Amin flees Kampala as troops clash amid mutiny fears
Ugandan President Idi Amin reportedly fled his Kampala headquarters when troops confronted him and shooting erupted. The Nairobi press said Amin planned a leave of absence but was overruled by the Defense Council. Kenya halted Uganda supplies over a $54 million debt, with warnings of possible desperate action and fuel impact amid tensions.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Kampala
E Standard
Amin
Ugandan Defense Council
Uganda
Munyua Wajiyaki
State inspector suspended as Arizona MVD manager
Phoenix AP Richard R. Golden age 50 suspended as manager of the enforcement group of the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division after an attorney general office investigation. He remains on paid administrative leave while the review continues. The enforcement section handles port of entry inspections truck weight stations and weight permit administration.
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Phoenix
Richard R. Golden
Arizona Motor Vehicle Division
Attorney General's Office
Bob Langguth
Murder suspect ruled fit for trial
Michael Oran Stovall 24 was declared mentally competent to stand trial for the May 8 fatal shooting of 22 year old Steven Grau of Kachina Village near Flagstaff. Trial set for Aug. 25 at 10 am in Maricopa County Superior Court. courtroom to be chosen from a centralized calendar.
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Northern Arizona University
Michael Oran Stovall
Maricopa County
Superior Court
Stovall
Roger G. Strand
Steven James Grau
Kachina
Flagstaff
Grau
Scottsdale
Linda Naegle
E. Coronado
Samuel VanCleve
E. Paradise Lane
David J. Perry
VanCleve
Main Trail Gallery
Main St
Arizona
Parole official pleads innocent to power theft
James R. Armstrong, 33, a Department of Corrections Parole Division official, pleaded not guilty to unlawful procurement of electricity. He faces a pre trial hearing August 10 and a trial September 16 in city court. Investigators allege he tampered with an SRP meter at his home, stealing about 289 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Armstrong
Department of Corrections Parole Division
Armstrong
Salt River
E. Verde Lane
SRP
Man wounded in freak desert gun accident
A 20 year old Scottsdale man, David H. Glover, was treated for ten gunshot wounds to his legs after a .22 automatic pistol discharged while he reached for it as it fell from a car dash in the desert. Police said the weapon has a hair-line trigger and caused multiple discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Desert
David H. Glover
E. Oak St
Glover
Woman reports theft of two 14 carat gold rings
Scottsdale woman Katherine J. Locke reported two 14 carat gold rings stolen from her purse. Rings valued at nearly $2,000 were last seen July 20 and missing since Sunday. One ring features a heart shape with a 12 carat diamond and nine surrounding diamonds. the other has a 1% carat diamond cluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Katherine J. Locke
Locke
Burglars Steal Jewelry From Tanner's Indian Arts
Weekend burglary at Tanner's Indian Arts 7106 Main St. Netted over $8,000 in jewelry after a sledge hammer shattered a front plate glass window. Employee Raymond A. Perrone found the scene at 9 a.m. Saturday. Police noted four pieces were taken including a $1,950 14 carat gold watch band and two $2,400 squash blossom sets, with an alarm system failing to trigger possibly due to storm rain effects.
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Tanner’s
Indian Arts
Main St
Raymond A. Perrone
Scottsdale
Mountain Nevada
Obituary Emma Rk Fehr 83 Scottsdale Resident
Emma Rk Fehr 83 longtime Peoria resident died Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital in Scottsdale. Survived by three daughters Mrs Elsie Leiby Mrs Irma Berger and Mrs Viola Claassen and three sons Virgil Everette and Vernon with 15 grandchildren. Services and interment in Peoria Illinois with A L Moore Sons Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Emma R. Fehr
Scottsdale
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fehr
E. Rose Circle Drive
Peoria
Valley
Elsie Leiby
Irma Berger
Viola Claassen
East Peoria
Virgil
Columbus
Ohio
Everette
Pittsfield
Vernon
Phoenix
Peoria, Ill
A. L. Moore & Sons Mortuary
Maricopa County Prices Rise 1.1 Percent in Q2 1976
First National Bank of Arizona reports a 1.1 percent price increase in Maricopa County for the April–June period 1976. The Consumer Price Index reaches 143.8 with 1969 as the base year 100, signaling higher living costs in the county.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
First National Bank of Arizona
Missing Mesa girl sought by sheriff deputies
Karen Matthews, a 14 year old special education student with communication difficulties, wandered from a family camp north of Payson on Saturday. Deputies and a DPS helicopter searched brushy areas for her today.
