Former Navajo official testifies he paid MacDonald cash
Kenneth Townsend described to a U S District Court jury how he handed 3300 in cash to Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald after creating false travel vouchers for flights billed to Tucson Gas and Electric Co Townsend tied the payments to a plan arranged with William Moore to aid a TG E power line project Townsend said he received immunity in exchange for his testimony and admitted changing details of his earlier grand jury statements
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Phoenix
Peter MacDonald
Tucson
Kenneth Townsend
Flora Vista
N.M
U.S. District Court
MacDonald
Window Rock
Ariz
Amlulity
William Moore
Gallup
Tucson Gas & Electric Co
Townsend
Navajo Housing and Development Enterprises
Atsidi Aviation Inc
Moore
Tg&e
Atsidi
F. Lee Bailey
Flood funds still in doubt over county flood control aid
House and Senate appropriations committees failed to reach a budget agreement on flood control funding for Maricopa County during a 10 hour session ending at 11 p.m. The House backs 8 million dollars for county projects next year with Scottsdale getting 2 million for Indian Bend Wash. The Senate favors 2 million. Two alternatives are a 6 million plan with 2 million for Indian Bend Wash, or 4.56 million for 1978 including 560 thousand for Harquahala dam and a separate 4 million for 1979, but a binding split agreement cannot be set this session.
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House
Senate
Maricopa
Scottsdale
Indian Bend Wash
James Skelly
Indian Bend
Skelly
Harquahala
Senate OKs Arizona tax benefit package amid debate
The Arizona Senate approved a tax relief plan worth an estimated 47.5 million dollars, sending it to the House. It includes a 60 dollar homeowners rebate, a 5 percent cap on property value increases through 1979, and 10 million in senior and low income credits. The package ties to a 37.5 million homeowner return and 10 million in credits for seniors and the poor. Republicans opposed the rebate and questioned impact, while a public vote and explanation are required for any tax levy increases.
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Phoenix
Arizona Senate
House
Senate
Arizona
Ray Bottas
Ex JP Pleads No Contest to Misconduct in Office
Former Phoenix Justice of the Peace Ralph Jenkins pleads no contest to misdemeanor nonfeasance for failing to record a $75 county funds transfer. Plea-bargained option carries up to six months in jail and a $300 fine.
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Phoenix
Ralph Jenkins
Jenkins
Barterin
Arizona boat registrations fall short this year
Phoenix reports that boat registrations are not matching past years with about 10 000 boat owners not responding to notices per the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Tucson parole board action shows eight more inmates denied parole amid a recent Supreme Court ruling on board liability.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Tucson
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Arizona Supreme Court
Warren trial move granted for Ned Warren Sr
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Howard Thompson granted a request to move Ned Warren Sr.’s fraud trial to another county. Warren, 63, is hospitalized in Phoenix for heart issues and will be held in custody. venue change granted due to prejudicial pretrial publicity.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Glendale
David Edward Hazar
Superior Court
Roger Strand
Ned Warren
Warren
Howard Thompson
Thompson
Oklahoma City
Good Samaritan Hospital
Capital Management Systems
Far East
Agreement nears on revised Arizona criminal code
Rep Peter Kay of Phoenix and Sen Jones Osborn of Yuma announced concessions that would drop key controversial provisions in the Arizona criminal code. The changes scrap allowing illegally seized evidence in court and remove mandatory jail time and parole eligibility reductions. Negotiators say a final agreement is near despite remaining disputes on fixed versus indeterminate sentences.
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Phoenix
House Committee
Peter Kay
Judiciary
Kay
House
Jones Osborn
D-Yuma
Osborn
GOP draft calls to lift oil price controls to spur production
Senate Republicans prepare a major energy proposal to lift price controls on oil and natural gas and allow higher profits with a windfall tax if profits aren't reinvested. The plan includes conservation incentives, continued breeder reactor study, and five year coal conversion exemptions from clean air standards.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
U.S
Associated Press
GOP
Corral Seeks LULAC Post From Scottsdale
Alvaro C. Corral a longtime Scottsdale restaurateur announced his candidacy for state director of LULAC The state convention will be held in Yuma on Friday Saturday and Sunday Elections will occur on Sunday Corral and his family own Los Olivos Mexican Patio at 7328 E Second St Scottsdale
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Alvaro C. Corral
Scottsdale
League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC
Yuma
Corral
Los Olivos
Second St
Omar Sharif to judge Miss USA beauty criteria
Omar Sharif, appearing in Charleston, says his main criterion for Miss USA 1977 is who he would like to take out on a date. Other judges say personality matters but beauty will not be a barrier. The crown will be awarded this Saturday.
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Charleston
5.C
Omar Sharif
U.S.A
Bakery unions extend talks as Phoenix workers stay on job
Union members at five Phoenix area wholesale bakeries keep working while negotiators pursue new contracts to replace expiring deals. Buckely says contracts are extended 24 hours with 72 hour strike notice. unions include Teamsters and Machinists. Despite California Oregon and Washington strikes, West Coast bakers return to work as talks continue with Rainbo Holsum Fry s Associated Grocers Safeway. details of proposed pact remain undisclosed.
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Phoenix
California
Oregon
Washington
Tim Buckely
Bakers Union Local 232
Buckely
Teamsters Union
Machinist Union
Rainbo
Holsum
Fry’s
Associated Grocers
Safeway
Ed Eiseley
Buckley
Wes Coast
Paradise Valley Council schedule hearings on four subdivisions
Paradise Valley town council will hold public hearings tonight on four proposed subdivisions including a 27-lot McDonald Drive and Totem Boulevard cluster. They will review the 1977-78 preliminary town budget and consider final plats for Las Casas Escondidas and Tierra del Paraiso while reiterating water supply concerns raised by the Arizona Water Commission.
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Paradise Valley
McDonald Drive
Totem Boulevard
Invergordon Road
Lincoln Drive
John Martin
Mead and Tatum
Propo Quail Hollow
Paradise Valley Water
Quail Hollow
Phoenix Water Co
Water Commission
Oscar Butt
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Bud Melcher
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