Sixth graders build colorful atomic models at Hohokam Elementary
At Hohokam Elementary School students studied energy and the atom and built large models using styrofoam wire clay and paper clips. Pupil Angela Udy 11 Mike Lyons 11 Alicia Hayden 11 and Ronnie Gallagher 12 study their creations under teacher Holly Avery in the Oak Street classroom.
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Hohokam
E. Oak St
Holly Avery
Angela Udy
Mike Lyons
Alicia Hayden
Ronnie Gallagher
Sadat to visit Jerusalem for 36 hours as Begin announces plan
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will spend 36 hours in Jerusalem starting Saturday night and address the Israeli Knesset on Sunday. The trip, described as a sacred duty, faces opposition at home and abroad, with Syria distancing itself and Arab critics voicing objections.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Sadat
Syria
Middle East
Ismail Fahmy
Fahmy
Mohammed Riad
Butros Ghali
Begin
Damascus
Hafez
Assad
Assad-Sadat
Beirut
Yasir Arafat
Israel
Iraq
Libya
Ismailia
U.S
Hermann Eilts
Carter
Samuel Lewis
Yad Vashem
Anderson Assails Bureaucracy and Backs Canal Treaty Support
Muckraking columnist Jack Anderson told the Scottsdale Scottsdale Dinner Club that Carter is tough to beat in 1980 but needs Washington experience. He condemned federal bureaucracy and energy policy, praised the Panama Canal treaty, urged new energy sources, and urged reforms to tax and welfare policies. The speech touched on U.N. envoy Young, tax reform ideas, and broader U.S. political issues.
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Douglas Melvold
Paradise Valley
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Jack Anderson
Carter
Anderson
Scottsdale
Mountain Shadows
Robert Strauss
U.S
Latin America
Russia
China
Africa
U.N
Andrew Young
Bill Simon
Treasury
IRS
Scottsdale Sets Feb 21 Primary and Mar 28 General
Scottsdale voter registration deadline is Jan 31 for the February 21 city council primary. Residents must be registered Scottsdale voters to participate. The City Clerk’s office operates 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at the Scottsdale Public Library for registration.
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Scottsdale
Wlre
Scottsdale Public Library
Civic Center Plaza
Health costs rise as care quality stalls in Arizona
At the Central Arizona Health Systems Agency meeting in Phoenix Walter McClure warns that rising medical costs lack corresponding gains in quality. He says insurance shields consumers and providers from price signals, urging competitive delivery systems and regulatory reforms to curb expenses.
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David Lucas
Central Arizona Health Systems Agency
Phoenix
Walter McClure
InterStudy
Minneapolis
McClure
Dee McClure
Laurence B. Huston
Aetna Life and Casualty
Huston
United States
Marley seeks hillside land swap with state in Scottsdale
Arizona Land Department and Kemper Marley Sr. explore a land exchange involving Marleys undevelopable nine square miles in the DC Ranch hillside district in Scottsdale. City planners warn a final decision would set a precedent and require lengthy approval, with negotiations over four square miles the state owns in undevelopable areas continuing.
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Arizona Land Department
Kemper Marley Sr
Scottsdale
Hillside
Marley
Whitesaler
DC Ranch
McDowell Mountain
Ross Smith
Smith
McDowells
State Land Department
Today in the News Today in the News
From Associated Press wires this digest highlights events reported across AP outlets. It covers national and international developments with brief briefs and summaries suitable for quick reading.
U S cautions Cuba over Angola role in relations
The State Department publicly warned Cuba about its 27000 citizens in 16 African countries affecting possible normalization with the United States. An intelligence study confirms Cuba has boosted forces in Angola by about 20 percent, while the Marxist government battles insurgents in a civil war.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
State Department
Angola
Wilderness potential in National Forest System announced
The Forest Service disclosed nearly one third of the National Forest System could become wilderness. It will study 1 920 tracts totaling 65.7 million acres and seek Congress guidance on which areas belong in the wilderness system, with 63.4 million of these acres located in the West.
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Washington
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
Congress
Food prices seen rising next year for American families
A government economist predicts a 4 to 6 percent rise in the average family's food budget next year driven by higher costs in transport, processing, and distribution after farm output. Kenneth R. Farrell of the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service cites ongoing price pressures.
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Washington
Kenneth R. Farrell
Economic Research Service
Agriculture Department
Shah urges oil cartel to hold prices for a year
The Shah of Iran calls for the oil exporting cartel to forego price increases for at least a year, a stance White House spokesman Jody Powell calls welcome news and encouraging to the Carter administration. The statement was hailed by President Carter's press secretary as a positive development.
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Washington
White House
Iran
Carter
Jody Powell
GNP growth revised higher in Q3 with 4.7 percent rise
The Commerce Department revised gross national product figures show a 4.7 percent annualized gain in the third quarter. This strengthens the economy beyond the 4 percent pace needed to stabilize unemployment but remains below the 7.5 percent Q1 and 6.2 percent Q2 surges.
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Washington
Commerce Department