Carter urges repeal of federal penalties for possession of marijuana
President Carter calls for eliminating all federal criminal penalties for possessing up to one ounce of marijuana while keeping marijuana trafficking a serious federal offense. He urges tighter narcotics enforcement, asset freezes for major drug dealers, and reviews of penalties, passports, and pretrial release.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Atty
Griffin Bell
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Justice Department
State
Treasury Departments
Bell
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Heath
Education and Welfare
Federal
Addiction Research Center
HRW
Potential suit over bargaining rights in Scottsdale district
A breach of contract suit against the Scottsdale School Board may be postponed until a teacher bargaining election in September. SFT president Larry Bell said the federation will wait though SEA appears unlikely to win. The election decides which group will bargain for about 1,300 district teachers next year. The SFT seeks renewed negotiations on policy measures for 1977-78 after an impasse and unilateral salary approval.
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Scottsdale School Board
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
SFT
Larry Bell
Scottsdale Education Association
SEA
Afl-Cio
Scottsdale
The
Bell
Nagle
the Sea
Salt River Tribe evaluates out-of-state appraisers for Pima Road right of way
The Salt River Indian Community backs two Florida and Washington appraisers to value Pima Road right of way used in the 1960s. BIA must determine appraisal base date, job scope, and whether to publish bids as procurement proceeds, with resolution anticipated by autumn amid prior compensation disputes by landowners along the road between Doubletree Ranch Road and McDowell Road.
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Salt River
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Pima Road
BIA
Gerald Anton
Tribal Council
Florida
Washington
Doubletree Ranch Road
McDowell Road
Cyril Swanson
Swanson
Scottsdale resident inherits rose in Manheim Stiegel tradition
Almeda Wallace of Scottsdale, an eighth generation descendant of Baron Henry William Stiegel, traveled from 5633 East Vernon Avenue to Manheim Pennsylvania to accept the annual rose payment from Zion Lutheran Church. The ceremony traces back to 1772 when Stiegel deeded land for the church and required a red rose each June.
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Scottsdale
Almeda Wallace
Wallace
Henry William Stiegel
Pennsylvania
Tom Ellis
Manheim
Arizona
E. Vernon Ave
Stiegel
Zion Lutheran Church
North America
Germany
Baron Stiegel
Philadelphia
Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Harrisonburg
Robert A. Longo
Longo
Powers Helicopter Crash Tied to Avoiding Softball Players
Los Angeles police say Francis Gary Powers may have steered his helicopter into the ground to avoid striking youths playing softball after his crash killed Powers and his cameraman. Sgt. Dennis Ruegsegger noted the crash followed fuel exhaustion and a decision to avoid the boys attempting a landing.
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Los Angeles
Francis Gary Powers
Dennis Ruegsegger
Powers
Ship tests new military sea boundary off North Korea
A South Korean ferry with 465 passengers reached a harbor on a South Korea held island near North Korea without interference. The event marked the first test of the North's proposed military sea boundary, according to a radio message.
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Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
Mother pleads to Son of Sam to stop killings
Stacy Moskowitz's mother, Nyesa Moskowitz, urged the killer calling himself Son of Sam to end the rampage. She spoke in her Brooklyn apartment through tears, saying she does not want other mothers to experience her loss.
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New York
Stacy Moskowitz
Sam
Brooklyn
Nyesa Moskowitz
Two Shepherd brothers arrested in Marriott kidnapping plot
A U S Park Police officer Paul Owain Shepherd and his brother Billy R Shepherd were arrested on a federal conspiracy charge to kidnap Marriott Corp board chairman J Willard Marriott or his wife. FBI Director Clarence M Kelley announced the arrests in Washington.
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Washington
U.S. Park
Marriott Corp
J. Willard Marriott
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Paul Owain Shepherd
White Plains
The
Park Police
Billy R. Shepherd
Owings, Md
Story
Thai Cambodian border clash leaves many dead in raids
Cambodian and Thai troops entered border areas killing at least 28 people including women and children and burning homes in two villages. The incident follows a violent flare up along a 500 mile frontier, with a prior Thai death toll of 17 on July 20 as disputes over border territory continue.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Scottsdale considers flood control bid for Granite Reef Wash
City Council weighs authorization of a $90,000 flood control project in east Scottsdale. The Granite Reef Wash drain would run 1,400 feet of 48 inch conduit and 1,200 feet of open channel from Roosevelt to McKellips near Granite Reef Road, crossing the Salt River Indian Reservation and into the Salt River. The plan follows the 87th Street outfall drain built between Thomas and McDowell Roads at about $300,000. Funds come from the revised flood control bond budget.
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Scottsdale
Granite Reef Wash
Roosevelt Street
McKellips Road
Granite Reef Road
George Iannella
87Th Street
Thomas and
McDowell Roads
Salt River Indian Reservation
Salt River
Iannella
Yavapai Indians May Get Conservation Help
The Ft McDowell Mohave Apache Indian Community becomes eligible for federal Soil Conservation Service aid in soil and water programs. Salt River Pima Maricopa lands wait on district status or inclusion in an established district. Eligibility hinges on petitions, hearings, and 25 percent landowner signatures. The Ft McDowell reservation lies in East Maricopa NRCD and will receive planning and application support.
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Ft. McDowell Mohave- Apache
Bob Yount
Ft. McDowell
Scottsdale
Arizona
Yount
Thomas Rockenbaugh
SCS
U.S. Department of
Bureau of Indian Affairs
San Carlos
Colorado River
State Land Commissioner
Dick Swenson
East Maricopa Natural Resource Conservation District
Swenson
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Associated
Marriott
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