Fighting rages in Lebanon as factions push for Franjieh resignation
Beiruts two mile frontline sees heavy house to house fighting between Moslem and Christian forces. Police put deaths at about 96 and 157 wounded by Friday midnight while Kamal Junblatt and Yasir Arafat travel to Damascus for talks with Hafez Assad. Junblatt vows no compromise on leftist demands and resignation of President Franjieh seen as key to ending the 11 month civil war already claiming over 13,000 lives. Franjieh fled his palace under shelling to Jounieh as Christian leaders press for a settlement or partition option backed by Syria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Kamal Junblatt
Damascus
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
Junblatt
Syria
Rashid Karami
Mount Lebanon
Franjieh
Jounieh
Paradise Valley delays church school plan for review
Paradise Valley officials continue the First Southern Baptist Church of Scottsdale plan to convert 5230 N. Scottsdale Rd into a parochial school for grades one through six. The council will assess applicable regulations while church leaders say fire protection is the only rule they have encountered. The project envisions 50 to 60 students with tuition set at 65 to 75 dollars monthly and hours 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. A April 8 meeting is scheduled to revisit the request.
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Paradise Valley
First Southern*Baptist Church of
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Rd
Jack Watson
Carolyn Warner
Watson
Rolling Stones to Play at Three Rivers Stadium in July
The Rolling Stones are set to perform at Three Rivers Stadium in July with officials predicting 50 000 to 60 000 fans. Three Rivers Management Co. says 125 to 150 security guards will be on hand for the show on July 10, the most guards for any concert there.
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Pittsburgh
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Management Co
Navajo Housing official admits $50,000 from defunct firm
The Navajo Housing Authority director says he received 50000 dollars from American Funding Corp of Beverly Hills, denying it was a kickback for the 13 million dollar investment. A Navajo spokesman says the tribe is probing reports three officials were paid a total 140000, with checks to Miller and two others bouncing.
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Window Rock
Navajo Housing Authority
NHA
California
Pat Chee Miller
American Funding Corp
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles
Miller
Tribe
Paradise Valley Increases Board of Adjustment Members
Paradise Valley town council passes an ordinance raising the board of adjustment from five to seven members and allows each body to propose an acting chair. The measure also creates vacancies and routes chair selection through both the board of adjustments and the planning and zoning commission with council approval. Town officials urge residents to apply for openings as the law takes effect in 30 days.
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Paradise Valley
Board of Adjustment
Board of Adjustments
Planning and Zoning Commission
Local Obituary: Barbara L. Hagan 43 of Mesa
Barbara L. Hagan 43 died Thursday at her mother's Paradise Valley home after a long illness. Services are 8 a.m. Monday at Green Acres Mortuary in Mesa. She lived at 2110 North Summer Street, Mesa, worked as a waitress at Papago Motor Hotel Scottsdale, and came to Arizona in 1953 from Reno Nevada. She is survived by son Richard daughter Stacey parents Gladys Ocheltree and Glenn Hagan and a sister. Interment will be at Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Barbara JL. Hagan
Paradise Valley
Green Acres Mortuary
Hayden Rd
Reno
Nev
Richard
Stacey
Gladys Ocheltree
Glenn Hagan
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Death notice for Helen Znotin at Arcadia Funeral Home
Helen Znotin, 62, died Thursday at her home at 2324 North 51st Place. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Arcadia Funeral Home on Indian School Road. Survived by husband Edward, a sister, and a brother.
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Helen Znotin
Arcadia Funeral Home
Indian School Rd
Edward
Obituary: Finn Lepsoe Dies at 80 in Seattle
Finn Lepsoe 80 a native of Norway and former Jacaranda Apartments resident died Thursday in Seattle Washington His wife Ingrid son Finn Jr daughter Ingrid and four grandchildren survive Services will be Morthay in Seattle Remembrances may be sent to the Kidney Fund or a charity of the donor's choice.
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Finn Lepsoe
Norway
Jacaranda
Seattle
Wash
Ingrid
Finn Jr
Morthay
Kidney Fund
Jewelry theft at home of Celia Treinen reported
More than $6,000 in jewelry disappeared Friday from Celia M. Treinen of 5046 N. 70th St. The valuables were kept in a bedroom jewelry box with no signs of forced entry. Missing items include a $2,000 jade ring and a $1,500 gold charm bracelet along with other gems.
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Celia M. Treinen
N. 70Th St
Treinen
Valley crime spree ends as Jeffcoat jailed for multiple crimes
A 20 year old Phoenix man Daniel Allen Jeffcoat received six concurrent sentences of five to eight years in superior court for four forgery counts one possession of forged checks and one armed robbery. He also served 103 days for a car theft. He burglarized a home in November forged checks totaled seven thousand five hundred eighty dollars and robbed two banks and a discount store before arrest.
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Phoenix
Superior Court
Daniel Allen Jeffcoat
E. Sells Drive
Morris Rozar
Jeffcoat
East Phoenix
Court rules against plane seizures in Arizona case
In Flagstaff a Coconino County judge ruled planes are not vehicles under state law so cannot be forfeited to the state. The 1956 Cessna 172 seized in a narcotics case was ordered returned but the ruling was stayed by the Arizona Supreme Court while it considers the issue. The owner is T Achen of Yuma and DPS had seized marijuana and other planes in similar cases.
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Judson School
N. Mockingbird Lane
Flagstaff
Coconino County
Arizona Supreme Court
Department of Public Safety
Ers T. Achen
Yuma
DPS
Oward Achen
Mangum
California
Set
Allan Schmidt
Arnold
al Grasmoen
Arizona
Weekend market at Crystal Pistol on Shea Boulevard opens today
The Weekend Market runs today and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Crystal Pistol patio east of Scottsdale Road. It offers arts and crafts exhibits karate demonstrations antique cars and Indian fry bread booths. Sponsors note the event occurs each weekend at the same time and place.
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Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Fire chief fails as crime fighter in burglary chase
Rural Metro Fire chief Lou Witzeman and his wife observed a suspected burglar at a new Paradise Valley fire station site. Witzeman tried to pursue in his motor home while calling for police. the suspect fled and was not yet captured.
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Lou Witzeman
Rural Metro Fire Department
Witzeman
Paradise Valley
Metro
Tatum Boulevard
Mockingbird Lane
Audit ordered into Blue Cross health care program
The Arizona Insurance Department announced an audit of a Blue Cross financed health care program to start next week. The department’s chief examiner, Donald O'Dean, said the review would assess program operations and compliance.
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Phoenix
State Insurance Department
Blue Cross of Arizona
Insurance Department
Donald O’dean
Utah men seek review of grand jury errors in helicopter case
Maricopa County Superior Court ordered Friday that the charge of possession of stolen property against John C. Miller of Henryville Utah be redetermined. The case also involves Alex Joseph a self described polygamist and his trial remains pending in superior court.
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Phoenix
Utah
Maricopa County
Marilyn Riddel
John C. Miller
Henryville
Alex Joseph
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