City Council to Review HUD Rent Subsidy Contract
Scottsdale faces approval of a HUD funded rent subsidy plan for 75 elderly apartments over 12 months starting April with a potential three month extension to June 30 1977 to align with the fiscal year. The program covers 25 percent resident rent with a $164 monthly cap and requires a housing coordinator.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Scottsdale
Ken Huber
Huber
Panel backs bill to bar printing victim addresses
The Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed a bill by 6 to 3 to prohibit news media from printing or broadcasting victims addresses in violent crime cases. Sheriff Blabaum and victims mothers urged passage, while publisher Jonathan Marshall and two Republicans urged defeat citing First Amendment concerns. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Walsh, would remove addresses until they become public record, drawing opposition over restraint on press.
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Phoenix
Senate Judiciary Committee
Maricopa County
Paul Blabaum
Blabaum
Jane Schlosser
Scottsdale
Tempe
Nancy Coger
Saguaro Lake
Jonathan Marshall
Schlosser
Marshall
James Walsh
D-Phoenix
Sen
Jones Osborn
D-Yuma
John Roeder
Steve Davis
Tubac
Osborn
Rules Committee
Senate
Robbery Suspects Arrested In Circle K Thefts
Two men, Arthur J. Jensen and David McGrew, were arrested for armed robberies at Circle K stores in Scottsdale and Mesa on Feb 22. Police recovered $71 in Scottsdale and $184 in Mesa and noted severed telephone lines at both locations. They await arraignment in Scottsdale city court and Mesa municipal court.
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Circle K
Mesa
Arthur J. Jensen
E. Earls Drive
David McGrew
Scottsdale
Mesa Municipal Court
Nolan
Arizona House approves 100000 grand jury appropriation
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 6 to approve a $100,000 statewide grand jury appropriation, a deep cut from the proposed $250,000. Attorney General Bruce Babbitt says cases are ready, but the Supreme Court will not empanel it without funds for initial months. A separate Tucson report notes uranium mining potential in a 13000 square mile east central Arizona region including the Mogollon and Tonto rims.
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Phoenix
House
Judiciary Committee
Bruce Babbitt
State Supreme Court
Tucson
Arizona
Mogollon
Tonto Rims
Arizona Bureau of Mines
Bureau
University of Arizona
Ft. Apache Indian Reservation
Nuclear opponents push ballot referendum for Palo Verde plant
Phoenix groups led by Arizonans for Safe Energy circulate petitions to place a nuclear referendum on the November ballot after missing a Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing on the Buckeye area Palo Verde plant. The effort mirrors a national trend of directing opposition to the public vote.
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Phoenix
Palo Verde
Buckeye
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Arizonans For Safe Energy
Church Under Investigation For Birth Certificate Sales
The Arizona attorney general’s office probes Freedom Fellowship Church in Phoenix for mail order birth certificates to enable new identities. Chief investigator Richard Wolfe leads the inquiry into the small residential church.
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Phoenix
Attorney General’s Office
Richard Wolfe
Attorney General
Freedom Fellowship Church
Arizona school districts keep seven percent operating budget cap
Arizona districts face a seven percent cap on general operating budget increases for the next fiscal year unless voters approve a higher rise. The limit has applied for two years and would have needed legislative change by today.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Obituary for George Sawin 79 Mason dies in Scottsdale
George Sawin age 79 and long time Mason died Friday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He lived at 525 North Miller Road and is survived by wife Willetta, sons Edwin of Olivia Minnesota G Wilson of Lynwood Washington James of Prescott, daughter Doris Harwood of Tucson, two sisters, 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial services were held today at Messinger Mortuary.
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George Sawin
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Mr. Sawin
N. Miller Rd
Willetta
Edwin
Olivia, Minn
G. Wilson
Lynwood
Wash
James
Prescott
Doris Harwood
Tucson
Messinger Mortuary
Woman charged in pigeon drop scheme arrest in Los Angeles case
A 31 year old Los Angeles woman Patricia Burke was arrested here for grand theft by confidence game linked to a pigeon drop scheme. Burke held without bond and to be sent to Maricopa County jail with trial dates set in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Jerry James
Patricia Burke
Burke
Maricopa County
Valley National Bank
74Th Street
McDowell Road
Scottsdale
James
APS power failure in Phoenix area due to capacitor bank rupture
Arizona Public Service said a blown capacitor bank caused a two hour outage Saturday in the Indian School and 70th Street region. The failure cut power from Third Avenue to Osborn Road and 69th Street to 76th Street for about 13 minutes before the broader outage from Indian School to Fifth Avenue and 70th Street to Scottsdale Road. A ruptured capacitor in an alley east of Marshall Way south of Indian School caused a severed power line to fall on Indian School Road.
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Marshall Way
Indian School
Indian School Road
Burglars steal $2651 in gear from Townsend shed
Police report break in at John W. Townsend residence 1005 N Granite Reef Rd last week. The theft totaled about $2651, including $1200 and $300 tool chests with tools and various water and snow ski gear. Townsend was away Feb 21 and found the loss when returning Sunday.
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John W. Townsend
Granite Reef Rd
Townsend
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Orpheus
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Raleigh
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Associated Press
Nant ES
Big Boy
E. McDowell Rd
of Burke
Mary Heid
VNB
Heid
APS
Mr. Merchant
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Paradise Valley News-Progress
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