Astro repairmen pursue Skylab salvage mission
The Apollo command ship with Mission Commander Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz chased and dock with Skylab to assess damage from launch 11 days earlier. They carry sun shades and tools to clear debris and open a jammed wing panel as part of NASA's 2.6 billion Skylab program to study long term weightlessness.
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Charles “Pete” Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
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Space Station
Apollo
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Pete” Conrad
Mission Control
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Kerwin
Earth
Runoff season to end as SRP plans Granite Reef shutoff
Central Arizona faces the end of its third wettest runoff season of the century with Memorial Day weekend signaling the stop of water flow into the Salt River between Scottsdale and Tempe. Inflows to full lakes on the Salt and Verde Rivers should drop to daily use levels, ending excess water beyond Granite Reef Diversion Dam and ending SRP releases.
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Arizona
Salt River Project
Salt River
Scottsdale
Tempe
Salt
Verde
Granite Reef
Here
Granite
SRP
Roosevelt
Scottsdale Sees Over 1000 in Home Pool Safety Program
Scottsdale Parks Director L B Peacewater announced more than 1000 residents are expected to join the Home Pool Safety Program this summer. Red Cross instructors teach one hour sessions at private pools to reduce local accidents, with many participants aged seven to fourteen.
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Scottsdale
Red Cross
Access road to Sky Harbor eyed by Phoenix council
The Phoenix Aeronautics Advisory Board recommends a temporary two lane access road from 40th Street to Sky Harbor to ease congestion on 24th Street. The plan includes widening 40th Street and a taxiway bypass costing about 313,000 in total.
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City Council
40Th Street
Airport
24Th Street
Clay Hartman
Sky Chef Food Service
Marriot Inn
Sky Harbor Boulevard
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tucson Man Bound Over In Two Armed Robberies
A 53 year old Tucson man Howard S Crenshaw was bound over for Superior Court on two counts of armed robbery from November 1971 hold ups. He waived prelim in Scottsdale and was arrested in Phoenix by FBI and federal marshals on a flight to avoid prosecution warrant. The Trailwest Liquors robbery and a nearby 7 11 hold up each about 80 dollars were attributed to him. Victims identified Crenshaw and he remains held on 11000 bond.
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Howard S. Crenshaw
Scottsdale Justice Court
Crenshaw
Phoenix
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Marshals
Obituary: G O Sonny Biles Former Arizona legislator dies
Garvious O Sonny Biles 66 former Democratic state representative and long time Arizona legislator died in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital He had served 1955 to 1971 and led the Appropriations Committee He was a Phelps Dodge foreman and later a mine lobbyist Born in Texas he moved to Arizona 37 years ago Survivors include his wife Lillian son Donald K and daughter Gene Underwood Funeral services set for Messinger Mortuary with interment at Green Acres Cemetery Contributions suggested to American Cancer Society research division
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Sonny” Biles
Arizona
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Green Acres Cemetery
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Taylor
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Frouse
Scottsdale
Phelps Dodge Corp
Morenci
Nolandville
Texas
Rosedale
N.M
Game and Fish
Legislative Council
Ways and Means
Commerce and Industry
Lillian
Donald K
Gene Underwood
American Cancer Society
Mrs. Helen M. Parker Dies at 59 in Arizona
Services for Helen M. Parker 59 who died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital will be held Saturday at Green Acres Mortuary. Cremation will follow. Parker of 4313 E Turney was a nine year clerk at First Federal Savings & Loan. A Nebraska graduate and Delta Delta Delta Phi Sigma Alpha member born in Madison Wisconsin she moved to Arizona in 1952 from Lincoln Nebraska. Survivors include two sons John of Scottsdale and Tom of Maryland her mother Mrs Iva Ledford of Phoenix a brother out of state and four others.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden Rd
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E. Turney
First
Federal Savings & Loan Co
University of
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Delta Delta Delta
Phi Sigma Alpha
Madison
Wis
Arizona
Lincoln
Neb
John
Scottsdale
Tom
Maryland
Iva Ledford
Phoenix
Franklin Bradley 74 Funeral Rites Planned in Arizona
Franklin Bradley 74 died Thursday at St Luke’s Hospital. Visitation 8 p.m. today at Green Acres Mortuary. Mass 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Interment Green Acres Memorial Gardens. He founded and led Mutual Buying Syndicate in New York City before retirement. He was a Navy WWI veteran and member of several orders and clubs. Survived by Lucile a son Thomas and two daughters with numerous grandchildren and sisters.
