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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1977
Page
2
Israeli forces reported capturing two guerrillas, killing two, and wounding one in a border infiltration from Jordan aimed at disrupting Cyrus Vance peace efforts. The clash occurred in an olive grove near Kibbutz Ashdot Yaacov, with no Israeli casualties.
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Ernest Garfield denied conflict of interest and political patronage allegations raised by a Phoenix newspaper. He accused the Arizona Republic of hatchet journalism while defending hiring practices and asserting that only a few Republicans worked for the commission amidst broader regulatory duties.
A Phoenix juror panel for the Bolles murder trial includes a woman who works near the crime scene and knows witnesses. Defense challenges to the panel and motions for mistrial were denied as selections proceed to 12 jurors and 4 to 6 alternates with sequestered testimony expected.
An LBJ mimeographed statement quotes him denying awareness of ballots in Duval Jim Wells or Zapata counties tied to a purported 1948 runoff fraud. The Johnson library released the document amid renewed claims by former Jim Wells official Luis Salas of 200 fraudulent ballots that allegedly aided Johnson's 87 vote victory.
Memorial services for Dorothy J Davenport aged 69 will be held at 6 30 p m Friday at Scottsdale United Methodist Church in Scottsdale. She died Wednesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after a New York birth and move to the Valley in 1952. Survivors include sons James of Scottsdale and David of Tempe, two sisters, and seven grandchildren. Interment will be private. Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society.
Howard L. Jones age 61 of 8431 E Roanoke Ave died Wednesday at Mesa Lutheran Hospital Born in Iowa he moved to the Valley from Illinois 20 years ago He was a self employed cabinet maker He is survived by wife Evelyn and six sisters Visitation Friday 7 to 9 p m at Messinger Mortuary Services Saturday 1 p m at Messinger Mortuary Chapel Interment Mt View Cemetery Mesa Contributions may be made to Sunshine Acres Children's Home in Mesa
In Nicosia four major Greek Cypriot parties met acting president Spiros Kyprianou to map a successor after Archbishop Makarios 63 died of a heart attack. The constitution calls for a presidential election within 45 days as Turkish Cypriots govern the north and await a new leadership.
Arizona permanent endowment funds earned 6.5 million dollars in the last fiscal year, up 8.3 percent from the year before. State chief deputy treasurer Clark Dierks said the funds date to statehood and about 85 percent of earnings support elementary and high school education.
The Chinle School District superintendent says accounting corrections were made in the Navajo reservation system. The state auditor general had faulted retroactive pay adjustments and noted a $9,251 discrepancy in district accounts.
Mesa publisher Charles A. Wahlheim aged 46 at Today Community Newspapers was named publisher of Tribune Publishing Corp of Mesa. Cox Enterprises president Charles E. Glover announced the appointment after Cox acquired the Mesa afternoon daily July 1 from the Calvert family of Mesa.
Avondale Police Chief Carl Fisher sent a letter to President Carter urging reconsideration of his decriminalization proposal. Fisher said he strongly opposes a federal law ending criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana.
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller called on striking miners to go back to work and let the union negotiate. He said industry plans to start early talks on this fall’s contract and warned that continued illegal work stoppages could cut medical benefits.
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