Scottsdale votes on final middle school reorganization plan
Scottsdale school board receives 63 page report from the elementary school reorganization committee. The panel outlined revisions in recommendations organization and curriculum implementation economics and community involvement and urged public information meetings and parent surveys to pilot a seventh and eighth grade consolidation in one area next school year.
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Scottsdale
Tom Qualle
Qualle
Chaparral
Senate backs compromise to block tax increase
President Ford shown support as the Senate approves a compromise bill to prevent a January 1 tax rise. The plan ties future spending cuts to the extended tax reduction while avoiding a binding dollar ceiling, drawing mixed reactions in the House and White House cautious optimism.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
Brock Adams
House Budget Committee
William V. Roth
White House
Hatton retrial denied in murder case
Superior Court Judge Charles L. Hardy denied a defense motion for a new trial for convicted killer John Richard Hatton. Hatton faces potential death by gas chamber for the 1974 killings of Jeffrey Schlosser and Kelly Kardell, both 12, in Tempe. Sentencing reset for 9 a.m. January 14 in Division 9.
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John Richard Hatton
Superior Court
Charles L. Hardy
Hardy
Hatton
Jeffrey Schlosser
Kelly Kardell
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Memorial plans satellite ambulatory centers approved
The Maricopa County Health Planning Council approved Scottsdale Memorial Hospital's proposal to build satellite ambulatory care centers in North Scottsdale Fountain Hills and Pinnacle Paradise. A certificate of need from the State Department of Health Services is sought to permit construction. The North Scottsdale site is planned for future hospital expansion and funding includes a $500,000 donation in memory of Kenneth M. Piper.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Scottsdale
Fountain Hills
Pinnacle Paradise
Maricopa County
State Department of Health Services
Scottsdale Memorial
Health Planning Council
North Scottsdale Center
Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Kaiser Aetna
Shea and
Pima Road
Scottsdale Center
Pima
Shea
North Scottsdale
Kenneth M. Piper
Motorola
Piper
Scottsdale merchants seek dismissal of city sign amortization
The Scottsdale Associated Merchants ask Maricopa County Superior Court for summary judgment to declare the amortization ordinance invalid. SAM argues state law limits removal of nonconforming signs without compensation and that enforcement would violate existing rights. The case follows a 1974 ordinance with a 1973 charter amendment offering Sign removal timelines, currently not enforced pending litigation.
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Scottsdale
Maricopa County
Guy Gelbron
Scottsdale Associated Merchants
SAM
Gelbron
Richard Filler
Six seek 3 seats N. Scottsdale council race
North Scottsdale beauty salon owner Carl J. Walfert, 46, file petitions to run for a City Council seat, becoming the fourth candidate. Incumbents Campana and Smith seek new terms. Mayor Jenkins faces challenger Jay Gaskins, with other independents Black Schubert Carvalho in the field.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce
Fenner
Ford vetoes HEW and labor bill in $45 billion action
President Ford vetoed a $45 billion appropriation for Labor and Health, Education and Welfare citing higher federal spending. House delays override until Jan 27. Also reported United Airlines strikes and talks on wages and a Paris led, multi nation negotiation on energy and development. Inflation rose seven tenths of one percent driven by higher service costs.
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Ford
Washington
Department of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House
Story
Stevens Sworn In to Supreme Court Seat
John Paul Stevens took the judicial oath to fill the seat of William O. Douglas in a ceremony with President Ford at the counsel table and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administering the oath. The commitment was to treat rich and poor alike as he joined the court.
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Washington
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Ford
High Court
Warren E. Burger
Mozambique says troops crush two day uprising
In Johannesburg, the Marxist government of Mozambique announced that its forces defeated a two day uprising by about 400 dissident soldiers and police. The weather outlook shows increasing cloudiness with temperatures near 70 by day and lows in the 40s tonight.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Mozambique
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Pima School
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Billy
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Maine
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Arizona
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Massachusetts
Rhodes
Canton House
Tempe
James Edgar
Edgar
Lindall Scott
Scott
George Mount
N. Scottsdale
Wulfert
Arizona Interscholastic Association
Jean Black
Associated Press
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Paris
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