Teenaged father triggers jail blast killing four in West Virginia
A 19-year-old Bruce Sisk entered Mason County Courthouse with a shotgun and dynamite in a suitcase and killed himself, his wife Harriett, Sheriff Elvin Wedge, and Deputy Kenneth Love. Eleven others were injured as the blast damaged the jail and courthouse after the pair’s infant daughter had died in unclear circumstances.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Mason County
Bruce Sisk
Harriett
Letart
Elvin ‘Pete’ Wedge
Kenneth Love
Charles Anson
Sisk
Scottsdale Board OKs disputed reading texts
The Scottsdale School Board approved a five year list of elementary reading texts from publishers Economy Houghton Mifflin Lippincott Holt Macmillan and Open Court despite disputes over phonics requirements. Superintendent Randall said the district must order through the state list and avoid illegal requests.
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Tim McGraw
Scottsdale School Board
Sam Childs
Economy
Houghton Mifflin
Lippincott
Holt
Macmillan
Open Court
State Language Arts Commission
State Board of Education
William Randall
Llegal
Alice Jacobsen
Robert Uldane
Jacobsen
Phoenix plan eyed for west side of Cocopah School bike path
Phoenix council member Ken O'Dell said he will propose a bike path along the west side of 64th Street from Desert Cove to Cholla Road to aid Cocopah School students. The cost is about 6000 dollars and would lie within Scottsdale, with Scottsdale handling right of way.
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Phoenix
64Th Street
Ken O'Dell
Desert Cove Avenue
Cholla Road
Scottsdale
64Th Place
O'Dell
Fred Glendenning
Desert Cove
O’dell
Barr calls Chinle School District funding a disaster
Phoenix Arizona House Majority Leader Burton Barr said the Chinle School District on the Navajo Reservation is near broke as funds will run out after April 15. He described the crisis as a disaster and noted leaders have struggled for months to keep schools open.
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Phoenix
Chinle
Burton Barr
Arizona
Barr
Mine Inspector orders safety upgrades after miner death
State Mine Inspector Bert Romero cited the Anamax Twin Buttes mine after a young miner died on Tuesday. Romero said the victim lacked safety training and Anamax failed to provide adequate safety equipment at the mill.
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Tucson
Bert Romero
Wreck Halts Border Traffic Near Nogales
Traffic at the Nogales border crossing returned to normal after cleanup of a propane tanker wreck. The Mexican owned truck lost brakes and overturned on Tuesday but reportedly did not spill any of its 10,216 gallons of propane, officials said.
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Nogales
Arizona panel endorses three nonvoting regents members
The House Education Committee backed a bill to add three nonvoting university members to the Arizona Board of Regents on an 8-5 vote. Sid Woods of Yuma opposed the move calling the board a three ringed circus unable to be all things to all people.
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Phoenix
House Education Committee
Arizona Board of Regents
Sid Woods
Yuma
Regents
Woods
Ex Nixon aide endorses media in security balance
Herbert G. Klein, a former Nixon press aide, told about 260 students and teachers in Tucson that media do a better job today but overemphasize public right to know at the expense of national security when journalists seek to expose all CIA secrets.
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Tucson
Richard Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Central Intelligence Agency
UA surgeons seek injunction to stop promotions denial
Tucson Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Myers set a March 26 hearing to decide if two University of Arizona surgeons, Dr. Marlys Witte and Dr. D Scott Clark, will receive an injunction preventing UA from completing paperwork that would deny their promotions.
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Tucson
Maricopa County
Robert Myers
University of Arizona
Jeremy E. Butler
Marlys Witte
D. Scott Clark
Five inmates escape Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix
Five prisoners fled a storage closet and window at the Maricopa County Jail during breakfast, while one earlier escapee returned. The group included Kenneth Herr and James Kirkpatrick, both named in custody for theft by embezzlement and burglary, with others linked to burglary, con games, forgery, and weapons charges. Ten fugitives remain at large.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Kenneth Herr
Twin Lakes
Wis
James Kirkpatrick
Commerce
Calif
Louis McCombs
David Masgena
Oflinois
Rafael Correles
David Johnson
Johnson
Dallas
Scottsdale Development Review Board to hear three plans
The Scottsdale Development Review Board will review plans for a day care center at 7114 Sahuaro Drive in Sundown Plaza, including a playground on a vacant east lot. An animal clinic at 10616 N 71st Place in Sundown Plaza, 2250 square feet on a 1250-square-foot lot, to serve Dr. George Miller. Also, a proposal to convert 1312 N Scottsdale Rd into Cafe Casino a French restaurant.
