18 Aug 1975
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1975
Page
1
Pete the 14 pound Maine lobster died in the Nantucket Lobster Trap tank between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Officials cited a water flow stoppage that suffocated the elderly crustacean. he was cooked and placed in the deep freeze for bisque and sides.
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Twenty seven states halt $206 million of SSI payments amid a clash with the Social Security Administration over the new welfare program. Welfare directors claim chronic overpayments. Arizona official comments on possible state involvement. Amtrak announces steps to boost cross border and U.S. travel with Canada National Railway agreement enabling joint purchase on both lines.
In Vienna economic and monetary experts from the 13 OPEC members opened talks expected to yield a recommended rise in oil prices. The OPEC oil ministers plan a Sept 24 meeting to review the experts' proposals.
Josephine Hoffa, wife of missing Teamsters leader James Hoffa, is in stable condition at a Detroit hospital after collapsing at home Sunday. Her son James P. Hoffa cited strain and exhaustion as causes amid the ongoing concern over her husband’s disappearance.
The Scottsdale School District sets the 1975-76 tax rate at $5 per $100 assessed value, down five cents from 1974-75, based on a valuation of $333,775,845. State support shifts for special education and transportation limited further cuts. board trimmed $1.05 million to ease local tax burden. The Maricopa County Community College District also approved a final 59 cent rate for 1975-76, up two cents from last year with a $34.2 million budget and expected college enrollment growth.
About 30 Scottsdale merchants rallied at the main post office to protest the removal of Aunt Hattie's substation at 7108 Stetson Drive. Diamond's Department Store in Fashion Square will house the new substation, with opening planned the first week of September.
Robert Tobarro, 37, arraigned on murder charge for strangling then shooting his wife Patricia Tobarro in their Phoenix home. Children 10 and 12 found her. Tobarro arrested after car ran a stop light. Victim sister of Scottsdale Dodge owner. preliminary hearing slated this week. He is held without bond.
Paradise Valley mayor E Robert Tribken died at home Sunday night at 51 after a fall illness. He had served since 1972 and was instrumental in bringing the town its first cable franchise. Vice mayor Barbara von Ammen becomes temporary mayor as council appoints a replacement. Funeral services are set at Valley Presbyterian Church with memorials to the Arizona Arthritis Foundation.
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