Two Children Die In Car Fire After Theft
Oklahoma City police say two sleeping children, Melissa Isaac six and Martin Isaac three, burned to death when their car was stolen and set alight. A 19 year old man Michael Creston Moore of Newcastle surrendered with an attorney and faced two murder complaints, while Moore's 18 year old sister was detained. The father Melford Isaac, 25, chased the fleeing vehicle after discovering the fire as he delivered newspapers.
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Oklahoma City
Michael Creston
Moore
Newcastle
Okla
Ted Gregory
Melford Isaac
Scottsdale approves special use permit for gas station in wash
Scottsdale City Council approves a use permit for a self service gas station in Indian Bend Wash at Hayden Road and India School Road. The approval depends on clearance from the Development Review Board the Flood Control District and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Indian Bend Wash
Scottsdale
Hayden‘and
India School Roads
Vance
Nere
Turing
Sym
Ontario
Herbert Drinkwater
Larry Gunning
Jerry Mah
Jannella
Indian School Park
Gunning
William C. Jenkins
Corps
Iannella
Scottsdale Rd
Estab- Soussis
Brooks Cadillac
Jenkins
Richard Campana
Timothy Bray
Datsun
Auditions Sought For Buffalo Bill Western Show at Paradise Park
Western acts including cowboys cowgirls Indian dancers trick riders and ropers are sought for Montie Montana Jr s Buffalo Bill s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World auditions run today through Friday at 8 p m at Paradise Park Equestrian Center 9800 N Pima Rd McCormick Ranch rehearsals start Monday for a July 16 opening The show then tours to Louisville Kentucky for a five day run at the state fair in August and Montana seeks professionally oriented specialty acts capable of touring with the show
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Montie Montana Jr
Buffalo Bill
Congress of Rough Riders of the World
Paradise Park Equestrian Center
N. Pima Rd
McCormick Ranch
Montana
Woman Found Dead at Gravesite in Green Acres Cemetery
An unidentified 20 year old woman was found dead at her late husband’s grave at Green Acres Cemetery. Police say she likely died from a gunshot wound to the head in the night, discovered around 7 30 a m by cemetery workers. Names await next of kin notification. Her husband died in 1975.
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Green Acres Cemetery
Hayden Rd
Arizona proposes two year energy extension service plan
State officials submit a two year proposal to obtain federal funding for an energy extension service in Arizona. The plan to be reviewed by the Energy Research and Development Administration aims to pilot energy conservation solar applications and energy information in up to ten states beginning mid August.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Energy Research and Development Administration
Power-saver devices face fraud suit in Arizona
Maricopa County Superior Court suit accuses Michigan company Surgenonics Inc and Tucson distributor Power Control Systems Inc of fraud in selling two devices the Trans-Lock Electrical Attenuator and the Power Sentry. Claims allege no real reduction in electric bills.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Michigan
Arizona
Attorney General's
Surgenonics, Inc
Power Control Systems, Inc
Winkelman fires police chief and officers amid probe
The Town Council fired Police Chief Harry Hoyler and three patrolmen amid an Arizona DPS and Gila County Sheriff inquiry into brutality and harsh tactics in Winkelman. Hoyler said he and the others would pursue legal action against the town.
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Winkelman
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Gila County
City asks HUD for funds after multiple project denials
City staff pursue replacement and modification of four CDBG projects after HUD rejected three totaling 908,750 and limited a 200,000 neighborhood improvement to six low income tracts south of Indian School Road. Previte seeks funds for a handicapped center at Soloma Little School site near 77th Street and McDowell Road.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Indian School Road
Joseph Previte
Scottsdale Foundation For
Council
CDBG
Scottsdale
Soloma Little School
Previte
77Th Street
McDowell Road
Richard Mettler
James Gillanders
Stewart Chandler
Consolidated
N. Hayden Rd
Carter seeks broader standby gasoline rationing authority
President Carter plans to ask Congress for broader standby rationing power to cut gasoline use by at least 25 percent in a supply crisis. Senate Energy Chairman Henry Jackson doubts Congress will grant such authority unless a national emergency exists. House members urged caution, warning the power is too broad for one person.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Henry Jackson
Irman
Senate Energy and Natural Resources ‘ Committee
Jackson
House
Senate
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
House Interior Committee
Robert A. Young
D-Mo
Rifle pulled from White River tied to Indianapolis heiress case
A .22 caliber rifle believed used in the Marjorie Jackson homicide was recovered by Marion County divers in four feet of water near Centerton bridge. Capt. Kirkman linked the weapon to a tip from Marjorie Pollitt, who later led FBI to buried cash caches in Arizona.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marjorie Jackson
White River
Marion County
Centerton
Robert Kirkman
Marjorie Pollitt
Mooresville
Jackson
Kirkman
Lincoln Drive speed limit cut to match Paradise Valley
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors reduced Lincoln Drive on the segment from Tatum Boulevard to 59th Street from 40 to 35 mph to conform with Paradise Valley’s 35 mph limit. Half the road lies in the town and half in the county, prompting the action for safety reasons. Local Town Marshall Ronald Dalrymple supported the change.
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Lincoln Drive
Tatum Boulevard
59Th Street
Maricopa County
County Board of Supervisors
Town of
Ronald Dalrymple
Paradise Valley Planners Endorse Two New Plat Proposals
The town planning and zoning commission recommended final approval for a 16-lot Quail Hollow subdivision between 50th and 52nd Streets south of Gold Dust Avenue and a 10-lot Biltmore Terraces development at 32nd Street north of Stanford Drive. The council previously approved the Quail Hollow final plat and May 12 preliminary approval for Biltmore Terraces. The commission also continued a July 19 hearing on Ascension Lutheran Church site and Doubletree Place subdivision pending study of flood risks and further review.
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Paradise Valley
Town Planning and Zoning Commission
Quail Hollow
Gold Dust Avenue
32Nd Street
Stanford Drive
Commission
Ascension Lutheran Church
Mockingbird Lane
Doubletree Place
Doubletree Ranch Rd
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Isaac
The
Oklahoma Journal
Wash
Louisville
C.b.'s
RED Snapper CO
E. McDowell
ORK
Windjammer
Tempe
Lakeside
Associated Press
Winkleman
Chevron Chemical
TOR Enterprises, Inc
Liquor Oasis
Stottsdale Fashion Square
the Safari
Hiram Walker
Lauders Scotch
Jim Hixenbaugh
Electrical
Gmayor
Tubing
Bonn
SDP
Frost
Phoenix and
Jack Foster
A-Plumber Service Inc
E. Indian School
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Lincoln
Biltmore
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