Bailar seeks three cent rise for business first class
Postmaster General Bailar asks the Postal Service board to raise business first class rates by three cents while keeping individual letters at 13 cents The plan follows President Carter call for a citizen rate to favor five day delivery and would require a 10 month delay before taking effect Bailar cites inflation and cost cutting as aims and says the citizen rate would apply to domestic letters with ZIP codes in both addresses and one handwritten yield constraints.
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Benjamin F. Bailar
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Handicapped groups urge funds for joint-use facility
Four organizations representing the handicapped requested city support for a 16,000 square foot joint-use center in Scottsdale. They proposed using $1.1 million in CDBG funds for construction and operation by the groups, with maintenance paid by the organizations. The hearing set a final review for July 19.
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Foundation For Blind Children
Lucky 13 Education Center
New Way School
Scottsdale Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
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Linda Wilde
Tempe
Diana King
Middle school evaluation panel okayed
Scottsdale School District approved a committee to study Ingleside Middle School progress and the feasibility of expanding the Ingleside model. The panel includes Arcadia residents, teachers, parents, and district staff, with findings due by June 15, 1979.
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Phyllis Spencer
Spencer
Arcadia Area
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Tavan
PTA Community Parent Council
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Jack Kearney
Charles Herf
Richard Clark
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SCC land talks to be closed to public at meeting
Negotiations over the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community and Scottsdale Community College remain private. A state attorney general assistant said the fifth session between tribal officials and college boards will determine a 99 year lease agreement signed in 1967. The tribe seeks a 35 acre withdrawal from the lease for commercial use and expanded Indian programs while proposing funds be redirected to scholarships and services rather than increased payments. The lease totals just over 1 million dollars over the term.
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David Rich
State College Board
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Jury requests judge instructions in nurses poisoning trial
In Detroit the nine women and three men jury returned for further instructions after 42 hours of deliberations in the case of Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez amid fears of a possible deadlock.
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Vanpool saves money and nerves for Sperry Flight workers
A Phoenix plant runs 11 vanpool routes origin in Scottsdale with five riders per trip at 7.65 dollars weekly. Richard Hess drives and Irv Warshaw backs him up guiding maintenance, finances, and scheduling while riders joke about teamwork and gas gauges.
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Mesa
Sperry
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