Ford extends Vietnam era clemency program to March first
President Ford grants Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters one more month to appeal to a special clemency board, extending the program from January 31 to March 1 amid rising applications. Clemency board chair Charles Goodell urged a longer extension, but Ford opts for finality while noting ongoing outreach.
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UPI
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Departments of Justice and Defense
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Charles Goodell
Clemency Board
Goodell
City Eyes Bid for Second Fixed Base Operator at Scottsdale Airport
Scottsdale plans a bid call for a second fixed base operator to handle growing aircraft traffic. The city would seek a lease term likely 10 to 20 years with the new operator funding facilities and potentially fuel services, while current operator Robert Wachs holds a lease through 1980 and may view a more favorable deal with a rival. Airport officials note pressure to add hangars, shelters, and fuel access, but legality and exclusivity issues loom.
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Robert Wachs
Bray
Wachs
Richard Filler
Harold Lagasse
City debates carpet bid for Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Scottsdale officials rejected all six thousand eight hundred square yards of carpeting bids after deeming the initial specifications locked in. They rewrote open specs, drawing bids from sixteen companies, but Mission Hardwood Co. warns the city may still face a flawed award harming taxpayers.
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John Conley
Geoffrey A. Coleman
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McCune Mansion in Paradise Valley Still Up for Sale
The McCune Mansion on Sugar Loaf Hill remains on the market two years after a California court ordered liquidation of Walker McCune’s estate. Efforts by Paul Bonn and then Previews Inc. have sought a buyer for the 14 bedroom 36 bath estate once valued near 3.75 million at a drastic discount.
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McCune
Sugar Loaf Hill
Lincoln Drive
Tatum Boulevard
California
Walker McCune
McCune Trust
Fine Arts Gallery of
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Phoenix
Paul Bonn
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Alice Cooper
Hugh Heffner
Howard Hughes
Bonn
Previews Inc
Previews
Parada del Sol Rodeo and Parade Weekend Preview
The 22nd annual Parada del Sol offers a three day rodeo starting Friday with events at Scottsdale and Holbrook mail relay by hashknife posse. Saturday features a three hour parade with 300 units led by Rory Calhoun and Rusty Draper, followed by 2 and 6 pm rodeo shows. Final on Sunday includes rodeo finals and awards. Bleacher seats are 1.50, tickets at the Jaycee Bunkhouse and grounds.
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Rory Calhoun
Rusty Draper
Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale
20Th Century Mountain Men
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Holland
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Jaycee Bunkhouse
Snow Expected Across Northern Arizona This Week
Up to six inches of new snow are forecast in northern Arizona by Friday morning as a low pressure system moves eastward. Gusty southwest winds will create hazardous driving conditions for the next 24 hours. Snow may dip to 2500 feet tonight with Hawley Lake reporting five inches of snow. Temperatures will stay from falling sharply tonight but will plunge Friday into freezing in the mountains and the 20s in the valleys.
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Weather outlook with cool temps and showers likely
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers mainly tonight. Temperatures will rise to the upper 50s, with lows near 40 and a 40 percent rain chance today and tonight, then a 10 percent chance Friday as clearing occurs.
Ford seeks deeper cuts in aid for older Americans
President Ford plans to ask Congress for further reductions in government aid for the elderly including transportation and meals. An HEW official testified the aged will absorb these cuts as already approved by Congress. In a White House meeting Ford and Harold Wilson urged a united front against the global economic crisis. An Agriculture Dept official described the planned food stamp cost increase as unpopular but fair. Rep Peyser forecast quick committee action to block the March 1 raise.
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Ford
Congress
Administration
Stanley B. Thomas Jr
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Harold Wilson
Wilson
White House
United States
Agriculture Department
Peter A. Peyser
R-N.y
House Agriculture Committee
Special Prosecutor Opposes Full Watergate Evidence Report
Special Watergate prosecutor Henry S. Ruth told a House Judiciary subcommittee he would oppose a bill to compel a report containing every piece of evidence collected on the scandal. He said the measure would violate due process rights and would be challenged in court.
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Washington
Henry S. Ruth
Ruth
House Judiciary
Federal security tightens after bombing and Oakland attempt
Federal authorities increase security at government buildings nationwide following Wednesday's $350,000 State Department bombing and a botched explosive attempt in Oakland California suspected to be radical in origin.
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Washington
State Department
Oakland
Calif
Arizona Senate moves to set speed limit at 55 mph statewide
A Senate committee sponsored bills to make 55 mph the legal limit on state highways, authorize metropolitan public transit authorities to issue up to 5 million in non revenue bonds funded by property taxes, require most public agencies to hire bilingual interpreters, and expand anti smoking rules to dining areas with designated non smoking zones.
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UPI
Senate
Arizona
State Department of Transportation
Senate Transportation Committee
Stan Turley
R-Mesa
Scottsdale Officer Suspended 10 Days for Firearm Discharge
Scottsdale police suspended Officer David Bishop for 10 days without pay after a three member review found he violated department policy by firing his revolver at a fleeing burglary suspect Geoffrey Groom 20 near the La Chaumiere Restaurant. The incident prompted an internal inquiry and committee access to all records.
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Geoffrey Groom
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Groom
la Chaumiere
E. Main
Bishop
David Townsend
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