Ford presses deregulation of interstate natural gas
President Ford harshly criticizes the Federal Power Commission and pushes to end federal price controls on interstate natural gas. He warns of a serious Midwest shortage this winter, saying Ohio and other Midwestern states could have about half the gas available versus last year. He faults Congress for inaction and argues deregulation would boost investment and production.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Federal Power Commission
Midwest
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ohio
White House
Ron Nelsen
FPC
Congress
City funds burglary prevention program amid funding shift
The city council plans about 16000 dollars to maintain a burglary prevention officer at the police department. Acting Police Chief David Townsend says he is 95 percent sure the DEA will end August funding for a regional Arizona task force with one officer from each area department.
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David Townsend
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Arizona
City council weighs keeping burglary task force officer
The burglary prevention program seeks to retain George Graham as supervisor of three teams with sergeants Kershner Royer and Allsup. Council member Billie Gentry stresses citizen burglar-proofing, while the DEA ends the task force and a $16,000 funding request is proposed. The AP notes the program since 1974 involved 340 youths, 16 arrests, recoveredProperty worth about $10,700, and extensive outreach including literature, TV and radio.
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George Graham
DEA
Townsend
Council
Graham
Jim Kershner
Lanny Royer
Dan Allsup
FDA to require warning on sugar-reducing diabetes tablets
The FDA will propose labeling sugar reducing tablets for diabetes with a warning that they may raise the risk of death from heart disease, according to an agency spokesman.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Dick Gregory Arrested During White House Protest
Comedian and activist Dick Gregory was arrested in front of the White House while protesting CIA involvement in domestic assassinations. Police detained him as he demanded accountability and called for an end to covert operations.
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Washington
Dick Gregory
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Man guilty in 11 murders in Hamilton Easter killings
James A. Ruppert was found guilty of murdering 11 relatives during an Easter Sunday gathering at his mother's home in Hamilton Ohio. A Butler County common Pleas Court three-judge panel returned a 2 to 1 verdict after about four hours of deliberation.
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Hamilton
Ohio
James A. Ruppert
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Two Men Die in Las Vegas Floods
Two men drowned when flash floods swept through Las Vegas causing widespread damage to vehicles and homes. The floodwaters covered parts of the Las Vegas Strip, leaving the desert resort in chaos.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Strip
FCC rejects protest against Bell long-distance rate ruling
The Federal Communications Commission denied a petition by news agencies and others seeking reconsideration of approved Bell System long-distance rate increases. The action ends the challenge to the rate decision.
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Washington
Bell
Federal Communications Commission
Church votes against ordaining women priests in England
The Church of England rejects the ordination of women as priests, aligning with the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States on a contentious issue dividing Anglican churches worldwide.
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London
Church of England
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Merchants prepare suit against city over sign amortization law
Armed with a war chest of several thousand dollars, about 70 Scottsdale merchants plan to sue the city next week to challenge the sign amortization ordinance. SAM president Donald Perlman says the group, spanning small shops to large chains, seeks an injunction and due process for sign takings and compensation. The ordinance requires nonconforming signs removed or upgraded by August 20, with billboards down by next August.
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Donald Perlman
Scottsdale Associated Merchants
SAM
Perlman
Phoenix
Guy Gelbron
Variable clouds with possible thundershower highs near 103
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness today and Saturday with a chance of a late afternoon or night time thundershower. Temperatures show little change with highs around 103 on both days and rainfall chances of 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Saturday.
SPIES summer program fosters independent thinking at Phoenix school
Kathy Kolbe leads the Summer Program of Individual Explorations at Phoenix Country Day School. About 75 students from first through eighth grade study areas of interest using a thinking process: analyze, synthesize, evaluate. They pursue projects from flight to hydroponics with field trips, a "slop shop" for materials, and model airplanes contests.
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Phoenix Country Day School
Kathy Kolbe
SPIES
Resources For the
Kolbe
Arizona Association For Gifted and Talented Students
Scottsdale
Independence Sparks Treason and Debate in 1775
In Cambridge Washington camps as treason is named. In Philadelphia delegates debate liberty and independence. Virginia delegates rally with Patrick Henry’s liberty or death. Second Continental Congress convenes in May with few seeking full separation.
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London
Boston
Quebec
Atlantic
Virginia
Richmond
Patrick Henry
America
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
John and
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Scottsdale Memorial seeks 78 more beds in new wing
The Maricopa County Health Planning Council will hear Scottsdale Memorial Hospital request to add 78 beds on the top two floors of its new wing raising total beds to 340. Current expansion will yield 262 beds. shell space was approved for later addition. A hearing is set for 7:30 p.m. July 29 at Eldorado Park recreation building. The hospital also seeks permission to build an ambulatory care center.
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Maricopa County Comprehensive Health Planning Council
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Health Planning Council
Scottsdale
Eldorado Park Recreation Building
N. Miller Rd
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Fed
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Jim Sorensen
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