FBI Cointelpro in Arizona Targeted Activists in 1960s 70s
The Tucson Citizen reports FBI Phoenix office used informants and files in a Cointelpro counterintelligence campaign to discredit anti war activists and leftists. Arizona targets included University of Arizona and Arizona State University professors and students, journalists, and political figures.
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Tucson
Phoenix
FBI
Citizen
Arizona
Cointerpro
J. Edgar Hoover
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
ASU
Morris Starsky
Cointelpro
Jack Williams
Department of Public Safety
William R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
Mathews
Star
Phoenix Newspapers Inc
Arizona Republic
Phoenix Gazette
Frank Johnson
Harold’s Heroes Tangle With Lime Green Machine
In Eldorado Park a morning ball game pitted Harold Bien’s Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped clients against Rural Metro Fire Department. SFH players, including Dave Farmer, took turns at bat while 37 clients played. firefighters handicapped by running backward or hopping bases to finish. Harold Bien directs SFH as the event ends with the Lime Green Machine losing.
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Harold
Eldorado Park
Scottsdale Foundation For the Handicapped
SFH
Harold Bien
Rural
Metro Fire Department
Dave Farmer
Arizona oil refinery proposed near Mobile south of Phoenix
Provident Holding Corp plans a refinery and industrial park on 500 acres near Mobile 25 miles south of Phoenix fed by an Alaska to Midland pipeline. Financing of 150 million dollars is arranged. Sohio seeks federal approval for the pipeline and refinery prospects.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Mobile
Robert A. Pichwarcik
Provident Holding Corp
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Long Beach
Calif
Midland
Texas
Provident
Sohio
Department of Interior
Papago
Pichwarcik
Pichnarcik
Arizona
Thomas C. Roth
Western Crude Oil
Trial Date Set for Maricopa CCCD Board Member Brooks
A January 19 trial is scheduled for Roger A. Brooks a member of the Maricopa County Community College District board on four counts of embezzling district funds and one count of submitting a false voucher. Brooks pleaded not guilty and remains free without bond. The indictment alleges he misused 616 dollars during a September San Diego trip.
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Roger A. Brooks
Maricopa County
San Diego
Brooks
Scottsdale Community College
Robert Robertson
Former CAHSA member opposes Good Samaritan expansion
Diane Cusack a former Central Arizona Health Systems Agency director and Scottsdale official disputes a 106 million expansion plan at Good Samaritan Hospital. She accuses CAHSA of withholding information and pressuring board members while noting the committee sought alternatives like modernization.
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David Lucas
Good Samaritan Hospital
North Scottsdale
Health Planning Board
Scottsdale
Diane Cusack
Central Arizona Health Systems Agency Board of Directors
Good Samaritan
Cusack
Scottsdale Planning Commission
Cusechek
Stephen Morris
Morris
Cahsa Board
CAHSA
Shut schools still costly official says
Scottsdale administrator Jack Kearney told Arizona educators that closing schools does not solve finances amid declining enrollment. He cited high substitute costs, bus and maintenance expenses, and limited rental revenue as offsetting savings, noting staff problems most affect budgets and student learning.
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Scottsdale
Arizona Educators
Jack Kearney
Arizona Education Association
AEA
Safari Hotel
Kearney
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Mediation reaches coal talks as Miller stays away
Federal mediators convened both sides in coal contract talks while United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller missed the session to handle West Virginia union business. U.S. unemployment eased from 7.0 to 6.9 percent in November with about one million more jobs, the largest monthly gain since April 1960.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Arnold Miller
Miller
West Virginia
Arab Leaders Meet in Tripoli Against Peace Overture
In Tripoli Libyan leaders including Col Moammar Khadafy host a rejectionist summit with Syria Iraq Algeria South Yemen and the Palestinians weighing retaliation for Anwar Sadats peace move toward Israel. Libya pushes for economic and diplomatic Egypt boycott.
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Tripoli
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Algeria
South Yemen
People’s Hall
Moammar Khadafy
Begin arrives in London for first official Britain visit
Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin lands in London on his first official visit to the United Kingdom. Security is tightened for his arrival and the ensuing talks.
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London
Menahem Begin
Palestine
Britain
HANGINGS SPUR RIOTS IN BERMUDA
In Hamilton Bermuda two black convicted murderers were hanged at dawn after a night of rioting by black youths. One man was charged with slaying Bermuda's governor and his aide. The weather forecast notes mostly sunny skies with rising highs into the mid 70s and near freezing valley mornings.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
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