Administration rejects mandatory oil allocation for now
White House energy chief John A. Love released a draft plan for a mandatory oil allocation system but said no implementation is planned in the foreseeable future. He praised voluntary programs, warned of risks to supply, and urged comments while noting improvements to the current approach. He projected adequate winter heating oil unless severe cold occurs and highlighted coal and high sulfur oil as potential allies in shortages. Love also cited propane shortages affecting farms and rural heating.
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John A. Love
White House
Love
Aid
Colorado
Scottsdale District to Implement Affirmative Action Hiring Plan
The Scottsdale School Board unanimously votes to start an Affirmative Action style hiring program to increase minority representation. Board member Sam Childs cites federal guidance and warns of potential trouble if not adopted. Administrators say a formal program will be in place within six months.
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Scottsdale
Sam Childs
Childs
Builders drive city tax take as permits soar in July
City records show building permits valued at 4.069 million boosting July sales tax to 395,909. Construction adds 25.5 percent of the 101,368 July gain, with hotel and restaurant sectors rising 37 percent. Finance Director Chad Cowley notes sustained growth through June and into the next months.
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Dustry
Chad Cowley
Youths Arrested Over Cycle Thefts In Town
An alert citizen helped police capture six boys aged 12 to 14 on suspicion of stealing three motorcycles. Officer George Nance pursued one rider after a report of a recently stolen bike. The six youths were taken to juvenile authorities as investigators probe further theft links.
License office opens for Scottsdale auto dealers
The Maricopa County Auto License Department opened a Scottsdale branch on the second floor of Demas Volkswagen at 3230 N Scottsdale Rd to serve automobile dealers. County Assessor Kenneth Kunes said the local office will save dealers time and expense, praising Gust Demas and the Scottsdale Auto Dealer's Association. Individual vehicle owners still must use Mesa or Phoenix offices or wait for the mobile unit for non dealer licensing matters.
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Maricopa County Auto License Department
Demas Volkswagen
Scottsdale Rd
Kenneth Kunes
Scottsdale
Mesa
West Phoenix
Kunes
Gust Demas
Scottsdale Auto Dealer’s Association
Phoenix
Unidentified overdose victim found near southeast Phoenix
Phoenix police seek public help identifying a man found dead Tuesday behind a vacant southeast Phoenix building. Detectives describe the between 25 and 30 year old male with needle marks, 5'6" height, medium length black hair, a black moustache and goatee, and a wrist tattoo reading Lupe.
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Phoenix
Eloy Ysasi
Lupe
Stores Fight Shoplifters Campaign In Arizona
A six week anti theft campaign will start in Arizona on September 10. Tucson advertising executive Gene Ackerly told reporters that sticky fingered shoppers cost Arizona retail business 100 million dollars a year. He noted amateurs are the largest group of shoplifters and most are teenage girls.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Gene Ackerly
Tucson
Ackerly
Wade Mobile Home Transport fined for rule violations in Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission fined Wade Mobile Home Transport $2,000 after finding eight of nine counts of noncompliance. The panel approved transferring certificates to Chandler Trailer Convoy Inc if the fine is paid and all other delinquent accounts to creditors are settled.
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Phoenix
Wade Mobile Home Transport
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
Wade
Chandler Trailer Convoy Inc
Autopsy Links Infant Death to Suffocation at Hospital
The nine month old girl died at Arizona Children's Hospital Tempe after a paper towel blockage in the throat. Deputies say the mother Glendora Davis 15 of Mesa took the child for a club foot treatment and later sought help after entering a restroom. Child remained in juvenile custody.
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Arizona Children’s Hospital
Tempe
Maricopa County
Glendora Davis
Mesa
Nixon home taxes probed by state board of equalization
The California Board of Equalization voted 4 to 0 to request Orange County officials review the San Clemente Western White House property tax assessment. Democrat John Lynch of Fresno spearheaded the motion citing national publicity and urging a prompt resolution of whether the villa is under assessed. The board had earlier rejected a state or local investigation proposal.
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Nixon
San Clemente
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White House
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Fresno
Obituary for Robert M. Vance Bus Driver
Robert M. Vance, 60, longtime Phoenix Transit bus driver since 1960, died Wednesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, he moved to Phoenix in 1960 from Pittsburgh and served in World War II in the Pacific. He was active in Scottsdale Presbyterian Church and survived by wife Wilda, sons James and Eugene, daughter Mrs. Ellsworth, a sister Hazel, a brother, and seven grandchildren. Memorials to the American Cancer Society.
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Scottsdale
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Thailand
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