Scottsdale eyes multipurpose sports complex
City council favors building a 30 acre complex at Indian School and Hayden Roads funded by bonds paid from a hotel room tax. Only Jeffery Schubert objected to the plan and Herbert Drinkwater opposed bond financing. Staff to present site options and costs within a month.
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Jeffery Schubert
Herbert Drinkwater
William C. Jenkins
Franklin D. Aleshire
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Scottsdale Stadium
Scottsdale Charros
John Holmes
Indian School
Hayden Roads
Schubert
Hayden
Indian Bend
Carter picks 2 for Cabinet
President elect Jimmy Carter announced nominations for W Michael Blumenthal Bendix Corp chair to be secretary of treasury and Rep Brock Adams to be secretary of transportation. He aims to finalize his Cabinet by Christmas and indicated a former IBM executive would be the first woman commerce secretary.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
W. Michael Blumenthal
The
Bendix Corp
Treasury
Rep
Brock Adams
Transportation
IBM
Carter
Blumenthal
Adams
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Curtis
Frank Moore
Congress
New York
Abe Beame
Senate
Commerce Committee
House
IBM Corp
Scottsdale room tax debate on stadium complex funding
City officials discuss financing a stadium complex via a hotel room tax or general revenues. Supporters cite local sports use and future land banking at Scottsdale Stadium. opponents warn against hotel tax and prefer other funds. The chamber notes mixed views on policy change.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
John Marks
Marks
Chamber
Schubert
Ford approves pay plan for top officials and Congress
President Ford signaled to congressional leaders he will back a pay rise for high ranking federal officials and members of Congress. He met separately with Democratic and Republican leaders to discuss the raise and tighter ethical standards for all three government branches.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Five die from freezing during Detroit cold spell
Police report five fatalities from extreme cold in Detroit over five days. One man was found bound and gagged, wearing only a tee shirt, and died from freezing. his identity was withheld.
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Detroit
Mayors Present Carter With Jobs Plan To Revitalize Cities
A coalition led by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities laid before President Carter a $12.3 billion federal spending plan aimed at creating over a million jobs. The group urged legislation to revitalize urban areas nationwide.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
U.S. Conference of Mayors
National League of Cities
Carter
IRA Attacks Hit Belfast and Surrounding Areas
The Irish Republican Army bombed four Belfast buildings and damaged four shops near Londonderry, blocking roads with about 40 hijacked vehicles. Police say Roy Young a 23 year old Protestant paralyzed by polio was shot in the Belfast brush factory incident.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Roy Young
Oil Ministers Meet as They Weigh Price Rise
Sea air and land security surrounded Doha as 13 major oil exporters gathered to discuss a possible oil price increase of 8 to 15 percent. Weather brief notes slight cloudiness, mostly sunny, highs in low 70s, lows near 40s.
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Doha
Qatar
State to push weekly refuse charges and court jurisdiction issues
Arizona officials discuss a weekly refuse pickup plan for Scottsdale while weighing a court ruling on non Indians and Indian lands. The article covers legal questions on jurisdiction, a fleeing felon charge, and a city study proposing one weekly pickup with private contracting to cut costs.
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Scottsdale
Salt River
Arizona Supreme Court
Jack LaSota
LaSota
Carroll J. Sampson
Douglas Kimberlin
Arizona
High Court
Bruce Babbitt
Ronald Reinstein
Reinstein
U.S. Supreme Court
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Ilinois
Franklin D. Aleshire
Aleshire
Richard Brown
Brown
Scottsdale Phoenix eye Bell Pima route for east west traffic
Scottsdale and Phoenix study four routes Bell Greenway Cactus Roads and Shea Boulevard to link an east side loop to the Black Canyon Freeway. They favor using Bell to connect to Pima Road with Pima linking to Shea and the Beeline Highway, while Pima could tie to the Superstition Freeway.
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Scottsdale
Phoenix
Scottale
Bell
Greenway
Cactus
Shea Boulevard
Black Canyon
Timothy Bray
Bray
Pima Road
Pima
Shea
Beeline
Tempe
Indian Bend Wash
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Bob Harris
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Don Weisner
Becky Johnson
Robert Farthing
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Janine Ingham
Linda Williams
Elizabeth Miller
Brian Stegall
Dan Smith
Danny-Shea
Drinkwater
Charlie Smith
Heinz Hink
Billie Gentry
Jenkins
Smith
Gentry
Hink
Land Bank
Osborn Road
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Associated Press
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