03 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1977
Page
1
The government reports May wholesale prices up 0.4 percent, the smallest rise in 10 months, while unemployment falls to 6.9 percent. Employment rose by 400,000 to 90.4 million, with farm prices dropping 2.3 percent aiding the relief.
City of Scottsdale will use part of a $3.2 million CETA grant to fund about $1.2 million in one year projects by private nonprofit agencies. June 15 is deadline for proposals with a 9:30 a.m. meeting at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts to explain eligibility.
A moonlit night photograph shows the Casa Blanca Inn in Scottsdale silhouetted by a rising full moon and palm trees, evoking Arab cityscape vibes of Algiers or Port Said.
Kuwait UN ambassador Abdulla Yaccoub Bishara told a Phoenix press conference on a UN goodwill tour that the Middle East could drift toward confrontation and a fifth war unless the United States pressures Israel to modify its stance after the Begin election. He warned oil revenues and investments in the U S could rise and said Arab nations seek diversified economies while oil prices trend upward.
Beginning Monday the Progress will list New York Stock Exchange prices for firms headquartered in Arizona or with major Arizona facilities. The Arizona stocks listing will accompany late stock quotations and the commodity closing report on the business page daily.
Rosalynn Carter arrived in Lima on an Air Force jet for talks with Peru's military leaders and planned rest before Brazil. Security was tight after about 150 student protesters near Quito, Ecuador, briefly drowned out her talks with Ecuadorean officials, marking the tour's first hostile demonstration.
Washington confirms a diplomatic exchange with Cuba to swap interest sections tenets, marking the first formal contact in 16 years. Spokesman John Trattner states both sides will have diplomats in foreign capitals to represent national interests. Paris Air Show tragedy follows on opening day as Fairchild A10 crashes at Le Bourget. pilot Howard W. Nelson dies en route to hospital.
The Paris meeting closed with no momentum on energy dialogue or a new economic order. Delegates from industrial nations and 19 developing countries agreed to create a $1 billion emergency aid fund for the poorest nations and to negotiate a fund to stabilize prices of raw materials from developing countries.
King Baudouin swore in a new coalition government in Brussels ending a political crisis. Thirty ministers and secretaries took the oath in a palace ceremony amid objections from four French speaking Social Christian members who had initially opposed the cabinet list.
The House approved a plan to create a Cabinet department of energy with a five year life unless renewed by Congress and trimmed the powers of the energy secretary. An amendment to terminate the department on December 31 1982 was adopted 202 to 126.
All 100 passengers and crewmen from the Canadian National ferry William Carson were rescued after the ship struck an iceberg and sank off the Labrador coast. The 88 passengers and 22 crew members were reported in good condition.
Italian film director Roberto Rossellini died at his Rome home at age 71 from an apparent heart attack. Friends said he fell ill at his apartment and died shortly after, a death that follows his noted marriage to Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and their high profile romance and divorce.
Partly cloudy today and Saturday with a chance of blowing dust in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will run high around 108 today and 106 on Saturday, with overnight lows in the upper 70s.
U S Senator Dennis DeConcini reviews a Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Reservation groundwater pumping plan presented as an alternative to Edward Kennedy's water rights bill. DeConcini calls for assessing groundwater on the reservation and weighing impacts on supplies while favoring alternative water sources and prioritizing domestic use. The talk also covers energy policy, urging oversight hearings on nuclear power and suggesting hydroelectric potential as demand shifts. DeConcini notes possible 1980 run by Bruce Babbitt and plans a Scottsdale public forum in August or fall.
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