Density transfer key to Scottsdale hillside zoning plan
Scottsdale planners seek a hillside district dividing 59000 acres into hillside protection and conservation zones to preserve McDowell Mountains. A density transfer would let owners combine HC credits with HP density for cluster developments, while one acre lots remain possible. Construction could begin within two years.
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Scottsdale
McDowell Mountains
Bussard
McDowell
Smith
McDowells
Gas hog ban dies in energy bill talks
A House Senate conference committee rejected an outright ban on fuel guzzlers proposed by the Senate. House conferees support a fuel tax instead, arguing the ban would harm automakers and deliver little fuel savings. The vote effectively ends the ban unless both chambers agree.
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Washington
House-Senate
Senate
House
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
John Brademas
Off street bike path plan presented to Scottsdale Council
Scottsdale officials propose dropping a street bike lane project and funding off street paths using 43 388 dollars from federal and local sources. The plan includes a canal bridge in Vista del Camino Park and paths along Arizona Canal Hayden Road Osborn Road Paiute Park and Vista del Camino Park with connection to a parking lot. Council meets at 8 p m in Scottsdale Center for the Arts conference room to discuss the BOR bike path changes.
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Scottsdale
BOR
Vista del Camino Park
Frost
Dow Dives Under 800 As Market Slips
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 4.59 points to 797.73 by 2 p.m., dropping below 800 for the first time in over two years. The last close under 800 was 794.55 on October 2, 1975.
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New York
Carter Threatens Trip Over Energy Bill With Saudi Leader
President Carter in the Oval Office told Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal that he may cancel his four continent trip next month if Congress does not pass an energy bill. He said he looks forward to visiting Saudi Arabia if the energy bill is enacted.
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Thomas P.o’neill
Carter
Congress
Saud al-Faisal
Howard Metzenbaum
Dohio
Senate
Thomas Ashley
D-Ohio
House Energy Committee
American Motors Corp
Brademas
O'Neill
Washington
Saudi Arabia
Oval Office
Gunman kills UAE official then surrenders after hijack attempt
In Abu Dhabi a gunman in a white robe killed Saif Ghobash the UAE foreign ministry's No 2 official while he saw off Syrian Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam. The assailant surrendered after attempting to hijack a Czechoslovakian cargo plane.
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Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Saif Ghobash
Foreign Ministry
Abdul Halim Khaddam
United States Face Sanctions Debate Over South Africa Policy
China accuses the United States of backing South Africa to promote peaceful evolution while the Security Council discusses penalties on the white-ruled regime following a crackdown on black protesters. U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young supports sanctions but says the Carter administration has not decided final steps.
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N.Y
China
United States Today
South Africa
Chen Chu
Security Council
U.S
Andrew Young
Carter
Florida teen sentenced to death for Avon Park murder
A 16-year-old boy, Frank Ross Jr. of DeSoto City, Fla., convicted of stomping an elderly widow to death during a $6 robbery, received the death penalty by electric chair from 10th Circuit Judge Clifton Kelly for the November 15, 1976 murder of 64-year-old Helen Dixon of Avon Park.
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Sebring
Fal
Frank Ross Jr
DeSoto City
Fla
10Th Circuit
Clifton Kelly
Helen Dixon
Avon Park
Motorola workers eye union drive spreads to Valley plants
Communications Workers of America Local 8519 campaigns at Motorola semiconductor plants in Phoenix and Mesa seeking a union election. About 30 percent of the 10 000 workers must vote yes for elections. Spurred by layoffs and benefit changes cited by Lambert the drive broadened from Mesa origin. Motorola denies campaign impact and says it is communicating with staff. Sunny and warm with near 90 degree highs today and Wednesday.
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Motorola
Semiconductor
Valley
Communications Workers of America Local 8519
Phoenix
Mesa
Government Electronics Division
Scottsdale
Bryce Lambert
Lambert
Walter Schuch
Schuch
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