Century Club files Chapter XI bankruptcy protection
A North Phoenix country club at 56th Street and Shea Boulevard filed for Chapter XI bankruptcy protection. Century Country Club, founded in 1956, reports current assets of 88 280 with 44 654 from members, a cash deficit of 2 698, and current liabilities of 144 646. A long term debt near 700 000 and property and equipment totaling over 1.5 million are listed. The club offers golf, swimming, dining and other facilities on an 18 hole 7 200 yard course begun in 1957 and completed that year with a 240 000 course investment and five artificial lakes. a 600 000 clubhouse was built in 1962.
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North Phoenix
56Th Street
Shea Boulevard
Century
Professional Golfers Association
Doctor refuses media questions at medical board meeting
Phoenix AP report notes Dr. Edward B. Diethrich refused to answer questions from news media during a State Board of Medical Examiners meeting. The suspended Arizona Heart Institute director faces allegations of unnecessary and inappropriate surgery and poor peer review. An informal hearing is set for January 24.
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Phoenix
Associated Press
Edward B. Diethrich
State Board of Medical Examiners
Diethrich
Arizona Heart Institute
Obituary Karl E Kotthaus Architect Engineer Dies at 83
Karl E Kotthaus 83 longtime chief engineer for Lescher and Mahoney Architects Engineers and Planners died Wednesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He helped design the mausoleum at St Francis Cemetery Valley National Bank buildings and the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. He served in Detroit with Fisher Body Co and founded the Greater Phoenix Dachshund Club. Survivors include his wife Jona daughter Margaret Durham and a grandson.
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Karl E. Kotthaus
Arcadia Funeral Home
Church of St. Theresa
E. Thomas Rd
Kotthaus
Lescher and Mahoney
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Mr. Kotthaus
Greater Phoenix Dachshund Club
All Breed Dog Club of
Phoenix
Zurich
Switzerland
Verdun
Jona
Margaret E. Durham
Alleda M Robinson 86 dies in Butler after Scottsdale years
Alleda M Robinson 86 formerly of Scottsdale died Tuesday in Butler Pennsylvania after living in Scottsdale since 1950. She was a member of the Eastern Star. Surviving children include Mrs. Ralph F Bush and William B Robinson. Entombment services were held today at Greenwood Mausoleum with Paradise Chapel in charge of arrangements.
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Alleda M. Robinson
Scottsdale
Butler
Eastern Star
Ralph F. Bush
Greenwood Mausoleum
Paradise Chapel
Arizona jobless rate edges up to 10 percent in December
DES reports seasonally adjusted unemployment in Arizona rose from 9.8 to 10.0 percent in December while the number of unemployed held at 86,000. Total employed fell 300 to 828,200 and the labor force declined by 300. in Maricopa County the rate rose to 10.4 percent, while Pima County dipped to 8.5 percent.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Department of Economic Security
DES
Maricopa County
Pima
Macumber to face new trial after Supreme Court reversal
William Wayne Macumber remains in Florence State Prison as a new trial date is set within about a month. The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously reversed two murder convictions from January 24 1975 and will issue a mandate within 15 days ordering a new trial for the 1962 desert killings near Scottsdale. Timothy McKillop and Joyce Ann Sterrenberg, both 20, were found shot in their car. Carol Macumber later told police of her husband’s confession. The case returns to Maricopa County Superior Court for prosecution and a trial date.
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William Wayne Macumber
Florence
Arizona Supreme Court
Macumber
Supreme Court
Scottsdale
Timothy McKillop
Joyce
Ann Sterrenberg
Carol Macumber
Superior’ Court
Maricopa County
Charles L. Hardy
Hardy
Aste and Rosenzweig Named 1975 Phoenix Persons of the Year
Peggy Aste and Harry Rosenzweig are picked as 1975 Phoenix Man and Woman of the Year by the Phoenix Advertising Club. Awards will be presented at an honors banquet at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Arizona Biltmore.
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Peggy Aste
Harry Rosenzweig
Phoenix
Phoenix Advertising Club
Arizona
Biltmore
Aste
Rosenzweig
Bomb threat foiled at Civic Center and Eldorado Park
A caller claiming to be Lt. Bughelm of the Security Army Organization warned of 40 pound bombs to explode at Civic Center Plaza and city hall around 8 p.m. and at Eldorado Park at 2 a.m. No devices were found after Rural Metro Fire Department bomb squad and Scottsdale police searched the District 28 Republican meeting and the Democrats forum. No evacuations were made as events concluded.
