Scottsdale backs MAG move to revive Papago Freeway plan
Scottsdale officials tell the city council MAG will ask the regional council to endorse accelerating environmental review of the Moreland corridor alignment for the Papago Freeway. Local officials debate routing, with several urging pursuit while avoiding a McDowell Road bisecting path.
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Scottsdale
Maricopa Association of Governments
MAG
Papago
George Britton
Moreland Corridor
City planners approve waivers for nonconforming sign fees
Scottsdale Planning Commission approved two zoning amendments to waive filing fees for owners of nonconforming signs. One waives the 10 dollar fee for variances from sign requirements, the other for erecting or updating signs to conform. Fees range from 1 to 128 dollars and council action is set for next Tuesday.
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Scottsdale
EPA eyes Phelps Dodge acid plant cost showdown in Douglas
EPA officials plan to challenge Phelps Dodge Corp on its $119 million sulfuric acid plant estimate for the Douglas smelter. The hearing heard PD claim the figure was prepared in 24 weeks and questioned cheaper alternatives, with Morenci and Ajo hearings upcoming and the plant's necessity disputed by the company.
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Douglas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Phelps Dodge Corp
EPA
Phelps Dodge
Arizona
San Manuel
Morenci
Ajo
John Boland
John Lentz
State Air Quality Control Bureau
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co
Pat Scanlon
Lentz
District target of snubbed bid for new school computer system
A Scottsdale School District evaluator claims he was ignored after presenting an IBM 360 based system offering 128K prime with full maintenance and training. His package would cost about 325000, less than half of two bids for Univac or Burroughs systems and would double current student time-sharing at a fixed 1400 per month.
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Scottsdale
Bernie Lambert
Univac
Lambert
Maricopa County Community College
William Randall
Randall
Scottsdale Education Center expansion urged by district officials
Scottsdale School District administrators will ask the school board next Tuesday to consider a 40 percent expansion of the education center at 3811 N. 44th St with about 750000 dollars budgeted. A Phoenix Fire Department report urges additional facilities due to overcrowding and blocked exits, recommending a relocatable building until the expansion is built. District and City of Scottsdale officials are discussing relocating the distribution center to the same site, with cost and development figures expected midweek.
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Scottsdale
N. 44Th St
Bill Pedersen
Phoenix
Pedersen
City of
E. Osborn Rd
Tim Bray
Christmas Idea Fair at Eldorado Park Center
A Christmas idea fair hosted by the city Parks and Recreation Department runs from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday at Eldorado Park Center 2311 N Miller Rd. The free event features ornaments table decorations gift ideas patterns and instructions for holiday projects open to the public.
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Eldorado Park Center
N. Miller Rd
Parks and Recreation Department
Good elected C of C head named Scottsdale Chamber president elect
Dr. Roger Good was selected as president elect of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce board for 1976. He will work with Al Overend and then succeed Overend as president in 1977, with Herb Caywood Richard Boultinghouse John Marks and Robert Karatz among officers and the executive committee. Five outgoing members attended and five new members were elected to three year terms beginning Jan 1.
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Roger Good
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
al Overend
Good Will
Overend
Herb Caywood
Caywood-Soderquist Insurance
Richard Boultinghouse
McCormick Ranch
Dave Dennerline
John Marks
Chamber
Black Files Nominating Petitions for Scottsdale Council
Independent candidate Jean Black filed nominating petitions with the city clerk for Scottsdale City Council. A planning commissioner and first woman on the Board of Adjustment, she urged broader citizen participation, maintained funding for crime‑prevention services, and supported accessible mass transit and more open selection of boards and commissions.
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Jean Black
Scottsdale
Black
Scottsdale Women’s
Police to Auction Unclaimed Items in Scottsdale
Scottsdale police will auction over 600 unclaimed items at 10 a.m. Saturday behind the police station at 3739 N. Civic Center Plaza. Display starts 30 minutes prior. Items include bicycles, mini bikes, radios, televisions, tools, clothing, cameras, jewelry, and more with a $450 jewelry piece among lots. Proceeds go to the city treasury. unsold items revert to city use.
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Scottsdale Police Department
Civic Center Plaza
Dave Baxter
Baxter
Teamster chief facing indictment in New York case
Federal grand jury indicted Anthony Provenzano secretary treasurer of a New York Teamsters local and two others for conspiring to siphon money from union pension and welfare funds. The charges allege Paladino offered loans at high rates with kickbacks and discussed a $2 million mortgage loan for Hotel Woodstock owners. Goldfarb was named in the document but not identified further.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Anthony Provenzano
U.S
New York
Provenzano
Teamsters
Anthony Bentrovato
Lawrence Paladino
Brooklyn
Paladino
Herman Goldfarb
Goldfarb
Woodstock
Arizona Supreme Court bars license restoration without proof of financial responsibility
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an uninsured driver who loses his license cannot have it restored until he provides proof of financial responsibility. In a Tucson note, top mining officials forecast a copper industry recovery by mid 1976 with James K. Richardson of the Arizona Mining Association predicting gains in Tucson and Miami.
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Phoenix
Arizona Supreme Court
Tucson
James K. Richardson
Arizona Mining Association
Miami
Phoenix group backs rapid Papago Freeway completion
The Phoenix 40 a coalition of civic and business leaders adopted a resolution urging swift completion of the Papago Freeway. Window Rock the chairman of a Navajo Tribal Committee on the AFL-CIO called for suspending all tribal dealings with organized labor pending investigation.
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Phoenix
Phoenix 40
Papago
Window Rock
Afl-Cio
Governor reviews Arizona National Guard reorganization plan
Governor Raul Castro considers a proposal to reorganize the Arizona National Guard and retrain its 650 members. Maj. Gen. John Smith, adjutant general, delivered the plan to the governor on Tuesday, aiming to streamline guard operations.
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Phoenix
Raul Castro
Arizona National Guard
John Smith
Federal power blamed for erosion of sovereignty by states and tribes
In Los Angeles Peter MacDonald chairman of the Navajo tribe says rising federal dependence mirrors long standing Indian reservation struggles. In Phoenix Utah AG objects to proposals to bring state and municipal workers under federal wage laws calling it an outrage as Vernon B. Romney addresses the National Association of Attorneys General.
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Los Angeles
Peter MacDonald
Phoenix
Utah
Vernon B. Romney
National Association of Attorneys General
GOP leader doubts Arizona can meet national fund quota
Tucson The head of Arizona's Republican party says he doubts the state can meet its quota in national GOP fund raising efforts. Arizona is expected to contribute $400,000 to the Republican National Committee.
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Tucson
Arizona
Republican National Committee
No charges filed in Scottsdale fatal crash
The Scottsdale woman Susan Kontz 28 will not face vehicular manslaughter charges in the November 30 crash that killed Kenneth R. Fraendenthal 36 in the K Mart parking lot at Hayden and McDowell. Police say a toxicology test showed no alcohol or drugs and that Kontz blacked out before the accident. The victim was dragged about 60 feet before his car ran over him.
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Scottsdale
Kenneth R. Fraendenthal
K Mart
Hayden and
McDowell Roads
Richard Reed
Susan Kontz
N. 83Rd St
Fruendenthal
Kontz
Almeria Drive
Hayden Road
Reed
E. Keim
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Symphony Hall
Maryland
Good
C of C
Robert Karatz
The
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Gyme of
Lampe
House of Lamp
Hayden Rd
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Woolco Center
Mesa
Becker Lane
Sundown Plaza
N. Main
Associated Press
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Union
Castro
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Bloody Marys
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Dave Leahy
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McDowell
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