Zarb Sees Gas Price Increase Ahead of Labor Day
Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb told Congress gasoline prices could rise two to five cents a gallon before Labor Day and might fall in September if Middle East producers do not raise prices. He spoke as Congress neared action on energy measures and Ford prepared to seek permission to raise domestic oil prices. The plan aims to curb consumption by boosting fuel prices.
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Washington
Frank Zarb
Congress
Ford
U.S
Senate
House
Senate hears oil price push amid conservation drive
Zarb told Senate Government Operations and Commerce subcommittees that no conspiracy lifted gasoline prices and that regional shortages may occur briefly, while FEA expands retail price monitoring. Ford seeks to raise price ceilings to 13.50 over 30 months and predicts a seven cent rise by January 1978, with Senate Interior estimating 15 cents.
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Zarb
Senate Government Operations and Commerce Committees
FEA
Ford
House
Senate
Senate Interior Committee
Social Security bonus lifts US income and output
A one time Social Security payment pushed personal income up by 30.6 billion dollars in June to a 1,244.9 billion annual rate, while industrial production rose 0.4 percent. The rise signals early signs of recovery though unemployment remains near 8.9 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Ford
State jobless rate hits 11.4 per cent in June
Arizona’s overall unemployment rose to 11.4 percent in June from 10.3 percent in May, though seasonally adjusted rates fell from 11.1 to 10.5 percent. Manufacturing rose to 97,700 with a 600 gain. mining added 100 to 24,300 while contract construction declined 1,600 due to strikes. In Maricopa County June ends a long downward employment slide, while Tucson region saw a seasonally adjusted rate drop to 7.8 percent though actual rate rose to 8.5 percent with 14,300 unemployed.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Department of Economic Security
DES
John Huerta
Huerta
Maricopa
Tucson
City college bus line proposed for Scottsdale pilot program
A non-profit consortium ECTA proposes Scottsdale as the pilot site for a low cost high quality community transportation system. The plan envisions ecology buses powered by a multi fuel engine operating 18 hours daily with Scottsdale Community College as the terminal and SCC students as drivers and staff.
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Scottsdale
Maricopa
MCCCD
Scottsdale Community College
SCC
Transportation Department
Ecology
Polen
Council
ECTA
District to receive $82,188 for Indian education program
The Scottsdale School District will obtain an $82,188 federal grant for Indian education next year, $18,000 above request, to fund three teachers, tutoring at schools and a library, home visits, cultural courses, a work study program, and curriculum writing. The grant will support a five year plan with first-year funding.
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Scottsdale
Marvin Lieske
U.S. Department of Education
Guy Lawrence
Lawrence
Lieske
Coronado High School
Yavapai School
Vista del Camino
Storm repair tips offered after weekend wind damage
City building inspector Bill Dieterle distributes pamphlets with steps to secure homes and outbuildings against future storms. He notes concrete fence posts reinforced with steel rods are sturdier than plain concrete, and urges residents to contact the building inspections division for guidance. Sunday night winds of 65 mph damaged fences and roofs in North Scottsdale.
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Bill Dieterle
Dieterle
Scottsdale
Weather outlook with hot days and possible thundershowers
Mostly sunny today with a slight chance of late afternoon or evening thundershowers. Partly cloudy Thursday with increasing odds of afternoon or evening storms, gusty winds, and blowing dust. Highs near 108 today and 104 Thursday, overnight lows around 85. Details on page 3.
Supreme Court to Weigh SRP Flood Liability Appeal
Arizona Supreme Court will hear the Salt River Project flood case from Mohave Homeowners Association. A 1974 jury found SRP liable for flood damage to over 200 homes when the Arizona Canal broke during the Sept 5 1970 storm near Pima and Granite Reef roads. The total verdict exceeded 1.1 million dollars.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Maricopa County
Salt River
SRP
Arizona Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
High Court
Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Arizona Canal
Mohave Homeowners Association
Pima Road
Granite Reef Road
Camelback Road
Dunlop says rail talks narrowed. aim to avoid strike
Labor Secretary John T. Dunlop announced that railway union and management negotiators have narrowed differences and expressed hope for a settlement without a walkout. He cited belief that Congress need not impose a settlement to avert a strike.
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Washington
John T. Dunlop
Congress
Dunlop
Motorola Sales Fall in Second Quarter
Motorola Inc. reported second quarter sales and revenue at $345 million, down five percent from a year earlier. Earnings totaled $11.7 million or 42 cents a share, a 54 percent drop from $25.3 million or 90 cents a share in the same period of 1974.
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Chicago
Motorola Inc. Today
Teamsters threaten strike in Salinas lettuce harvest
Farm workers may walk out as bargaining talks between the Teamsters and 135 California growers collapse in Los Angeles. Officials said strikes likely center in the Salinas Valley where lettuce harvest is in full swing after mass meetings across the state Tuesday night.
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Salinas
Calif
Teamster
California
Los Angeles
Salinas Valley
Teamsters
Albuquerque police strike enters fifth day with skeleton patrols
Weary Albuquerque police supervisors patrol the streets as nearly 400 patrolmen remain on a six day walkout in a contract dispute. A court order to return to work has been ignored while 12 hour shifts continue.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Apollo repairs ease docking with Soyuz craft
Space Center reports a jammed docking mechanism in the Apollo spacecraft blocked the hatch passage. Flight controller Neil Hutchinson said astronauts are not in danger and the issue should be solved without affecting the main goal of docking with the Soviet Soyuz craft.
Moslem ministers seek Israel ouster from UN
Four day Moslem foreign ministers conference in Jidda approved a resolution to push Israel's expulsion from the United Nations at the next General Assembly session. Saudi radio reported the move was adopted at the conference closing.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
United Nations
Jidda
Red Sea
Angola City Falls to Transnational Angolan Forces
The capital Luanda is largely controlled by JUANDA aligned factions with Portuguese forces warning of a rival 3000 strong guerrilla push. After a week of nightly clashes, about 300 killed and 1000 wounded as the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ousts the National Front from most of the port city along the Atlantic.
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Juanda
Angola
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Atlantic Ocean
Drug inmate rate high in Arizona prison system
Phoenix. Sixty percent of convicts in Arizona state prisons on drug related charges, warden Harold J. Cardwell says this leads to lower rehabilitation responsiveness than in earlier eras.
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Phoenix
Harold J. Cardwell
Arizona State Prison
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