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St. Lukes Hospital
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden Rd
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Miller Road
Second Street
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Bradley
E. Highland
Mutual Buying Syndicate
New York City
Aspen
Colo
Spokane
Wash
New York
Funeral services set for Marine Cpl Richard W Fenton
Cpl Richard W Fenton 22 died Saturday at Tripler General Hospital Honolulu will receive military honors at Messinger Mortuary 7601 E Indian School Rd and burial at St Francis Cemetery He was a Coronado High School graduate joined the Arizona Marine Platoon in 1969 served five months in South Vietnam and taught at Parris Island He was born in West Chester Pennsylvania and moved to Scottsdale in 1959 Survivors include his parents two sisters a niece and a nephew.
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Tripler General Hospital
Honolulu
Messinger Mortuary
E. Indian School Rd
St. Francis Cemetery
Cpl. Fenton
Coronado High School
Arizona
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Marine
Parris Island
S.C
West Chester
Scottsdale
Florida
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Coronado
Refuse Crews Schedule Memorial Day Work Start
Public Works Director Marc Stragier announced Monday that refuse crews will start Memorial Day pickups at 6 a.m. and continue on that early schedule through the summer to avoid heat. He noted complaints about residents unaware of the earlier start and said the change aims to reduce exposure and improve collection before waste is placed in containers.
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Public Works
Marc Stragier
Stragier
Inquest Set in Death of Prospectors Guard Incident
An inquest will be held Wednesday into the death of Charles W. Lewing 23 who was shot and killed May 12 following a dispute with a guard at a mine in the Superstition Mountains. Lewing's body was recovered Tuesday by sheriff's deputies and buried about 22 miles northeast of Weaver's Needle.
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Mesa
Superstition Mountains
Charles W. Lewing
Weaver's Needle
Tempe pushes Salt River bridge project at Scottsdale Road
Tempe city council unanimously passes a resolution urging construction of a Salt River bridge at Scottsdale Road. The resolution is sent to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for action.
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Tempe
Salt River
Scottsdale Road
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Health unit orders cleanup at Phoenix Waitwell Nursing Home
The State Health Board gave Glendale's PHOENIX Waitwell Nursing Home one month to repair and clean the facility or lose its license. The facility must install bathroom ventilation, fence an irrigation ditch, add stair guard rails, repair floors and repaint walls. A separate suit filed against Mountain Bell claims faulty equipment caused a Gilbert contractor to lose a state contract. Hunter ContractingCo is plaintiff.
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Health Unit
Phoenix
Waitwell Nursing Home
Glendale
State Health Board
Mountain Bell
Gilbert
Hunter Contracting Co
Regents urged open discussion on abortion at UA Hospital
The Tucson Citizen editorial urged the State Board of Regents to hold an open Saturday Tempe meeting on abortion at the University of Arizona Hospital. It criticized the board for voting in private and then in public, warning the procedure would disserve the state.
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Tucson
State Board of Regents
Tempe
University of Arizona
Tucson Citizen
Manhunt Suspended For Escaped Robber in Tucson
A manhunt for 23 year old Robert Miller who escaped from the Pima County courthouse was suspended near Tanque Verde Road after no trace of him was found. Miller had held James Blair hostage, then released him unharmed before fleeing.
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Tanque Verde Road
Robert Miller
Miller
Pima County
James Blair
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