DeConcini Calls For China Ties And Drug Border Crackdown
Arizona Senator DeConcini urged ties with China while not abandoning Taiwan and praised Nixon’s opening to the mainland. He proposed federal agency coordination to intercept contraband at the U S border, noting Tucson and Phoenix as major drug connectors to Mexico and citing large heroin and marijuana flows through the Phoenix area.
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DeConcini
Taiwan
China
Richard Nixon
U.S
Arizona-Mexico
Tucson
Phoenix
Mexico
Phoenix Metropolitan
Frosty Snowman Visits Scottsdale Mall Entrance
Winter visitor Frosty gets a light for his cigarette from city employee Lance Button who engineered the snowman’s visit to the Scottsdale Center for the Arts entrance. Brenda Booker helped obtain ice at a skating rink to build Frosty late last night, and the figure remained in respectable shape this morning.
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Lance Button
Scottsdale Mall
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Button
Brenda Booker
NATO rejects Soviet bid on nuclear no first use and Warsaw Pact limits
In Brussels NATO foreign ministers rejected a Soviet mutual no first use proposal and a cap on alliance members. The stance keeps options open for Spain joining and allows continued flexibility in military options. Kissinger, in his final NATO appearance, pressed for open options and met French minister de Guiringaud before heading to London to discuss Rhodesia with Ivor Richard and Anthony Crosland.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
North Atlantic
NATO
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford
North Atlantic Alliance
Spain
Francisco Franco
Bucharest
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
Kissinger
Western Alliance
Louis de Guiringaud
France
de Guiringaud
London
Rhodesia
Ivor—Richard
Anthony Crosland
Arcadia forms five member panel to review protested books
A five member committee will review 16 books targeted by Arcadia High School parents for removal from Paperback Power. Willard Bandes Arcadia principal will use the panel's recommendation to decide on removals while George Cowie English chair protests one title The Invisible Man National Book Award winner.
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Arcadia High School
George Cowie
English Department
Willard Bandes
Arcadia
Man
Philip Gates
Robert Larabell
James Reith
Bandes
Cowie
Scottsdale Secures Federal Funds to Maintain 112 City Jobs
Scottsdale will receive Title II and Title VI funds under CETA to keep its public service employment at 112 workers through Sept 30. Total funding could reach about 949 thousand dollars, with 124k Title II, 437k Title VI planning, and 388k carryover. Budgeted positions span city departments.
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Scottsdale
Paul Donovan
Donovan
CETA
Two Recycling Centers Planned Near Each Other in Tempe
A Scottsdale land lease to Beverage Industry Recycling Program places a Tempe site one mile north of ARCA's planned for profit center. BIRP aims to open in early January with ARCA targeting April. Officials see potential competition as beneficial for recycling and litter reduction.
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Beverage Industry Recycling Program
BIRP
Tempe
Scottsdale
Resources Reclamation Corporation of America
RRCA
Scottsdale- Tempe
ARCA
Raymond S. Edwards
Edwards
Richard Brown
Ken Johnson
Brown
Johnson
Scottsdale-Tempe
E. Princess Dr
Hayden Road
Pima Street
Hayden
Salto River
Mesa
Ray
Carter signals unified energy policy by April and dual agency head
President-elect Jimmy Carter likely to appoint one person to lead two energy agencies as he renews a pledge to develop a unified policy by April 1. Sen elect Howard Metzenbaum relayed the statements after a Capitol meeting with 25 current and incoming senators.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Howard Metzenbaum
Carter
Capitol
Big Banks Cut Prime Rates Sharply
Two major banks Morgan Guaranty Trust and Citibank reduced their prime lending rates from 6 percent to 6 percent. The moves mark a notable easing in base borrowing costs by leading American lenders.
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New York
America
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Citibank
Gas price hike seen from OPEC meeting in Qatar
Washington reports an expected rise in imported oil costs will lift U S gasoline and fuel oil prices and push inflation higher. OPEC plans a meeting next week in Qatar to consider increasing prices from about 12 to 13 dollars per barrel.
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Washington
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Qatar
Persian Gulf
Ford halts nuclear curbs and seeks a plan
Ford officials say the administration will not offer new limits on nuclear arms at this time while European diplomats report that Ford’s control program won wider Soviet and Communist bloc backing than from U S allies in a London conference last month.
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Washington
Ford
Soviet Union
America
London
Americans win most Nobel prizes in Stockholm protests
About 2,000 demonstrators protested outside the Nobel ceremonies against the economics prize awarded to Milton Friedman of Chicago. They accused Friedman of backing the right wing Chilean regime while Americans collected several Nobel awards in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Milton Friedman
Chicago
Soviets Adopt 200 Mile Fishing Zone Around coast
The Soviet government issued a decree in Izvestia by President Podgorny declaring a 200 mile fishing limit around the Soviet coast. The rule is described as temporary pending the UN Law of the Sea conference and requires foreign vessels to obtain Soviet consent to fish within the zone.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Union
Retail sales surge in November despite summer lull
The Commerce Department reports preliminary November retail sales at 55.6 billion dollars after seasonal adjustments, up 1.7 percent from October, marking the strongest showing since early in the year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Mason weighs recount bid in U S House race in Arizona
Democrat Tony Mason of Phoenix mulls a weekend decision on pursuing a recount after losing to Eldon Rudd by 719 votes in the 4th Congressional District. Arizona Supreme Court allowed dismissal of Mason suit. legal options include possible action by Rudd’s camp and state officials amid tabulation errors.
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Phoenix
Tony Mason
U.S. House of Representatives
Arizona Supreme Court
Pima County Superior Court
Jack Marks
Mason
Eldon Rudd
R-Ariz
David West
Rudd
Asst. Secretary of State
Pat Fabritz
Apache County
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