Scottsdale school tax concerns rise as budget talks loom
Scottsdale residents worry over bond issues and salary plans as the district, serving 27 000 students, relies about half on property taxes and half on state and county aid. With assessed value much lower than market value a 20 000 home would pay 335 in tax at a 46 70 rate. The district seeks 140 million assessed valuation for 1967 68, up 8 million, to fund needs while remaining a relatively poor district due to heavy residential property. NEXT.
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John Winters
Scottsdale
Fresno Fire seeks 400 for new life net replacement
Fresno Fire Department will ask the city council for 400 dollars to replace a life net after an attempted cigarette burn damaged the existing equipment. Firefighters say the current net is defective and unsafe for rescues.
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Fresno, Calif
UPI
Fresno
Apollo Crew Designations Dropped After Apollo 1 Fire
Apollo spaceflight crews have been disbanded by NASA after the January 27 fire that killed Virgil Grissom Ed White and Roger Chaffee. No official crew assignments are planned until NASA decides on spacecraft changes and program adjustments.</s>
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Virgil Grissom
Ed White
Roger Chaffee
Slayton
Space Agency
UPI
Moon
Quiet contrast at Saguaro Lake during spring vacation
A serene Saguaro Lake scene contrasts with crowded playspots as hundreds of college and high school students flocked to Saguaro del Norte and Butcher Jones picnic grounds during recent school spring vacations.
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Saguaro Lake
Saguaro del Norte
Butcher Jones
School advisors push for federal aid in Scottsdale district
The Citizens Advisory Board in Scottsdale voted to urge the school board to pursue all federal aid for future construction. They discussed hiring a fulltime employee to seek aid, and considered a $10.7 million multi‑stage bond plan for six middle schools a new elementary school a high school and Cocoapah additions. The plan could raise the tax rate by about 15 cents per $100 assessed value and stabilize district indebtedness.
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Citizens Advisory Board
Scottsdale
Betty Reedy
Ture
Cocopah
Clifford B. Smith
Joe Refeney
District Financial Consui Ltant
Reisnes
FBI arrests Scottsdale visitor in bank embezzlement case
FBI agents arrested 65 year old Harry Playford former board chairman and president of the Southern Bank of St Petersburg Florida on embezzlement and misapplication of funds charges. He appeared before U S Commissioner Charles Thomas in Phoenix and is held on 6000 bond after indictment by a federal grand jury in Tampa following the bank's failure and takeover by the FDIC in February.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scottsdale
Harry Playford
Southern Bank of
U.S
Charles Thomas
Phoenix
FBI
Playford
Tampa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Motorola to Expand Mesa Interior Space
Motorola Inc plans a major interior expansion at its 300000 square foot Mesa Integrated Circuits Center. A contract valued at several hundred thousand dollars awarded to T G Construction Co will finish about 35000 additional interior square feet and add production support facilities and offices. Stephen L Levy notes Mesa facilities will support rising demand for Semiconductor Products Division outputs this year.
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Integrated Circuits Center
Motorola, Inc
Mesa
T.G.E. Construction Co
Stephen L. Levy
Integrated Circuits
Semiconductor Products
Levy
Ist
Ted
City Beautification Week names youth co chairs
Linda Sanders of the Girls Club and Don Olson of DeMalay were named co chairmen of the city cleanup campaign for City Beautification Week April 1 to 8. Parks Director L B Spacewater announced selections after a youth group planning meeting. The Scottsdale Boys Club will run a telephone center for pickups and a schedule will be prepared before the drive. Signs by participants will show a rope tossing figure with the slogan Lasso That Trash. The drive will award households caught cleaning their yards and homes with special recognitions. Spacewater urged clubs to contact the parks and recreation department.
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Linda Sanders
Girl's Club
Don Olson
DeMalay
L. B. Spacewater
Parks and Recreation
Scacewater
Scottsdale
Young Pople
Spacewater
Parks and Recreation Department
Indian School
Scottsdale teachers weigh possible strike over bargaining limits
A Scottsdale teacher meeting is planned to decide steps after the school board refused to recognize any teachers’ organization as the official bargaining group. Larry Bell says 60 percent of high school teachers signed cards seeking a secret ballot to choose a bargaining agent for salary talks in 1967-08.
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Larry Bell
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
Bell
Scottsdale
John Tanner
Navajo
Bill Close
Scottsdale Teachers Union
The
Progress
Albert Firestein
Close
Firestein
Arizona
Asalatant
Thursday in the News Thursday in the News
United Press International and the Prograss Staff present a recap of events and notable headlines from the day. Highlights span politics, economy, and society with brief summaries and context for readers.
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United Press International
Prograss
Sargent backs testing age 16 for draft program
Antipoverty chief Sargent Shriver endorsed registering and testing all youths at age 16 to extend the Selective Service to nonmilitary manpower uses. He opposed drafting women or compulsory service in Peace Corps or Vista. The New Orleans DA names Gordon Novel a material witness in a Kennedy plot probe and Novel calls the case a political inquisition. Violence persists in the milk strike with a teen shot in New Jersey and a truck crash in Indiana.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Peace Corps
Vista
New Orleans
Gordon Novel
Kennedy
Novel
State funds urged for rural Arizona anti poverty programs
Farmers Home Administration state director George Freestone says rural Arizona areas miss their share of anti poverty funds and youth in small towns need Job Corps as much as those in cities. In Amado near Nogales, authorities investigate the shooting death of Western artist Jack Van Styder, known for romantic landscapes and shown by O'Brien Galleries.
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Phoenix
Farmers Home Administration
Arizona
George Freestone
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Alert woman foils burglary in Lusk Apartment area
An alert woman phoned police at 2:45 am to report two men prowling near parked cars. The suspects were boxed in by patrol units and items from Sally Arnhee named at 8211 E Garfield Apt 1 14 were found in their car. James Cleveland Bullock and Wesley T Foster, both of Phoenix, were booked for burglary with Bullock released on bond and Foster jailed. informant details requested to remain unnamed.
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Lusk
Atro
Sally Arnihee
E. Garfield
Artlbee
James Cleveland Bullock
Wesley T. Foster
Phoenix
Bullocks
Foster
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