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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1977
Page
1
Moscow charged Chinese leaders with undermining detente and worsening global tensions to revive cold and shooting war. It faulted China for anti Sovietism and militarism echoing late Mao Zedong and aligning with imperialist forces against socialist states.
An armed gunman detained a young mother and her two children in an Youngstown apartment demanding two Cadillacs driven by FBI agents in undershirts for his escape. A third child was freed after a city official paid $2,000 cash. He claimed to have nothing to lose.
Andrew Daulton Lee, 25, a cabinetmaker, was found guilty on eight counts of conspiracy and espionage for selling U S intelligence secrets to the Soviet Union. After about a day of deliberations, a federal jury returned the verdict, potentially yielding life imprisonment.
Iceland American and Icelandic aircraft joined U S divers to rescue a Finnish woman pilot after a single engine amphibious plane ditched west of Keflavik. The distress call came at 8 35 a m local time and the pilot Mrs P Kuortti of Helsinki was identified.
Sydney reports the largest civilian airlift in Australian history moved thousands of travelers stranded by a week long air traffic controllers strike that closed airports. The strike ended at midnight Friday when 900 controllers returned to work after demanding a 36 percent wage increase that began May 7.
A state panel reports that groundwater depletion will persist in Maricopa County unless urbanization of irrigated farmland around Phoenix accelerates. It suggests balancing supply and demand through Central Arizona Project imports and retiring about 300000 acres of cropland by 2020, with county use remaining the highest in the state.
Maricopa County Recorder Tom Freestone told Scottsdale Republican Forum that the proposed election day voter registration bill would not curb poor turnout. He argued philosophical apathy outweighs mechanics and said honest leaders matter more than law.
The MCCCD board reviews more than 130 applications to appoint a new chancellor by July 1. Acting president A W Flowers tops district candidates though not yet formally applying. Salary ranges from 43000 to 46000 with benefits. candidates need at least a master’s degree and five years teaching plus five years administrative experience.
Arizona residents face strict state and federal rules on owning unusual animals. The Game and Fish Department lists about 100 prohibited species, including native or ecologically disruptive ones, with special permits for research. dealers warn many so-called legal pets require careful care and may not suit suburban homes.
Variable cloudiness with a slight chance of showers today then clearing tonight. Sunday brings mostly sunny skies and a high in the upper 70s to 80s with a low around the mid 50s. Rain chances are about 10 percent today and decrease overnight.
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