Son of Sam suspect held in parking ticket case
A $35 parking ticket near a fire hydrant led police to David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam, the night stalker who killed six and wounded seven with a .44 revolver. Berkowitz was booked on charges including second degree murder and possession of a deadly weapon.
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David Berkowitz
Yonkers
Berkowitz
James Taylor
84Th Precinct
Brooklyn
Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violante
New York State
New York City
Miss Moskowitz
Son of
Neysa
Jimmy Breslin
Bronx
Suffolk County
Long Island
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Seaside stabbing deaths shock California community
Four people, two women and two girls aged about 8 and 14, were found stabbed to death in a bloodied Seaside apartment. An investigator noted one victim was in her 20s and another an older woman. Seaside lies near Monterey and Ft Ord on the Pacific Coast.
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Seaside
Calif
Pacific Coast
Monterey
Ft. Ord
San Francisco
Wholesale prices dip for second month in July
The Labor Department reports a 0.1 percent drop in the wholesale price index for July marking the second consecutive monthly decline. Farm and processed food prices continued to fall, though the dip was smaller than last month’s 0.7 percent decrease.
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Washington
Labor Department
Story
Weather warming with potential evening dust storm and thundershower
Mostly sunny and warm humid conditions persist today and Friday with a 20 percent rain chance each evening. An afternoon high near 108 degrees is expected and tonight will fall to the lower 80s with noon humidity around 26 percent.
Scottsdale man collects tarantulas for Winnipeg exhibit
John Hoppingarner of Lucky 13 Education Center gathers tarantulas scorpions and black widow spiders for shipment to a Winnipeg game farm. The first 20 tarantulas left Phoenix as the project stems from the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and desert survival courses.
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Bonnie Foster
Scottsdale
John Hoppingarner
Hoppingarner
Lucky 13 Education Center
Winnipeg
Canada
Phoenix
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Hoopingarner
ERDA Approval Sought for Maricopa County Solar Project
Scottsdale technologist Jack Haenichen said ERDA must approve design work soon to start the solar heating and cooling project at the Maricopa County Court Building. He expects ERDA action quickly and a finish by next summer with a $225,000 program in phases covering design, procurement and construction, plus monitoring.
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Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Maricopa County Court
Scottsdale
Jack Haenichen
Haenichen
City considers moving Indian Pow Wow to Salt River site
Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Commission recommends relocating the All-Indian Days Pow Wow from Scottsdale Stadium to land near the Salt River Indian Community east of town. The event draws about 36 000 visitors and has raised parking sanitation and safety concerns, with past property damage and hospital complaints.
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Salt River
Here
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Marianne Barnett
Commission
Scottsdale
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