Fix-It program aids elderly homes and lives
Outreach workers under the federally funded Fix-It program based at the Scottsdale Senior Center help low income seniors with minor repairs and connect them to food, medical care, and transportation. Since mid July they have visited 500 to 600 homes in east Phoenix area, aiding people from a shack resident to a wheelchair ramp installation and kitchen sink repairs, with labor free and materials on a sliding scale.
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Scottsdale Senior Center
Scottsdale
Cindi Kalish
Margi Dobbs
Roy Litwicki
East Phoenix
Mesa
Tempe
Kalish
Fix
Litwicki
Roy
Bob Johnstone
Fix-It
Energy grant plan backs insulation aid for families schools and hospitals
Joint House Senate energy conferees approved up to 800 grants for low income families and 965 million over three years for schools and hospitals to fund insulation and fuel saving devices. The panel on Veterans Day debated distribution rules, aiming to resolve House and Senate positions with Carter administration support and a mandate to shift utilities toward coal.
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Washington
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Rep
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Staggers
President Carter
Carter Administration
Scottsdale plans corridor elementary on 35 acre site
District officials review preliminary plans for Scottsdale School Districts 21st elementary school a corridor style one story building with 21 classrooms four science rooms a library and offices on a 35 acre site. The project aims to reduce vandalism with windowless design and corridor access and includes full fire sprinklers and two way in room communication. Construction to start next June with a January 1980 opening target.
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Scottsdale
Bill Pedersen
Pedersen
Via de Ventura
Pima
Robert Bigler
Robison testifies Adamson talked of car bombing before Bolles death
Witness James Robison recalled John Harvey Adamson saying he would blow up a car three months before the June 2 1976 bombing that killed reporter Don Bolles. Adamson pleaded guilty to reduced murder charges and testified Dunlap hired him while Robison built and detonated the device with a remote control.
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Phoenix
James Robison
John Harvey Adamson
Don Bolles
Robison
Chandler
Max Dunlap
Bolles
Adamson
Dunlap
San Diego
Chris Stamps
Easing Scottsdale sales tax rules eyed for builders
Scottsdale city staff drafted revisions to simplify sales tax collection for builders and local firms. A new 35 percent deduction for new home construction would let sellers tax only the remaining balance and buyers could deduct the tax if itemizing. Other Phoenix area cities consider similar changes amid a council review at an 8 p.m. Scottsdale Arts Center meeting.
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Glendale
Mesa
Tempe
Chandler
Casa Grande
Tucson
Flagstaff
Prescott
Phoenix
Scottsdale Center
Mike Stroup
Stroup
Panama canal treaty referendum shows overwhelming support
Unofficial results from Panama's referendum indicate broad approval for the new canal treaties with 149 178 yes votes and 76 311 noes in 910 districts. Officials expect final returns to place support around 70 to 75 percent of voters.
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Panama City
Panama
Story
Rebound City Faces Strain After Floods and Layoffs
Johnstown, Pennsylvania moves beyond flood mud to provide shelter for the homeless but faces mental strain from changed conditions. Bethlem Steel Corp layoffs compound hardship as the city restores after summer flooding.
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Johnstown
Bethlem Steel Corp
Energy insulation standards to cut home energy use in four states
Santa Fe New Mexico Farmers Home Administration will fund energy efficient insulation for new and existing homes. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Alex Mercure announced the rule at a District 10 meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Santa Fe. The district covers Arizona New Mexico and Colorado.
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Sante FE
N.M
Federal Farmers Home Administration
Alex Mercure
Mercure
University of New Mexico
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Santa Fe
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Lebanese militias rebuild forces amid civil war
Christian rightists and Muslim leftists recruit and arm new fighters openly in Tyre Lebanon. The two factions together field about 45,000 trained, armed men, far surpassing the Lebanese army's 4,000 loyal soldiers. Palestinian fighters not included in the estimate.
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Tyre
Lebanon
Mostly sunny and warm forecast for today and Tuesday
A brief weather note reports mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures with highs near 90 and a low around 60. Noon temperature listed at 82 with humidity about 22 percent. Details on Page 3.
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Tom Ellis
Ufyesions
Sarrot
Ign Cakes
Associated Press
France
Paris
Akhram Ojjeh
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