18 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1977
Page
1
Scottsdale Center for the Arts on Second Street and Civic Center Plaza will shut until Aug 14 for major repairs. Work covers stage rigging, theater painting, audio and lighting systems, and building repairs. costs are mainly labor by city employees.
The Associated Press wires provide a roundup of global and national events with brief updates on politics markets weather conflicts and significant developments across regions. The digest highlights key figures organizations and places shaping the day’s headlines.
General Bernard Rogers says the Pentagon is drafting rules to limit union organizers within the armed forces. He warned Pentagon leaders grow increasingly concerned about the potential for military unions forming.
Three firefighters died as a wind whipped 1,480 acre blaze burned in Ashley National Forest Utah. Other fires burned thousands of drought stricken acres in Montana and Wyoming. In California Los Angeles County crews contained a brush fire that scorched 400 acres amid 40 mile an hour winds.
President Carter asks Congress to overhaul labor-management law to give workers a fair chance to decide union representation and to strengthen enforcement against violators. He promises the proposals will make the laws work more efficiently, quickly and equitably.
A. Gordon Eldred, a Beverly Hills financier and former American Funding Corp. executive, was found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury after 11 hours of deliberation over a $13.2 million Navajo Housing Authority investment. He faces sentencing August 22 before Judge Carl Muecke.
House Speaker Thomas O Neill and Democratic Leader Jim Wright deny involvement in a South Korean influence buying scandal. Wright blames ABC News for irresponsible reporting, while an aide says O Neill only attended two parties hosted by Tongsun Park before allegations emerged.
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers or dust storms today and Tuesday. Notably cooler highs near 104, with lows in the upper 80s to 80s. Rain probability rises to about 20 percent this afternoon and again Tuesday afternoon.
Arizona's June jobless rate falls to 6.8 percent statewide led by Maricopa County at 6.7 percent the lowest in two years. Pima County drops to 6 percent while Tucson area rises to 6.5 due to school breaks. DES notes construction and manufacturing gains amid a copper strike outlook.
Marilyn Mann commutes four miles to the Beverage Industry Recycling Program center and spends four hours collecting aluminum cans along her route three times weekly. She bags over 30 pounds per trip, earning 17 cents per pound and occasionally up to 76 pounds for $13. Her route includes a bar, hotel, high school, and barber shop as sources, and she hopes to expand to steel, glass, and newspapers with help.
A key witness testified in Scottsdale about plans to deceive defendant Daniel Rivera over heroin in two deals totaling 13 000 dollars. Rivera and Mark Koch are jailed on murder and conspiracy charges connected to Robert Macaluso's death, whose remains were found near Granite Reef Dam.
The Scottsdale City Council will meet at 8 p.m. to review Continental Homes 175 acre planned community development and an 18 hole golf course plus a hotel. They will also consider Camelback Hospital zoning changes for a satellite psychiatric facility and several rezoning and expansion requests in surrounding areas.
Land fraud kingpin Ned Warren's arraignment on securities fraud charges was postponed to August 8 in Pima County Superior Court after a cardiologist report. Warren, 63, hospitalized with heart trouble after prior surgery, remains under guard at home.
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