Favorites picked in poker 'series'
Defending champion W Puggy Pearson and 1972 winner Amarillo Slim Preston are co favorites for the fifth annual World Series of Poker set May 13 17 at Binions Horseshoe Club with preliminary play starting today. Other 1973 precursors include Jack Straus Al Day Sam Angel Bernstein Boyd and Bill Nuggett Boyd who shared nearly 100000 in winnings.
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Vermeer painting recovered in London churchyard heist
Scotland Yard says the 4.8 million Vermeer The Guitar Player was found propped against a grave in St Bartholomew's churchyard after a Feb theft at Kenwood House. Thieves ignored a Rembrandt valued at 2.4 million and sent ransom letters linked to Irish sisters Dolours and Marion Price.
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County Manager's 5 Percent Raise Sparks Criticism
Maricopa County Manager Charles W. Miller will receive 45 427 dollars after a 5 percent increase, drawing opposition from Supervisor Eldon Rudd who says the job does not warrant that pay and questions automatic raises for executives over 30 000 dollars. The board also approved a 507 000 dollars remodeling contract with Timber Buildings, Inc. of Phoenix for the old county hospital.
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Hopi Hullabaloo Planned at Hopi School Grounds
The Hopi PTA sponsors the Hopi Hullabaloo on Friday from 5 to 9 30 p.m. on school grounds with a Hawaiian theme. Cochairs Mrs. Victor Root and Mrs. Richard Vayles lead, featuring dinners, games, and a prize drawing with 50 plus prizes. Kaibab students observed a gymnastics exhibition and Kaibab primary students perform movement activities for parents.
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Brenda Kirkland
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School choirs join for first joint Paradise Valley area concert
The combined choirs of Paradise Valley High School Greenway Middle School and Shea Middle School present a joint program Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the cafetorium 3950 E Bell Rd marking their first united concert.
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City of Hope Plans Citywide Door-To-Door Drive
City of Hope launches a citywide solicitation on June 9 to fund research and programs against cancer and leukemia. National chairman actress Hope Lange promotes the drive while recently co starring in the New Dick Van Dyke Show.
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City to seek federal funds for 1000 elderly housing units
The Phoenix city council approved recommendations from the housing commission to pursue federal money for 1000 low rent elderly homes. The plan also urges private developers to add more units, speed repairs in current city housing, and push urban development funds for safety updates and rehabilitation.
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Assistant Principals Named for PV Schools
The Paradise Valley School District board announced three new assistant principals. William R. Teegerstrom will join Shadow Mountain High School, Michael R. Anderson Shea Middle School, and John Stollar Desert Cove Elementary School. Teegerstrom comes from Rawlins Wyoming where he led a junior high. Anderson holds BYU and UNLV degrees with Utah work experience. Stollar formerly taught at Shea and Indian Bend with a New Hampshire education background.
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Hearst Fiancé Questions SLA Commitment and Survival
Patricia Hearst's fiancé Steven Weed says she may have pretended to reject him to stay alive amid her 92 day captivity with the Symbionese Liberation Army. He disputes the notion she will be released soon, suggesting she is caught in SLA dynamics. He notes she could have undergone a revolutionary rebirth as a soldier.
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Copper policy may trigger nationwide mineral shortage says official
UPI reports H Myles Jacob chair of Inspiration Consolidated Copper warns government controls and public opposition could curb mining and push copper scarcity above 1974 fuel crisis levels. He faults price caps and stockpile sales, calls for easing land and surface mining restrictions.
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