SRP proposes 24.9 percent rate hike to cover losses
Salt River Project recommends a 24.9 percent overall rate increase to its board, citing erosion of earnings and debt service pressures. The higher plan would raise annual revenues to about 45.3 million and affect residential, commercial, large industrial, and agricultural pumping customers differently.
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Salt River Project Management
SRP
A.J
Jack” Pfister
Pfister
Robert F. Amos
Amos
Rabin Set to Resign as Elections Loom in Israel
Jerusalem reports say Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will resign late today or Tuesday to trigger spring elections after purging the National Religious party from his coalition. The move ends his Knesset majority and raises the likelihood of a confidence vote this week.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Labor Party
Toa E
Gannett Plans Merger With Speidel Newspapers in 173 Million Deal
Gannett Co Inc and Speidel Newspapers Inc reach agreement in principle for a merger valued at 173 million dollars. The deal calls for an exchange of eight-tenths of a Gannett share for each Speidel share, and has been approved by directors of both companies.
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Rochester
N.Y
Gannett Co., Inc
Speidel Newspapers, Inc
Gannett
Speidel
Egyptian Syria discuss peace talks and Geneva role
Anwar Sadat and Hafez Assad report progress in peace negotiations with Israel. They seek methods to pressure Palestinians into joining an Arab delegation for a Geneva conference with Israel.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Hafez Assad
Syria
Israel
Sadat
Assad
Geneva
Brezhnev Honored With Multiple Awards On Birthday
Soviet party chief Leonid Brezhnev turned 70 as leaders from the Soviet bloc attended a Kremlin ceremony and luncheon. He received his sixth Order of Lenin and a second Hero of the Soviet Union along with a sword for services in strengthening the defense capacity of the country.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Lenin
Soviet Union
Carter Eyes Cabinet Aides On Air Next Year
President elect Carter seeks TV slots for Blumenthal and Vance to report to Congress and the nation on their stewardship. He wants other cabinet members to follow in future broadcasts as part of the new administration’s outreach.
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Washington
Carter
Mike Blumenthal
Cyrus Vance
Congress
Nation
Carter names Kreps first woman Cabinet member and others
President elect Carter announced Juanita Kreps as secretary of commerce and Griffin Bell as attorney general. Rep. Bergland remains slated for agriculture. He vows broad recruitment of women and minorities for sub Cabinet posts to build a diverse top team.
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Carter
Kreps
Duke University
Griffin Bell
Atlanta
Bell
Charles Kirbo
Robert Bergland
Bergland
Walter F. Mondale
Ingleside Proposed as Middle School Site in Scottsdale
A district middle school survey shows Ingleside as the preferred site for the new facility to serve seventh and eighth graders if approved. Results indicate strong Ingleside support and Hopi and Tavan opposition, with a board vote planned for January 18 after a January 4 discussion.
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Scottsdale
Tom Smith
Kachina
Kaibab
Ingleside
Hopi
Tavan
Snowman contest brings snow to Paiute Park in Scottsdale
Scottsdale Parks and Recreation hauled a dump truck load of snow to Paiute Park on Sunday for a snowman building contest. Eight year old Scott Beat and eleven year old Carrie Beat added finishing touches to their snow creation built with snow obtained from two ice skating rinks.
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Scottsdale
Paiute Park
Scott
Carrie
Parks and Recreation
Tce
Pair killed in one car crash in Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley reports two Scottsdale residents died in a single car wreck early Sunday when a 1971 Bronco driven by Theodore Russell lost control after allegedly running a stop sign on Mockingbird Lane at Invergordon Road. The vehicle overturned killing Russell and Mary Ann Allison, with no witnesses and investigators citing excessive speed as a possible cause.
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Paradise Valley
Scottsdale
Theodore Russell
E. Camelback Rd
Mary Ann Allison
Camelback Rd
Don Nystrom
Nystrom
Metro
Kord
Russell
Allison
Mockingbird Lane
Invergordon Road
Invergordon
Macumbers ex wife may testify in murder case
Carol Macumber, now living in Colorado and divorced from William Wayne Macumber, may testify today that he confessed to killing Timothy J. McKillop and Joyce Anne Sterrenberg in May 1962 near Scottsdale. Prosecutors say her testimony could link the defendant to the double murder as his trial resumes in Maricopa County Superior Court.
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William Wayne Macumber
Scottsdale
Larry Turoff
Carol Macumber
Colorado
Maricopa County
Timothy J. McKillop
Joyce Anne Sterrenberg
Here
Macumber
Macumbers
State Supreme Court
Scottsdale weighs flood aid for 68th Lafayette homes
City engineers propose lowering an alley along the Arizona Canal between 64th and 68th Streets to improve flood drainage. About 75 percent of homes could be protected from 50 to 70 CFS flows and 60 percent from 100 to 150 CFS. The plan awaits study session discussion with no vote and includes a $10,000 bond-funded project.
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Arizona Canal
64Th
68Th
68Th Streets
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Scottsdale
Lar Erie
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