U.N. Imposes Mandatory Arms Embargo on South Africa
The United Nations Security Council unanimously orders a mandatory arms embargo on South Africa for perceived threats to international peace. The measure, enforceable against all states, calls for review of existing licenses and aims to curb arms, military equipment, and nuclear aid, with a progress report due by May 1978.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
South Africa
Pretoria
U.N
Rhodesia
Cans
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
U.S
Andrew Young
Fendler Accused of Copying Bank Formation Pattern
PHOENIX AP Fendler and James Holman, charged with stealing 1.5 million from Lincoln Thrift to start American Bank of Commerce, are linked to a 1964 Continental Bank formation pattern. Horn argues Continental records would prove Fendler relied on established accounting practices, a claim the judge rejected.
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Phoenix
Continental Bank
Robert Fendler
American Bank of Commerce
Fendler
Lincoln Thrift Association
James Holman
Lincoln Thrift
Tom Horn
Maricopa County
Charles Hardy
Horn
Hardy
Thrift costs top 3.7 million in 18 months in receivership case
Lincoln Thrift and U.S. Thrift associations spent more than 3.7 million over 18 months ending Sept 30. The trustees report 10 million spent from 9 million receipts, with assets at 25.9 million and debts of 57.9 million under U.S. District Court receivership.
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Phoenix
Lincoln Thrift
U.S
U.S. District Court
John McDonough
Lincoln
Walter Craig
Congress urged to end Indian water disputes
Salt River Project general manager Jack Pfister told the American Water Resources Association that Congress should create a program to settle Indian water claims and promote economic self-sufficiency on reservations. He argued courts cannot resolve water re allocation and urged defining tribal needs source water and social costs. He cautioned a national guilt reservoir clouds objective analysis.
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Tucson
Congress
Salt River Project
Jack Pfister
American Water Resources Association
Pfister
Bolin orders budget line held on state spending
Phoenix Governor Wesley Bolin urged department heads to keep spending at the current level with only inflation-based increases allowed. He warned budgets not conforming to the edict would be returned for revamping after a meeting with agency heads and gubernatorial aides.
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Phoenix
Wesley Bolin
Bolin
Phoenix Man Faces Misdemeanor Battery Charge After Felony Assault Dropped
Police will pursue a misdemeanor simply battery charge against Robert W. Garvey after the county attorney rejected a felony assault filing. Garvey, 48, is accused of striking Robert Piraino, 36, with the side of a .22 pistol and fists in a dispute near Winfield Scott Plaza and Fifth Avenue.
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Phoenix
Robert W. Garvey
E. Bell Road
Garvey
Robert Piraino
81St St
Winfield Scott Plaza
Fifth Avenue
Los Olivos
Second St
Piraino
Scottsdale Road
Winfield Scott
Fifth
Safari Hotel
Obituary Notice of Marcella Fisk
Marcella Fisk, 69, of 2700 N Scottsdale Road, died Thursday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Born in Illinois, she moved to the Valley in 1970 from New York and was a past member of the Phoenix Art Museum. Survivors include daughter Victoria K. Gerber of Scottsdale, one brother out of state, and one grandson. Services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Green Acres Mortuary. Interment in Chicago.
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Marcella Fisk
Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Iinois
Victoria K. Gerber
Scottsdale
Green Acres Mortuary
Hayden Road
Chicago
Four incumbents face recall in Paradise Valley election
Campaign chair Ken Morton acknowledges heavy odds against four town council incumbents as recall votes loom on December 6. Mayor Barbara von Ammon denounces the Reform group RGA which sued to halt Lincoln Drive widening and fields four candidates to oppose the incumbents.
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Paradise Valley
Ken Morton
Barbara von Ammon
Responsive Government Association
RGA
Lincoln Drive
VonAmmon
Kenneth R. Geiser
Robert R. Lash
Joy P. MacLean
Muriel E. Beroza
J. Duncan Brock
John V. Long
Peter S. Wainwright
Lincoln
Wainwright
Long
Brock
Shots Fired At Jogger In Scottsdale
Police report two shots fired from a passing green bread-delivery van at a jogger on Shea Boulevard in north Scottsdale. The uninjured victim described a dark green older model van, possible .22 caliber, and the vehicle continued west after the shots. No arrests reported.
