Utilities Spend Big to Block Arizona Nuclear Initiative
Six utility partners led by Arizona Public Service are spending thousands to keep an initiative off the November ballot that would affect safety at the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant west of Phoenix. They hired Directory Publishing Co. to verify 80,000 petition signatures at 25 cents each and a California firm Winner Wagner & Associates for preliminary services at about 10,000 dollars. Partners include Salt River Project, Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Southern California Edison, Public Service Co. of New Mexico and El Paso Electric Co.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Palo Verde
Arizona Public Service Co
Directory Publishing Co
California
Wagner & Associates
Arizona Public Service
Salt River Project
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
Southern California Edison
Public Service Co. of
New Mexico
el Paso Electric Co
China Orders Mass Evacuation Ahead of Quake Warnings
In a dawn alert, officials in northeast China urged millions to flood streets as experts warned of a large quake. Foreign missions were telephoned to evacuate and officials offered U.S. aid, with no reply yet reported.
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Tokyo
China
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Dean
Thomas Gates
U.S
Washington
Chaparral Addition Bid Process Saved $666000
In a Scottsdale School District review, triple bidding on Chaparral High School's 1974 addition saved about $666,000. Speros Construction Co. won final bids at $1,774,500 after earlier bids were rejected for form and financing reasons.
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Grammer Construction Co
Speros
Kearney
Robert Uldane
Impasse in swine flu immunization program talks
Negotiations among insurance, drug firms, and public health officials over the federal swine flu immunization program reached an impasse. The program director said he was not hopeful an agreement could be ironed out after two hours of closed-door talks, with a ten-minute break signaling the end as representatives did not return.
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Washington
Harris couple judge instructs jury in kidnap assault robbery trial
A seven woman five man jury in Los Angeles received legal instructions from Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler and then began deliberations in the kidnapping, assault, and robbery case against William and Emily Harris after about an hour of instruction.
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Los Angeles
William and
Emily Harris
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Ford woos Mississippi GOP delegates on campaign swing
President Ford arrived in Jackson to personally court Mississippi GOP convention delegates. He planned five hours of campaigning among 30 delegates and 30 alternates as Reagan prepared a parallel trip for the following week.
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Ford
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Ronald Reagan
Tropical Storm Anna Forms in Atlantic on Track Out to Sea
The first tropical storm of 1976 Atlantic season formed today as heavy thundershowers and strong winds. Dr. Neil Frank of the National Hurricane Center says Anna is moving away from the United States and poses no land threat for several days. Peak winds are near 50 mph.
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Miami
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Anna
United States
Bid Critique Hits Chaparral School Contract Process
Unsuccessful bidder James M. Kelly charges Scottsdale School District favored Alpha One Speros Construction with donated plans on the $1.7 million Chaparral High School addition. He says the specifications created a conflict of interest and increased costs while district officials defend bidding fairness and legal advertising. Robert Ewing declined to comment.
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Kearney
Alpha One
Grammer
Chaparral High School
James M. Kelly
Hal Grammer Construction, Inc
Scottsdale
Speros Construction Co
Kelly
Jack Kearney
Robert Ewing
Chaparral
Weather outlook flags high flash flood potential
The forecast calls for partly cloudy warm and humid conditions today and Saturday. A chance of thundershowers mainly at night with locally heavy showers possible. Highs near 98 today and in the upper 90s Saturday, with overnight lows in the upper 70s and a 30 percent chance of measurable rain tonight.
Indian suit seeks right of way funds for Pima Road
The Salt River Indian Tribe and 200 members sue the city and the BIA in federal court alleging illegal acquisition of land for Pima Road built in the mid 1960s. They seek 66 664 dollars and claim signatures were obtained under duress and without proper approval.
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Pima Road
Salt River
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Lester
Ramona Loring
Scottsdale
McKellips Road
Shea Boulevard
Richard Filler
Filler
BIA
Wayne Arnett
Tempe
Residents form group to oppose Mummy Mountain cluster plan
Paradise Valley residents form Preserve Our Mountain Committee amid a 500-signature petition opposing the 96 acre Desert Hill Estates project. The town planning commission previously approved rezoning to allow up to two homes per acre with 26 lots near Mummy Mountain.
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Chris Shuey
Paradise Valley
Ratliff, Miller and Muhr
Mummy Mountain
Aire
Planning and Zoning Commission
Desert Hill Estates
Jacobsen
Zinn
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David Dean
Scottsdale School District
Special Education Task Force
Attorney General’s Office
Associated Press
Harris
By Bonnie Foster
Grammer Construction
Tim Kears
Chaparral Park
Interior Department
Secretary of Interior
Arnett
Department
Pima
McDowell Road
Shea ‘Boulevard
Marc Stragier
Progress Today
Stragier
David E. Zinn
Roy Jacobsen
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