Scottsdale educator named Outstanding Young Educator of 1975
Tempe resident Jan Stenmoen, seventh and eighth grade language arts teacher at Hohokam School, wins Scottsdale Jaycees Outstanding Young Educator award for 1975. Her self paced contract learning boosts motivation and reduces discipline issues, with student voice and behavior points guiding progress. She plans to pursue a master's in reading education at ASU and contribute to Project Work curriculum.
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Thomas
Scottsdale Jaycees
Jan Stenmoen
Stenmoen
Hoholam School
Thomas C. Smith
Smith
Tempe
Hohokam
Scottsdale
Arizona State University
American Association of University Women
Jaycee Selection Committee
Senate leaders urge Lon Nol resignation in Cambodia crisis
Senate leaders from both parties call for President Lon Nol to step down and favor a transitional regime to negotiate a truce with insurgent Communists. The Senate also urges free food aid for Cambodia to reach the poor, while reports of coups and cabinet reshuffles surface in Phnom Penh.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Cambodia
Senate
Lon Nol
GOP
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Phnom Penh
U.S
Scottsdale Opposes Indian Bend Freeway Plan Says It Cuts City In Half
Council member Herb Drinkwater argues the proposed freeway along the Indian Bend Wash would split Scottsdale, snarling Shea Boulevard and straining traffic capacity. He prefers a CAP alignment that avoids buying pricey properties and reduces taxpayer costs.
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Herb Drinkwater
Indian Bend
Phoenix
Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale
Edward Hall
Shea
Scottsdale Road redesign meeting invites downtown merchants
The city and Scottsdale Chamber invite property owners and tenants to a March 18 8 a.m. forum at the Little Red School House to discuss medians cobblestone sidewalks and landscaping for Scottsdale Road between Indian School and Osborn. The plan includes drainage work a four by eight foot double box culvert and overall cost about 1.3 million with 70 percent state funding possible. Construction hoped by late June or early July.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Road
State Highway Department
George Tannella
Indian School
Thomas Road
Thomas
Indian Bend Wash
Tannella
Arizona bills authorize tougher crime fighting tools
A Phoenix legislative committee approved a package to aid organized crime and narcotics enforcement. Attorney General Bruce Babbitt said the measures give police and prosecutors tools to do the job, including parity penalties for conspiracy and crime and witnesses immunity with possible prosecution without testimony if independent evidence exists.
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Phoenix
UPI
Bruce Babbitt
Babbitt
House Judiciary Committee
Scottsdale February sales tax shows mixed signs for economy
City figures show February hotel and motel collections at 12,856 dollars up 23.4 percent from last year, indicating strong tourism. Auto dealer receipts totalling 40,087 dollars fell 7.1 percent year over year but were a smaller drop than in prior months, aided by auto rebate plans. The citywide February total reached 385,063 dollars, up 1.7 percent from February 1974, with fiscal year revenue near 3.1 million dollars, about 1.6 percent higher than eight months of the prior year.
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Scottsdale
Ford says no assassinations by CIA under Ford
White House press secretary Re Nessen said the CIA will not participate in political assassination attempts while Gerald Ford is president. Reports over the weekend claimed the agency targeted Fidel Castro Rafael Trujillo and Francois Duvalier for assassination.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Gerald Ford
White House
Re Nessen
CIA
Fidel Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Francois ‘Papa Dolc” Duvalier
Haiti
Vesco Linked to Suspected Heroin Deal Probe
Senate investigators say federal agents did not properly follow up a tip that fugitive financier Robert Vesco was to fund a major heroin purchase. The probe linked Vesco to a plan involving Canadian racketeer Conrad Bouchard and Vesco associate Norman LeBlanc with a proposed $300,000 heroin purchase for smuggling into the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Vesco
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Vesco
United States
Conrad Bouchard
Canada
Norman LeBlanc
Oswald Truth Remark Elevates JFK Assassination Book
A former CIA official says Oswald may have told the truth about others' knowledge linked to Kennedy's assassination. Author George O'Toole notes uncertainty if the real shooter is still at large amid a news conference for his new book.
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Washington
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
George O'Toole
Hills Sworn as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Carla Anderson Hills is sworn in as secretary of housing and urban development becoming the third woman in the Cabinet. At 41, the former assistant at the attorney general’s office faced criticism from housing industry spokesmen for lacking direct housing experience.
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Washington
Carla Anderson Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Hills
Kissinger Shifts Focus to Turkish Talks on Cyprus
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, after private talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem, turned to Ankara for discussions with Turkish officials on the Cyprus situation amid ongoing Middle East negotiations. He recently met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Israeli negotiating team before flying to Turkey.
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Ankara
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Sinai
Cyprus
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Weather outlook with cloudy skies and showers
Gradually increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers by late afternoon. Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with showers. Windy at times. Cooler Tuesday with highs near 70 and mid 60s, overnight lows around 40s. Measurable rain probability 40 percent this afternoon and tonight, 20 percent on Tuesday.
Scottsdale School Board to hearings on 1975-76 budget cuts
The Scottsdale School Board will begin hearings on proposed district budget cuts for 1975-76 that may exceed 1 million dollars. The talks follow prior cuts by the city and center on a possible 15.1 percent cost of living rise for about 1,300 teachers, with salary talks far apart.
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Scottsdale
Education Center
44Th St
Jack Kearney
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
Kearney
Buard
SFT
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