Attorneys complete rape trial arguments
Prosecuting and defense attorneys presented cases before a Superior Court jury to decide if two former Scottsdale Community College basketball players are guilty of rape. Willie Lee Smiley and Donald Williams are charged with the April 17 rape of a 16 year old Tempe High School girl in Williams apartment.
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Scottsdale Community College
Willie Lee Smiley
Donald Williams
Tempe High
Bicentennial Committee Plans Local Museum
The Horizon Committee of the Scottsdale-Paradise Valley Bicentennial Commission will meet at 7 PM in the Scottsdale Public Library board room. Chairman Eileen Rasmussen says the group aims to establish a local historical museum in collaboration with the Scottsdale Historical Society.
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Scottsdale-Paradise Valley
The
Scottsdale
Ralph J. Mannon Dies. Arizona Accountant and WWII Vet
Ralph J. Mannon 58 an accountant for Talley Industries died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born in Jerome Idaho he came to Arizona six years ago from California. He was a member of the Over The Hill Gang Musicians the Moose Lodge and a World War II veteran. He resided at 8756 E Buena Terra Way. Survivors include his wife Marjorie two sons Bruce and Gary Scottsdale and one brother out of state. Private services and cremation were held at Green Acres Mortuary.
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Paradise Chapel
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Kissinger Brezhnev Meet Reduces War Risk
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev for over three hours and said the chances of war between the United States and the Soviet Union are negligible. He noted tensions have subsided since Ford took office and detente may be charted.
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Ex mobster Cohen offers aid in Hearst search
Former LA gangster Mickey Cohen says he joined Randolph and Catherine Hearst in seeking Patricia Hearst, who disappeared after fleeing with SLA members on May 16 following a deadly shootout. Cohen says he contributed small sums and provided help without demanding payment.
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Calif
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Film stars urge FCC to relax pay cable movie rules
Hollywood leaders and executives urged the FCC to loosen rules banning pay cable from airing movies under ten years old. MPAA president Valenti argued the rule blocks consumer choice and harms the evolving pay cable industry. Susan Clark supported wider access to films for fans. Guild and council spokesmen joined the push.
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Dean admits aiding false Watergate testimony under cross examination
John W. Dean III testified he encouraged Jeb Magruder and Egil Krogh to lie as the Watergate cover up unraveled. He said he tested their stories and helped devise a false narrative while serving as White House counsel. The testimony occurred during the trial of Haldeman Ehrlichman Mitchell and others.
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Ter Horst to Speak at Phoenix Executive Club Dinner
Jerald Ter Horst, who resigned as President Ford's press secretary last month, will address the Phoenix Executive Club at a 6:30 p.m. dinner Friday at the Towne House. He has been a Washington correspondent for 16 years and left over Ford Nixon pardon clashes. future speakers include Walter Cronkite Sylvia Porter Cleveland Armory Louis Nye and John Wallace Spencer.
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Executive Club
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Walter Cronkite
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Louis Nye
John Wallace Spencer
Arizona leaders unite to oppose Prop 108 judges by governor
Two rival Arizona figures join to urge defeat of Proposition 108 on the November ballot. Evan Meehan, former senator and runner up in the GOP governor race, teams with former Democrat Supreme Court Justice Rent Jennings in backing defeat.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Evan Meehan
Supreme Court
Rent Jennings
National Lumber Association urges tax incentives for thrift savings
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association pledged support for Congress and administration housing programs and called for tax incentives to boost thrift institution savings. At its 58th annual meeting in Phoenix the board warned housing starts may fall below one million annually.
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National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
Bodies Retrieved From Plane Wreckage Near Whiteriver
Two New Mexico residents identified as Emil F. Hohmann 69 and Juanita M. Retana 43 were found in a single engine Cessna 172 wreckage ten miles west of Whiteriver. Search planes located the crash site on a mountainside Wednesday.
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New Mexico
Here
Emil F. Hohmann
Juanita M. Retana
Deming
N.M
Farm workers acquitted in Yuma protest case
A justice court jury acquitted 54 United Farm Worker supporters in Yuma on charges of remaining at the scene of an unlawful assembly and contempt of court. They were arrested September 25 near a citrus orchard after allegedly violating a restraining order limiting pickets to 50 or fewer. about 500 pickets were present.
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