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Payson
Department of Public Safety
Here
Mesa
Karen Matthews
Gila County
Sheriff's Department
Young Democrats of Arizona elect new officers at state convention
Phoenix at the Young Democrats of Arizona convention four congressional candidates attended. Wade Church Carolyn Warner and Dennis DeConcini as well as Pat Fullwinder attended while resolutions honoring Morris Udall and backing the federal Equal Rights Amendment were approved. Tucson Volgy withdraws from Congress race and endorses Udall.
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Phoenix
Young Democrats of
Arizona
U.S. Senate
Wade Church
Carolyn Warner
Dennis DeConcini
House
Pat Fullwinder
Morris Udall
Dariz
Chicano Aid Group Forms National Service Body
A new national organization for Chicanos has been formed by representatives from five western states and the District of Columbia to provide community services similar to the Urban League and Jewish Welfare Federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Urban League
Jewish Welfare Federation
District of Columbia
Phoenix Pilot Killed In Black Canyon Crash
A Phoenix man died when his single engine plane nosedived near the Greyhound track west of Black Canyon City while allegedly performing aerobatics. Mark Krupa age 26 was flying from Prescott to Phoenix Saturday night when the crash happened, according to Yavapai County Sheriff deputies.
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Canyon City
Phoenix
Yavapai County
Mark Krupa
Prescott
Robert Scott
Drainage Extension Planned at Scottsdale and Indian School
A special city council meeting at 8 tonight in the Center for the Arts will decide a drainage work extension at the Scottsdale and Indian School Roads intersection. The project aims to collect surface water before it reaches the intersection and costs about 50000 dollars, with 35000 eligible for federal aid and 15000 funded from city flood control contingency funds on deposit with ADOT.
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Scottsdale and
Center For the Arts
Arizona Department of Transportation
Bankrupt GAC land firm trustees hope to keep company alive
Miami trustees Frank Callahan and David Hughes, appointed to manage the 400 million GAC Corp, say they can keep the Cape Coral Poinciana Goldengate Barefoot Bay Rio Ricen and other projects in operation rather than sell assets. They cite 78 000 contracts generating about 4 million monthly and have cut costs from 12 million to 7 million while trimming development commitments. They propose lot for land swaps in developing areas with refunds or creditor settlements for non swapping buyers as review continues by Judge Paul Hyman.
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Miami
GAC Corp
David Hughes
Hughes
Frank Callahan
Whittaker Corp
Cape Coral
Poinciana
Goldengate
Barefoot Bay
Rio Riccn
GAC
Paul Hyman
Callahan and
Tate
Three Islands
Hallandale
Planners to consider building industry input
Scottsdale planners weigh a zoning revision to add a building industry representative to the Development Review Board. The council trimmed the city engineer’s spot, and staff to draft changes for the planning commission after Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce urged including a contractor or developer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Planning Commission
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Night for Handicapped Support at Phoenix Stadium
A Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped will receive ten percent of gate receipts from a Thursday event at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The program starts at 6:30 with KNIX Radio DJs vs Phoenix Giants wives, then a 20 minute Arizona Old-Time Fiddlers concert, followed by the Giants versus Tacoma game.
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Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Scottsdale Foundation For
KNIX
Phoenix Giant
Arizona Old-Time Fiddlers Association
Giants
Tacoma
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Mombai
Mombasa
Waiyaki
Libya
Radio Uganda
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Eteki Mboumoua
Organization of African Unity
New York
Golden
Langguth
Emma Rk. Fehr
Remodelers, Inc
E. McDowell
Holiday Inn
Apache Blvd
Tempe, Az
Belouch
Kashan
Tabriz
Ardebil
Bokhara
Indo-Savonnerie
Col
Seth Rozenblum
Associated Press
Lost Girl
Parris Island
S.C
Robert David Herron
Wickenburg
Young Dems
Udall
Tucson
Thomas J. Volgy
Community Development and
Scottsdale Road
State Farm
Gyra
Joe Kearney
Miller Rd
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Trustees Express
Rayburn’s
Dale Anderson
First Avenue
Marshall Way
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