Ford hunts for veep as Reagan seeks votes in bid
President Ford launches a confidential background check on potential running mates with associates contacting candidates by phone and letter for health, financial, and tax information. Reagan presses Ford to name a running mate while defending Schweiker as his choice amid delegate races and polling.
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Nessen
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Reagan
Schweiker
Philadelphia
Jimmy Carter
New York
New Jersey
California
Associated Press
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Mississippi
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Detroit
Wall Street Journal
Leon Jaworski
the Journal
Phillip Buchen
Jaworski
Nixon
Sunshine Land & Cattle Corp Accused in Buckeye Subdivision Fraud
The Arizona attorney general sues Sunshine Land & Cattle Corp in Maricopa County Superior Court for deceiving buyers in a Buckeye area subdivision. The suit cites violations of the Consumer Fraud Act and seeks 5000 dollars per infraction plus restitution to customers.
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Phoenix
Sunshine Land & Cattle Corp
Buckeye
Maricopa County Superior Court
Phoenix Doctor Under Probe for Pituitary Gland Sales
Dr. Ricardo Campanovo, chief pathologist at Maricopa County Hospital, is investigated for selling human pituitary glands to a Baltimore lab. Sheriff Blabaum says Campanovo admitted the glands sold for $2 each to the National Pituitary Agency at the University of Maryland, with proceeds shared with morgue attendants.
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Phoenix
Ricardo Campanovo
Maricopa County Hospital
Baltimore
Paul Blabaum
Campanovo
National Pituitary Agency
University of Maryland
Five inmates charged in Arizona prison murder
Five Arizona State Prison inmates were to be charged with first degree murder today in the stabbing death of another inmate Garry G. Carel 31 Coolidge was found stabbed to death in his cell on July 28. The Department of Public Safety continued its search for Harold Hawes 36 and his Winterhaven California family after they vanished en route to see Rep. Sam Steiger. A Pima County judge ruled out an adult trial for 17 year old Jeffrey Fishman accused of plotting to kill for 2000 after a video of him under truth serum was shown.
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Florence
Arizona State Prison
Pinal County
James Don
Garry G. Carel
Coolidge
Phoenix
Department of Public Safety
California
Harold Hawes
Winterhaven
Calif
Yuma
Prescott
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
Tucson
Pima County
Jeffrey Fishman
Fast-acting burglars steal two Yes Navajo rugs in timed break-in
Police report a five minute burglary at Nadler's Indian Arts on Scottsdale Road. An alarm at 4 04 a m triggered, officers arrived at 4 09 a m. Two Yes Navajo rugs valued at 800 each were taken after intruders smashed two windows with cinder blocks and used a rake to pull items toward the window.
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Nadler
Indian Arts
N. Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale candidates fault state flood funding at forum
Three of four Republican candidates for the Scottsdale seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors criticized the Arizona Legislature for not providing adequate flood control funds. They urged higher taxes for the Flood Control District if funds would truly advance projects like Indian Bend Wash, while noting state excuses and token funding.
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Scottsdale-area
Maricopa County
Bruce Jameson
Scottsdale
John “Jack” Smithbaker
Campbell
Bobbe
Board of Supervisors
Conlan joins call to end persecution of Soviet Jews
U.S. Rep. John B. Conlan and fellow lawmakers urge the Soviet government to stop religious oppression and allow Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel. A delegation will present a petition to the Soviet Embassy in Washington as Jewish holidays near.
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U.S
John B. Conlan
Israel
U.S. Senate
Arizona
Washington
Soviet Russia
Two youths hospitalized in separate Granite Reef accidents
Fire department reports a 15 year old with lacerations and possible concussion found on Granite Reef Road near Hubbell Street between 10 and 11 p.m. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. An 18 year old, Douglas Arbutnot, was treated and released after a motorcycle crash on Granite Reef north of McDowell Road at 1:50 a.m. He swerved to avoid an object and lost control. No citations were issued.
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Metro Fire Department
Granite Reef Road
Hubbell Street
John James
E. Oak St
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Douglas S. Arbutnot
E. Jenan
SMH
Granite Reef
McDowell Road
Arbutnot
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George Campbell
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Phoenix Planning Commission
Tony Mason
Davis
Mason
Eldon Rudd
Fourth Congressional District
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Charles F. Hyder
Hyder
State Corporation Commission
Waldo DeWitt
Mesa
al Faron
DeWitt
Corporation
Arizona Public Service Co
Faron
Mountain Bell
Salt River Power District
Tucson Gas and Electric
Gary Peter Klahr
Charles Hyder
Berger
George Lim
Lim
Roberta Unterberger
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Unterberger
Bel-Air Leasing
Shield’s
Scottsdale Rd
Wells Fargo
Scottsdale, Ariz
Control Inc
Ed Ken-Mar Engineering and Manufacturing
South Priest Road
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