Arizona Monsoon Season Starts With Cloudy Days And Thunder
The monsoon begins in early July bringing afternoon clouds and storms. Dr. Robert Durrenberger of Arizona State University notes July averages 14 cloudy days, August 13, September 8, versus June's five. He explains storm paths, rain zones, and a mythic, practical method to gauge lightning distance by counting seconds between flashes and thunder.
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Weather Watch Showers Cool Most of Nation
A cold front lowers temperatures by up to ten degrees across the Middle Mississippi Valley and stalls in Kansas. Temperatures decline from the 80s to the 70s from the Dakotas to the Upper Great Lakes while a few showers and thundershowers move ahead of the front from the Middle Mississippi Valley to the Central Hill Plains. Only isolated activity remains from the Pacific Northwest to the Intermountain Region as most precipitation centers in the southern half of the country with Sumter, North Carolina reporting the heaviest rainfall just over an inch.
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Rains Diminish Across Arizona After Tuesday Storms
Arizona weather update notes the monsoon continues with most thundershowers confined to central mountains and southeast today and Thursday. Rain totals from Tuesday include Prescott 0.88 inch Sedona 0.20 Payson 1.23 Ft Huachuca 0.87 Williams 0.73 Heber 0.92. Highs will reach 80s in mountains to 100s and 105 in southwest with 50s to upper 70s overnight.
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Zone forecasts for arizona regions briefed
Forecasts cover Northwest Arizona Colorado River Valley Southwest Deserts Central Basins White Mountains Mogollon Rim Grand Canyon Little Colorado Valley Northeast Plateau Southeast Arizona. Variable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers today and Thursday. Warm temperatures with daily highs ranging from the upper 80s to mid 100s and overnight lows from the 50s to 80s depending on area.
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Mayors vote to drop defense criticism from lobbying policy
The U S Conference of Mayors narrowly voted 91 to 86 to remove criticism of President Ford's 107.7 billion defense budget from its national priorities resolution. Republican leaders backed the change after a failed compromise with Democrats over revenue sharing.
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Bakeries Agree to 500000 Antitrust Settlement in Bread Case
Baird Bread Co of Phoenix tentatively pays 500000 in damages to settle a class action over bread price fixing. Baird has already deposited 200000. 300000 more due in 1977 if approved. Other defendants include Rainbo Baking Phoenix and Tucson Holsum Phoenix and Serv Us Kansas City. Plaintiffs include Scottsdale School District and Arizona Consumers Council.
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Prosecutors to coordinate attack on FHA VA loan frauds
Federal prosecutors in Tucson will draft a plan to target fraudsters who obtained FHA and VA real estate loans. The effort covers about 10 000 Arizona homes bought since 1972 and will subpoena mortgage firms to recover buyer names and dates for analysis.
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Robber grabs coral squash blossom at Allyson's Attic
A man in his late 40s robbed Allyson's Attic at 7231 E Main St on Tuesday afternoon, stealing a $450 coral squash blossom with silver. He pushed the manager and warned others to stay back as an accomplice woman appeared to flee, leaving customers to press the alarm.
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Zoning Hearing Delayed for Paradise Valley Village Plan
The Phoenix City Council postponed until July 22 a public hearing on the Village of Paradise Valley rezoning. Attorney Jay Stuckey and council members will resolve remaining differences on the Daycor plan, a Westcor Dayton joint venture. The 7 p.m. hearing will occur in council chambers.
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Paradise Valley
Jay Stuckey
Daycor
Westcor Inc
Dayton Development Co
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Groups join in nuclear plant fight
Two environmental groups the Arizona Clean Energy Coalition and Project Survival say they are joining forces to oppose a proposed nuclear power plant west of Phoenix Arizona. They will hold public meetings to argue about dangers and promote energy conservation wind and solar options. They plan to attend hearings on the plant with tentative initial approval for a site about 60 miles west of Phoenix capable of 3900 megawatts.
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Arizona
Arizona Clean Energy Coalition
Project Survival
Phoenix
Nursing home rules face opposition in Arizona
Arizona nursing home administrators protested proposed state Department of Health Services rules to raise staff levels, arguing higher per patient costs. They urged withdrawal and a full cost analysis of the proposals.
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Arizona
State Department of Health Services
Udall Mink push mining reform bill in House
Rep Morris Udall of Arizona and Rep Patsy Mink of Hawaii introduced a new mining reform bill to the House subcommittee on Mines and Mining. The measure seeks repeal of a 103 year old federal law and tighter regulation of mining on public lands.
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Washington
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Patsy T. Mink
Hawaii
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Pima sheriffs protest layoffs
The Pima County sheriff's deputies threaten to strike call in sick or cut hours if the board maintains a budget cut that would lay off 52 sheriff's office workers including at least 26 commissioned officers. The FOP Lodge 20 executive board met Tuesday and chose the three response options.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
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Recession Keeps Aliens Out Says Border Official
Tucson. The recession is driving some illegal Mexican aliens home and hindering new crossings, a federal official said. William Selzer, assistant chief of the U.S. Border Patrol for Arizona, cited worsening conditions in both Mexico and the United States.
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United States
William Selzer
U.S
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