Couple arrested in $1 million extortion plot in Oregon
In Portland, Oregon, David W. Heesch and his wife Sheila were arrested on charges tied to a $1 million extortion bomb plot against the Bonneville Power Administration. Heesch allegedly wrote to EPA and FBI demanding payment to stop bombings of 11 power transmission towers.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Bonneville Power Administration
David W. Heesch
Sheila
EPA
Julius Mattson
FBI
Heesch
APS seeks interim rate hike hearing date set
Arizona Public Service Co asks the State Corporation Commission to schedule an interim rate hearing for 18.4 percent. Officials cite urgent funding needs while the Tucson Gas & Electric case delays push the hearing to mid December or January. If approved, electric rates would rise about 20.5 percent and gas by 12.5 percent.
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Arizona Public Service Co
State Corporation Commission
George Dempsey
Commission
Tucson Gas & Electric Co
APS
Dempsey
Turley
Carpenter Albert A. Kitchen obituary in Phoenix
Albert A. Kitchen, 64, a carpenter for Hallcraft Homes for 10 years, dies in St. Joseph's Hospital. He lived at 98726 E Highland Ave and worked for Golden Heritage Homes and Farmer Brothers Construction Co. Survivor include wife Meridith, sons Charles and Michael, two brothers, two sisters, and two grandsons. Services Monday at Green Acres Mortuary. Burial Green Acres Cemetery.
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Albert A. Kitchen
Hallcraft Homes, Inc
First Southern Baptist Church of Phoenix
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mr. Kitchen
E. Highland Ave
Golden Heritage Homes
Farmer Brothers Construction Co
Carpenters Union
Meridith
Charles W
Michael L
Green Acres Mortuary
Hayden Rd
Green Acres Cemetery
Frank P Bruhn dies. Scottsdale official and veteran
Frank P. Bruhn 41 an equipment operator for the City of Scottsdale died today at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He served with the U S Post Office earlier and was a Marine veteran of the Korean War earning a Purple Heart and a Letter of Commendation. He leaves four children twins Joseph and Cheryl Barbara and Bruce and an aunt Martha Bruhn of Milwaukee. Services 2 p m Monday at Messinger Mortuary and Chapel with burial at Paradise Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after noon Sunday at the mortuary.
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Frank P. Bruhn
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Bruhn
E. Orange Blossom Lane
U. S. Post Office
June
Joseph
Cheryl
Barabara
Bruce
Martha Bruhn
Milwaukee
Wis
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Paradise Valley Memorial Gardens
Rosary planned for Floyd J. Balthasar in Phoenix
Floyd J. Balthasar 77 died Thursday at Doctors Hospital. A rosary is set for 8 p.m. Monday at Whitney and Murphy Arcadia Chapel. He lived at 4539 E. Vermont Ave and served in World War I. He was a charter American Legion member and past commander in East Aurora, New York, led the Aurora fire department, ran a garage, owned a liquor store, moved to Phoenix in 1961, and is survived by his wife Wilma and brother Victor. Mass is 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of St. Theresa. Burial follows at St. Francis.
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Doctors Hospital
Whitney and Murphy
Arcadia
Indian School Rd
Balthasar
Vermont Ave
American Legion
East Aurora
N. Y
Aurora
Phoenix
Wilma
Victor
Church of St. Theresa
KE. Thomas
St. Francis Cemetery
Memorial Service for 12YearOld Kelly Kardell at Ascension Church
Funeral services are set for 11 30 a m Monday at Ascension Lutheran Church for Kelly Kardell age 12 who died after being found shot at a Tempe apartment complex. Mohave School student and Pop Warner player survived by mother Ramona and father Kurt Kardell with siblings and grandparents. Memorials may be sent to Ascension Lutheran Church or the Lucky 13 Learning Disabilities Center.
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Kelly Kardell
Ascension Lutheran Church
Mockingbird Lane
Kelly
Mohave School
Tempe Community Hospital
Tempe
Scottsdale
Pop Warner
Ramona Kardell
Kurt J
Kardell
Clyde
Craig
Kurt
Keith
Kenneth
Renee Kardell
Clarence Heckerson
Minna Kardell
E. Bonita Drive
Green Acres Mortuary
Green Acres
Service for Jeffrey Schlosser in Tempe Chapel
Jeffrey Donald Schlosser, 12, died Thursday in Desert Samaritan Hospital. A memorial service is set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Carr Mortuary Chapel, Tempe, with a mass at 9 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Burial follows at East Resthaven Cemetery. He was born in Philadelphia and lived in Tempe since infancy. Survived by parents George D. and his wife, brother Richard Allen, and sister Helen Ann.
