Scottsdale bus service debate prompts rider input and options
The council hears resident proposals to adjust Route 18 and Route 3 hours and add dial a ride to cut buses, with seniors and the blind group urging access. Citizens push for lower fares, broader service, and voluntary funding while officials weigh possible actions.
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Campana
Charles Heinecke
Highland Ave
Billie Gentry
Hink
Charles Smith
Paul
He Messinger
Robert Gilbert
Willetta
Scottsdale
Concorde Landings Okayed at Dulles and Kennedy
Transportation Secretary Coleman opens two U S airports to limited Concorde flights for a 16 month trial beginning March 4. British Airways and Air France will operate the supersonic service into Dulles International Airport near Washington and Kennedy International Airport in New York.
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Washington
U.S
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
Coleman
British Airways
Air France
Dulles International
Washington, D.C
Kennedy International
New York
Paradise Valley selects seven council winners in primary
Five incumbents win re election and two newcomers earn first terms in Paradise Valley town council races. Mayor Barbara von Ammon and six council members top the vote with majorities, avoiding a March 29 runoff. Swearing in set for April 8. council to choose mayor that day. Weather notes forecast rain and cool temps with 80 percent rain chance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Valley
Barbara von Ammon
J. Duncan Brock
L. Barry Palmer
Jeffrey R. Timbanard
Peter S. Wainwright
Jon B. Bonnell
Planning and Zoning Commission
John V. Long
Town Homeowners Association
21st All Arabian show to open at Paradise Park
The 21st annual All Arabian Horse Show opens Thursday at Paradise Park on Pima Road south of Shea Boulevard with 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily competition through Sunday. A record 830 entries compete in 107 classes awarding up to 12500 dollars. proceeds benefit the Scottsdale Boys Club and the Foundation for the Handicapped, with bands from local high schools providing entertainment.
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Tim Koors
Paradise Park
Pima Road
Shea Boulevard
Luis Merlino
Merlino
Angel
Paradise Valley High School
Saguaro High School
Chaparral High School
Arabian Horse Association of Arizona
Scottsdale Charros
Scottsdale Boys Club
Scottsdale Foundation For the Handicapped
Boys Club
Universal Gym
Jackrabbit Road
Joe Previte
The
Foundation For the Handicapped
Scottsdale approves paddling with strict guidelines
Scottsdale School Board voted 4 to 1 to retain corporal punishment in the district with new limits. The policy lets only designated principals or teachers administer paddling with a witness, bans mass punishments, requires light paddling to the buttocks, and mandates a written incident report sent to the superintendent and, if requested, to parents.
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Scottsdale
Randall
William Randall
Usdane
Sam Childs
Jury takes Hearst bank robbery case trial
A 12 member jury including five men and seven women was chosen to decide if Patricia Hearst joined the Symbionese Liberation Army in the Hibernia Bank robbery on April 15, 1974 or remained a kidnapping victim. The case hinges on whether she willingly aided the crime or acted under duress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hibernia
Senate Bans Strip Mining in Death Valley Area
The Senate approved a bill 70 to 16 to ban strip and open pit mining in Death Valley National Monument and shield five other National Park System units. A four year moratorium would apply, and the measure moves to the House where similar legislation exists.
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Washington
Senate
Death Valley National Monument
California
National Park System
House
Death Valley
Senate confirms W. J. Usery Jr as labor secretary
The Senate overwhelmingly approved federal labor mediator W J Usery Jr 52 to be President Ford's third secretary of labor. He headed the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and was nominated to succeed John T Dunlop.
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Senate
Usery
Washington
W.J. Usery Jr
Ford
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
John T. Dunlop
Guatemala City Shaken by Massive Central American Quake
A massive earthquake struck Guatemala City and swept through neighboring Central American nations and Mexico. Early reports estimate up to 500 dead in Guatemala City as rescue workers from Red Cross and fire departments pull survivors from collapsed buildings amid rubble and smoke.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Mexico
Red Cross
Fire Department
Nevada Test Site blasts shake Yucca Flat region
Mercury Nevada reported two nuclear devices detonated within twenty minutes at the Nevada Test Site. Earth tremors disrupted equipment at the Energy Research and Development Administration control station near the underground explosions in Yucca Flat.
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Mercury
Nev
Nevada Desert
Nevada Test
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Yucca Flat
Paradise Valley moves to delete resort hotel clause from zoning rules
Planning and zoning commission votes 4 to 3 to amend the town zoning ordinance by removing the resort hotel special use permit. A committee will study creating a new category for future transient guest facilities while some prefer a moratorium until research concludes.
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Paradise Valley
Planning and Zoning Commission
Jon Bonnell
Geri Mellinger
William Fulton
William Simon
Henry Gutherie
John Kennan
Dave Sanders
Bonnell
Sanders
Kennan
Scottsdale board to review Coldwell Banker shopping center plan
Scottsdale Development Review Board will assess Coldwell Banker 13 acre shopping center at Miller and Camelback Roads this week. Plans include Alpha Beta store Skages drug Rusty Nail restaurant Angel's Do It Yourself Center and 15 more buildings on about 144000 square feet with 688 parking spaces. Also on agenda are a Denny's at Osborn Scottsdale and a Harry music store at Saddleback Trail.
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Coldwell Banker
Miller and
Camelback Roads
Scottsdale
City Hall
Alpha Beta
Skages Drug
Rusty Nail
Angel’s
Janis Blumenthals
Denny's
Scottsdale Rd
Osborn and
Scottsdale Roads
Harry Music
Harold Winkler
Saddleback Trail
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Council
Ralph Murray
E. Harvard
Associated Press
von Ammon
Longee
Wainwight
Timbanard
Brock
Palmer
George T. Adams
Robert P. LeMarr
Richard R. Mybeck
Wei
Les Naumann
Oscar Butt
Butt
Aswad Rozaarrihan
Thornwood Acres
Jane Sibbie
Previte
International Arabian Horse Association
American Horse Shows Association
Norman White
White
Donald Swanson
Swanson
Aaron Rosen
Rosen
Paul Streich
Robert Uldane
Hearst Hearing
Death Valley Mining
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