Nixon signs mass transit funding extension to highway act
President Nixon signed a 23 billion highway act extension allowing highway trust funds to be used for mass transit for the first time. The measure shifts 12 billion to rural and urban roads from 1974 to 1976 while boosting federal shares for urban mass transportation and funding rail and bus projects. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway linked passes gain federal backing as a coast to coast route.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arizona poverty hit 16 percent in 1974 survey
United Press International reports 335,000 Arizona residents will be in poverty next year about 16 percent of the 2.1 million population in 1974. The DES says 15 percent of 1.7 million in 1970 were poverty cases. City Manager John Wentz takes direct control of the City Aviation Department relieving Deputy Edward Hall during airport expansion.
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Phoenix
John Wentz
Went
Edward Hall
Air Board
United Press International
IBM
duPont and Nickel Walston Inc
It&t
Dow Jones
Johns Manville
Indus
Kennecott
Litton
Marcer
Minnesota
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Leva
Rockwell Inti
American Brands
Northrup
American Can
Owens Illinois
American Motors
PanAm
Pg&e
At&t
Penn Central
Arizona Public
Pepsico
Polaroid
Bell & Howell
Bendix
Bethlehem Steel
Raytheon
TAM
Boeing
RCA
San Diego
Chrysier Cities Service
Santa Fe BS
Sears Roebuck
Skaggs
Lefont
Southern Pacific
Iastern Airlines
Sperry Rand
Standard of Calif
Rierson
Talley Industries
PAAGT
Texaco
Texas Gulf
J Sigtors
Transamerica Frontier
TWA
General Dynamics
Union Oil
Uniroyal
Ceneral Electric
Ceneral Motors
United Aircraft
General Telephone
US Steel
Goodyear
Webb
Xerox
Greyhound Zenith
Honeywell
Reese couple win world fast draw titles at Milwaukee meet
George and Virginia Reese of Scottsdale win the men's and women's world fast draw championships in Milwaukee. The two day event drew over 150 gunslingers and was sponsored by the Western States Fastdraw Association.
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Milwaukee
Dre
Barr Opposes Rehash of EPA Clean Air Hearings
Arizona House Majority Leader Burton Barr said the state should block next month's hearings on clean air regulations if they will be a rehash of previously rejected proposals. He cited possible EPA efforts to revive the plan restricted traffic and recalled the August postponement after strong state opposition.
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Phoenix
House
Burton Barr
Arizona
Barr
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Beeline Highway crash claims two lives in Arizona
A Payson man Theron Hilton 56 and his passenger Maude Hilton 52 of Phoenix died when their pickup collided with a southbound semi on State Route 87 near Shea Boulevard. Louis Hulstine 30 of Phoenix and Terry Thiess of Phoenix were unnamed in the fatal sequence. A third vehicle was involved and injuries were reported.
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Payson
Phoenix
Beeline Highway
Here
Arizona Department of Public Safety
DPS
Theron H. Hilton
Maude Bess Hilton
Shea Boulevard
Louis Turner Hulstine
Terry Thiess
Hulstine
Thiess
Hilton
Hiltons
Mesa Lutheran Hospital
Gary Sheriff
Mesa
Hurstine
Tucson
Burglary Probe After Scottsdale Jewelry Theft
A weekend break in at Bend D Western Wear in downtown Scottsdale led to a $50,000 loss of Indian jewelry. Police report two locks drilled and valuables taken from a display case between 6:45 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Owners asked to provide a list of missing items.
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Scottsdale
Bend D Western Wear
E. Main St
Private Beechcraft suffers landing gear collapse at Scottsdale
A twin engine Beechcraft taxiing at Scottsdale Municipal Airport suffered about 7000 dollars in damage when its right landing gear collapsed. All five aboard escaped injury as the plane skidded off the runway onto dirt. Pilot Alfred Leger of Denver identified. four passengers unnamed. Leger was visiting relatives and planned to return to Colorado.
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Scottsdale
Alfred Leger
Denver
Leger
Colorado
Charles D. Gadd obituary notices local to Phoenix
Services for Charles D. Gadd 54 Motorola employee for eight years were held at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. The West Virginia native died Friday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after moving to Phoenix in 1962 from Buffalo New York. He was WWII veteran and Moose Lodge 708 member. Survivors include wife Rowena son William daughter Toni Warnke mother Amanda Gadd sisters Reba Moses and another sister and brother out of state and a grandchild.
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Charles D. Gadd
Motorola, Inc
A.L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Greenwood Memorial Park
Mr. Gadd
E. Polk
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
Phoenix
Buffalo
N.Y
Moose Lodge 708
Rowena
William
Toni Warnke
Amanda Gadd
South Charleston
W. Va
Reba Moses
Burial planned for Isadora McCaskill 85
Isadora McCaskill 85 died at Memorial Hospital. Burial will be in San Antonio Texas. She lived at 4131 E Pinchot and was a native of Lott Texas. She moved to Phoenix ten years ago from San Antonio. Survived by son Joseph Jr of San Antonio two daughters Mrs Edgar Trick of Phoenix and Mrs Martha Plummer of San Francisco a brother and sister out of state and four grandchildren.
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Isadora McCaskill
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Texas
McCaskill
E. Pinchot
Lott, Texas
Phoenix
Joseph Jr
Edgar Trick
Martha Plummer
San Francisco
Perkins Graveside rites for Eaton chief engineer
Charles M. Perkins 67 longtime chief engineer of the Fuller Division Eaton Corp died Tuesday in Kalamazoo Michigan. He was a Honolulu native who moved to Phoenix eight years ago and was a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers with several automotive patents. He leaves Barbara and a brother out of state.
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Charles M. Perkins
Fuller Division
Eaton Corp
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
N. Hayden
Mr. Perkins
E. Vermont
Kalamazoo
Mich
Honolulu
Hawaii
The
Society of Automotive Engineers
Cox challenges Nixon order to release Watergate tapes
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox accuses President Nixon of knowingly withholding crucial Watergate tape recordings from a grand jury. He asks Judge Sirica to compel disclosure, arguing there is no constitutional right to withhold evidence and that no one is above the law.
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Washington
UPI
Archibald Cox
Nixon
Cox
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
White House
Educators seek joining Arizona learning consortium
Scottsdale School District administrators plan to ask the school board to approve joining the Arizona Consortium for Individualized Learning. The eight-district project aims to develop a diagnostic learning approach and pilot it at one Scottsdale elementary school.
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Learning Consortium
Scottsdale
Arizona Consortium For Individualized Learning
Arizona
Utah Systems Approach To
USAIL
Salt Lake
L. Leon Webb
Storms on march sweep deserts with heat across Arizona
A line of thundershowers moved west across the southwestern deserts overnight and into Southern California. Today thundershower activity remains minimal in the state with a rise Tuesday over the southeast as Mexico moisture shifts northward. Sunday highs hit 90s in Flagstaff and Grand Canyon, 100 in Winslow, 110 in Phoenix and Yuma. Scottsdale peaks at 111 with 81 low. Salt River Valley temps ease to 107 Tuesday, overnight lows mid 80s. Rain chance 20 percent tonight and Tuesday night.
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California
Mexico
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Winslow
Phoenix
Yuma
Scottsdale
Salt River Valley
Police switchboard mix up disrupts Scottsdale services
Scottsdale police faced cross connected calls as residents were redirected between the police desk and city offices including the library parks department and city hall. The issue affected the main switchboard with two operators on duty and was to be fixed by noon.
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Scottsdale Police Department
Jones
Public Library
City Hall
Parks Department
Police Department
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