City urged merchants to fund downtown restrooms project
Scottsdale officials heard a petition from 30 merchants led by Councilman Herb Drinkwater asking the city to build artistically designed public restrooms for the downtown mall. Community Development Director Dave Harris described Caviness and Downs plans with enclosed lavatories and open sink areas under trees near the Little Red Schoolhouse, plus four drinking fountains.
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Old Downtown Merchants Association
Herb Drinkwater
Drinkwater
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Heinz Hink
Dave Harris
Caviness and Downs
Harris
Richard Campana
Man held in police assault in Scottsdale
An 18 year old Scottsdale man Daniel M Engelby was jailed on simple assault and resisting arrest after allegedly throwing beer bottles at Officer George Graham near 65th Street and Osborn Road at 12 15 a m. Graham pursued him to 63rd Street and Earls Drive and arrested him.
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Scottsdale
City
Daniel M. Engelby
N. 82Nd St
George Graham
65Th Street
Osborn Road
Graham
Osborn
Rose Circle Drive
Engelby
63Rd Street
Earls Drive
Woman injured in Scottsdale Road hit-and-run crossing
A 24-year-old Phoenix woman Wendee S. Johnson was struck while crossing Scottsdale Road at Shea Boulevard in a crosswalk around 7:00 a.m. She sustained cuts and bruises, declined ambulance, and the northbound driver fled after checking on her injuries.
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Phoenix
Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Wendee S. Johnson
Indians Oppose Oil Pipeline Crossing Athabascan Land
A consortium representing 10 000 Athabascan Indians will oppose the Alaska pipeline route across their land. More than 200 miles of the proposed Alyeska line would cross Doyon Ltd lands in fairbanks Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks, Alaska
API
Doyon, Ltd
Scottsdale Teens Suspected in Jeep Theft Incident
Two teenage boys from Scottsdale, a 15 and a 16 year old, were referred to juvenile authorities on suspicion of stealing a 1969 Jeep from Ray Korte Chevrolet Monday night. Witnesses saw them back into a pole and flee on foot before diverging. one was captured near 74th Street and McDowell Road and the other at his home after a restaurant employee identified him.
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Scottsdale
Ray Korte
74Th Street
McDowell Road
Obituary for Mabel Temple Holtom
Mrs Mabel Temple Holtom 64 died Sunday at home on 6701 E Horseshoe Rd Services are set for 2 pm Thursday at Green Acres Mortuary burial will follow A Ness City Kansas native she moved to Arizona in 1967 from Los Alamos New Mexico She was a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Survivors include husband Carl son Herbert of Glendora California and a sister The family requests contributions to the American Cancer Society
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Mabel Temple Holtom
E. Horseshoe Rd
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden
Arizona
Los Alamos
N.M
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Carl
Herbert
Glendora
Calif
American Cancer Society
Japanese Jumbo Hijack Ends with Libyan Landing and Plane Destruction
A Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 hijacked in Europe landed in Benghazi Libya where hostages were released unharmed. The hijackers then destroyed the jet with grenades exploding along its length and were arrested by Libyan police. Around 150 people were aboard.
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Cairo
API
Europe
Benghazi
Libya
Middle East
Japan Air Lines
Twassengers
Persian Gulf
Dubai
JAL
Tokyo
Karachi
Rome
Kozo Okamoto
Israel
Tel Aviv
Lod
Okamoto
Yedioth Ahronoth
Moanmar Khaddafy
Khaddafy
Egypt
Haifa
Mt. Carmel
Damascus
Syria
Retardation issues shape Arizona reform talks at meeting
About 150 parents teachers and officials attended a Scottsdale hosted session urging reform of the state mental retardation program under the Department of Economic Security. Speakers pressed for an information center for parents education workshops and sheltered work programs for adults with retardation.
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Arizona
Department of Mental Retardation
Arizona Department of Economic Security
William Mayo
Scottsdale Foundation For the Handicapped
Robert Hungerford
David Kret
America
Mac” Carvalho
Scottsdale
City Hall
Lawrence Scheer
Upward Parents Group
Kenneth Hanson
Tempe Center
Ray Jennett
Department of Reproductive Medicine
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Perry Rehabilitation Center
Jonathan Marshall
Moderate 5.7 Quake Shakes Southwest near Arizona New Mexico
A 5.7 magnitude quake struck near the Arizona New Mexico border at 1 38 p m PDT. Caltech seismology lab confirmed the magnitude while sheriffs offices in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona reported no felt impact.
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Pasadena
API
Seismology
Caltech
Arizona-New Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
Tucson miners march for mining law revisions to Capitol
About 80 hikers, part of a 500-strong group, continued a 120 mile trek from Tucson toward the State Capitol in support of mining law revisions. They had covered 20 miles since Monday as politicians began dropping out after morning sessions.
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Jack Williams
Tucson
State Capitol
Arizona
Pima County
Ron Asta
James Corbett
Phoenix Council Reduces Property Tax Rate to $1.50
The Phoenix city tax rate drops to 1.50 per 100 assessed value, a 25 cent cut. Officials caution that overall taxes may rise slightly due to higher valuations, with individual bills varying but overall tax dollars likely up less than one percent.
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Phoenix
Phoenix City
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SunBurst
N. Scottsdale Rd
Jack Farmer
Campana
United Press International
Honeywell
duPont
IBM
Glore Forgan, Inc
Antl Nickel
It&t
Dow Jones
P.m
Johns Manville
Indust
Kennecott
Utilities
Litton
Minnesota Mining
Rockwell Intl
American Brands
Northrup
American Can
Owens Illinois
American Motors
Pan Am
Uniroyal
General Electric
United Aircraft
General Motors
US Steel
General Telephone
Webb Sz
Goodyear
Xerox
Greyhound
Zenith
SA Alcohol
Rol
Mabel T. Holtom
Hilton
Paul Shank
the Hilton
Scottsdale Hilton
Scottsdale RO
Lincoln DR
Department of Economic Security
Maricopa County
Williams Agrees To Meet
Coolidge
House
Craig Davids
D-Coolidge
Davids
Sacred
Green Acres
McDowell
Hayden Road
McDowell Rd
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