20 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1977
Page
1
The brief item notes today’s news items from the Associated Press wires. It summarizes multiple AP dispatches across national and world events. Names, places, and dates vary by segment, with ongoing coverage of politics economy and society.
The Congressional Budget Office projects slow unemployment decline next year but inflation at 6.5 percent or higher. Alice Rivlin warns a tight spending plan would raise unemployment, while forecasts for 1977 and 1978 show growth, modest job gains, and persistent price increases.
Scottsdale officials consider adopting an ordinance to regulate adult book stores theaters and live venues after Phoenix explores similar rules. Vice Mayor Gentry urged staff to verify if state law suffices while Councilman Smith urged preemptive control before these businesses relocate here. The city already has a few adult outlets and theaters with few prior complaints and aims to review Detroit style rules upheld by the Supreme Court within a month.
A governor's task force reports that Orme Dam is economically unfeasible as a single purpose flood control project and environmentally unsound. It recommends modifying Roosevelt Dam and building a smaller Verde River dam for flood control, with environmental subcommittee noting potential compromises and future combined solutions.
FBI arrested two men at Fort Lauderdale airport accused of scheming to smuggle top secret U.S. cruise missile components to the Soviet Union. Authorities said the operation involved two enemy agents and was handled without incident.
The Security Council unanimously recommended Vietnam for United Nations membership without a vote. The decision came after the United States dropped its opposition and clears the path for General Assembly approval at its Sept. 20 session.
Oil movement returned to normal in the Dead Horse pipeline after repair crews used a wooden wedge to seal a leak from a truck collision. The Interior Department said over 200 barrels spilled about 8,400 gallons, with cleanup teams gathering as much fuel as possible.
Partly cloudy conditions persist today and Thursday with a slight chance of evening thundershowers or dust storms on both days. Highs near 104, lows in the lower 80s, and rain probability about 20 percent each evening. Today's noon temperature was 101 with humidity at 20 percent.
Lorne B. Pratt announces formation of a new land development company to take over McCulloch Oil Co. holdings. The plan calls for about 250 homes in Fountain Hills and other McCulloch projects across Arizona Colorado Texas Nevada and Arkansas. Pratt expects to buy out McCulloch stake by 1982 and says the firm could become the world’s largest in its field.
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