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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1976
Page
2
The government reported the composite index held at 107.1 in October, with four components rising and seven falling. Revised figures show August and September declines were steeper than first reported, while analysts caution a three month pattern is needed to confirm trends.
Prescott College Mortgage Trust attorney Doug Martin announced the sale to four major creditors Richard Wilson George Farnham and the estates of Charles Ketterer and Stephen Congdon. Wilson is a University of Arizona professor.
A Pima County Superior Court judge remanded George Hanigan and his sons Thomas and Patrick to a grand jury on 14 counts including kidnapping while armed, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery conspiracy, and related charges involving three Mexican nationals. In Phoenix, Rep. Sam McConnell calls for broader consideration of restructuring the state welfare and employment services department after a four year effort.
Arcadia Parents for Quality Education will urge the Scottsdale School Board to pause any new educational programs until further studies are completed. The motion proposes more analysis of declining enrollment and possible solutions, with a vote not before two weeks after Tuesday's discussion.
Paradise Valley town council will review bids Thursday night for the McDonald Drive widening and resurfacing project with Maricopa County involved. The $100,000 plus job aims to widen the north side by four feet and resurface from east of Tatum Boulevard to 71st Place, with 85 percent town and 15 percent county funding.
Jose Lopez Portillo takes office as Mexico's president in a ceremony at the National Auditorium with Rosalynn Carter Henry Kissinger and dignitaries from 101 nations. He receives the sash from President Luis Echeverria as unrest and debt mark the economy.
Road enhancements revised with one main ribbon cutting at Main Street and Scottsdale Road to kick off Scottsdale Open Road Days. City officials had planned seven separate openings but will now conduct a single ceremony at 9 a.m. to ease traffic. Mayor and council members will preside over seven ribbons.
The State Corporation Commission will hold a Monday hearing in Phoenix to decide if Arizona Public Service Co. may write off 2.6 million dollars of expenditures for the Kaiparowits Power Plant project. If approved, the recovery could set a precedent for future rate determinations and customer charges.
An explosion and fire at Rhein-Main U.S. Air Force Base in Frankfurt West Germany during lunch hour injured three people. Investigators consider a bombing though no threat was reported. The one story Officers Club was a total loss with flames still burning hours later.
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