Senate votes against Social Security tax hike this year
The Senate Finance Committee reversed course at the Carter administration's urging and rejected raising Social Security taxes for the year. Chairman Russell B. Long said they would not raise taxes while the administration opposed it, amid fears the system could run short of funds.
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Washington
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
Finance Committee
Long
Joseph Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Ford
Capitol Hill
Scottsdale School District eyes budget override referendum
A Scottsdale School District work session will consider a referendum to fund the 1977-78 budget of about 43.97 million, with increases capped to keep tax rate near 5.85. The district faces a 23 cent rise per 100 dollars and a March 25 deadline. board to set referendum scope and items.
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Scottsdale
Jack Kearney
Kearney
44Th St
Vernon Craig "Komar" feats at Esoteric Festival of Sciences
Vernon Craig known as Komar, famed for lying between beds of nails with 750 pounds and wielding altered state pain control. He holds 14 Guinness records including 1,375 pounds on nails and walking over hot coal trench. Guest speaker at Scottsdale Community College course Phenomena of Man taught by Frank Baranowski during the Esoteric Festival of Sciences week in the Valley.
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Vernon Craig
Komar
Craig
Scottsdale Community College
Saguaro High
Frank Baranowski
Scottsdale faces intolerable traffic in 10 years says engineer
Scottsdale Traffic Engineer Raymond Williamson warned that Scottsdale Road between Lincoln and McDonald Drives could reach intolerable levels in 10 years if growth continues. A study with a California firm forecasts two to four light cycles delays during turns as traffic rises 2 percent annually, with level E conditions likely if land uses are approved.
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Chris Shuey
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Road
Lincoln
McDonald Drives
McDonald
Williamson
Commission
Scottsdale Seeks Qualifying Statement on Rezoning Consistency
City planners and attorney urge adding a qualifying statement to rezoning applications to address new state legislation requiring consistency with the Comprehensive General Plan. The memo recommends amending the general plan if a rezoning is found inconsistent, sparking debate over state law and planning process integrity.
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Richard Filler
Planning Commission
Filler
Arizona
Stanley Eisner
Commission
Diane Cusack
Scottsdale
League of Arizona
Per-student costs at Loloma highest in district
A 1976-77 cost schedule shows Loloma at 1205.06 per student, 40 percent above the Scottsdale district average and $86.44 more than Apache, as the board weighs converting Loloma into a district facility for mentally handicapped students. A March 15 vote could close Loloma or consolidate services, with concerns about impact on students and community.
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Loloma
Scottsdale
Donald Swanson
Cherokee
Soloma
Phyllis Spencer
Swanson
Paul Streich
Tony Stacy
Loloma Teacher Parent Organization
Rexbell Young
Young
Loloma Little School
Second body found as miners remain missing in flooded mine
In Tower City Pennsylvania rescuers recovered a second body after digging through debris to reach eight miners still missing in the flooded shaft. A federal official said survival chances were very unlikely.
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Tower City
Ugandan invasion fears spread via Kenya radio
A Nairobi radio claimed 2,600 American British and Israeli mercenaries moved through Kenya toward Uganda. Both Kenya and Britain quickly denied the report. In Rhodesia a church spokesman said a Spanish born missionary priest’s battered body was found near a mission school in the southeast.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Britain
Gwelo
Rhodesia
Carter to receive CAP information from Tucson groups
Arizona environmental groups and other organizations form a task force to present President Carter's administration with data on the Central Arizona Project CAP. Barbara Tellman says the group will invite Carter officials to visit to see the CAP firsthand.
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Tucson
Arizona
Carter
Central Arizona
Barbara Tellman
Tellman
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Raymond Williamson
Scottsdale Planning
California
Associated Press
Missionary
CAP
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