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Scottsdale
Shea Boulevard
William M. Fredericks
110Th St
Shea
Fredericks
Campbell heads Arizona county supervisors group
Maricopa County Supervisor George Campbell of Paradise Valley was elected president of the County Supervisors Association of Arizona at a Wednesday Scottsdale Safari meeting. The 46 member group is affiliated with the Arizona Association of Counties. Campbell has served as District 2 supervisor since 1976, representing Scottsdale and Paradise Valley.
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Maricopa
George Campbell
Paradise Valley
County Supervisors Association of Arizona
Scottsdale Safari
Arizona Association of Counties
Campbell
Scottsdale
Bolles Murder Jury Deliberations Continue in Phoenix
Jurors in the Don Bolles car bomb case e continued their third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Defendants Max Dunlap, 48, and James Robison, 55, face first degree murder and conspiracy charges in Bolles death.
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Phoenix
Don Bolles
Max Dunlap
James Robison
Chandler
Bolles
Texan urges farmers strike in Willcox meeting
Orin Watson of American Agriculture told about 200 Willcox farmers it is time they received their share of the pie. Farmers threaten a December 14 strike if Congress fails to pass subsidies to keep them from losing money.
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Willcox
Orin Watson
American Agriculture
Watson
Congress
Department of Justice
Som Ng
Dinnell Jr Sentenced in Arizona Land Swindle Case
Clyde Dinnell Jr was sentenced to 1 to 4 years in state prison for land swindles in Maricopa and Apache counties. He pleaded guilty to sale of unregistered securities false statements about land for sale and presenting a false instrument for filing. His father faces trial on similar charges asCombined Equity Assurance Co was named in a 95 count indictment with thirteen defendants. all but four have pleaded guilty.
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Phoenix
Clyde Dinnell Jr
Arizona
Maricopa
Apache
Dinnell
Dinnell Sr
Combined Equity Assurance Co
Judge gives year probation to former investigator in wiretap case
Edwin Richards 34 pleaded no contest to illegal wiretapping and eavesdropping in a case linked to reputed Mafia kingpin Joseph Bonanno. Superior Court judge in Tucson sentenced Richards to one year of unsupervised probation Thursday.
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Tucson
Pima County
Edwin Richards
Joseph Bonanno
Western Savings to Sell Leisure World Lots to Ditz-Crane
Western Savings and Loan of Phoenix agrees to sell Leisure World retirement community residential lots east of Mesa to Ditz-Crane of Arizona Inc a Foremost-McKesson subsidiary. Gary Driggs president of Western Financial Corp says the deal covers the lots.
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Phoenix
Western Savings and Loan Association
Leisure World
Mesa
Gary Driggs
Western Financial Corp
Western Savings
Ditz-Crane of Arizona, Inc
Foremost-McKesson Inc
China aims to lead science by century's end
Tucson astronomer Leo Goldberg says China expects to match or surpass world leaders in science and technology within the next quarter century. He notes a saying in China that the country will scale the heights of science and equal or surpass the most advanced nations by century's end.
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Tucson
China
Leo Goldberg
Police shoot suspect outside Dee's Tavern in Tucson
Tucson police shot 38 year old Adam Michael Jamnes after he allegedly attacked an officer with a knife outside Dee's Tavern. Jamnes was critically wounded, hit by a single bullet that pierced his right arm and lodged in his side, and taken to Kino Community Hospital.
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Tucson
Adam Michael Jamnes
Kino Community Hospital
Dee
Sweet Adelines Take Third in London International
The Scottsdale Sweet Adeline chorus directed by Bev Sellers finished third at the 31st Sweet Adelines International finals in London. Gem City of Dayton Ohio won, Racine Wisconsin took second, and about 100 singers were in each competing chorus.
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Scottsdale Sweet Adeline
Sweet Adelines Inc
Scottsdale
Bev Sellers
London
United States
Gem City
Dayton
Ohio
Racine
Wis
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