Oil firms deny artificial shortages in Senate hearing
Executives from Texaco Shell Amoco Mobil Exxon Chevron and Gulf told two Senate subcommittees they did not create gasoline shortages to push prices higher. They said supplies were up from last year while absorbing higher costs. Energy Administrator Frank Zarb cautioned potential price rises and urged adoption of Ford's energy plan.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
Frank Zarb
Federal Energy Administration
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Congress
Jackson
Stevenson
Annon M. Card
Texaco Inc
Shell
Amoco
Mobil
Exxon
Chevron
Gulf
Zarb
Ford
Charles H. Percy
R-Iil
County refuses to kill greyhounds in dispute with tracks
Maricopa County Veterinary Center will not destroy racing dogs amid a clash between the Greyhound Breeders Association and the Funks Greyhound Racing Circuit. A restraining order halted 25 planned executions, with a July 25 hearing to decide permanence. A meeting in Phoenix will seek alternatives to euthanasia for about 300 dogs.
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Phoenix
Greyhound Breeders Association
Maricopa County
Tom Kelley
Funks
Arizona
Breeders Association
The
Arizona Animal Welfare League
AAWL
Parents protest neglect of judo at Scottsdale Boy's Club
In a Scottsdale meeting, Chaparral Unit parents and the Boy's Club board debated the judo program. They complained of insufficient instruction and lack of regular competition. Judo director Terry Coselle announced a fall plan of one beginner, two intermediate, and three advanced sessions weekly.
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Terry Coselle
E. Jackrabbit
Coselle
Realtors ordered to pay rebates to home sellers
A federal judge approved a 3.75 million dollar rebate plan for about 15 000 Maricopa County home sellers amid a price fixing suit against 15 real estate firms. Rebates will be credits on future commissions for sales from 1969 to 1973, with a Jan 16 1976 claim deadline.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Valley
Charles T. James
Edna
Defendent
Clements Realty, Inc
Coldwell, Banker and Co
Tom Fannin
Western American Realty and Investment Co
U.S. District Court
County suspends five for refusing to cut hair
Five young men in the Maricopa County assessor vehicle licensing division were suspended for 10 days without pay for refusing to cut their hair above the collar. The Board of Supervisors approved the action. they appealed to a U S District Court hearing set for Aug. 1.
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Phoenix
Maricopa
Kunes
Robbery suspect charged over Tempe diamond rings theft
Michael E. McGuire, 26, of Scottsdale, was charged with the Tempe robbery in which $36,838 in diamond rings and jewelry were stolen. He faces a $45,650 bond and remains jailed as detectives pursue multiple linked crimes in the Phoenix area.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale-Phoenix-Tempe
Tempe
Michael E. McGuire
N. 68Th St
Maricopa County
McGuire
United Sporting Goods
Safeway Food
Phoenix
Granjewel Jewelers and Distributors
W. Peoria
Southern Ave
Justice of the Peace
George Boyd
Katz to run for Phoenix city council
Bernard Katz a 55 year old retired Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel announced his candidacy for the Phoenix City Council saying the public is not well represented. He urged clamping down on expenses and backed mixed at large and district representation to ensure a responsive city government. Katz is a real estate marketer and former CEO with ties to Scottsdale and New York firms, married with three sons.
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Phoenix
Bernard Katz
Katz
Air Force Reserves
Greater Paradise Valley
Arizona
Valley
Gould Paper Company
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
McLane Eastern Inc
Roslyn
McLane Eastern
North
Arizona bridges deemed deficient despite assurances
Arizona public works officials clashed with a federal report on 18 bridges marked unsafe. Phoenix’s chief engineer Martin Toney defended state action saying unsafe bridges would never be knowingly used. Separately in Payson, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed a murder conviction for Thomas A. Allen, 26, over a February killing of a gas station attendant, reversing an acquittal due to improper procedure by Judge D L Greer.
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Toney
Arizona
Phoenix
Martin
Payson
Arizona Supreme Court
Thomas A. Allen
Gila County
Allen
Allan
D. L. Greer
Tucson workers seek help over workmen's comp pay
Four Tucson men complain to Governor Raul Castro's office about unfair workmen's compensation handling. Bernard Schlenker, a mine truck driver, says his case has reached the State Court of Appeals yet he receives only 1.59 dollars every two weeks, about twenty six thousand dollars short of what he should get.
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Phoenix
Raul Castro
Tucson
Bernard Schlenker
State Court of Appeals
Insurance bid dispute reaches Maricopa court
Phoenix area report states an Arizona insurer accuses the state of accepting a competing bid for state liability insurance. The firm Snodgrass Levitt Downey and Touche claims Johnson and Higgs failed to cover state employees adequately and seeks to void the policy agreement in Maricopa County Superior Court.
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Phoenix
Tucson
Snodgrass, Levitt, Downey and Touche
Maricopa County
Johnson and Higgs
City Council Okays Spillway Bid Call and Contracts
The city council authorized bids for a spillway on the south bank of the Arizona Canal in Indian Bend Wash as an interim flood control measure. Construction would start in about 18 months and take one year. The panel also awarded two contracts: Brosseau Electric for $5,104 to install power for the Scottsdale Center for the Arts facility and Walsh Brothers for $5,104 to furnish seating for the new county courts facility.
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Arizona Canal
Indian Bend Wash
Army Corps of Engineers
Brosseau Electric
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Walsh Brothers
Valley experts form panel to review Scottsdale computer bid
A committee of Valley computer experts will review Scottsdale School District plans to buy a Univac 70/3 computer at a cost of 336186 dollars. The panel led by Walter Levi will assess educational use and whether the bid fits district needs with findings due by September.
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Valley
Scottsdale
Jack Kearney
Kearney
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