Auditor cites chaotic finances at Navajo ONEO
Special auditor Ira Osman says ONEO's finances are chaotic with weak board financial leadership. He notes four controllers in two years, $227,067 paid to outside auditors since 1973, and a $50,000 discrepancy in Shiprock Day Care Center funds transferred between accounts without proper authorization. He urges an executive with financial authority and further tribal investigation.
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Osman
ONEO
ONEC
Shiprock
Albuquerque
Tribes fear massacre cited at Pine Ridge trial
Indian scholar Vine DeLoria warned that Plains tribes carry a memory of massacres and fear government killings when authorities enter reservations. The remarks came during the murder trial of AIM members Robert Robideau and Darelle Butler, accused of killing FBI agents on Pine Ridge in 1975.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
FBI
U.S
Vine DeLoria
Golden, Colo
Robert Robideau
Darelle Butler
American Indian Movement
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
DeLoria
Standing Rock
William Kunstler
Sevenman
Robideau and Butler
Oregon
Jack Coler
Ronald Williams
Los Angeles
EPA delays lead in gasoline limits to avoid summer shortage
The EPA will not enforce lead in gasoline limits until October to prevent gas shortages during peak driving season. From Oct 1, leaded gasoline may contain no more than 1.4 grams per gallon, while current averages range from 1.4 to 1.9 grams.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Stanley Legro
EPA
Scottsdale City Auction Sets Saturday Sale at Maintenance Yard
Scottsdale will hold a public auction at 9 a.m. Saturday at 1323 E. McKellips Rd for items from an 82 ton steamroller to plastic buckets and 1974 sedans. Inspection runs Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to sale time. Western Sales Management Company runs the auction. the city may reject bids.
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Scottsdale
E. McKellips Rd
Western Sales Management Company
Obituary John R. Hopkins Engineer Dies in Scottsdale
John Raleigh Hopkins, an Arizona Department of Transportation engineer, died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in New York and an Army veteran of World War II, he moved to the Valley 13 years ago from New Jersey. He attended Princeton and New York Universities. He is survived by his wife Nevelyn, son Mark of Tempe, and one grandson. Private services by Messinger Mortuary. Memorials to St. Vincent de Paul or the Salvation Army suggested.
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John Raleigh Hopkins
Department of Transportation
State of Arizona
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
New York
Mr. Hopkins
Valley
New Jersey
Princeton
Agnes F Nelson dies at 88 in Scottsdale
Agnes F Nelson aged 88 of 6721 East McDowell died Wednesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. She is survived by daughters Florence Hoaglin Bernice Halverson and Elizabeth Soulen nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services were held today at Abiding Saviour Lutheran Church with Camelback Sunset Chapel handling arrangements.
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Agnes F. Nelson
E. McDowell
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
District promotes pair of directors to assistant superintendent
Scottsdale School District appoints Dr. Frank Schilling and Dr. Philip Gates as assistant superintendents, with duties similar to their prior roles in elementary and secondary education. Superintendent Dr. William Randall calls the titles commensurate with their ongoing supervision of principals and daily school operations. Dr. Norman White remains assistant superintendent overseeing instruction and curriculum development.
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Scottsdale
Frank Schilling
Philip Gates
William Randall
Norman White
White
Phoenix Accepts $137,000 Bid for Tatum Water Lines
The Phoenix City Council approved Edward S. Kelton Contracting Co. bid of 137000 for 2 miles of 12 inch water lines on Tatum Boulevard from Shea to Mockingbird Lane and 51st Place on Mockingbird Lane. The project adds three new fire hydrants and increases water capacity in the area.
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Paradise Valley
Phoenix
Tatum Boulevard
Shea Boulevard
Mockingbird Lane
51St Place
Edward S. Kelton Contracting Co
Tatum
Brush Fire Fights in McDowell Mountains Threaten Land
Two dozen Rural Metro firefighters battled a 350 acre brush blaze along the east slopes of the McDowell Mountains northeast of town. Officials said no structures were threatened and lightning was the probable cause. Across the state, a 1000 acre blaze near Wickenburg and several small fires in the Tonto National Forest were reported, with containment achieved on the forest fires.
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Metro
McDowell Mountains
Here
Eugene Donlan
Wickenburg
San Carlos Indian Reservation
Bureau of Land Management
Harquahala
BLM
Arizona
Tonto National Forest
Glendale painter sues over undisclosed heart surgery risks
In Phoenix the painter Leslie Banta contends that heart surgeon Dr. Edward Diethrich failed to warn him of risks before a 1972 operation. Banta’s attorneys say proper disclosure would have led to refusal of the procedure.
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Phoenix
Glendale
Edward Diethrich
Leslie Banta
Diethrich
Banta
Metro drug roundup nets 56 dealers in record Maricopa arrest
Phoenix police and partner agencies planned more arrests today after apprehending 56 individuals described as drug dealers in what investigators call the largest roundup in Maricopa County history. The Wednesday arrests followed a cooperative metro effort.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
County may cut merit employes
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors chairman Henry Haws says he will ask the board to remove a number of county employees from the merit system. He intends to target the county's assistant managers attorneys physicians and the information officer.
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Phoenix
Maricopa
Two Indicted in 35 Count Mail Fraud Case
The Corona de Tucson land development president Robert Edwin Brown and Florida men Lawrence Hollander and Richard Lapenta were named in a 35 count indictment charging mail and security fraud and conspiracy, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Covington.
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Tucson
Corona de
Man posed as doctor and Mafia son guilty in Phoenix scam
Loren Bemel aged 27 pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to running a confidence game and practicing medicine without a license. He claimed to be a doctor and the son of a reputed Mafia figure. Sentencing set for August 10.
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Phoenix
Loren Bemel
Maricopa County
Slain man may be Mexican near San Xavier area
The body of a man found shot to death in the desert south of the San Xavier Indian Reservation may be a Mexican resident, according to Pima County sheriff's deputies. A jogger found the victim early Wednesday. markings on his clothing suggest he is from Mexico.
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Tucson
San Xavier
Pima County
Mexico
Paradise Valley Man Seeks Rehearing Over 90 Foot Ham Radio Tower
Town attorney Roger McKee files a rehearing request with the Arizona Court of Appeals challenging a decision that allowed Carl Lindberg to obtain a building permit for a 90 foot ham radio tower. The case centers on zoning and whether a special use permit applies. The town may escalate to the Arizona Supreme Court.
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State Court of Appeals
Paradise Valley
Roger McKee
Court of Appeals
McKee
Superior Court
Carl L. Lindberg
Orchid Lane
Lindberg
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Otis Pike
Supreme Court
John R. Hopkins
Messinger Mortuary & Chapel
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