linked to April remarks in Tempe.
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Regents appointment to Senate vote eyed in Phoenix
The State Supreme Court set a May 11 hearing on a request by the Arizona Senate to compel Gov Raul Castro to submit Dr William Payne’s appointment to the Board of Regents for Senate confirmation. Maricopa County plans an eight percent across the board pay hike for 1958.
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Dick Gregory to speak in Tucson on food crisis protest
Civil rights activist Dick Gregory arrives today for a cross country run to spotlight global hunger. He calls for a change in attitude and says food is a God given right. In Hermosillo students seize University of Sonora buildings injuring 12 as part of regional student unrest. The Navajo Hopi Agency launches a stock reduction program in White Cone to cut livestock to land carrying capacity following a Tucson court order.
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Governor Castro backs hot lunch bill for seniors in Arizona
At a news conference in the governor's office Dr Alice Drought Maricopa County aging director said the pending bill would let school boards team with senior citizen groups to provide hot lunches for the elderly in the state This action aims to aid aging residents before they become older and outlines a pathway for community meal programs through public schools
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Raul Castro
Fleming weighs borrowing limit for treasury notes
Arizona State Treasurer Bart Fleming says he may seek court guidance to borrow more than 350000 dollars from banks. He would not borrow beyond 350000 solely on the attorney general’s view that the constitutional debt limit does not apply to treasury notes used to redeem outstanding state checks when general-fund cash is temporarily short.
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Brothers Guilty Of Trash Dumping On Salt River
Rick and Bob Ryan were found guilty in Salt River tribal court on two counts each of illegal dumping and trespassing for dumping dead tree limbs on the reservation in March. They were fined $250 per count and jailed a day on $550 bonds, then released after their mother paid.
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