Film shooting prompts Fifth Avenue area closures in Paradise Valley
Portions of Fifth Avenue area streets west of Scottsdale Road will close Monday morning as crews film scenes for the movie Ransom. Closures run 7 a.m. to noon from 70th Street to Marshall Way with traffic directed by police. shops remain open and shoppers urged to continue normal routines.
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Fifth Avenue
Scottsdale Road
Roy Finch
70Th Street
Camelback
Marshall Way
Third Avenue
Stetson Drive
Finch
Paradise
Sunset Productions
Paradise Alley
Michael Viner
Sunset
Paradise Valley
Giant tumbleweed devours car on Berll Drive
Stiff winds drove a massive tumbleweed from vacant fields onto Berll Drive near Scottsdale Road Wednesday. The monster reportedly consumed more than half a car before the owner escaped to safety as winds freed the beast.
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Berll Drive
Scottsdale Road
Rumsfeld orders B1 bomber production amid Carter doubt
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld announces start on B1 production citing Soviet buildup and program readiness. Carter opposes at this time, asking to keep the project in research. funding remains month to month as costs rise to 22.9 billion for 244 planes over a decade.
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Washington
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Jimmy Carter
Rumsfeld
Ford
Air Force
Thomas C. Reed
Congress
Rockwell International Corp
Carter
Pentagon
Arcadia area middle school plan totals about 172000 first year
A proposed Arcadia middle school plan puts the first year cost at about 172000 with 145770 for remodeling four schools and 26508 for bus operations. The cost breakdown assigns 100000 to Ingleside site and smaller amounts to Tavan Kachina and Kaibab schools.
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Scottadalé
Arcadia Area
N. 44Th St
William Randall
Ingleside, D.middle School
Tavan School
Kachina
Kaibab
Tavan
Ingleside
Scottsdale plans dial-a-ride grant proposal to UMTA
City planner Mark Schlappi prepares a two year dial-a-ride demonstration for Scottsdale with UMTA review set for January 18 and a proposal filing February 15. UMTA negotiates user or provider subsidies and links to Phoenix Transit while Glendale operates a similar system. The plan may also consolidate senior transportation programs and pool social service funds.
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Scottsdale
Mark Schlappi
Urban Mass Transit Administration
UMTA
The
Urban Institute
Schlappi
Council
Glendale
Phoenix Transit
Storm drain project on Thomas Road nears completion
The city is finishing a $1 million storm drain and four lane bridge project on Thomas Road from Scottsdale Road to the Indian Bend Wash. Construction is about three weeks behind due to a statewide strike and weather, with delays totaling roughly nine days. The system includes a 60 inch pipe widening to 66 and 90 inches, plus a 90 inch box culvert. Neal noted few complaints from motorists and residents amid detours and dust.
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Thomas Road
Scottsdale Road
Indian Bend Wash
Pat Neal
Neal
Osborn Road
Thomas
Lengthy suit could halt Orme dam alternatives
A federal suit by Citizens Concerned About the Project challenges three CAP siphons and delays on waterworks at Agua Fria Salt and New Rivers. CCAP argues tearing and rebuilding siphons may be needed if Orme Dam is not built and cites court actions set for January.
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Arizona
Orme Dam
Frank Welsh
Citizens
CCAP
Agua Fria
Salt
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Carl A. Muecke
Orme
Maricopa County Audubon Society
Welsh
Fort McDowell
New River
Salt River
Salt River Project
SRP
Tribal Council
Utah Lengthy Execute Gary Gilmore as Warden Plans
Death penalty opponents meet in Salt Lake City to oppose the Monday sunrise execution of Gary Gilmore. Warden Sam Smith states the firing squad will be carried out efficiently and without complications at the Utah State Prison.
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Ingleside
Smith
Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Sam Smith
Anti-American Group Claims Bomb Plot At Rhein Main Base
An anti-American group named Revolutionary Cells claimed responsibility for planting a bomb at the Officers Club of Rhein Main Air Force Base in West Germany. Several people were injured in a Wednesday fire, and police studied letters sent to news agencies including the AP identifying the group and labeling the act part of an anti imperialist struggle.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Rhein-Main
U.S. Air Force Base
Associated Press
Revolutionary Cells
Rioting in Cape Town Guguletu Ends With Police Shootings
In Guguletu township police killed two black men during a second night of rioting. A police spokesman said officers opened fire when crowds of blacks stormed a van. The violence followed a day of arson and unrest.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Guguletu
Huang Hua Named China's New Foreign Minister
Hsinhua reports Huang Hua, former Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, chosen as foreign minister. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress unanimously approved the decision, according to the broadcast monitored in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
China
Huang Hua
United Nations
Peking
Hsinhua
National People’s Congress
Ford not likely to pressure steel prices amid new aid signals
White House officials say President Ford probably won’t use jawboning to roll back steel price increases though the incoming Democratic administration signals openness to that tactic. Mondale bluntly calls a 6 percent steel price rise an ominous pattern for inflation. Angola joins U N as 146th member with 116 to 0 vote. US abstains over Cuban troops. Weather: sunny, warm with highs upper 70s Friday.
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White House
Ford
Walter F. Mondale
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