Senate Rejects ERA After 5th Straight Year Vote
Arizona Senate votes 18 to 11 against the Equal Rights Amendment amid a brief 15 minute debate. ERA supporters gain two Republican and nine Democratic votes but lose in a party split, as the measure heads toward the 1979 deadline. The chamber also kills a lobbyist compensation reporting bill and approves preliminary steps to set salaries for department chiefs.
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Phoenix
Arizona Senate
U.S
Sue Dye
Tucson
ERA
Mrs. Dye
Stan Turley
R-Mesa
Congress
James Kolbe
Robert Uldane
Scottsdale
Senate
Ed Sawyer
Safford
Frank Felix
Chamber of Commerce
Felix
Obituary of Charles G. Newcomb 94 Former Scottsdale Resident
Charles G. Newcomb a 94 year old author and former Scottsdale resident died April 29 in Gallup New Mexico. He ran a trading post on the Navajo Reservation for years and later moved to the Valley. He wrote The Smoke Hole and Navajo Indian Customs. Survived by wife Madge three daughters Norene Williams Shirley Kelsey and Doris Baker twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
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Charles G. Newcomb
Scottsdale
Gallup
N.M
Mr. Newcomb
New Mexico
Madge
Norene Williams
Shirley Kelsey
Doris Baker
Electrical engineer Paul C. McKendrick dies at 79
Paul Charles McKendrick, 79, a retired electrical engineer, died Monday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. A Minnesota native, he moved to the Valley six months ago and lived at 3444 N. 60th St. He worked 43 years at Northern States Power in St. Paul. Survived by wife Lillian A., daughters Elizabeth Renz of Scottsdale and Suzanne L. Packer of Marana, two Phoenix sisters, one brother out of state, and three grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday at Paradise Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School Rd.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Minnesota
Mr. McKendrick
Valley
N. 60Th St
Northern States Power Co
St. Paul
Minn
Lillian A
Elizabeth Renz
Scottsdale
Suzanne L. Packer
Marana
Phoenix
Paradise
Memorial Gardens
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Pearl A Kincaid dies. services pending
Pearl Alice Kincaid 75 former Valley resident died Wednesday. Survived by son Robert L. of Puerto Rico and three grandchildren. Private arrangements handled by Arizona Burial Cremation Transportation Service.
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Pearl Alice Kincaid
The
Valley
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Arizona Burial/Cremation Transportation Service
Cloyd V. Nigh Dies in Lake Erie Boating Accident
Cloyd V. Nigh, former resident of Panhandle, died Tuesday in a Lake Erie boating accident. Services will be held Saturday in Galion Ohio.
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Pansdale
Erie
Galion
Ohio
Arizona schools face over 1 billion annual cost by 1980
The Arizona Tax Research Association reports public school districts will spend more than $1 billion yearly by 1980, a 194 percent rise over 10 years. Costs per pupil rose from $597 in 1966-67 to $1,358 in 1975-76, with teacher salaries up 123 percent and enrollment up 29 percent. Arizona ranks 23rd in per pupil expenditures, driven by maintenance cost rules and override elections.
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Arizona
Arizona Tax Research Association
Jack Kearney
Scottsdale
Association
Vernon Presley and Dee Presley Divorce Ends 17 Years
Vernon Presley Elvis's father and Dee Presley signed no fault divorce papers ending 17 years of marriage. They wed July 3, 1960 in Huntsville Alabama and had been separated three years. The divorce will be filed in Shelby County Court and expected to be granted in about two months.
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Memphis, Tenn
Vernon Presley
Elvis Presley
Dee
Presley
Huntsville
Ala
Shelby County Court
Retirement bill advances in Arizona Senate committee
A bill to raise state retirement benefits and allow early retirement won easy approval from its second Senate committee. Lawmakers expect floor action but warn a House Senate clash could derail the measure.
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Phoenix
Senate
House
Bisbee Mayor Cleared in Landfill Permit Case
A complaint against Bisbee Mayor Chuck Eads over landfill work and an alleged improper permit was dismissed. State Registrar of Contractors John Kayetan said the A-12 permit Eads holds covers landfill activities and no separate license exists for those operations.
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Bisbee
Chuck Eads
State Registrar of Contractors
John Economy
John Kayetan
Eads
Smuggling Plane Owner Not Identified by Border Strike Force
GREEN VALLEY agents report the owner of a private plane used to smuggle marijuana has not been contacted and is unnamed. The aircraft, capable of short takeoffs and landings, can carry 13 of marijuana and was found late Sunday about 10 miles east of here.
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Green Valley
Border Strike Force
Here
Trustee fee challenged in Pinnacle Peak bankruptcy case
The Pinnacle Peak Patio owner contests a $54,000 fee for trustee John Evans who says he worked about 37 percent of hours weekly from February to October 1975 on the Pinnacle Peak matter and 79 other bankruptcies. Evans claims $40 an hour, while attorney Jack Evans disputes the rate. Evans also acted as receiver in the Adams Hotel case and asserted authority over multiple bankruptcies during the period. Judge Edward Davis has the fee matter under advisement with no ruling date set.
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Pinnacle Peak Patio
John Evans
Edward Davis
Pinnacle Peak
McElhanon
Jack Evans
Evans
Davis
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