Resident targets Scottsdale budget increases and kindergarten program
A Scottsdale resident criticizes a proposed school district budget that would raise the tax rate from 6.69 to 8.20 per 100 assessed valuation. He calls for cutting fat, questions kindergarten funding, teacher pay, and administrator raises, claiming the district cannot place 84 new teachers with no new schools. He urges taxpayers to stand up and fight the plan.
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Gunn
Scottsdale
Ginn
Arizona
China plans ICBM test within six months reports say
The Star cites inside-China sources claiming a solid-fueled ICBM with a hydrogen bomb warhead will be tested in 1,500 to 2,000 miles across Sinkiang. Dr. Chien Hsueh-shen leads the project as China aims to deliver H-bombs by rocket by 1979, per the Star.
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Kyodo
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July Fourth Toll Rises With 568 Traffic Deaths
The long Fourth of July weekend brought hundreds of fatalities on roads with 568 traffic deaths reported. The toll rises to 821 overall including drownings and other accidents, and eight deaths from a fire in Oxford Maine. In Moscow the Cosmos program launched its 34th unmanned satellite since the Kosmonaut Komarov’s death.
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Maine
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kormarov
Tasa
Komarov
Arizona Homeward Travel Bracing as Holiday Rush Returns
State authorities brace for increased traffic as homeward travel begins after the holiday period. At least eight people have died in Arizona crashes since Friday, including five in a single crash on U S Route 66 near Flagstaff. All victims were from Pennsylvania. The Arizona Corporation Commission announced no changes to Arizona Public Service Company rate structure, rejecting lower rates for the utility.
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Flagstaff
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Aiste
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City to extend Osborn across Indian Wash bid urged
Former mayor Bill Schrader and ex-city attorney Osmond Burton Jr. urged the council to call for bids on extending Osborn Rd across the Indian Bend Wash from east of Miller Rd to Hayden. The move aims to avoid losing an 80 foot right of way if the line is never built. The council also awarded Mess Paving Co. a 24 704 dollar contract to repair or build several street sections including Camelback and Scottsdale Roads and Hayden- Oak area.
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Osborn Rd
Indian Bend Wash
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Osmond, Burton Jr
Miller Rd
Hayden
Burton
Schrader
City of
Phoenix
Osborn
Civic Center
Miller
Mess Paving Co
Tempe Toddler Drowns In Canal Near Home
An 18 month old Tempe boy, Paul Lair More of 496 Gilbert Rd, was found dead in a canal near his home this morning. He was dead on arrival at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital. Friends of the family found him. no other details were provided.
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Tempe
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
Paul Lairmore
Gilbert Rd
Wes
Detailed study of wash okayed
City council approves flood control study of Indian Bend Wash to shape future development. Hydrologist John Erickson will lead a plan costing up to 1000, building on a 1960 preliminary analysis and guiding property owners seeking redevelopment within flood limits.
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Indian Bend
Jack Senlal
John Erickson
Erickson
New Mexico
Marc Stragler
Grickson
Wash
Stragler
Bpealtie
Styagler
Israel Faces Renewed Clash as Arabs Warn of War
United Press International reports both sides claim cease fire violations as Israel and Arab states accuse each other of starting fighting. At the UN, five rival resolutions fail to gain two thirds, none likely to pass. In Jerusalem, Syrian and Egyptian fire across cease-fire lines prompts brief exchanges. Weather: mostly fair with cloudiness. highs near 108, 106 tomorrow.
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Middle East
Unitedations General Assembly
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Syria
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Hesal
Suez Canal
Tsraeli
United Nations
122Nation Assembly
Assembly
Merediths Mississippi March Reaches Canton Courthouse Square
James Meredith completed a section of his March Against Fear ending in Canton Mississippi a town of about 600 people despite a small turnout of about 30 Black residents. The march covered 160 miles from Hernando and mirrored the earlier ambush he survived near Hernando a year ago.
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Misa
UPI
James Meredith
Mississippi
Thia Leodonabhanily
Ito
Liherty Street
Courthouse Square
Hernando Miss
Jackson
Meredith
Residents to vote Nov 7 on rezoning
The Scottsdale city council rezoned a 74 acre site at Scottsdale Rd and Lincoln Dr for R C Fennell’s shopping center and referred the measure to a November 7 special election. The move, opposed by ZACC, costs about 4500 and could spark broader commercial zoning along N Scottsdale Rd.
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R. C
Mike) Fennell
Scottsdale Rd
Lincoln Drive
Robert Jones
Ken Murray
Chaparral
Shea Blvd
Zoning Alert Citizens Committee
ZACC
Fennell
Bud Tims
Leonard Johnson
Jack Senini
Richard Filler
Johnson
Tims
Planning Commission
N. Scottsdale Rd
Balcony Collapse in Corfu During King Constantine’s Arrival
At Corfu airport a balcony collapsed Monday night as crowds watched King Constantine arrive. Official reports say three people were killed and 82 injured. The king aided the victims.
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UPI
A_ Corfu
Constantine
Athenagence
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