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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1977
Page
1
The article notes good fishing at Chaparral Lake with residents invited to a Palen event. Fish and Game officers Gene Peea Lee, Kamoto, and Wonna Friekean are mentioned along with agency warnings and department remarks.
In a rare closed session the Senate voted 43 42 to adopt Sen Stennis a measure to appropriate money for neutron warheads but require presidential certification that the weapon serves national interest The vote followed a 2 hour 43 minute secret session with debate about military aims and property damage safeguards.
Scottsdale Community College acting dean Mike Svaco joins Joseph Talarsky and Robert E. Rose as finalists for the new executive dean position at SCC. Acting MCCD President A W Flowers will forward a recommended candidate to the board by July 19 after a Screening committee narrowed 88 applicants.
FBI confirms more than two million dollars from the nine and a half million stolen in the May murder robbery of Marjorie Jackson was found buried in a desert area northwest of Phoenix near Interstate 17 and Pinnacle Peak Road. Investigators tie the cache to suspects linked to the Indianapolis crime amid ongoing probes.
About 50 attendees at a MAG public forum in Scottsdale voiced support for alternatives to freeways, including carpools vanpools and bicycle paths. Members urged bus and rail expansion and a transit authority to depoliticize planning while zoning changes would place homes closer to work. A proposed freeway belt would encircle the Valley roughly bordered by Pima Road Baseline Road 07th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road.
SRP approves an agreement to sell about 200000 kilowatts to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from Coronado Generating Station with 30 percent of initial capacity by 1980. LA returns 30 percent Coronado stake for 5.7 percent of Palo Verde, with operation targeted 1982, reducing future bond needs and rate increases.
A brief roundup from AP wires covers varied events and developments across multiple regions. Highlights include political updates, economic notices, and social happenings shaping the day's national discourse.
Congress is anticipated to approve President Carter's plan to halt B1 bomber production after a fight from supporters. Carter told reporters he believes Congress will uphold his decision and that the reaction has been pretty good.
A presidential advisory panel rated Alcan Pipeline Co proposal the most environmentally acceptable of three for moving Alaskan natural gas to the lower 48. The route would run parallel to the crude oil line from the North Slope to Fairbanks then east via the Alcan highway to connect with other pipelines in Canada for delivery to West and Midwest states.
Sarasota Florida 15 year old Charlotte Grosse was dragged from a Girl Scout campground and held for over 52 hours. She crawled from an abductor's home to a neighbor's house and called her parents. A suspect was arrested.
Washington The Carter administration is pleased with House Ways and Means Committee action on the energy tax plan though the energy-saving goal was reduced by 40 percent.
Weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies into Saturday, with high temperatures near 107 today and 104 Saturday. Humid conditions persist with overnight lows in the lower 80s.
Nearly all businesses and services will close Monday for Independence Day. Federal state county and city offices refuse collections mail delivery post office services and library branches will be closed. Transit buses and vehicle emissions stations halt service while the Progress newspaper does not publish.
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