CAP digs 36-foot dike to shield CAP aqueduct near Scottsdale
CAP started heavy earthwork at Scottsdale and Bell Roads to form a 36-foot high earthen dike protecting the Granite Reef Aqueduct segment of the Central Arizona Project. First Construction Co. leads the $10 million first phase from Phoenix to Northeast Scottsdale as city and Bureau of Reclamation plan landscaping and recreation uses along the CAP corridor.
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Bell Roads
Central Arizona
First Construction Co
24Th Street
Cave Creek Road
Phoenix
108Th Street
Bureau of Reclamation
Ford Meets Teamster Chief Urges Wage Price Freeze
President Ford held a 45 minute Oval Office talk with Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons and was urged to impose a complete wage and price freeze. Fitzsimmons said Ford listened but did not react and hinted at a forthcoming program from Ford and his advisers. Rockefeller seen as leading VP candidate as Ford nears White House move.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Congress
Fitzsimmons
Oval Office
White House
Alexandria
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Detroit Free Press
Rockefeller
Turkey ready to talk on Cyprus peace
The Turkish high command says it has completed its conquest of northern Cyprus and is willing to negotiate for a permanent peace. British sources say they are not ready to resume the Geneva talks, acknowledging only a Turkish victory. Turkish premier Bulent Ecevit says he seeks two autonomous administrations under one federal government, not partition.
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Cyprus
Buty
Geneva
Bulant Ecevit
Ford freezes tapes and Nixon White House documents
President Ford orders a freeze on Richard Nixon era tapes and documents from the White House. News Secretary says the materials will be held pending review by the Watergate special prosecutor's office.
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Washington
Ford
Richard Nixon
White House
News
Jerry terHorst
Watergate
Selassie Stripped to Figurehead as Ethiopian Army Moves
Haile Selassie remains figurehead in Addis Ababa after the army ousts real power. Warplanes sweep the capital and troops patrol streets as Western observers warn the civilian government may be toppled and a full military takeover could follow.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Vinyl chloride used in aerosols banned by safety commission
The Consumer Product Safety Commission bans vinyl chloride as a propellant in aerosol cans including paints finishes solvents and adhesives. Consumers may return affected products for a refund due to the liver cancer risk associated with factory exposure.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Senate panel approves defense budget cuts restoration
Capitol Hill reports the Senate Appropriations Committee backed nearly all of the more than $5 billion in defense budget cuts a subcommittee had approved. About $30 million was restored to the package, bringing the defense budget total to $82 billion.
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Capitol Hill
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Cherokee upper grades won't have split classes
Scottsdale School Superintendent William Randall announced that Cherokee School seventh and eighth graders will attend Cocopah School during construction delays, keeping regular sessions. Cocopah has space for 242 students, avoiding double sessions, with about three weeks away from Cherokee for the project delays.
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Scottsdale
William Randall
Cherokee
Cocopah
Randall
Jim Wellington
Wellington
Fountain Hills opens temporary elementary school site
Fountain Hills School District will place kindergarten through sixth grade students in the Colony Plaza Building at 12022 Colony Drive this fall while the new $648000 school is built. The district expects about 150 Fountain Hills students and 110 Mesa-area students. seventh and eighth grades and the high school will remain in Mesa until staffing and facilities allow expansion.
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Randall
Cocopah
Cherokee
North
Fountain Hills
Mesa
Hendrix
Colony Plaza
Weather outlook: Mostly sunny and warm through Saturday
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and continued warmth today and Saturday. Highs near records, with a mild night as temperatures fall only slightly to the lower ranges.
City and Paradise Valley named bicentennial communities
Rep John Rhodes announced Scottsdale and Paradise Valley designated bicentennial communities joining Phoenix. The Scottsdale Paradise Valley Bicentennial Commission, chaired by Roberta Unterberger, will pursue projects including an oral history and youth representation, with potential partial federal funds and a bicentennial flag for Town and City Halls.
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John Rhodes
Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Rhodes
John Warner
Washington, D.C
Scottsdale-Paradise Valley
Robert Scanlon
Rhode
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Roberta Unterberger
E. Lewis
Merchants denounce Scottsdale sign amortization draft
The Scottsdale Associated Merchants call the city staff draft of the sign amortization ordinance totally unacceptable. They seek equal transition times for signs by value, longer periods for pre and post 1971 signs, a 90 day extension limit, an appeals board with business representation, waiver of new sign permit fees, and immediate removal of abandoned signs when the property owner has no interest left.
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Scottsdale Associated Merchants
SAM
Donald Perlman
Bud Sampson
Sherman Leibovitz
Paul Schulte
Bob Jordan
Board of
Maher resigns from Scottsdale School District effective next summer
Cocopah School co principal Frank Maher who faced indecent exposure charges in Phoenix was shown to resign by the Scottsdale School Board. His departure effective June 30 1975 allows Maher to focus on doctoral studies and district planning for middle schools.
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Frank Maher
Cocopah
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Jim Wellington
Maher
William Randall
Papago Park
Phonix
Eugene Mangum
Randall
Tavan
Ingleside
Mary Borsch
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