Progress staff wins 10 women's press honors at Arizona APW
Three Scottsdale Daily Progress staff members earned ten awards at the Arizona Press Women convention in SunBurst Hotel. Liz Coup led with four firsts, Pat McElfresh earned three firsts and a second plus a special award, and Maxine Marshall won a first. Other area winners included Pam Hall, Carol Brown, Jean Nydegger, June Payne, and Alice McCracken. The event highlighted women’s contributions to journalism and featured a Bicentennial script by McElfresh.
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Arizona Press
Liz Coup
Progress
Pat McElfresh
Maxine Marshall
SunBurst
Coup
McElfresh
Sally Jo Hattan
Thelma Heatwole
APW
Marshall
Pam Hall
Scottsdale
Phoenix Magazine
Southwest Real Estate News
Carol Brown
East Phoenix
Jean Nydegger
Paradise Valley
June Payne
Photographic Society of America Journal
Arizona
Alice McCracken
Progress Women’s
Camelback Hospital
Camel Lot News
Arizona Newspapers Association
Marilyn Taylor
Central Arizona Association of Governments
Tri-Valley Dispatch
Coolidge
Congress probes charity fund flows amid Pallottine appeals
Congress eyes charitable solicitations after scrutiny of Pallottine Fathers mass mailings. Maryland officials estimate only about ten percent of funds reach missions abroad, with rest funding mailings and investments. Lawmakers consider three regulatory bills to oversee fundraising practices on Capitol Hill.
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Consumer Protection Division
Maryland Attorney General's Office
Congress
Capitol Hill
Arizona budget limit measure advances in Senate panel
The Senate Natural Resources Committee approved a bill setting growth limits on city and county budgets in Arizona. The new formula ties increases to population growth inflation and personal income with a 1978 rollout, replacing the current 10 per cent cap and excluding employee retirement costs and utility expenses.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Senate Natural Resouces Committee
Senate
House
Scottsdale City Council to Meet Builders Tonight
Scottsdale leaders and the planning commission plan an enlightening session with homebuilders Realtors and bankers to hear their side on land use densities and housing options. Mayor William C Jenkins says the city will listen and explore ways to widen housing choices and prices.
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Planning Commission
William C. Jenkins
Jenkins
Scottsdale
Goldwater warns Reagan split could divide GOP
Senator Barry Goldwater says Reagan's campaign against President Ford risks splitting the Republican party as he did in 1964. Speaking on Meet the Press he warned religiously devoted Reagan supporters may hinder electing the party's November nominee.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Goldwater
NBC
Meet the Press
Judge to rule on ownership of Apache artifacts
A federal judge will decide who owns seven sacred Apache artifacts reported stolen from a San Carlos reservation cave. The Justice Department seeks recovery for the tribe. items are held by the court clerk. Ben Diaz testified he bought them in 1966 for 290 dollars from a hitchhiking Indian.
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Phoenix
San Carlos
U.S. Justice Department
Ben Diaz
New River
Diaz
Oil expert urges coastal probes
Wallace Pratt, a 90 year old oil pioneer who led Texas discoveries in the 1920s, argues the United States should drill on the continental shelves off both coasts. He believes substantial oil remains offshore and criticizes government drilling restrictions.
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Tucson
Texas
United States
Wallace Pratt
Pratt
Gulf Coast
Grand Jury Plans Advance in Arizona
Phoenix officials announce steps to empanel a statewide grand jury. Maricopa County Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert C. Broomfield expects selection by June 14 and a three day weekly schedule with each member serving four months. Funding delays slowed the project after last year’s legislative creation.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Robert C. Broomfield
Broomfield
Obituary of Alexander R Virgien in Phoenix
Alexander R Virgien, 67, of 4643 Calle Del Media, Phoenix, died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital after retiring from J. L. Finnicum Co. in Rocky River, Ohio. He belonged to the Scottsdale Hiram Club, Saguaro Camera Club, M.A.M.S. of Christ Church of the Ascension, and Al Koran Shrine. Services were held at Christ Church of the Ascension. cremation followed. Survivors: wife Mildred and daughter Vicki Southern of Tempe. Memorials suggested to American Cancer Society or Shrine Crippled Children’s Home.
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Calle del Media
Phoenix
Good Samaritan
Virgien
Valley
J.L. Finnicum Co
Rocky River
Ohio
Scottsdale
Hiram Club
Saguaro Camera Club
M.A.M.S. of
Christ Church of the Ascension
Martin Van Aalsburg Services Held for 67 Year Old
Martin Van Aalsburg of Phoenix 67 died Saturday at the Phoenix Veterans Administration Hospital after 22 years as a valley resident. Services are at 2 p m Tuesday at Memory Lawn Mausoleum Chapel 719 N 27th Ave. He was a retired milling service employee. Survivors include Elizabeth daughter Marvin of Denver Colo five brothers and a sister residing out of state and three grandchildren.
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Devonshire
Phoenix
Memory Lawn
27Th Ave
van Aalsburg
Valley
Veterans Administration Hospital
Elizabeth
Marvin
Denver, Colo
Broderick seeks local GOP post in District 28 race
George Broderick announces his candidacy for district chairman of District 28 with Rexbell Young also seeking the post. Broderick, 50, Arizona Gillette sales rep, Marine veteran and Scottsdale resident, vows mature leadership as Roberta Unterberger steps down to run for the Arizona House. He cites District 28 as a Republican stronghold and stresses election readiness.
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George Broderick
Broderick
E. Lewis Ave
GOP
Rexbell Young
E. Pinchot Ave
Young
Roberta Unterberger
Arizona
House of Representatives
Brocerick
The
Gillette Co
Scottsdale
Maricopa County
Republican Committee
Arizona State Gop Committee
Scottsdale weighs bid call for channel under Thomas Road bridge
City staff urge a bid call to build inlet and outlet portions of the channel under the Thomas Road bridge over Indian Bend Wash. Estimated excavation cost is 340000 dollars, part of a 560000 dollar bridge project nearly one third complete and due by July.
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Scottsdale
Thomas Road
Indian Bend Wash
George Iannella
Capital Improvements Engineering
Council
Nine hurt in three Scottsdale weekend accidents
Three weekend crashes in Scottsdale left nine people injured. A 22 year old woman on a motorcycle collided with a parked pickup on 68th Street and was cited for unsafe passing and no motorcycle license. A three car crash on Scottsdale Road south of Lincoln Drive injured six people, all treated and released. A fourth wreck on Indian Bend Road sent Carl Harmon to Maricopa County General Hospital with minor injuries. he faced multiple citations and was released.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Fellows
Scottsdale Road
Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale Memorial
John H. Taber
Brookview Way
Donna Clare
W. Colter
Phoenix
Carl E. Harmon
28Th St
Maricopa County General Hospital
Harmon
Indian Bend Road
Sherill H. Maldepazy
41St Court
Arizona
Murder suspect waives preliminary hearing in Scottsdale case
David Theodore Lety, 32, accused of killing Donald D. Cue at a Bartlett Lake campsite on March 19, waived his preliminary hearing in West Mesa Justice Court. All records move to Maricopa County Superior Court for trial. Sety is held without bond.
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David Theodore Lety
Scottsdale
Bartlett Lake
West Mesa
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