Plane theft suspects arrested after border patrol chase
Kent and Brent Meldrum both 21 and Lloyd Peters 22, all from Mesa, were jailed after a light plane reported stolen from Sky Harbor was followed for nearly three hours by a border patrol pilot before arrests. The theft occurred Saturday night or Sunday at Anderson Aviation.
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Phoenix
Sky Harbor International
Border Patrol
Kent
Brent Meldrum
Mesa
Lloyd Peters
Anderson Aviation
Rural Fire Protection Faces Hearings on Ambulance Service
The State Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing February 28 on Rural Fire Protection Co. seeking to discontinue ambulance service in Santa Cruz County. Nogales suburban fire district seeks to assume the service April 1 with no gap in coverage.
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Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Rural Fire Protection Co
Santa Cruz County
Frank Bowman
Commission
Nogales
Arizona schools face severe funding squeeze warns official
Phoenix superintendent Carolyn Warner warns that ongoing economic decline threatens education. She says districts risk eroding programs as costs rise and funds lag, forcing districts to spend more just to maintain existing programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Carolyn Warner
Mesa mother of eight sentenced to welfare fraud volunteer work
A Phoenix area court ordered A Lee Lacey to perform 450 hours of volunteer service with the state Department of Economic Security over the next year after she was convicted of signing false statements to obtain welfare. Judge Sandra O Connor suspended a $900 fine.
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Phoenix
Mesa
State Department of Economic Security
Superior Court
Sandra O’connor
A. Lee Lacey
Department
Gas Stations in Arizona Ordered to Refund Overcharges
Federal officials ordered six Arizona service stations to refund 74158 dollars for fuel overcharges after investigations completed in December. Violations were found at Lumley Petroleum in Tucson and other stations in Phoenix and Kingman.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Gary Canatsey
Federal Energy Administration
Tucson
Kingman
Lumley Petroleum
N. Columbus
Salem Shell
Jim Murphy
South Pacific Picture Paradise at Scottsdale Library
The Brown Bag Bunch presents South Pacific Picture Paradise at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Scottsdale Public Library. Produced by Eastman Kodak the film showcases travels through Fiji New Zealand Moorea Bora Bora Tahiti and Hawaii offering a free escape during lunch with a quick return to work.
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Hawaii
South Pacific
Scottsdale Public Library
Paradise
Eastman Kodak
Fiji
New Zealand
Moorea
Bora Bora
Tahiti
Obituary for Lester Hill 76 in Arizona
Services for Lester Hill will be held at 11 a.m. in Messinger Mortuary Chapel at 7601 Indian School Road. Burial follows at Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Hill, of 6015 Vernon Avenue, died Friday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He was a retired Kellogg’s district sales manager.
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Lester Hill
Messinger Mortuary Chapel
Indian School Rd
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Mr. Hill
Vernon Ave
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Kellog
Longtime Lester Hill Sales Company Worker Dies
Lester Hill, who served at the Lester Hill Sales Company for 40 years, born in Edwardsville Illinois, moved to Arizona 16 years ago from La Habre California. He belonged to the Arizona Country Club for 16 years. Survived by wife Margaret and brother Clifton of Tucson.
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Mr. Hill
Edwardsville
Arizona
la Habre
Calif
Arizona Country Club
Rabin Says Egypt Key to Regional Harmony
Israeli Prime Minister Rabin told Televisa that an Egypt led peace would unlock regional harmony. He urged Egypt to end the war with Israel and predicted Arab nations would follow. He also proposed giving control of Jerusalem’s holy sites to the relevant religious authorities.
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U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Israel
Palestine
Rabin
Televisa
Egypt
Jerusalem
Suspension hearing resumes on January date for Pueblo student
A Scottsdale School Board hearing resumes Tuesday to decide if there was justification to suspend fifth grader Eric Fogle at Pueblo. The case centers on a disputed Jan. 10 incident when his mother attempted to film the class.
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Pueblo
Scottsdale
Education Center
N. 44Th St
Eric Fogle
George Fogle
Fogles
Mike Bloom
Fogle
Doris Iacobelli
Playboy
Anti gay marriage bill clears House committee in Arizona
In Phoenix a Judiciary Committee approved a bill banning homosexual marriages without dissent. Rep Donna Carlson sponsored the measure after two Phoenix residents sought a marriage license and ceremony before surrendering the license amid pressure. The bill moves toward a floor vote as supporters expect passage.
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Phoenix
UPI
House
Judiciary Committee
Jonathan Entin
Arizona Civil Liberties Union
Donna Carlson
R-Mesa
Arizona
Belfast gunmen kill Roman Catholic roadsweeper before IRA cease fire
A 19 year old Catholic roadsweeper was shot dead by gunmen in a stolen car in south Belfast, the fourth Catholic killed in 48 hours. The death raises the toll in violence linked to the IRA and British forces to 1,155 since August 1969. The IRA announced an open end cease fire effective 1 pm EST, drawing cautious UK and Irish reaction and questions about its sincerity. Northern Ireland Secretary Merlyn Rees returned to Belfast to assess the situation.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Britain
London
Merlyn Rees
Triplets Follow Twin Girls Born Minutes Apart at Holy Name
In Teaneck New Jersey a family welcomed twins first at Holy Name Hospital at 1:00 and 1:06 PM then a second birth trio followed at 1:21 1:24 and 1:36 PM. The twins belong to Rudolf and Barbara Triviano of Little Ferry and the triplets to James and Mary Jean Scudieri of New Milford.
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Teaneck
N.J
UPI
Holy Name Hospital
Rudolf
Barbara Triviano
Little Ferry
James
Mary Jean Scudieri
New Milford
Njj
Retired Scottsdale Man Loses $961 In Home Burglary
Edgar Robert John reports a burglary at his home in Scottsdale after two weeks in Tucson. Thief gained entry by prying the back door, using a card or knife to pick the lock, and stole two cameras two watches two televisions $120 in coins and other items.
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Scottsdale
Tucson
Edgar Robert John
B. Holley
Lynn Sworn OMB Director as Ford Pitches Energy Plan
James T. Lynn becomes director of the Office of Management and Budget succeeding Roy Ash. He outlines overseeing all spending programs and Ford’s 1976 energy and deficit plans as the White House seeks support for peacetime fiscal policy. Ford plans trips to Texas Kansas and other states to sell the program while Kissinger travels to advance Middle East diplomacy.
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Ashington
UPI
Ford
James T. Lynn
Housing and Urban Development
Office of Management and Budget
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Lynn
Roy L. Ash
Oval Office
White House
Cleveland Law
Commerce Department
Commerce
HUD
Texas
Kansas
M. A. Wright
Exxon
Arkansas
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Minesota
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Colorado
Nebraska
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Gidi
Mitla
Anwar Sadat
Chicago Tribune
Middle East
Kissinger
Hike Raises 11000 for Easter Seal Fund
Phoenix area high school volunteers raised more than 11000 in pledges during a 12 mile hike through the Phoenix Zoo and Papago Park. 433 participants completed the three hour trek benefiting Easter Seal Fund programs in reaction transportation and speech therapy.
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Phoenix Zoo
Papago Park
Valley
Easter Seal Fund
Zoo
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United Press International
United States
Soviet Union
Cairo
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West Bank of
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Hussein
Trans-Jordan
Yitzhak Rabin
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