Bolin seeks more control over federal funds in Arizona
Governor Wesley Bolin told Scottsdale Rotarians the state will review federal funding of state board and commission programs to gain control over federal money. He urged legislature and business leaders to cooperate as costs rise from federally funded programs and noted major issues including copper layoffs, tribal water rights, prison crowding, crime, and overall spending.
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Board and Commission
Wesley Bolin
Bolin
Scottsdale
Arizona
Florence
Raul Castro
Argentina
Phoenix agrees to fund Route 22 Tempe segment through November
Phoenix City Council joins Scottsdale and Tempe to finance the Tempe portion of Route 22 bus line through November. ASU students in Tempe Scottsdale and northeast Phoenix rely on the line already costing $1,000 monthly to each city. ASU Associated Students seeks regental approval for ASU to contribute an equal share, with a Nov. 28 hearing planned.
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Phoenix Transit
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Arizona State University
Doug McNeal
ASU Associated Students Organization
Regents
McNeal
ASU
Fendler defense argues honesty in thrift fund transfer case
In Phoenix, opening statements in a federal trial defend Robert Fendler founder of U S and Lincoln Thrift Associations against charges of grand theft and conspiracy. Fendler’s lawyer says he never took profits from a 1.5 million asset transfer used to form the American Bank of Commerce and that directors approved the move. Holman’s counsel emphasizes lack of authority and asserts a conspiracy claim without criminal intent.
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Phoenix
Robert Fendler
U.S
Lincoln
Fendler
James Holman
Tom Horn
Bob Fendler
Horn
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Lincoln Thrift
American Thrift Association
American Bank of Commerce
West Phoenix farm workers press pay rise strike
More than 2,500 Mexican American field workers defy a Maricopa County court order to end a strike at nine green onion and vegetable farms. MCOP says pickets stay at farm entrances while demanding 26 to 40 cent raises per dozen produce items within harvest peak.
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Maricopa County Organizing Project
MCOP
Maricopa County
State Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Arizona
Jesus Romo
Romo
Scottsdale considers city right of way for Green Acres Mortuary
Green Acres Mortuary in Scottsdale weighs a council offer to grant right of way for a sidewalk and a traffic signal pole at Hayden and McKellips Roads possibly facilitating removal of bodies from four graves. Bill Hawkins, representing the cemetery, said the offer would be reviewed but conditions include stopping repeated public improvement demands. City Council member Richard Campana urged the city to cover legal costs for transferring grave sites to right of way and for Green Acres to dedicate the right of way while paying relocation costs, citing ongoing requests for Hayden right of way with each expansion.
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Green Acres Mortuary
Scottsdale
Bill Hawkins
Hayden Road
Hawkins
Green Acres
Richard Campana
Hayden and
McKellips
Campana
Stolen tools valued at 4000 from Scottsdale carport
Police report tools valued at about 4000 stolen from a carport at 632 N 72nd Place in Scottsdale. The thief took a large toolbox containing various tools, weighing 350 to 400 pounds, requiring two people to lift it from the carport of homeowner William A. Reddick Monday afternoon.
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Scottsdale
William A. Reddick
Reddick
Local Carpeting Ads Offer Trade In Prompt
Sell your still usable replaced carpeting to reduce price. Call 994-9311 to place an ad.
Arizona voters head to polls in Phoenix and Yuma mayoral races
Sunny, mild weather greeted voters in Phoenix and Yuma as they went to polls for nonpartisan primaries. Phoenix officials projected 25 to 40 percent turnout of 248,700 registered voters with four mayoral candidates and ten for six City Council seats, along with nine propositions. In Yuma, three candidates vied for mayor and ten sought three Council seats.
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Phoenix
Yuma
MacDonald fires Navajo statistician over reapportionment maps
Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald dismissed statistician Ron Faich from working on maps for reapportionment of tribal council districts and the next federal census on the reservation. Faich denied wrongdoing. The U S Justice Department warned intervention if districts are not ready for next year’s tribal elections. Magma Copper Co and Interior Department attorneys agree to drop a preliminary injunction over mine safety inspections at the San Manuel mine and proceed on permanent injunction after briefing.
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Window Rock
Peter MacDonald
Ron Faich
U.S. Justice Department
Phoenix
Magma Copper Co
Interior Department
San Manuel
Fred Moncrief
Magma
Step brother pleads guilty in teen shotgun death
In Tucson a 19 year old, Kelly J. Carlson, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the June death of 15 year old Michael Clemens who was struck by a 16 gauge shotgun discharge. A witness said Carlson lifted the gun from a shelf before it fired. Carlson faces two to three years in prison.
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Tucson
Kelly J. Carlson
Michael Clemens
Carlson
Circle K robbery at 6901 East Indian School Road
Early morning hold up at Circle K on 6901 E Indian School Rd nets $85. Two suspects, white males about 22 to 23, 5 ft 10 in, blond hair, one armed with a small automatic pistol, forced clerk Ostermann J. Skip Barber into a beer cooler and fled west. Officer description notes weapon possibly a .22 caliber.
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Aman
Circle K
Indian School
Ostermann J
Skip” Barber
Obituary Anthony J Reed 37 Valley resident
Anthony J Reed 37 of 8755 E Plaza Ave died Sunday in St Josephs Hospital He moved from Illinois to the Valley in 1976 and worked as a production supervisor for General Foods in Illinois Reed performed as organist and vocalist with the Reed family concerts in Scottsdale and served as church organist Survivors include wife Bernice daughter Toni three sons Avonte Marco Abdoul mother Girley Reed Scottsdale brothers Michael Leonard Jr sisters Margo Helen Frances Carter LaVerne Haley Mellody Winfield Visitation is until 7 pm today Universal Memorial Center Phoenix Services 11 am Wednesday Shiloh Baptist Church Phoenix Interment East Resthaven Park Cemetery
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Anthony J. Reed
E. Plaza Ave
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Illinois
Mr Reed
General Foods
Bernice
Toni
Avonte
Marco
Abdoul
Girley Reed
Scottsdale
Michael and
Leonard Jr
Phoenix
Margo
Helen Frances Carter
LaVerne Haley
Paradise Valley
Mellody Winfield
Shiloh Baptist Church
W. Buckeye Road
East Resthaven Park Cemetery
E. Southern Ave
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Thrifty Plaza
ARTTM
Jim Thomson
Chaparral
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Journal Workshop
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ST. Luke's Hospital
Barbara Darrow
Reed Family
Universal Memorial Center
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