Meat packers indicted in $20 million fraud scheme
A 105 count federal indictment charges American Beef Packers ABP Omaha and Beefland International with conspiring to defraud 900 livestock raisers in 13 states of more than 20 million dollars. Frank R. West and Robert E. Lee are named with others in multiple fraud and bribery counts tied to ABP and Beefland. The case spans June 1974 to January 1975 and involves Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and extensive financial misappropriation.
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Omaha
Neb
American Beef Packers, Inc
ABP
Beefland International, Inc
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Frank R. West
Robert E. Lee
West
Donald Carlson
Beefland
Carlson
Grand
Lee
Arthur O’leary
O'Leary
American Beef
U.S
Daniel Wherry
Wherry
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
California
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Colorado
Indiana
Blaze Expands Crews Battle 13000 Acre Tonto Fire
In the Tonto National Forest a 13000 acre brush fire named Bob fire burned near Apache Lake. Over 1000 firefighters fought the blaze to containment amid 100 degree heat and rising humidity. Nine bombers drop retardant and National Guard aid was deployed as weather calls for more storms.
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Phoenix
Tonto National Forest
Sunflower
Here
Bob
Apache Lake
Forest Service
Arizona National Guard
Arizona
National Weather Service
Tonto Forest
Colorado River
Bullhead City
Alamo Canyon
Tucson
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Arizona budget surplus slips to twelve million
Arizona state finance officials report a 1974 75 budget surplus of 12.3 million far below Gov Raul Castros hoped for a 45.9 million general fund balance. Castro offers Aug 14 public 10 minute meeting with no appointment needed. Milk prices to rise seven cents per gallon Sept 1 per United Dairymen of Arizona. Governor to decide on Jerome water restoration funds after meeting Mayor Paul Gross.
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Phoenix
Raul Castro
Castro
Arizona
United Dairymen of Arizona
Jerome
Paul Gross
Gross
Tucson man lends name to new mineral Jurbanite
Tucson resident Joseph Urban credited with discovery of Jurbanite, a mineral first found in Arizona. Florence prison notes an inmate Robert James Miller, 25, missing after a Friday head count, with searches continuing and no escape location identified.
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Tucson
Arizona
Joseph Urban
Florence
Arizona State
Warold Cardwell
Cardwell
Robert James Miller
Miller
Arcadia High to test student activity card this fall
Arcadia High School will trial a nine dollar activity card to boost participation and cut costs. The card covers about forty dollars worth of athletic, fine arts and social events, excluding tournaments and the spring musical, with 25 percent discounts on dances and musicals. The district hopes sixty five percent uptake to lift overall participation and hopes other schools will adopt the program. Coronado and Saguaro football programs subsidize most activities until revenue improves.
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Arcadia High School
Philip Gates
Scottsdale
Gates
Arcadia
Man Suffering Knife Wound After Fall at Home
Charles Henry Salvi, 33, of 2642 N 71st Place, was in serious condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after reportedly slipping and falling on a 10 inch stainless steel kitchen knife Friday afternoon. Police found him on his back in the kitchen, bleeding from a stab wound to the stomach as detectives investigate.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Charles Henry Salvi
N. 71St Place
Salvi
Rhodes accuses Dems of milking energy crisis for gains
House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes criticizes Democrats at a Houston news conference and a fundraising dinner for Ray Hutchison and Ray Barnhart. He predicts Ford’s GOP nomination if trends continue and questions the Democrats’ handling of the petroleum challenge. Rhodes also comments on Rockefeller’s role and Wallace’s potential impact. Hutchison cites Sen. Lloyd Bentsen’s tough re-election bid and presidential bid.
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Houston
House
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Rhodes
Ray Hutchison
Dallas
Harris County
Ray Barnhart
Congress
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Alabama
George Wallace
Hutchison
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Senate
Bentsen
Mental examination sought in crash trial
The trial of Netta DeMontaigu is postponed as defense requests a mental examination to assess fitness for trial. Judge Thurston will decide on Aug 18 at 9 a.m. DeMontaigu, 47, faces four vehicular manslaughter counts after a Feb 23 crash at Pima and Indian School Roads that killed four in the northbound vehicle and left her hospitalized. Police say she ran a red light while a traffic stop by Officer Jerry Arnold escalated the chase from Scottsdale Road toward 82nd Street.
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Netta DeMontaigu
Wade Church
DeMontaigu
Superior Court
Edwin Thurston
Pima and
Jerry Arnold
Scottsdale Road
Arnold
Indian School Road
82Nd Street
500 Big Band Records Stolen From Residence
Police report 500 78 rpm records stolen from a residence on Friday. Arte Shaw and Benny Goodman titles predominate, valued at about 500 dollars. Entry appears through a broken rear door window with the burglar reaching inside to unlock it. Melvin Scheib reported the loss from 8207 E Picadilly.
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Arte Shaw
Benny Goodman
Melvin Scheib
E. Picadilly
Obituary Mae W. Steinmetz at 73
Mae W. Steinmetz, 73, a Taliesin West staff member, died Thursday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Nebraska, she lived much of her life in Winnetka, Illinois, and joined the Frank Lloyd Wright Fellowship at Taliesin seven years ago. Survivors: brother Dewey Wiseman, sister Evelyn McKay, nephews Thomas and David McKay, niece Virginia T. Williams. Burial Sunday in Sweet Springs, Missouri. Messinger Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Mae W. Steinmetz
Taliesin West
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Nebraska
Mrs. Steinmetz
Winnetka, Ill
Taliesin
Dewey Wiseman
Evelyn McKay
Thomas
David McKay
Florida
Virginia T. Williams
Potomac
Sweet Springs
Messinger Mortuary
Clara Knapp 89 Dies in Hayden Manor Arizona
Clara Knapp died Friday at Hayden Manor Nursing Home at 89. Services set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Messinger Mortuary in Scottsdale. Born in Milwaukee, she moved to Arizona a decade ago and was active in Scott sdale Christian Church and the Pythian Sisters. Survived by son Walter Knapp, brother John Stein, and granddaughter Bonnie Knapp.
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Clara Knapp
Hayden Manor Nursing Home
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Knapp
84Th Place
Milwaukee
Wis
Arizona
Scottsdale
Walter J. Knapp
John Stein
Bonnie Knapp
NEA official urges upset of education aid veto
Yvonne Shafer of the NEA led a nationwide push in Flagstaff to override President Ford's veto of a 7.5 billion federal education aid bill. She urged Arizona lawmakers to support the measure, arguing it funds remedial programs and aid for disadvantaged children and that the funding level is only a modest rise over prior years.
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NEA
Flagstaff
National Education Association
Arizona
Ford
Congress
Yvonne Shafer
Arizona Education Association
Shafer
Dallas
Rhodes opens Tempe office with public briefing
Congressman John Rhodes announces a new Tempe congressional office to be formally opened Monday from 10 to 11 30 a m in Suite C 20 1801 Jen Tilly Lane two blocks east of Rural Road and Broadway. this expands his district offices to two with the Phoenix Federal Building office remaining open.
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Tempe
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
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General Electric Credit Corp
West and Lee
David Pavel
Associated Press
Jan Anthony
Philadelphia
Miami
Fla
Anthony
Mexico City
Coronado
Saguaro
NXT
N. Marshall
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls Dr
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation Carrier and Motor Route
East Riggs &S. Highy
Elsworth Avenue
Germann & Queen Creek
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