Farmers and business leaders oppose 1902 acreage rule change
At a Phoenix hearing Interior Department officials debated expanding the 160 acre per person limit to a 640 acre family cap for federally irrigated land. Testimony from J S Francis Jr and Bruce Heiden highlighted calls for economic and environmental impact statements as agribusiness groups warned of industry collapse in Yuma County if the rule takes effect.
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Cecil Andrus
Carter
Francis
Bruce Heiden
Arizona Cotton Growers Association
Interior Department
Yuma County
City Urges curb on water runoff with medians upgrades
Scottsdale city council to study a Brown report urging nearly 200000 in median improvements to halt sprinkler runoff into streets. The plan includes new private sector runoff controls and a water shutoff ordinance with fees for repeat offenses.
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Richard Brown
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
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Indian Bend Road
de Ventura
McCormick Parkway
Scottsdale Road
Hayden
Miller Road
Indian School Road
Sixth Avenue
Indian School
Camelback Road
Franklin D. Aleshire
Aleshire
City Council weighs plan to reimburse builders for water mains
Scotts dale plans to review a draft payback scheme allowing developers to be reimbursed for major water and sewer main extensions. The proposal would apply only during the first five years and to those extending to their property lines, with fees collected from later connections funneled to the original developer.
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Scottsdale
Franklin D. Aleshire
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Aleshire
Greyhound Talks Aim to Avert Nationwide Bus Strike
In Phoenix negotiators for Greyhound Lines and the Amalgamated Transit Union continued talks for a third day to avert a nationwide walkout by about 14 000 bus drivers and terminal workers. Also in Phoenix Charles Wilson of the Arizona Corporation Commission was placed on administrative leave pending an attorney general led probe into alleged state funds discrepancies. Superior Court Judge Charles Hardy denied a defense motion to dismiss grand theft charges against Thrift financier Robert Fendler and adviser James Holman, while noting confusion over a fund shuffle defense.
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Bud Tims
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Attorney General
Charles Hardy
Robert Fendler
James Holman
Tom Horn
Fendler
APS Rate Hike Approved Lowers Utility Bill for Homes
Arizona Public Service Co. won a rate increase from the Arizona Corporation Commission. The change raises the average residential bill by 1.12 dollars per month, effective January, tied to a higher wholesale price from El Paso Natural Gas Co.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
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Powell to serve as Castro ambassador aide in Argentina
Minnie Mae Powell, ap pointments secretary toformer Arizona Governor Raul Castro, received word she will hold a similar post with Castro in Argentina. She will start five days of briefings in Washington on December 5 and then travel to Buenos Aires.
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Raul Castro
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Foreign Service Institute
Parada Queen to be selected at Scottsdale event
Six contestants vie for the 1978 Parada del Sol Queen during a 9 p.m. dance and crowning at the SunBurst Hotel. Ginger Wigner, 1977 Parada queen, will be crowned and may pursue Miss Rodeo America. contestants include Cheryl Roush Karen McEuen Lori Reynolds Linda Battin Julie Felts and Denise Boyd.
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Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Ginger Wigner
Arizona
Wigner
Cheryl Lynn Roush
Karen Ann McEuen
Lori Reynolds
Linda Battin
Scottsdale
Julie Felts
Apache Junction
Denise Boyd
Phoenix
Jaycees
Women’s Conference Rejects Cabinet Level Department
Delegates at the National Women’s Conference approved 25 recommendations for gender equality and rejected a Cabinet level department to implement them. A follow up conference and a national commission were proposed, with Carter to report to Congress in 120 days. Bella Abzug faced conservative pushback led by Phyllis Schlafly referring to delegates as “Bella’s bunch.”
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Arizona Delegates Disappointed Over Medicaid Proposal At Conference
Arizona delegates to the National Women’s Conference returned home disappointed as the body rejected a resolution to mandate Medicaid for all states. Tucson Senator Sue Dye noted the commission rejected the plan as it applied to only one state while Alison Hughes called the action a symbolic setback for Arizona.
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Tucson
International Women’s Year Commission Committee On
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Scottsdale ranch panel study session on city policy
A special study session tonight for the Scottsdale City Council will review an ad hoc ranch committee report. The committee investigated complaints by Gordon Fitzgerald about who pays for maintenance of major arterial medians flood control lakes and bike paths on McCormick Ranch.
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Scottsdale
McCormick Ranch
Scottsdale Center
FDA Approves Pneumonia Vaccine Aimed at Children
The FDA licensed Pneumovax to protect infants from pneumonia and may extend protection to ear infections caused by pneumococcus. Trials in Massachusetts and Alabama test eight otitis media strains while researchers assess vaccines for babies. Dr. Maurice Hillman led the Merck program in West Point, Pennsylvania.
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Food and Drug Administration
United States
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Pneumovax
Merck Sharp & Dohme
West Point
Massachusetts
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