DeBeers Diamond Investment faces multiple inquiries
Scottsdale firm DeBeers Diamond Investment Ltd. markets diamonds by mail to a national audience and has ties claimed to DeBeers Consolidated Mines. Authorities in Michigan and Arizona probe its operations while the Postal Service questions customers about appraisals and representations. Geiger, firm president, says inquiries are general and that the company filed registrations.
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Michael Ellis
Scottsdale
DeBeers Diamond Investment Ltd
DeBeers Consolidated Mines
Africa
N. Hayden Rd
Wall Street Journal
Barrons
Michigan
DeBeers Diamond Investment
Postal Service
DeBeers
Alois L. Geiger III
Post Office
Geiger
Dance school law sparks outcry over private instruction
Arizona lawmakers redefined private schools to include any paid instruction, threatening a $350 licensing fee for small dance and crafts instructors. Board members say avocations like ballet and belly dancing should be excluded and vows to seek legislative wording changes while local teachers warn the move could end small studios.
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Arizona State Board of Private Technical and Business Schools
J.H. Hamm Jr
Hamm
Scottsdale
Marlene Cohen
Allegro School of Classical Ballet
N. 82Nd Way
Cohen
Assiste Otter Ey
Rockefeller Renounces 1976 Ticket Bid
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller says he renounced a spot on President Ford s 1976 ticket to avoid party squabbles. Attorney General Levi hints Fourth Amendment limits may apply to overseas NSA eavesdropping but avoids ruling on legality in Senate inquiry.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford
Edward H. Levi
National Security Agency
Senate Intelligence Committee
Levi
NSA
March of Conquest reaches near Spanish Sahara line
Tens of thousands of Moroccan volunteers marching in a dusty desert to within four kilometers of the Spanish dissuasion line report no incidents. The scene mirrors biblical epic imagery as they move through searing heat.
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Spanish Sahara
Senate approves sunshining bill for open agency meetings
Washington Senate votes 94 to 0 to require open sessions of most federal agencies boards and commissions under the government in the sunshine act aimed at public access to government decision making.
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Washington
Senate
Bangladesh picks Sayem as new president after coup fallout
DACCA Bangladesh Chief Justice Abu Sadat Mohammed Sayem assumed the presidency as junior officers who toppled independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman faltered in a power struggle. In Beirut, Premier Rashid Karami accused gunmen of unloading arms near Beirut and clashed with the army over orders to halt actions amid Lebanon's civil war. Weather preview shows sunny days with highs in the upper 80s to lower 80s and cooler nights in the 50s.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Supreme Court
Abu Sadat Mohammed Sayem
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Wholesale prices jump 1.8 percent in October
U S government data show the October rise in the wholesale price index 1.8 percent the largest monthly gain in a year. The Labor Department notes broad based increases with notable spikes in new model cars lumber and textiles signaling ongoing inflation pressures. Farm prices also climbed though at a slower pace than September with fresh vegetables down while poultry tobacco and milk saw substantial gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
City to set lighting priority for Scottsdale tennis courts
The Parks and Recreation Commission backs a priority list to light public courts as demand grows for after dark use. North Scottsdale residents urge eight Chaparral High courts be lit, with estimate of 24,000 dollars for Chaparral and 5,000 annual plus 2,400 maintenance in city share.
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Bruce Jameson
Scottsdale
Parks and Recreation Commission
Commission
North Scottsdale
Chaparral High School
David Wilson
Wilson
Cocopah Elementary
Cholla Park
Cocopah
Chaparral
Parks and Recreation Department
Leroy Anderson
Chaparral High
Anderson
Coronado High School
Saguaro High
Scottsdale High
Scottsdale Community College
Tonto
Scottsdale School Board replacements delayed by, irksome
Pete Bak leads a subcommittee to recommend replacements for Gloria Welch and J Wellington, who announced resignations for December. Bak slams County School Superintendent Richard Harris for delaying a decision on election versus appointment, citing prior notice since August and urging quick action to aid the current board and outgoing members.
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Scottsdale
Richard Harris
Pete Bak
Harris
Gloria Welch
J _ Wellington
Bak
Ptas
Chamber of Commerce
Ee Bak
Irma Winemiller
Doug Irish
Bob Jordan
Jan Wheeler
Chuck Young
Wellington
Welch
Calley Speech Sparks Protest at Arizona State University
Former Army Lt. William Calley Jr spoke to about 800 people at Arizona State University while protests from students faculty and groups denounced the event. Critics criticized the $2000 payment for Calley who was convicted of murder in the 1968 My Lai massacre.
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Arizona State University
Army
William Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Hatton lawyer attacks prosecution witnesses in murder trial
A morning of fingerprint and medical examiner testimony in the John Hatton trial shifted to an attack on prosecution witnesses. James Edgar and Ron Saper pressed inconsistencies, questioning a Hatton acquaintance, a fingerprint tech, and Dr. Thomas Jarvis about timing and key forensics.
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John Hatton
Hatton
James Edgar
Ron Saper
Canton House
Tempe
Rudy Martinez
Scottsdale
Martinez
Jeffrey Schlosser
Kelly Kardell
Edgar
Thomas Jarvis
Schlosser
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Kardell
Jarvis
Julie Ann Bales
Bale
Richard Binkley
Saper
Harry Mason
Binkley
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