Pay raises for federal workers and military planned in October
President Carter will decide in September on a raise for 3.4 million federal employees and the military. A 7.05 percent across the board is favored by the Civil Service Commission, with an 8.8 percent alternative from the Federal Employees Pay Council. Congress is exempt from the raise.
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Regents to weigh ASU bus line again in Flagstaff
ASU president John Schwada will discuss permanent Phoenix Transit Line 22 with the Arizona Board of Regents in Flagstaff at the Sept. 16 meeting. Tempe stands firm against funding a reopening, while Scottsdale and Tempe back a temporary $1,000 each to serve ASU students until Oct. 1.
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Arizona Board of Regents
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Arizona State University
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Bill LoPiano
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Jack Penick
Ken McDonald
William C. Jenkins
Timothy Bray
Scottsdale Board Reverses Policy on Coaching Credit
The Scottsdale School Board reversed a 1977 78 salary policy to credit elementary coaching experience when elementary coaches move to high school posts. Members cited recruiting needs and girls sports growth, with calls to study appropriate credit for certain jobs. Also approved a beer wine license near Scottsdale High and debated ending the high school lunch permit program.
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Phyllis Spencer
Donald Swanson
Indian School Road
Scottsdale High School
Eldorado Park Paddle Boats Under Repair
Eldorado Park paddle boats are undergoing repairs this week and will not operate again until Saturday. Repairs began Tuesday and service resumes Labor Day weekend from for three days, with hours to 5 p.m.
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Eldorado Park
Scottsdale Parks and Recreation
Interstate 19 Signs To Change To Metric System
Arizona will convert signs on Interstate 19 from Nogales to Tucson to metric units. The pilot study covers 62 miles and will unit up distance and most signs while speed limits show both mph and kmh. Officials expect lessons to guide a statewide metric rollout.
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Nogales
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State Transportation Board
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Interstate 19
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Carlie Bowmer
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Congress
United Way drive begins in Scottsdale with $4.1 million goal
Scottsdale officials announce the Phoenix-Scottsdale United Way campaign opens Thursday aiming to raise 4.1 million dollars for 1977. General chairman Donald E. Cline leads efforts through Oct. 25 as about 40 Valley organizations report thousands served and many volunteers contributing.
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National Council On Alcoholism
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Valley of the Sun School
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YWCA
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Sixth Avenue
Tennessee seeks Elvis Presley name for new arts center
State Rep John Spence of Memphis says he will ask the Tennessee Legislature to name the new performing arts center in Nashville after Elvis Presley. He intends to introduce a formal resolution when the Legislature reconvenes in January.
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Tennessee
Elvis Presley
John Spence
Demphis
Phoenix Man's Body Found Near Quartzsite
The body of 57 year old Max Twentier of Phoenix was found north of Quartzsite after he went missing Saturday on a trip from Phoenix to California. Yuma County Sheriff Captain Cecil Crow reported the discovery.
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Yuma County
Cecil Crow
Max Twentier
California
Navajo doctor runs for tribal chairman in Window Rock
Dr. Taylor McKenzie the first Navajo physician announces a bid for tribal chairman. Twin Lakes resident Tony Bowman also enters the race while current chair Peter MacDonald says he could seek a third term if urged. In Phoenix, inmates under a correctional bill would earn sentence reductions for daily work.
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Taylor McKenzie
Tony Bowman
Twin Lakes
N.M
Peter MacDonald
Navajo Land Trusted for Irrigation Near Farmington
The Interior Department said 120,681 acres near Farmington New Mexico will be held in trust for the Navajo Nation to support an irrigation project. The Navajo have paid $1.25 million to the federal government to transfer land from the Bureau of Land Management under federal law.
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Interior Department
Farmington
N.M
Department
Bureau of Land Management
Udall Backs Off Mine Bill Change in Land Patents
Tucson Rep. Morris Udall agrees to back off a bill to revise century old mining laws. Arizona Small Mine Operators Association director Grover Heinrichs says he is delighted yet apprehensive about whether the move signals real change or an attempt to dodge political scrutiny. Udall seeks to replace land claim patents with leases.
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Tucson
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Grover Heinrichs
Arizona Small Mine Operators Association
Udall
Burn victim returns home after five months of treatment
Juan Ramirez Castillo a young Mexican boy from San Luis Sonora returned home to Yuma with his parents after five months in the burn unit at St. Francis Hospital San Francisco following a house fire that left him critically burned.
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Juan Ramirez Castillo
Juan
San Luis
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St. Francis Hospital
San Francisco
Lincoln Thrift notes cut in half by court ruling
In Phoenix U S District Judge Walter E Craig reduced the 8.5 million claims of about 1500 subordinated capital note holders of Lincoln Thrift and U S Thrift associations by 50 percent to speed distributions. Initial refunds of 425000 are due Oct 24 totaling five cents on the dollar of total claims. Note holders may gain 16 to 20 cents per dollar through future distributions as liquidation proceeds continue.
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U.S. District Court
Walter E. Craig
Lincoln Thrift
U.S
Craig
Lincoln
Robert A. Baker
Baker
U.S. Thrift
John R. McDonough
Scottsdale man charged in theft of school stereo gear
Richard Field 20 of Scottsdale sold $4000 worth of stolen stereo equipment from Scottsdale High to an undercover Scottsdale police officer. Field bought back the gear for $800 at his home, and police arrested him after the sale. The gear was part of a gymnasiums stereo system.
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