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Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale
Sahuaro Drive
Sundown Plaza
Scottsdale and
Shea
N. 71St Place
George Miller
N. Scottsdale Rd
Siemens to Sell Microelectronics Unit in Scottsdale
Siemens Corp plans to sell its Microelectronics Operation of the Components Group in Scottsdale, employing about 35 people, to Continental Testing Laboratories of Florida. Continental will hire roughly 95 percent of current staff and move part of its operation to the Phoenix area, expanding its Custom Devices Division and hybrid circuit work. Robert D. Fisher will manage the operation, and Continental intends to continue serving Siemens customers.
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Components Group
Siemens Corp
Scottsdale
Florida
Continental Testing Laboratories
Phoenix
Charles Smith
Siemens
Continental
Smith
Robert D. Fisher
Continentals Custom Device Division
Non-Smoking Bill Rally Urged by Betty Carnes in Arizona
Betty Carnes urged Scottsdale residents to back Senate Bill 1149 as it nears a vote in the Arizona Senate. She noted opposition from two Scottsdale senators and cited ATI testimony from 15-year-old Mike Wattier about smoke-related health issues while urging public support and calls to senators.
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Betty Carnes
Scottsdale
Arizona Senate
Arizona
Carnes
Bob Hungerford
America
Mac’ Carvalho
Mike Wattier
City Council Okays 1.8 Million Federal Grant Plan
Unanimous approval of a program shaping 1.8 million in federal community development funds to HUD. Major uses include 256 thousand for a senior center phase with a large meeting room, 229 thousand for parks, 219 thousand for traffic signals, 200 thousand for landscaping along Scottsdale Road, and 112 thousand for street maintenance. Alternative 270 thousand for a multi purpose recreation building, housing for Judo Club and boxing programs, plus Youth and Adult Services offices, may be funded if priorities fail. Two public hearings showed strong support for the senior center and Judo Club facility. Bike path funds of 25 thousand for Scotts dale bikeway development were proposed, contingent on right of way.
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Department of Housing and Urban
Scottsdale
Club Sar
Chaparral High
Shea Boulevard
Shea
Obituary for Marvin D. Muller 64 of Phoenix area
Marvin D. Muller, 64, of 4329 N Miller Rd, died Tuesday at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born in La Farge, Wisconsin, he worked 25 years as an office manager in construction in the U.S. and abroad, and lived in the Valley 14 years. He was an Elks member in Phoenix. Survived by wife Barbra and sons Gilbert Chatsworth, Robert Honolulu, Randall San Diego, two brothers out of state, five grandchildren. Green Acres Mortuary handled private cremation arrangements.
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Marvin D. Muller
N. Miller Rd
Golden Age
la Farge
Wis
Mr. Muller
United States
Valley
The
Elks
Phoenix
Muller
Barbra
Gilbert
Chatsworth
Calif
Robert
Honolulu
Hawaii
Randall
San Diego
Gertrude Bounds 85 Dies in Mesa Medical Facility
Gertrude W. Bounds 85 of 6526 E Heatherbrae Ave died Tuesday at Desert Samaritan Hospital Mesa. Born in North Carolina she moved from Richmond Virginia to the Valley four years ago. Survivors include daughter Mrs John D Munro Scottsdale six sisters two brothers all out of state four grandsons one great grandson Private cremation with services in Roanoke Rapids NC Messinger Mortuary handled arrangements.
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Gertrude W. Bounds
John D. Munro
Scottsdale
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
Messinger Mortuary
Mom of 9 wins 1776 lottery in New Jersey
Marie McNair a 33 year old mother of nine on welfare received 1776 a week for life in New Jersey's second 1776 lottery She was chosen from 45 semifinalists in Smithville New Jersey Her husband Gordon a night maintenance worker said they will set up a trust fund for the kids education and buy a bigger house She plans to keep working part time as a domestic
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Anson
Sisk
Man
Smithville
N.J
New Jersey
Marie McNair
Woodbury
Gordon
McNair
PV planners oppose bank rezoning at Shea and Tatum
Paradise Valley officials voted to condemn a Phoenix bid to rezone the northwest corner of Shea and Tatum from residential housing to commercial office space. The southeast corner is residential at 43 000 square feet per lot, while a Smitty's department store was approved for the southwest corner.
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Paradise Valley
Town Planning and Zoning Commission
City of
Phoenix
Shea and
Tatum
The
Arizona Bank
Smitty's Department
Stolen Household Items From Teresa Anderson Home
More than $3,300 in appliances reported stolen from the home of Teresa Anderson at 7301 E. Minnetowa. Police said the loss includes a $2,500 silver service table setting and occurred late Monday or early Tuesday.
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Teresa Anderson
E. Minnetowa
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