Trolley system proposed for city
Scottsdale considers a streetcar loop downtown funded by private investment with no fare for riders. Don Stott of Silverton argues three miles of track and new services could be financed by business districts or private lenders, claiming buses fail to attract high income riders.
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Don Stott
E. Montebello
Stott
Silverton Street Railway Co. Inc
Colorado Town
Fifth Avenue
Yal Conaway
Scottsdale teachers union accuses district of phony budget over unresolved raises
Larry Bell of the Scottsdale Federation of Teachers asserts the district’s 75 76 budget projection is invalid while salary talks lag. He cites a $1 000 across the board raise offer and a $1 100 000 gap with the district seeking cuts to meet costs. Superintendent Randall says the board directs negotiations and a counter offer is due this week.
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Scottsdale
SFT
Bell
William Randall
Pope Paul VI Warns Energy Crisis Could Drag Great Powers Into War
Vatican City Pope Paul VI warned that the energy crisis and the Middle East conflict threaten to spread war potentially involving the great powers. He urged restraint and dialogue to prevent a wider confrontation.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Middle East
Ford to Address Congress With Tax Cut Request
President Ford will deliver the State of the Union to a joint session on Wednesday. He plans to seek a tax cut and outline new economic and energy policy proposals. White House officials said he finalized all aspects of the policy package.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Ron Nessen
Soviet Cosmonauts Launch Toward Station Rendezvous
Tass reports two rookie cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 17 blasting off from Baikonur in Central Asia. They reached orbit 43 minutes after midnight and began circling the globe en route to an orbital station rendezvous.
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Moscow
Tass
Baikonur Cennter
Central Asia
Globe
NH Senate Race Sees Durkin and Wyman Claim Victory
Congress opens next week with John Durkin and Louis Wyman both asserting victory after a two vote margin. The tight tally leaves the Democratic and Republican contenders in dispute over the New Hampshire seat.
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Washington
John Durkin
Louis Wyman
New Hampshire
Senate
Congress
Wyman
Variable skies and a cool spell with sun by Sunday
The forecast shows high cloudiness and cool conditions today with clearing and very cold tonight. Sunday warms to about 60 with mostly sunny skies and mild winds, while airport readings stay near the upper 20s tonight and valley spots near 20.
City seeks bids for $109000 carpet at Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Scottsdale allocates 109000 for about 6800 square yards of carpet to cover theater hallways and city offices in the new arts center. The council rejected five bids and will draft new, more open specifications to encourage competition.
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Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Arts Center
Bennie Gonzales
Gonzales
Billie Gentry
Heinz Hink
Robert Usdane
Usdane
Scottsdale
Suspect John Hatton Faces Superior Court Bond Review
John Hatton accused of slaying two Scottsdale boys in Tempe on November 7 appeared before a Arizona Superior Court commissioner to determine bond status. Grand jury indicted him for the deaths of King D. Schlosser and Kelly B. Kardell. Hatton later faced Florida arrests on resisting police and obstruction charges.
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John Hatton
Scottsdale
Tempe
Arizona Superior Court
Hatton
Maricopa County
Grand Jury
King D. Schlosser
Kelly B. Kardell
Arizona
Superior Court
Florida
Cook
Jacksonville
Coral Gables
Macumber trial opens with grim case against suspect
Deputy County Attorney Lawrence Cantor told a Superior Court jury that the state will present strong scientific evidence to prove that William Wayne Macumber shot and killed an engaged couple near Scottsdale in 1962. He described palmprint and ballistics findings, a sequence of events at the desert scene, and notes on the suspect’s arrest and statements by Macumber’s estranged wife. Testimony begins Monday morning.
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TIM McGraw
Lawrence Cantor
Superior Court
William Wayne Macumber
Scottsdale
Macumber
Cantor
Joyce Ann Sterrenberg
James T. McKillop
Mountain Bell
Scottsdale Road
Bell Road
McKillop
Charles Hardy
Sheriff's Department
James Kemper
Kemper
Hardy
Carol Macumber
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Silverton
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Colorado
United Press International
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Richard V. Campana
Sawyer
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Tom Henze
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