Solar energy heating grows in Valley homes
In Scottsdale area solar heating spreads from pools to home and water heating as residents, builders, and apartment operators install solar collectors. Costs remain a weakness but payback via reduced utility bills attracts homeowners including Fred Yoder and Mike Freitas.
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Scottsdale
Fred Yoder
Fountain Hills
Yoder
Mike Freitas
58Th Street
Shea Boulevard
Freitas
Art Walters
Walters
von Dix
Dix
Carter
Scottsdale bed tax election details on lodging tax vote
Special election in Scottsdale proposes a two percent bed tax on lodging receipts for 30 days. Eligible voters are those who voted in November or registered with the city clerk by April 10. Polls open 6 am to 7 pm at four locations including the Scottsdale Public Library auditorium.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Public Library
Civic Center Plaza
Cocopah
E. Cholla St
Yavapai
N. Miller Rd
Navajo
N. Granite Reef Rd
Oil control vote reversed in House committee action
The House Government Operations Committee reversed itself on foreign oil pricing. It kept import control with major U.S. oil firms and backed Carter’s plan to create a new Energy Department. A separate Conyers proposal to appoint a sole foreign oil importer failed 24-17.
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House
U.S
Carter
Energy Department
House Committee
John Conyers
D-Mich
Senate Committee
White House
Conyers
New Energy Department
Congress
Rep
L.H. Fountain
D-N.c
H Conyers
United States
Capitol Hill
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Scottsdale Faces 1977 78 Budget Rise In Taxes and Fees
City Manager Franklin D. Aleshire warns that current city services cannot be sustained in the 1977 78 year without tax increases. He advocates a 20 percent property tax rise, 22 percent water and sewer rate hikes, plus liquor license fee boosts to cover a 1.5 million shortfall and 11.5 million in federal funds.
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Scottsdale
Franklin D. Aleshire
Aleshire
Uists
SEA to seek bargaining vote in Scottsdale schools
The Scottsdale Education Association plans a September election to challenge the Scottsdale Federation of Teachers for representation of about 1,300 Scottsdale School District teachers. SEA president Gerald Nagle cites a 550-signature effort and a current salary-policy impasse as the election’s motive. the vote would decide bargaining for next year.
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SEA
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
SFT
Scottsdale
Gerald Nagle
Nagle
Saguaro High School
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Jobless rate dips to 7 percent in April
The U S unemployment rate fell from 7.3 to 7 percent in April, the lowest in 29 months, as about half a million Americans found jobs. Labor Department analysts called the drop a sign of strong expansion after winter disruptions. A second Justice Department warning of vote fraud under the Carter policy was revealed by Sen. Strom Thurmond, who provided a telegram from the Public Integrity Section to the Senate Rules Committee.
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Washington
Labor Department
Justice Department
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate Rules Committee
U.S
Thomas H. Henderson, Jr
Department
Story
Brown says SALT likely for modest pact by October
Defense Secretary Harold Brown told reporters there is a pretty good chance of a modest U.S. Soviet SALT agreement by October, though a far reaching pact by then is unlikely. He warned against offering new proposals each time Moscow balks at U.S. terms.
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Washington
Harold Brown
Brown
Hijackers face life terms in aviation piracy case
Four Croatian nationals convicted of hijacking a New York to Chicago jetliner last September face life in prison. Zvonka Busic, 30, and his American-born wife Julienne, 27, are also sentenced on an air piracy count involving a death, mandating life terms.
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New York
Zvonka Busic
Julienne
Steel firm to hike prices on flat-rolled products and bars
Republic Steel Corp. will raise flat-rolled product prices by 8.8 percent and hot-rolled and cold-finished bars by 6.8 percent. The increases take effect May 15. Weather outlook notes windy conditions with cooler skies and highs in the mid 80s.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
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