Ford hints at possible stopgap aid for New York City
President Ford's press secretary signaled a shift toward approving short term federal aid for New York City as city and state pursue a rescue plan. Gov Carey calls a special session to craft a new package with taxes and debt restructuring while lawmakers work on a compromise.
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Washington
Ford
New York City
Ron Nelsen
New York State
Nelsen
New York
Hugh Carey
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nessen
White House
Congress
Treasury
William E. Simon
Carey
Scottsdale's only female parks maintenance worker
Amy Johnson, 22, keeps Scottsdale's five fountains running and manages pump systems at downtown and city hall sites. She balanced pool maintenance before moving to fountain work and is training in pump operation while considering volunteer fire-wrangler duties.
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Amy Johnson
Pat McElfresh
Scottsdale
Johnson
Scottsdale High School
Arizona State University
Eldorado
Civic Center
City Hall
William Johnson
City tax load among highest in Arizona report shows Scottsdale rank
The Arizona Tax Research Association reports for 1973-74 place Scottsdale as the second highest per capita municipal tax burden among Arizona's five largest cities, with a total tax of 94.86 and property tax per person of 24.26. The study compares Tucson Phoenix Tempe and Mesa, noting Mesa has no city property tax and that Scottsdale's fire protection cost per capita is 6.97, below others.
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Arizona Tax Research Association
Phoenix
Tucson
Mesa
Tempe
Non-Profit Association
Association
Metro Fire Department
RMFD
Park school site plan at McCormick Ranch under review
Scottsdale city leaders and a parks panel urged re evaluation of four joint park school sites in McCormick Ranch amid aging residents and few school age children. They noted districts balked at building schools here and proposed a larger park approach.
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Scottsdale
McCormick Ranch
Parks and Recreation Commission
Franklin D. Aleshire
E.T. Wright Sands
Aleshire
Parks Commission
David N. Wilson
Cocopah
Richard V. Campana
Billie Gentry
Charles Smith
Scottsdale School Board debates middle school plan
The Scottsdale School Board reviewed a 60 page report proposing one middle school per high school area with seventh and eighth graders housed in a leader school by 1976 77 and additional middle schools by 77 78. Members urged careful boundary options and suggested community hearings across the district with board involvement.
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Scottsdale School Board
Paul Streich
Scottsdale
Robert Usdane
Usdane
Streich
Gloria Welch
Tom Qualle
Franco’s doctors report renewed bleeding as he fights for breath
In Madrid doctors for the 82 year old Franco report new hemorrhaging and say they are aiding his breathing. In Washington the Senate Armed Services Committee nears approval of Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary after a second questioning. In Beirut gun battles at Beirut airport amid renewed Christian Muslim warfare trigger panics as a fragile cease fire collapses.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ford
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
White House
Illinois
Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut International
Bomb Kills Two in Jerusalem's Zion Square
A blast in Zion square central Jerusalem killed at least two people and wounded many. The attack mirrors a July 4 bombing in the same busy area that killed 15 and injured about 70.
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Jerusalem
Zion Square
Ford seeks new head for Home Loan Bank Board
President Ford moves to name a new director after the Senate Banking Committee rejected Ben B Blackburn a former Georgia congressman. Blackburn had been accused of racial insensitivity and faced controversy over a remark he reportedly made about public hangings to pressure housing tenants to pay rent.
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Washington
Ford
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Senate Banking Committee
Ben B. Blackburn
Georgia
White House
Ron Nelsen
Blackburn
Atlanta
Harris to appoint trustees over Scottsdale board wishes
Harris announced he will appoint trustees to the Scottsdale School District governing body despite the Scottsdale School Board and the PTA community council opposing. He cites low voter turnout to justify not calling an election and says appointees will replace Gloria Welch and James Wellington whose resignations take effect December 29.
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Scottsdale School Board
Scottsdale, PTA/Community Parent Council
Richard Harris
Cements
Gloria Welch
James Wellington
Welch
Wellington
Harris
Attorney General's Office
Paul Streich
Sam Childs
Usdane
Childs
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