Philippine quakes leave thousand dead or missing in Mindanao
The Philippines faces a disaster toll with at least 811 dead, 249 missing, and 251 injured after two major quakes near Mindanao. The Celebes Sea epicenter lies southwest of Mindanao as waves battered coastlines and destroyed hundreds of structures. An Australian, Roger Hubbinka, died aiding relatives in Pagadian City.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine
National Disaster Coordinating Center
U.S
Tangshan
China
Hsinhua
Chinese Seismological Department
Szechwan Provincial Party Committee
Szechwan
Chengtu
Philippine Disaster Center
Mindanao
The
Government Geophysical Observatory
Celebes Sea
Moro Gulf
Roger Hubbinka
Pagadian City
Final tax rates rise 67 cents per hundred dollars
Scottsdale School District tax data shows total property tax rates up 67¢ per $100 valuation over last year. The final figures result from Monday’s rate setting by the school district and junior college districts. homeowners can estimate by taking 15 percent of home value, divide by 100, and multiply by the city total tax rate.
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Scottsdale
Weather outlook: hot with bright sunshine today and tomorrow
Variable high clouds drift across with little temperature change. Highs near 100 both days. Overnight lows in the mid 70s.
Council divided on barking dog ordinance hearings split
City council members debated revisions to the barking dog noise rule with a 4-3 vote last November. Supporters favor lowering fines and clarifying terms while opponents worry it burdens dog owners and may overstep police limits.
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Charles Smith
Jeff Schubert
Billie Gentry
Richard Campana
Heinz Hink
William C. Jenkins
Herb Drinkwater
Hink
Gentry
Drinkwater
Ford goes over top as convention battles begin
President Ford secured more than the required delegates to clinch the Republican nomination in the lead up to the 1976 convention. He and his aides defended their edge against Ronald Reagan as both sides brace for the first big test of strength at the GOP gathering in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
Reagan
Detroit rehires 450 officers and imposes curfew
Detroit rehired 450 laid off policemen two weeks early and imposed an 18 and under curfew after a Sunday night rock concert. Deputy Mayor William Beckham Jr pledged to take the city back tonight as police said downtown Detroit remained quiet Monday with increased patrols.
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Detroit
William Beckham Jr
Kissinger orders probe into contract favoritism abroad
The State Department will investigate charges of official favoritism in awarding construction and real estate contracts for American diplomatic facilities overseas. Secretary Kissinger has tasked Inspector General Robert M. Sayre to lead the inquiry, with findings to be released publicly.
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Washington
State Department
Secretary of
Henry A. Kissinger
Robert M. Sayre
The
Foreign Service
Sayre
Legionnaires Disease Claims 26th Victim in Milton Case
Harold Stump 53, manager of the Milton legion club, died Monday after hospitalization since August 2 as toxin experts head to Philadelphia to review evidence and scan downtown sites in a widening search for the illness cause.
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Harrisburg
Harold Stump
Legion Club
Milton
Philadelphia
Applegate named to replace Hays on ballot in Ohio
Lisbon Ohio state Sen. Douglas Applegate was chosen by 18th District Democratic leaders to run for U S representative in November after Wayne Hays withdrew. Applegate, 45, has served in the Ohio Senate since 1968 and in the Ohio House before that. In West Virginia a car linked to Manson cultist Susan Murphy and escapee Diane Eilis was seen in Dunbar but had fled by the time plates were confirmed.
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Lisbon
Ohio
Douglas Applegate
U.S
Wayne Hays
Steubenville
Hays
Applegate
Ohio House
Merchants to view Scottsdale Road landscaping plans
Scottsdale merchants hear city staff recommendations on landscaping for the Scottsdale Road improvement project at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the Center for the Arts conference room. Final drawings due this month, bids expected September 7, contract awarded October 5, completion planned November 8. $200,000 in community development block grant funds are earmarked for landscaping and street lighting.
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Scottsdale
Center For the Arts
City to push I-10 North Loop route in Arizona plans
Scottsdale officials announce a formal push for a North Loop alternative to complete I-10 while seeking to avoid dividing the city by an eastern freeway extension. The council backs a 19 mile I-10 link from 91st Avenue to the Black Canyon Freeway with a southward Moreland Corridor boulevard and supports a Midtown route, citing lower impact than the Papago Loop and Durango Connection as options to ease downtown traffic.
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Scottsdale
Billie Gentry
Arizona Department of Transportation
Phoenix Civic Plaza
91St Avenue
Black Canyon
Grand Canal
Phoenix
Moreland
West Papago Inner Loop
North Loop
Papago Loop
Durango
Tucson
Los Angeles
I-17
Durango Bend
91St
Maricopa
20Th Street
Department of Transportation
Yuma Road
Citizens For Mass Transportation Against
Yuma
Department
Barbara Hitchcock files for MCCD District 2 seat nomination
Barbara Hitchcock becomes the first to file nominating petitions for the Maricopa County Community College District Board District 2 seat. The Sept 3 deadline applies to 500 signatures from district residents. The election date is Nov 2, with five board members serving five year terms.
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Barbara Hitchcock
Maricopa County Community College Board
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Paradise Valley
Kenneth Badertscher
Gary Deonise
Richard Lang
Cecilia Kline
Jack Belzner
Hitchcock
Pennsylvania
Planned Parenthood of
Phoenix Art Museum
Waynesboro
American Association of University Women
E. McDowell Rd
Fiveman
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Darryl Freilinger
Arizona State University
Community College
Central Ariz
City of Phoenix
Coun
Sae
Franklin D. Aleshire
Tim Bray
Gerald E. Maskulka
Indian School
Ball Rd
Buckeyer
Salt River
South Mountain Park
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