Speed limit on Indian School Road kept at 40 in Arcadia
Phoenix traffic engineer Charles Haley says surveys show 85th percentile speeds of 38.8 to 40.9 mph on Indian School Road near Arcadia High School, so the 40 mph limit remains. Residents cite jaywalking and student safety. sidewalks and police visibility are discussed as possible safeguards.
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Arcadia High
Arcadia
Gloria Welch
Scottsdale School Board
Phoenix
Haley
Welch
William Willis
46Th
48Th
John Durbin
Miss Dill
Arcadia High School
Burglary at Scottsdale home nets $1150 in jewelry
Police report a thief took a turquoise teardrop pendant worth 350 dollars and a gold colored ring with a large diamond plus seven smaller stones valued at 800 dollars from Mildred Johnson's home on 6632 East Culver Drive. The break in occurred between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. Wednesday with no suspects yet.
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Mildred Johnson
E. Culver Drive
Scottsdale
Johnson Carport
Obituary for Jo Abbott, longtime banker and civic leader
Services for Jo Abbott, 69, are set for 3 p.m. Monday at Mercer Mortuary in Phoenix. Visitation is Sunday afternoon. Entombment at Greenwood Mausoleum will be private. Abbott, of 7350 E. Clearwater Parkway, died Wednesday at St. Josephs Hospital. A retired vice president with 40 years at Valley National Bank, he moved to the area 68 years ago from Hillsboro Texas and was a noted authority in consumer credit and installment loan financing.
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Mercer Mortuary
E. Thomas Rd
Phoenix
Greenwood Mausoleum
Mr. Abbott
E. Clearwater Parkway
St. Joseph's Hospital
Valley National Bank
Hillsboro
Tex
Notable banker and WWII colonel dies with survivors
Abbott installment loan department veteran and former Advisory Board member of the American Bankers Association and FHA Title I committee died. He served as a colonel in World War II and belonged to Veterans of Foreign Wars, several Arizona clubs, and Masonic bodies. Survived by wife Sally.
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Installment Credit Commission
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Cabelleros
Service for Arthur F. Bickel Engineer dies at 64
Funeral services set for Arthur F. Bickel at Christ Church of the Ascension 4015 E Lincoln with cremation to follow. The Bernardsville New Jersey resident died at his home age 64. He left a daughter Marcia Wester of San Rafael California and a brother from Bernardsville. Memorial gifts preferred to Christ Church of the Ascension Memorial Fund or the American Cancer Society.
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Christ Church of the Ascension
E. Lincoln
Bickel
Lakeside Lane
Dorothy
Marcia Wester
San Raphael, Calif
Bernardsville, NJ
Memorial Fund of Christ Church of the Ascension of the American Cancer Society
Jury to begin deliberation in Macumber murder trial
The William Wayne Macumber murder trial moves to jury deliberation after closing arguments. The case concerns the shooting deaths of Joyce Ann Sterrenberg and James T. McKillop near Scottsdale in 1962, with testimony including statements from Macumber’s wife and discussions over how to present evidence to the jury.
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Macumber
William Wayne Macumber
Scottsdale
Superior Court
Charles Hardy
Lawrence Cantor
Joyce Ann Sterrenberg
James T. McKillop
Stolen 400 cycle generator and trailer in Scottsdale
A 400-cycle generator and trailer valued at $10,000 were reported stolen from a site at 2900 N Civic Center Plaza. The owner, Concrete Coring Company of Phoenix, said the theft occurred between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday. The gear was on a travel trailer hitched to a 1973 Ford Econoline van and could be detached quickly. The unique 400 cycle generator would burn out tools not designed for its output.
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N. Civic Center Plaza
Thomas R. Corwin
E. Thomas Rd
Scottsdale
Concrete Coring Company
S. 37Th St
Phoenix
Warren linked to Phoenix tavern ownership probe
The Arizona State Liquor Department probes Ned Warren Sr. for possible control of a Phoenix tavern through a stock holding in a corporation running the Happy Gardens cocktail lounge. Separately a disclosure ruling awaits whether Mesa must enact a financial disclosure ordinance by the January 31 deadline set by state law.
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Phoenix
State Liquor Department
Ned Warren Sr
Harold H. Moore
Warren
Happy Gardens
Maricopa County Superior Court
Robert Pickrell
Mesa City
Mail bomb injures man in Arizona town
Pinal County deputies and postal inspectors searched a home for clues after a mail bomb wounded Newell Webb 41, who remained in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix with both arms amputated following the incident on Wednesday.
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Casa Grande
Pinal County
Newell Webb
Good Samaritan Hospital
Phoenix
Ford Moves To Hike Oil Tariffs Prompting Congressional Clash
President Ford announced an immediate tariff increase on imported crude oil to begin Feb 1 with $1, $2 and $3 rises through April, aiming to curb imports and push gasoline prices up about three cents per gallon by April. White House adviser said the action, under the Trade Expansion Act, is to protect national security, despite Senate Democrats seeking 60 day delay and rationing. House and Senate leaders prepared measures to block or delay the hike, signaling a decisive partisan confrontation.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
White House
Ron Nessen
Federal Energy Administration
Nessen
United States
McCormick Ranch to check permits after aliens arrest
McCormick Ranch officials say Kaiser Aetna now checks work permits of workers with Spanish surnames after four illegal Mexican aliens were arrested Tuesday. A former greenskeeper reported the workers, and the four were turned over to Border Patrol for deportation.
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McCormick Ranch
Kaiser Aetna
Scottsdale
Glen Flanagan
67Th St
Greens
Flanagan
Carl Johnson
Dick Boultinghouse
U.S. Border Patrol
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