City to open Center for the Performing Arts amid McCormick Ranch housing surge
The development review board approved a $3 million Center for the Performing Arts on 27 acres west of the library with seating for 750 to 1,000. It also signed off on 400 plus new homes in McCormick Ranch plus a 128 unit condominium complex at 61st Street and Thomas Road and a 116 unit townhouse project west of Hayden. Additional approvals included a bank branch north of McCormick Parkway and multiple commercial sites on Scottsdale Road and Earls Drive.
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Hayden
McCormick Parkway
Sandpiper Scottsdale
Ponderosa Las Plazas
Paseo Village
Hal Willets
Republican Development Co
City Planning Commission
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Mountain View Road
Butler Drive
Willets
Larry Bussard
Commission
Bussard
Willet
Diane Cusack
Scottsdale School Board Eyes Gas Storage Tank Purchase
The Scottsdale School Board will decide on a 10 000 gallon gas storage tank at 3811 N 44th St for eight o clock p m business. The $3173 tank could let the district store gas for fall and buy at 18 cents a gallon if gas is available. Union Oil Co did not bid to supply next year and no other bids have been received while negotiations continue. The board also considers budgeting 6446 for a state funded career education program.
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Scottsdale School Board
44Th St
Union Oil&Co
Union
Senator Ulm Accused of Mine Law Violations
State Mine Inspector Verne McCutchan said Senator John Scott Ulm may have broken state mine safety laws after Ulm charged he witnessed numerous safety violations at Magma Copper Co. in San Manuel. McCutchan said Ulm did not follow procedures and entered private property without authorization.
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Phoenix
Verne McCutchan
John Scott Ulm
Tucson
McCutchan
Ulm
Magma Copper Co
San Manuel
UFW Pickets Target Freshpict Fields in Yuma Protest
In Yuma the United Farm Workers staged pickets at Freshpict through the weekend protesting working conditions. Manuel Chavez, Cesar Chavez’s cousin, says about 75 workers abandoned their jobs Friday as the demonstrations began. A company spokesman confirmed some walkouts but could not provide numbers.
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Yuma
United Farm Workers Union
Freshpict, Inc
Manuel Chavez
UFW
Cesar Chavez
Principals Seek AFL-CIO Affiliate Union for Scottsdale Schools
The Scottsdale Principal's Association sent an application to join the AFL-CIO affiliated School Administrators and Supervisors Organizing Committee. About 25 principals are expected to join if accepted, aiming to improve standards, job security, and cooperation with the school board and community.
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Scottsdale Principal's Association
SPA
Board of Education
Stine
Richard Ford
Assessor Mobile Unit to Visit Scottsdale and Paradise Valley
The Maricopa County Assessor's Office mobile unit will visit Scottsdale near Scottsdale Stadium on Tuesday and the 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard shopping center on Wednesday. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. The unit handles vehicle licensing and provides information on property valuation and assessments.
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Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Scottsdale Stadium
32Nd Street
Shea Boulevard
Fun Fest at Scottsdale Country Club headline event
Arizona State Electronics Association hosts Fun Fest starting Sunday noon at Scottsdale Country Club. Activities include games golf swimming plus a chicken and roast beef buffet at 5 p.m. An auction of used test equipment benefits small service operations. Door prizes and buffet prices $5 adults $3 children.
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Arizona State Electronics Association
Scottsdale Country Club
E. Shea Blvd
Conlan Announces Work-Study Aid for Scottsdale CC
Congressman John B. Conlan announced Scottsdale Community College will receive 78 942 dollars for 170 student scholarships under the Federal work study program for 1973 74. Federal funds from the U S Office of Education cover eight percent of payroll with the school contributing twenty percent and the remainder from another agency.
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Washington
John B. Conlan
Scottsdale Community College
U.S. Office of Education
Scottsdale Driver Injured In McDowell Road Collision
A 29-year-old Scottsdale man Gerald M Metz was treated and released after his car collided with an eastbound vehicle driven by Cyrus Ross Leaming 67 of 815 N Hayden Rd Apt 104B as it crossed the center line to turn into a private drive at 8350 E McDowell. Leaming was cited for failure to yield.
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McDowell Road
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Gerald M. Metz
Granite Reef Rd
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Hayden Rd
E. McDowell
Metz
Back wages held for man in wage and hour suits
U S Department of Labor in Los Angeles seeks J Lowell Mealey last known at 6526 FE Vernon Scottsdale. He was among 141 California and Arizona workers awarded back wages under Federal wage and hour law including overtime minimum wage equal pay act and age and sex discrimination provisions. Write to Wage and Hour Division at 300 N Los Angeles Street Room 7717 Los Angeles 90012 with any information.
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Los Angeles
Scottsdale
J. Lowell Mealey
FE. Vernon
California
Arizona
Department
Mealey
Department of Labor
Los Angeles Street
Obituary of Katherine Treadway Died in Scottsdale Home
Katherine J. Treadway 29 a housewife who came to Scottsdale in 1965 from Texas died Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital She lived at 8301 FE Osborn Rd and was born in Peoria Illinois Survivors include husband Ronald a son James and a daughter Pamela all of Scottsdale her parents Mr and Mrs Sherwood Dees of Springfield Illinois two brothers and one sister out of state Services will be 10 am Monday at Messinger Mortuary 7601 E Indian School Rd Cremation will follow Friends may call at the mortuary from 7 to 9 pm Sunday
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Nancy Cooper
Katherine J. Treadway
Scottsdale
Texas
Good Samaritan Hospital
Treadway
Sherwood Dees
Springfield
Ill
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Marines sue for hair right in federal suit
Three Marine reservists in Grand Rapids file in U S district court seeking a ruling allowing shorthaired wigs to cover their long hair. They say they were ordered to cut their hair or stop wearing the wigs they've used since last winter and face involuntary activation.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
UPI
Armed Services
Nixon toast Iceland mixup prompts Icelandic president reply
Inga, a native of Iceland, notes that Kristjann Eldjarn answered Nixon by asking how he liked his whiskey asking straight or with Watergate. Louise Gacioch questions the football team size. Bob Snider confirms eleven players.
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Snider
Scottsdale City Hall Rummage Sale Funds Christmas Party
City hall staffers organize a rummage sale to fund a Christmas party for municipal workers. The event prompts chatter over secretaries Roberta McCool and Mary Todd selling their hotpants and sparks local humor about town affairs.
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Roberta McCool
Mary Todd
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