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Bughelm
Security Army Organization
KDOT
Civic Center Plaza
City Hall
District 28
Rural
Metro Fire Department
Scottsdale
Termine
Eldorado Park
Auto supplies stolen from Scottsdale High School
Scottsdale High School reported theft of nearly $700 in automotive equipment from the automotive department. The loss includes two engine blocks valued at $450. Police said exact theft date could not be pinpointed and that a recent inventory found mechanics and engine-testing tools missing.
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Scottsdale High School
Steiger List Targets for Senate Run Delays Possible Opponents
Rep. Sam Steiger declares candidacy for the U S Senate seat being vacated by Paul Fannin and predicts opponents may be Pima County Attorney Dennis DeConcini or Carolyn Warner. He doubts Morris Udall will seek the seat if his presidential bid falters. In a separate matter, Robert H. Fendler of Lincoln Thrift and U S Thrift Associations of Arizona is ordered to show cause why he should not be held in criminal contempt of federal court.
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Phoenix
Sam Steiger
Pima County
Dennis DeConcini
Carolyn Warner
U.S. Senate
Steiger
Paul Fannin
Morris Udall
Senate
Udall
Fendler
Robert H. Fendler
Lincoln Thrift
U.S. Thrift Associations of
Arizona
Military wedding set aboard Freedom Train in Yuma
Cheryl Boaz, 22, of Yuma will marry Stephen G. Davis, 21, a military policeman at Yuma Proving Ground, in a lounge car aboard the American Freedom Train next Thursday night after the train arrives in Yuma. State leaders are urged to pursue greater coal deposits development in Black Mesa region.
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Yuma
Cheryl Boaz
Stephen G. Davis
Yuma Proving Ground
Tucson
Black Mesa
Arizona
Sit-down strike leads to ticketing of 400 Arizona inmates
About 400 Arizona State Prison inmates were ticketed for refusing work assignments during a sit-down strike that began January 5. Warden Harold Cardwell says the action targets noncompliant inmates and aims to maintain order.
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Florence
Arizona State Prison
Harold Cardwell
Arizona AG to probe antitrust claims on four meter makers
Assistant Attorney General Charles S. Pierson disclosed at an Arizona Corporation Commission hearing that the attorney general’s office will examine possible antitrust violations by four electrical meter manufacturers. The inquiry arose during a Tucson Gas and Electric rate-increase hearing.
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Tucson
Arizona
Charles S. Pierson
Arizona Corporation Commission
Tucson Gas & Electric Co
Welfare parents face cuts in Arizona child support program
Arizona DES deputy director Arlyn Larsen said about 21,000 welfare parents must sign forms to allow searches for absent partners and to collect child support. Families receiving aid who fail to return the mailed forms by January 31 will see reduced monthly payments starting in March.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Arlyn Larsen
DES
Lansky kin falsely claims son faces medical and theft charges
Loren Bemel twenty seven, who says he is Meyer Lansky’s son, was indicted on three counts of practicing medicine without a license and one count of grand theft. He allegedly performed vasectomies and cosmetic procedures and injected drugs. police seek patients from October to December. Bemel is hospitalized for a hernia and will be jailed when able. Witnesses say he promised Las Vegas jobs using his claimed Mafia influence. The grand theft involved a west Phoenix warehouse shipment that never occurred.
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Phoenix
Meyer Lansky
Loren Bemel
Richard Fuqua
Bemel
Maricopa County
Fuqua
Lansky
Neil
Las Vegas
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First Street
Aste, Rosenzweig
The
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Republican State Committee
Républican National Committee
Raymond Burr
Paraplegia Foundation
Victor Borge
Joan Crawford
Costume Institute
Jack Benny
Phoenix Symphony Guild
Shield’s
Electric
Scottsdale Rd
Jim L. Termine
SHS
Eldon Epapery
Bellview
FULL
Gospel Business Men's Fellowship
Doubletree Inn
Banyon Room
Scottsdale Mall
E. Indian School Road
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A.C. Valdez Sr
Scottsdale City Council
Pat O'Brien
Jeff Schubert
Schubert
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