Economic downshift persists as trade deficit widens
January marks sixth straight monthly decline in the key index while the Commerce Department reports a $210.5 million rise in the U.S. trade deficit. Labor data show unemployment insurance claims exceed 5 million in early February with a rate of 7.6 percent for covered workers. Sears and J. C. Penney cut clothing prices amid looming price drops.
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United Press International
U.S
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Sears
J.C. Penney
Rockefeller rules himself out of future presidential bids
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller states he has no plans for 1980 or any future run. He says he is not a competitive factor with rising stars and resents the constantfocus on his politics.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Maricopa County Records 9.6 Percent Jobless in January
Unemployment in Maricopa County hits a record 9.6 percent in January per the Department of Economic Security, with Phoenix area rates highest since 1947. Statewide jobless is 8.6 percent, up from December and January 1974 figures. Claims jumped from 5,341 in December to 26,712, and total benefits exceed $6 million.
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Phoenix
UPI
Maricopa County
Department of Economic Security
Scott Urges Conservatives to Cool It on VP Sniping
Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott urged a cooling of the atmosphere after clashes with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller over the filibuster rule. Mansfield supported efforts to reach a compromise, while Rockefeller apologized to Sen. James B. Allen and pledged to conform to Senate custom.
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Scott
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Rockefeller
Allen
Senate
Scottsdale East expects new manager by mid March
Stewart Chandler temporary manager of the 350 unit Hayden Road complex said the board narrowed the choices to two firms for permanent management with a decision in March. The board seeks repairs funding and hopes FHA may provide a $100,000 loan after on site inspections. The board filed a $250,000 breach of contract suit against AMS which previously managed the complex.
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Consolidated Cooperatives
Scottsdale East
Stewart Chandler
Hayden Road
Wee
Chandler
Roosevelt Street
Cooperative
Associated Management, Services, Inc
AMS
Larry Lazarus
Federal Housing Administration
City of
Scottsdale
FHA
7 11 Clerk Robbery Shocks Local Market
Police report two white men about 21 years old robbed a 7 11 clerk at 1615 N Granite Reef Rd early Wednesday. Darrell Cecil said one attacker struck him, another opened the registers and stole about $50 while no other customers were present.
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Darrell Cecil
Granite Reef Road
Cecil
Man jailed on bad checks dies after heart attack in custody
George Cyrus Royal 52 died at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after collapsing in the city jail while awaiting sentencing for writing checks on a closed account. Police said Royal, who had claimed heart disease, was taken off medication by jail staff prior to his collapse. He had pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor check.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
George Cyrus Royal
Tony LeGault
Royal
Safari Hotel
Scottsdale Rd
LeGault
Safari
David Baxter
Roy Finch
Darrell Dean Smith
Smith
Finch
Obituary for Linda A Roemeling in Tempe
Linda Anne Roemeling age 26 died after an automobile crash. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Green Acres Chapel with an 8:30 p.m. rosary. Mass is 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Tempe. Interment Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband Bill Kreyer mother Bernadett Kreyer sister Mary Davis. She lived in Tempe and worked as a computer operator at Scottsdale Orthopedic Center. She attended Tempe High, Arizona State University and Mesa Community College.
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Linda Anne Roemeling
Green Acres Chapel
Hayden Rd
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
S. Rural Rd
Tempe
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Roemeling
Manhattan
Scottsdale Memorial
Bill
Bernadett Kreyer
Mary Davis
Blanche Brown Rites Held After Death in Good Samaritan Hospital
Blanche Brown 68 a member of the Order of Eastern Star died Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital. She lived at 3507 Paiute Way and came from Pawnee Oklahoma to the area five years ago from Colorado Springs Colorado. Survivors include husband Walter T sons Walter L Tempe Joe Brown Colorado and Martin L Ridgeway Emporia Kansas with brothers living out of state and 11 grandchildren. Services and burial will be in Colorado Springs. Arrangements were by Gibbons Bunker Tempe Mortuary.
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Blanche Brown
Order of Eastern Star
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mrs. Brown
Pawnee
Okla
Colorado Springs
Colo
Walter T. Sons
Walter’ L
Tempe
Joe Brown
Colorado
Martin L.” Ridgeway
Emporia
Kans
Springs
Gibbons Bunker Tempe Mortuary
Reprimand issued to camp director for Christmas alcohol sip
Alpine Conservation Center superintendent John Green received a letter of reprimand after giving youths at the camp a sip of alcoholic beverage on Christmas Day. Corrections director John Moran called the act wrong and inappropriate but noted it as Green’s only blemish in seven years.
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Phoenix
Alpine Conservation Center
John Moran
John Green
Moran
Green
Department
Woman testifies of beatings before husband’s Prescott death
Cynthia Denny testified she endured two to three beatings a month and near daily arguments during nine months of marriage to Gary Denny. She described escalating violence before he was fatally shot at their Prescott mobile home on September 28.
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Flagstaff
Cynthia Denny
Robbery Suspects Sought in $60,000 Scottsdale Home Theft
Investigators pursue suspects after a Tuesday night $60,000 robbery of Jane Wilcoxson in her Scottsdale home. She was bound, gagged with tissue, and forced to reveal a safe combination before the intruders fled with jewelry coins and cash. Her car was later found near Sun King Apartments.
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Scottsdale
Jane Wilcoxson
Scottsdale Hilton
Scottsdale Rd
Davids urges Arizona crime fight statewide action urged
State House Democrats call for a statewide effort as crime trends alarm Craig Davids D Coolidge. He backs a statewide grand jury tighter conspiracy laws and witness immunity to curb crime and seeks repeal of the blind trust law to aid organized crime fighting.
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Arizona
House
Craig Davids
D-Coolidge
Davids
Phoenix woman injured in Indian School Road crash
Carolyn Martha Stern, 29, was in satisfactory condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after a collision with James Thomas Haynes, 37, on Indian School Road. Haynes had been parked on the south curb facing east and turned across the road to head west.
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Phoenix
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Carolyn Martha Stern
Indian School Road
James Thomas Haynes
Haynes
SRP to free lake water release from Saguaro Lake near Salt River
SRP to release about 700 cfs from Stewart Mountain Dam into the Salt River starting 8 a.m. to reach the confluence by 4 p.m. Bartlett Lake releases on the Verde will drop from 1290 cfs to 590 cfs as the Verde flow declines. Citizens advised to stay clear of river channels and roadway sides during the change.
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Salt River
Saguaro Lake
Bartlett Lake
Verde River
Bud Lestikow
Water Transmission and Commission
Stewart Mountain
Verde
Salt
SRP
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Prescott
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