Retiring SRP lineman recalls early Arizona power build
Jess P. Stoker, a pioneer SRP lineman turned staff consultant, reflects on 46 years of building and maintaining lines from 1925 to 1971. He joined as a teenager, helped upgrade 45,000 to 110,000 volt lines, lived in tents, and patrolled towers between Superior and Ray.
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Jess P. Stoker
Salt River
Arizona
SRP
Stoker
E. Cypress
Northeast Line
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Colorado
Horse Mesa
Roosevelt Dam
Superior
Mormon Flat Dam
Goldfield
Arizona Desert
Miami
Ray
State wholesaler launches anti-pollution lines in Arizona
Black & Ryan Distributors forms ecology division led by Reid Donaldson to roll out two new systems. The Tony Team Pollution Packer heavy duty compactor tests at Scottsdale Manor, and TepCo air purification units promise up to 99 percent impurity removal. Duke Dresser notes electrostatic precipitators clean fumes, mists and smoke efficiently.
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Reid Donaldson
Black & Ryan Distributors
Tony
Scottsdale Manor
Texas Electronic Precipitator Co
TepCo
Arizona
New Black & Ryan Division
Donaldson
Duke Dresser
Black & Ryan Ecology Products
Keogh Plan for self employed and penny stock basics
The HR 10 Keogh plan lets a non incorporated businessman deduct contributions as a business expense and invest them, with limits such as a 2500 annual personal contribution and including the employer in the plan. Penny stock is defined as shares under 1 dollar and is often disparaged, though some become solid investments.
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KRMA
Blue Cross and Medicare topics covered at Arizona workshop
Arizona Blue Cross leaders John C. Foster and Jody Miller spoke on claims processing and payment while Bob Maglich outlined Medicare reimbursement procedures at the Arizona Hospital Financial Managers Association session. Foster urged better hospital Blue Cross communication amid delays and incomplete information impacting approvals and payments.
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Arizona Hospital Financial Managers Association
Casa Blanca Inn
John C. Foster
Blue Shield
Jody Miller
Bob Maglich
Arizona Blue Cross Medicare
Foster
Blue Cross
California wine sales reach new high in 1971
California wine sales topped 226 million gallons in 1971, with total U S consumption at 267 million. Table wines shipped exceeded 138 million gallons up 25 percent, sparkling wines near 17 million, and dessert wines at 71 million as Wine Institute reports strong growth across categories.
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California
Harry G. Serlis
The
Wine Institute
Investment seminar features W Ken Moore in Phoenix
W Ken Moore will speak at a public investment seminar in the Pizarro Room at Ebbs TowneHouse Phoenix. The lecture titled How to Accumulate Money by Really Trying covers investment strategies as Moore, vice president of Channing Co Inc, discusses his securities experience. Sponsored by Roberts Scott and Co of Phoenix.
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W. Ken Moore
Pizarro
Ebb’s TowneHouse
Phoenix
Moore
Channing Co.Inc
Roberts, Scott and Co. of
JA Stockholders Attend Unusual Meeting at JA Banquet
JA holds its ninth annual Future Unlimited Banquet at Del Webb's Townehouse in Phoenix with about 1 000 high school Achievers and guests. Lee Gean, Sperry Flight Systems finance chief and JA board member, chairs the event where dividends are unequally distributed among attendees. Tickets cost 8 dollars per person and spectator seats without meals are available. net proceeds go to the JA Scholarship Fund.
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Junior Achievement
del Webb
Townehouse
Phoenix
Lee Gean
Future Unlimited
Sperry Flight Systems
JA Scholarship Fund
Hovercrafts May Speed Commuter Travel Across Water
A UPI report notes Transportation Technology Inc of Pawcatuck Conn plans to bring a catamaran style hovercraft to the United States for urban ferry use. The craft operates near the water surface, uses marine diesel engines, and aims to ease looming traffic jams with potential routes into New York.
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UPI
Pawcatuck
England
Portugal
Italy
Far East
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Kennedy
United States
Ao Marine
Small Business Week Proclaimed for May in Arizona
Governor Jack Williams proclaimed May 14 to 20 as Small Business Week praising local firms as key to a healthy economy. The U S Small Business Administration notes 95 percent of U S businesses are small, employing half the workforce and contributing about 40 percent of GNP.
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Jack Williams
U.S. Small Business Administration
Small Business Week
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Trade Association of California Wine Growers
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Jim Dreos
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Joel H. Weldon & Associates
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Kennedy's Company
U.S
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
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