Enrollment Down as 1975 Highlights School District
School Supt William Randall cites rising involvement and shrinking enrollment as pivotal. Enrollment fell from over 29 000 to about 27 200 since 1970 with first graders numbering about half of eighth graders. Proposals include closing some elementary schools or adopting a middle school system to group seventh and eighth graders.
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William Randall
Randall
Loloma
Tucson
Kinterpartia
Western Weeks Shoot-outs Begin at Parada del Sol Rodeo
The Scottsdale Jaycees present the annual Western Weeks Shoot-outs on Main Street at Scottsdale Road from noon to 1 30 p m. The event includes shoot-outs with song and dance by Lazy J's Jaycees and auxiliary and runs every Saturday in January with celebrity guests joining future sessions.
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Main Street
Scottsdale
City council vows no tax rise in next budget cycle
Five of seven Scottsdale council members place budget restraint as top priority for 1976-77, seeking no new taxes or service charges. They aim to hold staffing levels, with no hires without council consent, while examining positions for necessity and efficiency.
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Herb Drinkwater
Heinz Hink
Richard Vo
Cannes
Charles Smith
Smith
Scottsdale
Empire Building
Franklin D. Aleshire
Paul Messinger
Billie Gentry
Frank
Aleshire
Ford spokesman deflects on training foreigners for Angola
White House press secretary Ron Nessen would not confirm or deny U S training of foreigners for Angola and declined to discuss Ft Benning usage. Rockwell International reports $570 000 paid to foreign officials to win overseas contracts and is reviewing $98000 scheduled payments to officials in two countries for legitimacy.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Angola
White House
Ron Nessen
Ft. Benning
Rockwell International Corp
Nixon Eisenhowers Leave Peking for Southern China Visit
The Hsinhua news agency reports David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower left Peking for a visit to southern China today. They are accompanied by Huang Chen, chief of the Chinese liaison office in the United States, according to broadcasts monitored in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
David and
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Peking
China
FTC probes retirement ads in industrywide review
The FTC announced an industrywide probe into advertising and marketing of individual retirement accounts and annuities to assess compliance with federal law. The agency has not yet ruled on potential violations.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Fire loss declines noted by Rural Metro in 1975
RMFD reports a 57 percent drop in losses for January to November 1975 versus 1974 while Phoenix shows a 20 percent rise in fire incidents. Witzeman cautions that December could alter totals and stresses the year end remains uncertain. No major fires were reported during New Year’s holiday.
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Phoenix
Metro Fire Department
RMFD
Louis Witzeman
Witzeman
Scottsdale
Scottsdale girl wins grand champion gelding at AQHA event
Eleanor Dicke, 13, of Cocopah School, wins grand champion gelding with Busybody at the Arizona National Livestock Show portion of the American Quarter Horse Association competition. The three year old gelding had earned prior reserve titles and will appear in Parade of Champions and Youth classes.
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Cocopah School
Eleanor Dicke
N. Sundown Drive
Busybody
Eleanor
Scottsdale to seek spending advice on federal funds
Scottsdale invites civic groups homeowners associations and citizens to help plan the citys use of 1.8 million in federal community development funds for the coming year. Hearings set Jan 19 Feb 23 and March 16 with HUD application to follow.
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Scottsdale
William C. Jenkins
Jenkins
City Hall
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Senior Citizens Center
Scottsdale Road
McKellips Lake
Indian Bend Wash
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Boston
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Christopher
Shane Lewis
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Randy Lewis
Holly
Bob Johnstone
James Blair
Scottsdale Associated Merchants Today
U.S
City Council
Associated Press
Julie
Johannesburg
South Africa
National Union For Total Independence
Scottsdale Girl's Horse
Carolyn Sullivan
Arizona
Carolyn
Cathy
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