Kuwait Refuses Fuel to Hijacked Jet Amid Hostage Standoff
Kuwaiti officials refuse to refuel a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 707 hijacked by nine Palestinians led by Abu Saed until about 28 hostages are freed. The jet remains surrounded by army commandos at Kuwait Airport as negotiators seek a resolution.
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Kuwait
Kuwait Airlines
Sheik Saad al-Abdallah as-Sabah
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Abu Saed
Lebanon
Saed
Middle East
Goldwater calls Yavapai Apache Indians lazy in Audubon letter
Sen Barry Goldwater of Arizona sparked tribal anger by calling Yavapai Apache people very lazy in a dictated Audubon magazine letter defending doctrine on the Orme Dam project. Tribal Chairman Hiawatha Hood said the remark upset officials as Fort McDowell land rights and eagle nesting issues drew comment.
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Phoenix
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Fort McDowell
Audubon Magazine
Audubon Society
Goldwater
Washington
Central Arizona Project
Scottsdale
Orme
Colorado
Hiawatha Hood
Jack Murphy
Orme Dam
Public meetings schedule for Scottsdale Paradise Valley and district
Next week public meetings include Scottsdale City Council and study session at 8 p.m. July 22 at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Planning Commission at City Hall kiva, Parks and Recreation Commission at 8 p.m. July 13, and Paradise Valley Town Council at 7 30 p.m. July 14 at Town Hall.
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Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Scottsdale Parks
Town of Paradise Valley
Town Hall
Invergordon Road
Lincoln Drive
Obituary for Wendy Bochek in Scottsdale
Wendy Bochek 61 of Scottsdale died Wednesday at Upward View Nursing Home. She came from Milwaukee in 1953, was a nurse and Shaklee distributor, and a member of Second Church of Christ Scientist. Survived by husband Robert daughter Jane Taylor son James Taylor and a brother. Service 7 p.m. Monday at Messinger Mortuary. Interment private.
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Wendy Bochek
Scottsdale
Milwaukee
Wis
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Shaklee Products
Second Church of Christ Scientist
Robert
Jane Taylor
Phoenix
James Taylor
Washington
Window Rock Constructors official denies MacDonald stake claim
An official of Window Rock Constructors Inc. testifies that Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald was not granted a 25 percent secret interest in the firm. The company formed in March 1973 and deferred giving any stake until after his tribal term ends. A separate Tucson note reports astronomers finding remains of an exploded star racing at 100000 mph via Kitt Peak observations.
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Phoenix
Window Rock Construction
Peter MacDonald
Léslie’j. Hadden
Gallup, N.M
Window Rock Constructors Inc
MacDonald
Tucson
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Bond of Phoenix Trustee Hamblen Cancelled by Surety
Western Surety Co. of Dallas voids Ed Hamblen's 100000 bond as of Sunday claiming cancellation clause use. Hamblen, 60, serves as federal bankruptcy trustee in several controversial land sales cases. Union Bank talks with Canada’s Oxford Development to move HQ to a Central Osborn high rise in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Texas
Ed, Hamblen
Western Surety Co
Dallas
U.S
Hamblen
Phoenix — United Bank
Central and Osborn
James P. Simmons
UB Financial Corp
Oxford Development Corp
Edmonton
Alberta
Phoenix man guilty of second degree murder in teen’s park shooting
Armando Cruz, 18, of Phoenix was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of second degree murder in the death of 17 year old Jenny Martinez. Police said Martinez was watching a volleyball game at a westside park when Cruz fired into a crowd of picnickers.
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Phoenix
Armando Cruz
Cruz
Jenny Martinez
Westside Park
Safety belt convincer display at Scottsdale mall
Two 11 year old girls, Chris Aufrecht and Melva Willis, test an eight mph safety belt convincer at Los Arcos Mall in Scottsdale. Built by the Arizona Department of Transportation to show the effects of improper buckling, inspector Dave Caudill watches as they ride the sled.
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Chris Aufrecht
Melva Willis
Los Arcos Mall
Scottsdale
The
Arizona
APS proposal sparks split at Arizona utility financing plan
The Arizona Corporation Commission split as Ernest Garfield and Bud Tims approved APS to finance a 300 million generator through a nonprofit. Jim Weeks skipped the meeting citing insufficient study time. The 350 MW unit at Joseph City would be sold to a nonprofit owned corporation for 32 million, then bought back by APS for up to 300 million, with 245 million bank loans and 55 million in pollution bonds. APS says interest savings would reach about 17 million over ten years.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Public Service Co
Ernest Garfield
Bud Tims
APS
Jim Weeks
Joseph City
Garfield
Tucson Gas & Electric Co
Henry Sargent Jr
Ruling Seen Affecting Arizona School Financing
Former state senator David Kret told an Arizona School Boards Association conference at Northern Arizona University that a U S Supreme Court decision on California school funding could drive a new funding method in Arizona. He cited unequal district property taxes and per pupil spending as ongoing issues since 1974.
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Flagstaff
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Arizona
David Kret
Legislative District
Kret
Arizona School Boards Association
Northern Arizona University
Supreme Court
Medicaid Fight Costs Arizona 2.8 Million In Roadblock
Arizona’s three year Medicaid battle killed by the State Supreme Court cost 2.8 million in tax money. Legislation approved in 1974 planned county matching funds, but the program was unfunded by the state leaving start up funds wasted. Senate Majority Leader Alfredo Gutierrez lamented the loss while officials said federal funds may not be recoverable.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Supreme Court
Senate
Alfredo Gutierrez
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Christown
Associated Press
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Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Earl
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation
S General Ledger
Wanual
DoubleTree Inn
Fashion Square
Scottsdale Rd
Business World
Mrs. Partridge
Energy Saver Mfg, Co
Tempe Dist
Ware, Sigler & Faigen, Inc
Airrex International
Ames
Nelson Air Con
Austin Bros. Air Cond
Ryan Roe Inc
Consolidated Trades Phoenix
Gardner Refrig. & Hig
Isley's Refrig & Htg
Mesa
Republic Air Cond
POE Erd Air
Williams
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