Burglars Hit Three Scottsdale Homes For Jewelry
Police reported three Scottsdale burglaries Thursday and Friday in which more than 22000 dollars in jewelry were stolen. Victims include Carl A. Vernon, Donald J. Jakel, and Author S. Murphy, with items such as pearls a diamond pendant a diamond ring and a diamond necklace. One entry involved a broken window and another used an unlocked front door. a separate theft occurred at an auction where a diamond ring was stolen from a purse.
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Scottsdale
Carl A. Vernon
Camelback Rd
H-101
Donald J. Jakel
E. Garfield St
Marge M. McCarty
E. van Buren St
Jakel
S. Murphy
68Th St
Murphy
Phoenix
Fine Arts Gallery
E. Main St
Patricia H. Spanks
Sierra Vista Drive
Ethics board urged to broaden Arizona ethics powers
A Common Cause representative told Arizona’s State Ethics Board that the ethics law should be expanded to allow stronger enforcement. Currently the board mainly refers failures to file financial reports to prosecutors, a misdemeanor the board has not yet pursued, while members resisted changes in the law in their January 14 letter to the governor.
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Phoenix
Common Cause
State Ethics Board
Ban on new state hires approved by Senate committee
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a hiring ban for state employees until the 1978 legislative session adjourns. Budget staff estimate the cut could save 10 to 12 million dollars.
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Phoenix
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Regents OK over one million for ASU contracts and grants
The Arizona Board of Regents meeting at Arizona State University approved 1,184,259 in contracts grants and agreements for ASU. A 260,941 grant from the U S Public Health Service funds a five year educational project for health care delivery systems in a community setting run by the College of Nursing with Scottsdale City officials.
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Tempe
Arizona Board of Regents
Arizona State University
ASU
U.S. Public Health Service
College of Nursing
Scottsdale
Tucson men indicted in alleged marijuana and drug oil crime
Two Tucson men James E. Jackson and Terry L. Dobson were indicted by the Pima County Grand Jury on first degree conspiracy and offering to sell hash oil cocaine and marijuana to narcotics agents. Jackson is 26 and Dobson 29.
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Tucson
Pima County Grand Jury
James E. Jackson
Terry L. Dobson
Bartlett Lake to be drained for dam inspection
Salt River Project spokesman Lon Miller said Bartlett Lake will be drained over a few days to allow dam inspection. By midweek only scattered puddles and a small stream will remain. The reservoir’s full capacity is 178,000 acre-feet.
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Phoenix
Bartlett Lake
Salt River
Lon Miller
Paradise Valley Council Delays Zoning Action on Density Plan
The Paradise Valley town council continued action on a rezoning request by Weldon Minchew for five acres west of Scottsdale Road and north of Vista Drive to allow eight high density lots under a special use permit. A drainage easement along Invergordon Road was condemned, and an age discrimination ordinance was adopted. A variance for Royden Brown was denied over dirt spillage onto a neighbor. Preliminary plats for Quartz Valley and Doubletree Ranchos were approved with septic tanks preferred over sewer lines for Quartz Valley.
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Paradise Valley
Scottsdale Road
Vista Drive
Scottsdale
Weldon Minchew
Invergordon Road
Invergordon
Doubletree Road
Royden Brown
Brown
Quartz Valley
Lincoln Drive
46Th Street
Bob Wagoner
Doubletree Ranchos
56Th Street
Obituary Anthony J Livolsi Dies in Phoenix Traffic Crash
Rosary services for 27 year old Anthony J Livolsi will be held at Messinger Mortuary Sunday evening after a fatal northeast Phoenix crash. Mass Monday at St Daniel's Church and burial at Green Acres Cemetery follow. Survived by mother Lillian, father Vincent, brothers Bruce and Andrew, sister Diane Peralta, and one grandparent.
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Northeast Phoenix
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Anthony John Livolsi
E. Crocus Drive
St. Daniel’s Catholic Church
N. Hayden Rd
Green Acres
N. Hayden
Mr. Livolsi
Coronado High School
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Arizona
Supai
Scottsdale
St. Mathews Catholic School
Livolsi
Lillian Livolsi
Vincent Livolsi
Reno
Nev
Bruce
Andrew
Diane Peralta
CAP driller idle in Buckskin tunnel amid mechanical woes
The Bureau of Reclamation reports the CAP tunnel boring machine near Parker has been idle over four months due to mechanical problems. Spokesman Walt Finland said the 40-foot long 350-ton machine, the largest of its kind, was not stuck but cannot be easily removed from the Buckskin Mountains tunnel.
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Phoenix
Bureau of Reclamation
Arizona Project
Buckskin Mountains
Parker
Bureau
Walt Finland
Tunneling Progress Stalls in Mountain Bore
The tunnel machine advances 1500 feet into the mountain after starting in June 1976. Officials report it cannot retreat as pre cast pipes lie behind. It halted first in October 1978 due to loose rock, resumed in late December, then stopped again about ten days later for the same reason.
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Finland
Legionnaires Honor Post 44 Members In Scottsdale Awards
Four members of American Legion Post 44 in Scottsdale received awards for outstanding service at the post awards ceremony. Harold Hansing state deputy commander attended. William H. Bright, an original Paris charter signer, was cited for continuous service. Other Scottsdale honorees included William Sims, Daniel Millanez, and Robert Locke with various distinctions. Dennis L. Palmer of Mesa and Jay D. Roberts of Tempe were also recognized for outstanding service.
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American Legion Post 44
Scottsdale
Harold “Bud” Hansing
Legion
William H. Bright
American Legion
Paris
William Sims
Daniel Millanez
Post 44
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