Arizona files antitrust suit against 12 oil firms
Arizona AG Kevin Reed announces a federal civil case against 12 oil companies including Standard Oil of California Exxon and Shell. The suit accuses price fixing and artificial shortages over 16 years, seeks triple damages to be split among car owners and state agencies, with potential for historic awards.
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Arizona Attorney General's Office
Standard Oil of
California
Atlantic Richfield
Continental Oil
Exxon
Gulf
Mobil Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Shell
Caribou Four Corners
Powerine Oil
Attorney General
Antitrust Division
Arizona Bread
Kenneth R. Reed
Rescuers Save Four From Sinking Car in Arizona Canal
Mel Parris and Greg Swan, Mobile station workers at 56th Street and Indian School Road, pulled four occupants from a submerged red Firebird after a collision. The Ripley family members survived with leg paralysis risk. rescuers report repeated incidents at the intersection.
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Mel Parris
Arizona Canal
56Th Street
Indian School Road
Bob Johnstone Parris
Greg Swan
Chrisshue
Parris
E. Fillmore
Phoenix
Swan
Spruce Circle
Mesa
Helen
James Ripley
Ruth
Frank Heseltan
48Th Street
Weather Outlook Ahead: Warm Humid Days Continue
Variable cloudiness brings warm humid conditions through Friday with highs near 100. A slight chance of evening or nighttime thunderstorms or dust storms. Overnight lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Measurable rain chances run about 10 percent today and Friday and 20 percent tonight.
Prince Asked to Quit College Post at Maricopa District
Dr. John F. Prince, president of the Maricopa County Community College District, faced removal after a closed-board session. The five-member board reportedly voted unanimously to assign him other duties until his August 1977 contract ends, with a formal vote planned within a week and possible acting president A W Flowers to be appointed.
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Bonnie Foster
John F. Prince
Maricopa County
Prince
A.W. Flowers
Flowers
Robert Little
Phoenix College
Laing
Override of veto expands job bill into law and military build veto
Congress overrode President Ford to pass a 3.95 billion public works jobs bill and a 3.3 billion military construction measure. The jobs bill would create about 200 000 construction jobs and save 90 000 local posts, with Senate action pending. Ford called the newer measure inflationary and ineffective at lasting employment.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
Pentagon
Thomas O’neill
O’neill
Walter Mondale
McCormick Ranch manager resigns after ten years with Kaiser Aetna
Richard F. Boultinghouse, general manager of Kaiser Aetna's McCormick Ranch since its start six years ago, announces resignation effective December 31. He will pursue new real estate interests while staying on for transitions and training staff until year end. He plans to stay in the local real estate field afterwards.
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Richard F. Boultinghouse
Kaiser Aetna
McCormick Ranch
Boultinghouse
Arizona
California
Rancho California
Resort permit extension requested by Paradise Valley resort
The Paradise Valley town council will consider an extension to Oct 9 for building permits for the Scottsdale Seven project known as Alamos Village Resort. Planning commission tentatively granted a Sept 9 extension. financing delays cited.
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Paradise
Valley
Alamos Village
Planning and Zoning Commission
Scottsdale Seven
Town Hall
Invergordon Road
Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Scottsdale Road
John Watkins
Watkins
George Adams
Adams
Ugandan Troops Revolt Grows With Third Battalion
The Nation reports a third Ugandan battalion has joined about 2,000 soldiers in revolt against President Idi Amin. Rebels vow to fight to the death unless there is drastic action to restore order in Uganda. Separately, U.S. inflation data show consumer prices rising about the Ford Administration forecast. June up five tenths and May up six tenths per cent.
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Uganda
Natrobs
Kenya
Idi Amin
Washington
Ford Administration
Labor Department
Judge orders HEW to act on desegregation in 46 districts
U.S. District Court Judge John Sirica says federal officials have failed to monitor desegregation and orders the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to take action against 46 school districts nationwide within 60 to 120 days, excluding the South and including one in Tucson.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
South
Tucson
John Sirica
HEW
Reagan and Rockefeller Favored for No 2 Spot by Ford Delegates
Ford delegates at the Republican National Convention name Ronald Reagan and Nelson Rockefeller most often for the No 2 spot. Both men say they would not accept the vice presidential nomination when the convention opens in Kansas City in about three and a half weeks.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
Kansas City
Senate panel delays B1 bomber funds until February
Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld urged Congress to back defense spending as opponents of the B1 bomber won a victory by a one vote margin. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to hold up funding until Feb 1 to let the November election decide whether to proceed with the plane.
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Washington
Pentagon
Donald Rumsfeld
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Law to require disclosure of income for Congress officials
Washington lawmakers push fast passage of Watergate era bill requiring members of Congress and federal officials to disclose their income sources for the first time as reform minded House Democrats seek swift approval.
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Washington
Congress
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Ray Laing
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