Arizona Lawmakers File for Two Races as Filing Ends
Arizona House Minority Leader Craig Davids filed petitions for re election and the First District seat, while Republican Louis Stradling announced a bid against Rep Rhodes. Secretary of State Wes Bolin initially rejected both Davids petitions before accepting them with AG approval, but wants Davids to run in only one race.
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Arizona House
Craig Davids
D-Coolidge
Wes Bolin
U.S
John J. Rhodes
Davids
Arizona
Bolin
Bruce Babbitt
Louis E. Stradling
Mesa
Rhodes
Congress
Stradling
Pat Fullinwide
GOP
Maricopa County
Eldon Rudd
Scottsdale
Ernest Garfield
Arch DiRoberts
Fountain Hills
Indian School Road
U.S. Senate
Many candidates file for Scottsdale area legislative posts
Twenty five candidates filed nominating petitions for four Scottsdale area legislative districts and one county supervisor district. In District 2 for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors the Sept 7 GOP primary will decide Eldon Rudd’s replacement with four Republican contenders. No Democrats filed for District 2. GOP hopefuls include Henry Bobbe George Campbell John Smithbaker and D Jay Ryan. District 28 GOP primary features Americo Carvalho facing Robert Usdane. Democratic Senate primary in District 28 pits Dick Shefrin against Ernest Romero. District 28 House race also in GOP primary with incumbent William Rigel seeking re election. Other districts feature races for Senate and House with incumbents and several challengers across GOP and Democratic primaries.
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Scottsdale
Eldon Rudd
Maricopa County
William E. Rigel
James Skelly
Roberta Unterberger
GOP
Jonathan L. Haas
Phoenix
Scottsdale Road
Camelback Road
Senate
John Roeder
Roderick J. McMullin
Edith Jo Laetz
Peter Kay
Frank Kelley
Richard T. Biedler
Paradise Valley
Maurice Deise
Deise Realty
John C. Pritzlaff Jr
Pete Corpstein
Calvin Holman
Judith W. Leiby
Albert E. Jarrell
Lewis J. McDonald
Annice Husband
Tony Gabaldon
John Wetton
Sam McConnell
Gayle Sanford
Partly cloudy and humid with near record heat
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and high humidity with temperatures near 105 degrees. An evening or nighttime thunderstorm is possible and Sunday should be slightly cooler with a low around 80.
Orme Dam site faults raise downstream hazard concerns
The Arizona Bureau of Mines warns Orme Dam’s proposed location near Phoenix lies over multiple fracture trends that could channel water as the reservoir fills. Federal tests and hearings proceed amid doubts that the federal impact statement fully addresses geological risks and potential leakage paths behind the earthfill dam.
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Orme Dam
Arizona Bureau of Mines
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Central Arizona
W.E. Dresher
Mines Bureau
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Mines
Orme
Verde
Dresher
Battle Lines Form Over Orme Dam Hearings in Phoenix
About 60 speakers at two Phoenix hearings debated the Central Arizona Project dam proposed for the Salt and Verde confluence. Proponents urged water, flood control, and power benefits while opponents cited wildlife, Indian land rights, and dubious environmental statements.
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Arizona Project
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Verde
Colorado
Arizona Water Commission
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CAP
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Audubon Society of America
Arizona
Herbert P. Donald
Maricopa County
Verde River
Carolina Butler
Fort McDowell
Death sentences upheld for mercenaries in Angola
In Lisbon Angolan President Agostinho Neto upheld death sentences for one American and three British mercenaries despite appeals from President Ford and Queen Elizabeth II. The move comes amid recent calls for clemency from London and Washington.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Agostinho Neto
Ford
Elizabeth II
Soviet grain crop seen set for one of largest harvests ever
From a bleak prior winter when fall-planted wheat wilted in drought the Soviet Union now appears to be headed toward a harvest rivaling the largest on record.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Ford bids Olympians farewell in nonpolitical sendoff
President Ford meets U S Olympic team members at Plattsburgh SUNY campus to watch track and field workouts and see off the first contingents bound for the Summer Games in Montreal.
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Ford
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U.S
Plattsburgh
N.Y
State University of New York
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