Arcadia High faces book removal dispute over Harrad Experiment
ACLU awaiting local decision on removing a book from Arcadia High School’s paperback literature list as 16 titles under review. A protest by Arcadia English chair George Cowie prompts a review committee of three teachers in January with final district appeal to Superintendent William Randall and the Scottsdale School Board.
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The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Arcadia
Stephen Lee
Arizona State University
Robert Rimmer
George Cowie
William Randall
Scottsdale
Scottsdale to study site for proposed multipurpose stadium
Schoneberger Associates chosen to perform a site feasibility study for Scotts dale’s proposed sports complex at three possible sites Paradise Park Indian Bend and Scottsdale Roads and Continental Homes land. Study due end of January cost 6600 with focus on flood control land use lighting and stadium elevation. Public vote may determine financing via general revenue bonds and hotel motel tax.
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Schoneberger Associates, Inc
Scottsdale
William C. Jenkins
John Holmes
Paradise Park
McCormick Ranch
Pima Road
Shea Boulevard
Indian Bend
Continental Homes
Indian School Road
Indian Bend Wash
Chicago Cubs
Charlie Smith
Indian School Road Wash
Smith
Dh Holmes
Wash
Billie Gentry
Hink
Campana
Holmes
Ninth juror empaneled in Adamson wine trial in Phoenix
The ninth juror was chosen for the John Harvey Adamson car bomb case that killed Don Bolles in Phoenix on June 2. A telephone technician was the third male picked. 28 more jurors remain to be selected with 12 jurors and five alternates to be drawn from that panel.
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John Harvey Adamson
Arizona Republic
Don Bolles
Phoenix
Robbery suspect dies after police shooting in Arizona
In Winslow Samuel James Long age 20 from Mesa died at Winslow Memorial Hospital from injuries after police shot the tire of his speeding car causing it to overturn. He allegedly robbed the Timberline Motel in Flagstaff about 8 p.m. Tuesday taking $154. In Tucson a man named Dorian K. Bryan 28 faced federal firearms charges in U S District Court over explosives seizures at his home last October prompting evacuations and a neighborhood lockdown.
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Winslow
Winslow Memorial Hospital
Samuel James Long
Mesa
Long
Timberline
Flagstaff
Tucson
U.S
Dorian K. Bryan
Bryan
City schedules hearings on federal CDBG program
The Scottsdale City Council approved three public hearings on the proposed third-year federal community development block grant program. Hearings run 7 to 8 30 p m in the Scottsdale Center for the Arts cinema on Tuesday and January 25 with a final public session on February 8 when council members vote on projects.
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Scottsdale Center For ‘the Arts
Obituary Carl W Waldron M D D S
Dr. Carl William Waldron 89 died Monday at Scottsdale Nursing Center. Born in Waubasagne Ontario he graduated from the University of Toronto and founded the Journal of Oral Surgery. Survived by three sons Charles A Robert D and John F eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral and interment in Minneapolis Minnesota. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
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Carl William Waldron
D.D.S
Scottsdale Nursing Center
Dr. Waldron
E. Plaza Ave
Waubasagne
Ontario
Canada
University of Toronto
Journal of
Oral Surgery
The
Maxillo Facial Society
Althea R. Wilcox Dies. longtime Valley office manager
Althea R. Wilcox 59 of Phoenix died Monday at her home 4835 E Sheridan St. She came to the Valley 24 years ago from Moline Illinois and worked 12 years with Manpower Office Services. She was president of Executives Secretaries Inc. Survivors include husband Dale mother Edna Reiling and a sister. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Arcadia Funeral Home 4800 E Indian School Rd.
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Althea R. Wilcox
Fempe
E. ‘Sheridan
St., Phoenix
Executives Secretaries, Inc
Wilcox
Dale
Edna’ Reiling
Arcadia Funeral Home
Indian School Rd
Walker Leo Viola dies at 81 in Scottsdale nursing home
Leo Viola Walker, 81, a native of Texas, died Tuesday at the Golden Age Nursing Home. She resided in Scottsdale two years after moving from Houston where she was past president and a 50 year member of the Pithian Sisters Temple. Survived by son Edwin Jr of Scottsdale and two brothers and two sisters out of state. Services and interment in Houston. Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary and Chapel.
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Leo Viola
Walker
Texas
Golden Age
N. Bist Street
Scottsdale
Houston
Pithian Sisters Temple
Edwin Jr
Messinger Mortuary
Dial-a-ride plan presentation delayed in Scottsdale
Scottsdale city officials push back the dial-a-ride proposal to February with plans for a two year demonstration grant from the Urban Mass Transit Administration. Long range planners say the project would begin this summer as they seek a demand responsive transit system.
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Scottsdale
Mark Schlappi
Schlappi
Planning Commission
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Scottsdale traffic signal synchronization study planned
A feasibility study on a 60 intersection signal synchronization system for Scotts dale is to be presented to the city council early this year. Raymond Williamson says the plan will outline methods and a recommended approach with a projected 90 thousand dollar cost. The study area includes signals south of Jackrabbit Road and west of Pima Road, and the project began in July with a San Francisco firm leading the effort. The report aims to improve traffic flow, reduce rear end collisions, ease congestion, and cut delays at major turns, potentially lowering air pollution.
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Scottsdale
Raymond Williamson
Wiginoen Aided ‘Associates
San Francisco
Williamson
Scottedale
Jackrabbit Road
Pima Road
Wiliamson
Ball Park
Phoenix
Jobless Motorola workers receive 4.3 million aid in 1976
Federal trade adjustment benefits totaling 4.3 million dollars were paid in 1976 to 2,873 Motorola employees in the Valley laid off due to import competition. DES says about 135 new applications monthly. 3,327 applied last year with 376 ineligible. Payments began in July averaging 1500 per person plus training and counseling.
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Motorola
State Department of Economic Security
Donald Becker
DES
Becker
U.S. Labor Department
East
Phoenix
Mesa
Planners delay action on Paradise Valley rezoning proposal
The town planning and zoning commission continued a request to rezone five acres for higher density housing. The 6-1 vote favored eight lots averaging about half an acre as they seek public input and a preliminary subdivision plan. The applicant Weldon Minchew noted changes but discussed cul de sacs vs a curved connection.
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Paradise Valley
Town-Planning and Zoning Commission
oOer Henry Gutherie
Vista Drive
Scottsdale Road
70Th Place
71St Street
Weldon Minchew
Scottsdale
City Water Shutoff Planned in Northeast Scottsdale
City to cut water service for up to five hours Thursday in a Northeast Scottsdale block bounded by Hayden Road Stn Street Desert Cove Avenue and Cholla Road. Crews will inspect and clean lines as part of routine sewer and water maintenance and residents will receive written notices.
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Scottsdale
Hayden Road
Stn Street
Desert
Cove Avenue
Cholla Road
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Maricopa
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Cavendish Bridge Club
Indian School
Suite
3Rd Ave
Minchew
Roy Jacobsen
ED Moses
Cordobas & Volares
Harry Scott
Carefree Leasing, Inc
N. Scottsdale Rd
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Gendale Srdeyenden Ortists Guild
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