U S records trade surplus on exports growth in January
The Commerce Department reports a January US trade surplus of $957 million driven by a sharp drop in oil imports, the highest ever for January, while imports fell to $1.8 billion from $3.3 billion. A Fed expansion of the money supply could be aided by rising exports as per Export-Import Bank president William J. Casey. unemployment claims for mid March fell below 500,000 for the first time since November, though total unemployment benefits rose to 6.5 million.
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Richard Hughes
UPI
United States
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Sign
U.S
William J. Casey
Export-Import Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Labor Department
Department
Irwin Kellner
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Motorola GED to helm new Tempe research facility
Motorola Government Electronics Division will complete a 200000 square foot Tempe campus on Elliott and Price roads with on site manufacturing. The move follows SPD layoffs of 6500 since last fall and aims to support growth with headquarters remaining in Scottsdale. By late 1975 the site will employ about 1000 people.
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Motorola
Government Electronics Division
GED
Scottsdale
Tempe
Semiconductor Products Division
SPD
Ralph Elsner
Elliott and
Price Roads
E. McDowell Rd
Elsner
NASA
Department of Defense
Arab mobilization urged to halt Israeli Lebanon invasion
Damascus reports the ruling party newspaper calls for an all-out Arab military mobilization to block Israeli attempts to occupy south Lebanon while Palestinian guerrillas warn a wider Middle East war may come. In Washington, Rogers Morton is set to be nominated as commerce secretary with a successor chosen after security checks.
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Damascus
Syria
South
Lebanon
Middle East
Washington
Rogers C.B. Morton
Ford
Commerce
White House
Ron Nesson
Morton
FDA weighs zirconium aerosol ban in anti perspirants
The FDA will decide in coming weeks on a proposed ban of aerosol anti perspirants containing zirconium amid questions about potential lung disease. A study panel urged withdrawal from interstate commerce due to unresolved health risks.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Alexander M. Schmidt
Arcadia High Launches Student Motorcycle Training Pilot
Arcadia High School teaches beginning motorcycle riding with a pylon course. Driver education teacher Howard Amerson and Arizona DOE consultant Richard Meszar lead the program to teach vehicular control and safety. Camelback Honda provides four motorcycles for eight students.
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Arcadia High School
Arcadia
Howard Amerson
Richard Meszar
Arizona Department of Education
Camelback Honda
House Leaders See Veto Likely On Tax Cut Bill
House Speaker Carl Albert and minority leader John Rhodes agreed the house probably would not override a presidential veto of the tax cut bill. Albert said Ford might sign it, while Rhodes predicted a veto. They spoke during a refueling stop en route to a 14 day visit to China.
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House
People’s Republic of China
Rhodes
Ford
Congress
Albert
U.S
China
Chou En Lai
Mao Tse Tung
Peking
Henry Kissinger
Scottsdale Mall to host art shows without fees
The Scottsdale City Council ruled there will be no fee to use the mall and will decide each request individually. They plan monthly Sunday art shows by non professional artists, sponsored by Parks and Recreation, to encourage local art while monitoring impact on downtown businesses.
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Scottsdale Mall
Billie Gentry
Richard V. Campana
Civic Center
Parks and Recreation Department
Campana
Herb Drinkwater
MAG backs northern loop study and Durango I-10 path
The Maricopa Association of Governments endorses an immediate study of a northern loop along Bell and Pima Roads and backs the Durango route for I-10 through southwest Phoenix. Distant opposition comes from Paradise Valley while Scottsdale urges a major Pima Bell loop to divert through traffic. Federal funding would cover 95 percent of the Durango cost, with the study led by Gruen Associates and a state hearing planned before final routing.
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Palmer
Phoenix
Moreland Street
91St Avenue
Bell Road
Bell
Pima
Tempe
Scottsdale
Central Arizona
MAG
Durango
State Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Los Angeles
Gruen Associates
Legislature debates special education funding in Arizona
Wavering by the Legislature alarms parents and advocates as a letter campaign and a class action seek to preserve the current mandate. About 29,000 students now receive services with projections to 49,000 next year, officials say, amid cost concerns and possible grade1–3 exclusions.
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Mike Petryni
Jenny McKenzie
Arizona Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
AACLD
McKenzie
al Scharf
Scottsdale
Scharf
Carolyn Warner
Kingman
Arizona Association of Erm Citizens
AACSC
Arizona
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van Thieu
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