Four Gunmen Seize Part of B N A I Building
Four armed men occupied a section of the B N A I B Rith International Headquarters near the White House. They held seven to twenty hostages on the seventh floor after their robbery attempt was foiled. Police reported shots were fired, three people injured, and a helicopter patrolled as streets were barricaded.
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Washington
B'Nai B’rith International
White House
A.W. Bell
Joseph Gentile
National Rifle Association
Bell
Firms bid for parkland in Flagstaff area resort plan
Two Wyoming firms that developed the Little America hotel bid the sole joint offer to lease 64 acres at Indian Bend and Scottsdale Roads for a 400‑unit resort and 18‑hole golf course. The plan includes a complex with a 90 year lease and stepped rents tied to gross revenue, plus a 10 year construction deadline.
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Wyoming
Flagstaff
Indian Bend
Scottsdale Roads
Little America Refining and Holdings
Little America
Fowler McCormick
Paradise Valley
Scottsdale
Stillman rezoning plan advances to Scottsdale City Council
Scottsdale Planning Commission unanimously forwards Guy Stillman’s proposal to convert his home into a freestanding resort style restaurant with conditions. Development limited to the home, 18 month permit window, and zoning reversion when a 108 unit resort project begins on the remaining 6.4 acres near Scottsdale Road south of The Inn at McCormick Ranch.
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Scottsdale
Guy Stillman
McCormick Ranch
Stillman’s
Stillman
Commission
Scottsdale Road
Glenrose Avenue
Hayden Road
Indian Bend Wash
MCCCD to launch nationwide search for chancellor post
The Maricopa County Community College District will advertise the president position nationwide after the board scrapped a plan to promote acting president A W Flowers without applications. The board renamed the job to chancellor and sent out 250 brochures as a five week search begins. Flowers will not apply but may serve interim if offered. contract extension for Flowers was approved despite board concerns on multi year terms.
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Maricopa County Community College
A.W. Flowers
Scottsdale Community College
Flowers
Jeremy Butler
Roger Brooks
Butler
McKellips Road Reopens After Striping and Widening
McKellips Road between Miller and Hayden Roads will reopen to traffic this afternoon after the City completes striping on the widened four lane section. The U S Army Corps of Engineers widened the road and installed a storm drain curbs gutters and sidewalks Verle Cox project manager said barricades will be removed at 3 pm allowing traffic. Crews will finish curbs driveways and rail work on the McKellips bridge over the Indian Bend Wash over the next one or two months but the road remains open to vehicles.
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U.S. Corps of Engineers
Miller
Hayden Roads
Corps
Verle Cox
The
Cox
McKellips
Indian Bend Wash
Obituary of Geraldine Corrigan
Geraldine F. Corrigan 81 grandmother of former State Sen Robert Hungerford died Monday in Medicenter Survivors include son Robert and daughter Geraldine Hungerford both of Phoenix plus a son and two daughters all out of state Visitation 5 to 9 pm today Messinger Chapel 7601 E Indian School Rd Mass 10 am Thursday Our Lady of Perpetual Help Second St and Miller Rd Interment Paradise Memorial Gardens 9300 E Shea Blvd
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Geraldine F. Corrigan
Robert Hungerford
Scottsdale
Medicenter
Robert
Geraldine Hungerford
Phoenix
Messinger Chapel
Indian School Road
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Second Street
Miller Road
Paradise Memorial Gardens
Shea Blvd
Trial date set for two in Phoenix bombing case
Phoenix lawyer Neal Roberts and Chandler plumber James Robison face trial May 17 for alleged involvement in an attempted bombing of a federally occupied building. The case links to John Harvey Adamson, the confessed slayer of Don Bolles, who also implicates Robison in Bolles murder.
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Phoenix
Neal Roberts
Chandler
James Robison
Roberts
Robison
John Harvey Adamson
Arizona Republic
Don Bolles
Adamson
Bolles
Dallas firm gains Westward Ho Hotel title in bankruptcy
A federal bankruptcy court judge awards full ownership of the Westward Ho Hotel to Republic National Life Insurance Co. after the deadline to redeem the property passed. Robert Holland, attorney for RNLI, said a Sheriff's deed was issued following nonpayment of 2.5 million by the deadline Tuesday.
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Phoenix
Robert Holland
Republic National Life Insurance Co
Woman leaps into Arizona Canal near McDowell Road
A 59 year old Phoenix woman reportedly jumped into the Arizona Canal in the 6600 block of East McDowell Road. She was uninjured and transported by Kord's ambulance to Maricopa County General Hospital where she was treated and released. She was returned to her son and expected to be taken back to the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix where she has been a patient.
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Phoenix
Arizona Canal
East McDowell Road
Kord
Maricopa County General Hospital
Arizona State Hospital
Medicaid veto vote postponed in Arizona budget showdown
House leaders delay vote on Gov. Castro's veto of Medicaid repeal as Republicans seek strategy to win Senate support for an override. With a 44-12 House margin and 17-13 Senate margin, leaders weigh county board pressure and possible Democratic defections. Castro says Medicaid could still start next summer using county funds to match federal money.
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Phoenix
House
Raul Castro
Senate
Burton Barr
County Boards of Supervisors
Dan Peaches
Window Rock
Larry Bahill
Tucson
Castro
Arizona
Federal crackdown targets illegal drug prescriptions outlined
At a three day law enforcement conference in Phoenix DEA and police officials announced tighter controls on physicians who prescribe drugs for non medical use. Plans include increasing federal investigators to 254 and linking states via a suspect information computer network.
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Phoenix
Peter G. Bourne
Carter
Office of
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
International Association of Chiefs of Police
U.S
San Diego
William Kolender
Mexico
Man dies from gunshot at Scottsdale home
A 70-year-old Scottsdale man identified as Donald A. Dorris was found dead at 4:45 a.m. in his Windsor Avenue home with a .38 revolver near him. Police call it a personal safety related gunshot wound and say the case is under investigation pending the medical examiner’s report.
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Scottsdale
Donald A. Dorris
Windsor Ave
Nadean
North Scottsdale Lions Club Planned by Local Group
The Scottsdale Lions Club sponsors a noon organizational meeting for a proposed Lions Club at Scottsdale Country Club Resort 7702 E. Shea Blvd. Attendees will come from the Scottsdale Shea business community and nearby facilities including the municipal airport and industrial park area.
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Lions Club
Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale Country Club
E. Shea Blvd
Scottsdale Lions Club
North Scottsdale
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