Indians end six day blockade of Pima Road
The Salt River Indian tribal council ordered lifting of barricades on Pima Road between Vista Drive and McDonald Drive ending a six day blockade over right of way compensation. Scottsdale officials and lawyers noted no court order forced removal but anticipated traffic relief for Memorial Day weekend.
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Salt River
aSregs Affairs
BIA
Scottsdale
William C. Jenkins
Deer Pre
Indian Bend
Herschel Andrews
Jenkins
Andrews
Pima Road
Tra
Superior Court
James Moeller
Vista Drive
McDonald Drive
Chaparral
Moeller
Ramona
Lester
Richard Filler
Filler
W. Dea Montague
Soviet jetliner crashes at Havana. 53 dead
A Soviet IL-42 jetliner crashed near Havana airport during an emergency landing attempt from Moscow. Of 55 aboard, 53 were reported killed with two survivors in critical condition, according to Tass and a Canadian Embassy spokesman in Havana.
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Havana
Cuba
Tass
Aéroflot
Soviet Union
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
North Caucasus
Mineralnyye Vody
Neto claims crushing uprising in Angola after deadly clash
Angolan President Agostinho Neto announced that his forces had crushed an uprising by extreme leftists following a deadly shootout. He pledged severe punishment for those responsible and offered no further details in a nationwide address.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Agostinho Neto
Neto
DWP Joins Sundesert Studies With 5.2 Million Share
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to participate in planning studies for the Sundesert nuclear plant near Blythe. The city agency is authorized to spend 5.2 million as its 2 percent share of the 1.2 billion project studies. James L. Mulloy, DWP assistant general manager, announced.
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Los Angeles
Sweden refuses extradition in hijack case
Stockholm reports Sweden will not surrender an 87 year old engineer who hijacked a Soviet airliner to Stockholm. The Anatov-24 was returned to the Soviet Union while the case continues.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Soviet Union
Begin to reconsider Dayan as foreign minister
Tel Aviv reports a growing revolt in Likud over Moshe Dayan’s appointment as foreign minister. Menahem Begin plans to convene the party executive committee Sunday to reconsider the move, risking a split in the coalition.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menahem Begin
Moshe Dayan
Likud
Coronado graduate overcomes odds after severe accident
Laura Seaman, a Coronado High School graduate, earned her diploma despite a February 1976 car crash that left her with limited speech and mobility. She spent months in hospital, now attends therapy three times weekly and learns to use her left hand, with plans to pursue college and potentially keypunching or modeling.
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Bob Johnstone
Laura Seaman
Coronado High School
Bonnie Foster
Coronado
Laura
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Marian
Larry Seaman
Jim
Dennis
Arizona State University
Stich
Scottsdale School District faces 80 teacher cuts next year
The district may eliminate up to 80 teaching positions due to declining enrollment, including 21 seventh and eighth grade teachers, a librarian, reading coordinators, home economics and industrial arts staff, and physical education teachers. Some positions may be offset by 4 percent high school hires and pivots from long term substitutes.
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Scottsdale
Norman White
White
Memorial Day Observed With Closures Across City
Most businesses and services close Monday for Memorial Day. Government offices, banks, libraries, and the Progress newspaper pause operations. Scottsdale refuse collection shifts to Tuesday for Monday routes. mail delivery and Phoenix Transit suspend service. large employers Motorola Siemens and GE also close. Library services resume Tuesday morning.
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Scottsdale
East Phoenix
Motorola
Semiconductor
Government Electronics Division
Siemens Corp
Scottsdale Public Library
Phoenix Transit Co
Progress
Lincoln Drive widening plans eyed for four lanes
Final Lincoln Drive project plans foreseeing four lanes and a center left turn could be ready by July 1 with construction possible around Sept. 1 if accepted. Town officials, county reps and Dibble and Associates discussed esthetic additions costing about 75 000 beyond base costs, raising total estimates near 500 000 as council earlier approved preliminary plans.
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Paradise Valley
Lincoln Drive
Oscar Butt
Butt
J. Duncan Brock
Bob Atherton
Dibble and Associates
Maricopa County
Brock
Jon Bonnell
Lincoln
Tatum Boulevard
58Th Street
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