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Jeffrey Donald Schlosser
Carr Mortuary Chapel
Fifth St
Tempe
Jeffrey
E. Sandalwood
Desert Samaritan Hospital
Mohave School
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Philadelphia
Scotts
George D. Schlosser
Richard Allen
Helen Ann
S. Rural
East Resthaven Cemetery
Patrolman saves girl jumping from freeway overpass
A Phoenix highway patrolman prevented a 15 year old girl from leaping 20 feet to the pavement by grabbing her sweater as she stood on the McDowell Road overpass. Firemen prepared to catch her, but Sgt. Ron Bryan and Capt. Ralph Robinson pulled the girl back to safety.
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Phoenix
UPI
McDowell Road
Black Canyon
Ron Bryan
Bryan
Highway Patrol
Ralph Robinson
Wake Up Darling postponed at Windmill Dinner Theater
The opening of Wake Up Darling at Windmill Dinner Theater on Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard has been moved to November 19. Producers cited Robert Reed’s out of town schedule as the reason, and No Sex Please We’re British will run through November 17.
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Windmill Dinner
Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Robert Reed
Word Gemstone in Watergate trial tapes becomes snag
Six weeks into the Watergate trial the prosecution faces a snag over the code word Gemstone linking to the bugging operation. Judge Sirica weighs whether the word appears in a key White House tape while Ehrlichman seeks medical exams for Nixon as a witness patient.
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Washington
UPI
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Sirica
Nixon
John Lungren
Haldeman
CIA
FBI
Tax violations in Agnew probe charged in Baltimore
U S Attorney Beall filed direct charges against mortgage broker I H Hammerman and engineer Allon Green for interference with the internal revenue laws connected to the Agnew investigation. They face up to one year in prison and a $5 000 fine and will be arraigned in U S District Court in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
U. S
George Beall
I. H
Hammerman
Allon Green
Green
Baltimore County
Beall
Maryland
Jerome B. Wolff
Maryland State Roads Commission
Probers find part of heist cash in Miami bank
Investigators recovered 700000 of the 4300000 stolen in the Perolator Security armored car burglary. The money, in mixed denominations, was traced from Grand Cayman Island banks to the Bank of Nova Scotia in Cayman and then the Miami Federal Reserve. The case ties to six indicted men including Pasquale Marzano and Luigi DiFonzo with the vault damage and a Cayman Island money chain cited.
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Chicago
UPI
Miami
U. S
Chicago Tribune
Grand Cayman Island
British West Indies
Armored Express Co
Tribune
West Indies
Robert F. Doran
Grand Cayman
Perolator Security, Inc
Armored Express
Pasquale Charles Marzano
Luigi DiFonzo
Trio reports loss of gems and cash from Phoenix home
Three men told police Friday a break in at their Phoenix residence yielded about $5,460 in silver and turquoise jewelry and $460 in cash from a bedroom night stand. Entry was by breaking a window during 2:15 to 5 p.m. theft.
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Darryl Schwartz
Gary Breen
Stephen Breen
Phoenix
Exeter
Scottsdale
John Radovich
Three Women Charged in $1700 Scottsdale Slacks Theft
Police accuse Ofelia Chavez Josephine Flores and Virginia Trujillo of burglary in a two store theft of 107 pairs of men slacks valued at 1440 from Yellow Front on Thomas Road and 23 pairs valued at 250 from Smitty’s on McDowell. An off duty guard at Smitty’s reported seeing the suspects earlier.
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Scottsdale
Ofelia Chavez
Josephine Flores
Phoenix
Yellow Front
E. Thomas Rd
Smitty’s
E. McDowell Rd
Virginia Trujillo
Ft. McDowell Indian Reservation
Steve Boswell
Chavez
Trujillo
Flores
Boswell
Veteran's Day Closures Hit Phoenix and Valley Schools
Phoenix city services and Maricopa County offices close Monday for the holiday. Scottsdale offices stay open while Scottsdale Community College and most districts including Scottsdale Public Schools and Paradise Valley Public Schools suspend classes. Regular mail and trash service continue.
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City of Phoenix
Maricopa County
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale Public Schools
Paradise Valley
Phoenix
Hostage standoff ends as RCMP arrest escapee brother
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, aided by a prison escapee's brother, overpowered Edward Millard after an 11 hour siege at a Odessa Saskatchewan farmhouse. Millard, 32, escaped from an Edmonton prison and fired on police before surrendering with no injuries reported. Mrs Klien and six children aged 18 months to 19 years were unharmed. Millard held a woman and six children.
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Regina
SASK
UPI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Edward Millard
Millard
Edmonton
Alta
Odessa
Felix Klien
Klien
Castro vows no major state hires firings after taking office
Phoenix Governor elect Raul Castro says there will be no major hirings or firings of state employees when he takes office in January. In Phoenix, Richard Goldsmith who missed his trial after being convicted was sentenced to 10 years to life for second degree murder.
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Phoenix
Richard Goldsmith
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Me Jewelers
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W. B
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Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Whet Newspapers Association
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Arizona Association of Counties
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