Byrd Doubts Veto Override On Carter Public Works Plan
Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd said Congress cannot override President Carter's veto of a $10.2 billion public works bill funding 18 water projects. He urged compromise as the 218-194 House vote fell short of a two thirds margin. A Senate subcommittee met behind closed doors to discuss reactor and funding issues, including a potential $150 million Clinch River breeder reactor allocation.
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Senate
Robert Byrd
Congress
Carter
Byrd
House
West Virginia
John Stennis
D-Miss
Subcommittee On
Public Works
Stennis
James Sasser
D-Tenn
Clinch River
Tennessee
Mark C. Hatfield
R-Ore
White House
Auburn
California
Chile Argentina attack Carter on human rights program
Chile and Argentina accused the Carter administration of not prioritizing human rights while the State Department urged fighting terrorism through justice. Cyrus Vance defended justice as the antidote to terrorism and urged reforms in legal, economic, and social systems at the OAS meeting in Grenada.
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Cyrus Vance
Vance
Chile
Argentina
Carter
Organization of American States
Purse Robbery Targeting Scottsdale Woman
A 17 year old Caucasian suspect robbed Edith E. Chreiman of her purse and 148 dollars in front of homes on Fifth Avenue in Scottsdale. The thief fled in a 1977 brown and beige Ford. no injuries were reported.
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Scottsdale
Edith E. Chreiman
Fifth Ave
Arizona
APS refunds Checks in the mail for Arizona customers
Arizona Public Service will send a total 5.8 million refund to customers after federal decisions affecting El Paso Natural Gas. The average residential gas credit is six dollars and electric credit is 1.30, with refunds varying by 12 month usage and applied to June or July bills for 1976 77.
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el Paso Natural Gas Co
APS
el Paso
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Bakers union eyes spread of contracts after Fry’s settlement
Bakers Union official predicts a contract settlement with Fry’s Golden Rich Bakery will prompt bargaining at three other bakeries. Tim Buckley says Holsum Bakery Inc. remains unsettled while strike action continues. Carmen Vergara sues Babbitt Brothers Trading Co. in a civil case accusing racial and sexual discrimination in a 15 year job firing. She alleges she was fired June 21 1976 for earning too much as a meat wrapper at Babbitt’s Thriftway Supermarkets.
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Phoenix
Bakers Union
Fry’s
Golden Rich Bakery
Tim Buckley
Bakers Union Local 232
Holsum Bakery Inc
Carmen Vergara
Flagstaff
Babbitt Brothers Trading Co
U.S. District Court
Former Gov McFarland to assume full control of KTVK Phoenix
Ernest McFarland announced his family will take complete control of KTVK-TV in Phoenix after FCC approval. The transfer value is set at 5.91 million dollars.
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Phoenix
Ernest McFarland
Ktvk-Tv
McFarland
Federal Communications Commission
Drug lord tied to smuggling ring held in Mexico
A man described as the head of a large alien smuggling ring near the Mexico border is in custody in Mexico. U S Border Patrol officials said Gregorio Hernandez Barrajas was charged in San Luis, Mexico, with homicide and alien smuggling after an arrest late last week.
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Mexico-Arizona
Mexico
U.S
A.A. Hysette
Gregorio Hernandez Barrajas
San Luis
State to take over county auto licensing operations
The Arizona Department of Transportation announced talks to fold Mohave County and Maricopa County licensing functions into the state driver license division. Assistant MVD head Phil Thorneycroft said discussions began last week with Mohave officials and Monday with Maricopa officials, with Pima County to be consulted later this month.
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State Department of Transportation
Phil Thorneycroft
Mohave County
Maricopa County
Pima County
Obituary: Harry J. Lyman Former Motorola Executive
Harry Jennings Lyman 71 a former area resident died Monday in La Jolla California He directed electronic development at Motorolas Government Electronic Division Survivors include wife Edith sons Douglas Donald and Richard all of California daughter Margaret Jane Olson of California and 14 grandchildren Cremation will be Friday Memorial services 4 p m Sunday at his La Jolla home Donations suggested to San Diego Blood Bank or Arizona Blood Services.
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la Jolla
Calif
Motorola
Mr. Lyman
Kansas
Bisbee
Foothill Drive
Government Electronic
Edith
Douglas
Donald
Richard
California
Margaret Jane Olson
San Diego
Gladys E Beamish Dies in Scottsdale at 75
Gladys E. Beamish 75 of 6337 E. Earil Drive died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. A Michigan native, she moved to the Valley four years ago and was a Creighton Heights Methodist Church member. Survived by two daughters Annette Gill and Dorcas Bukema, two brothers, six grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Visitation until 9 p.m. today at Messinger Mortuary. Services 10 a.m. Thursday at Messinger Mortuary Chapel. Graveside interment in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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E. Earil
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Michigan
Beamish
The
Valley
Creighton Heights
Dorcas Bukema
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Grand Rapids
Mich
Planners back new zoning district for small stores Housing mix
Scottsdale Planning Commission tentatively approved a planned convenience commercial district allowing one acre convenience markets and four dwelling units per gross acre. The district would feature residential above small shops and include delis barber and beauty shops laundromats plus shoe repair and dry cleaning. They also recommended a women s health spa special use permit and continued other zoning actions.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Village
68Th Street
Thomas Road
Fullinwider to Head Arizona Weights and Measures Post
Pat Fullinwider, Tempe housewife and Tempe Union High School District board member, named head of the State Weights and Measures Division with a $25 717 salary starting July 1. She succeeds Richard Harris after criticism from consumer groups over enforcement. Harris moves to a budgeting post. Currin Shields of the Arizona Consumer Council pressed for Harris’s resignation in 1976.
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Tempe
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Max Hawkins
State Administration Department
Pat Fullinwider
Fullinwider
Tempe Union
Rhodes
Richard Harris
Harris
Hawkins
Currin Shields
Arizona Consumer Council
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