Mountain Bell weighs installation fee hike in Arizona
Mountain Bell spokesman says the company hopes to raise installation charges toward the $60 national average over the next few years while keeping current coin call rates. He notes 90 percent of directory assistance calls go to numbers in the public directory and mentions possible future charges. The firm has a pending rate-increase request before the State Corporation Commission.
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Phoenix
UPI
Mountain Bell
Jim Warner
Warner
Mountain
State Corporation Commission
Arizona
Boy cancer survivor helps steer USS Ticonderoga to Apollo 17 pickup
Kevin Steen a 12 year old Carefree boy who has had nine operations for cancer steered part of the USS Ticonderoga toward the Apollo 17 crew pickup. Lt Jules Folgate praised his course changes and Kevin donated a legendary mission bell replica to Cmdr Ray E Crater.
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Uss Ticonderoga
UPS
Kevin Steen
Kevin
Carefree
Navy
Carrier
Cmdr
Ray E. Crater
Los Angeles
County moves to lease purchase Honeywell 6000 computer
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approves lease purchase of a Honeywell 6000 to handle voter registration, with ongoing payments for the existing Honeywell 437 and maintenance for the new system. Larry Endres notes support for a larger system and slim costs vs IBM. Also, Fred B. Esseman elected secretary of National Park Service Western Region Advisory Committee.
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Phoenix
UPI
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
J. Robert Stark
IBM
Honeywell
Larry Endres
Fred B. Esseman
Scottsdale
National Park Service
Western Region
San Francisco
Scottsdale Chess Club to Host Friday Open Competitions
The Chess Club of Scottsdale will run open Friday events at 7 p.m. in the South Eldorado Park Control Building at 1909 Miller Rd. Club president Bill Lockwood said participation is open to anyone and players should bring their own sets. The club formed in October and aims to join the United States Chess Federation for rated status.
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Chess Club of
Scottsdale
Eldorado Park
Miller Rd
Bill Lockwood
Lockwood
United States Chess Federation
Veneman to Leave HEW for California Ambitions
John G. Veneman plans to resign as undersecretary at Health Education and Welfare and return to California to pursue a possible run for lieutenant governor. Frank C. Carlucci would replace him, reporting to Caspar W. Weinberger, with Fred Malick expected to succeed Carlucci. Anne Armstrong would become the highest ranking woman in the federal government in 12 years.
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Washington
UPI
John G. Veneman
Department of Health Education and Welfare
California
Frank C. Carlucci
Office of Management and Budget
Veneman
Carlucci
Caspar W. Weinburger
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
HEW
Fred Malick
White House
Carlucci Veneman
Robert H. Finch
Finch
Anne Armstrong
Texas
No-Fault Insurance Plans Move to Legislative Committee
A special legislative committee agreed to introduce three no fault insurance drafts when the session opens next month. One is a House bill from last session, another a constitutional amendment to limit damage suits for state accidents, and a proposed uniform state laws play. A spokesman urged including cyclists, warning it could raise their premiums.
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Phoenix
UPI
Commission On Uniform
Kaibab Hopi Ingleside Faculty win girls volleyball 2 1
The Ingleside faculty defeated the Kaibab-Hopi Ingleside eighth grade girls team two games to one in the opening event of the annual contest at Ingleside School. Standouts were Gwen Allen Lenore Kimball Nancy Savoy Vincent Laybe and Harold Pruitt.
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Ingleside School
Gwen Allen
Lenore Kimball
Nancy Savoy
Vincent Laybe
Harold Pruitt
Ginni Liepprandt
Ingleside
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Crater
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Cece Robinson
Susan Maher
Beth Steele
Ballet West
Saguaro
Phoenix Public Library
Constance Burrus
Abraman
Dicken
Scottsdale Theater
Penny Steiner
Hopi
Kalbab
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