Design fault delays Scottsdale solar test at Maricopa Court
Scottsdale faces a six week delay in a solar heating and cooling demonstration at the Maricopa County Court building due to design problems. City technologist Jack Haenichen says ERDA funding decision and bid process hinge on revised collector plans and roof load limits.
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Maricopa County Court
Scottsdale
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Jack Haenichen
Haenichen
InterTechnology Corp
ITC
Douglas Hood
Today in the News From Associated Press Wires
A brief digest of AP wire items appears, highlighting multiple quick national and international news summaries. The items cover politics economics and notable events from various regions with concise updates.
Britain backs black nationalist calls on Rhodesia prisoners
In Geneva a British spokesman said Britain supports black nationalist demands for the release of political prisoners held by Ian Smith’s Rhodesia regime. The spokesman indicated support would be conveyed today possibly via a message or meeting with the Smith delegation. In New York the UN General Assembly marks Transkei’s birth with a broad attack on apartheid and a denunciation of Israel-South Africa collaboration, inviting U.S. opposition.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Ivor Richard
United Nations
Smith
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Transkei
Israel
South Africa
United States
Seven Lions Escape Private Zoo Triggers Fatal Attacks
In Ringgold Georgia seven 400 pound lions escaped from a private zoo trapping the owner in her house and killing several other animals. Police shot four lions and recaptured one. A large multi-agency search continued for the two remaining lions with more than a dozen officers involved.
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Ringgold
Ferry collision in New Orleans claims many lives
Coast Guard board hears from Nicholas J. Colombo pilot of the Norwegian tanker who says the ferry had plenty of time to avoid the ship but did not turn away. He calls the crash no different than a Volkswagen running out in front of a train. An estimated 100 passengers died in the Mississippi River disaster.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Nicholas J. Colombo
Chrysler posts 26 year high third quarter earnings
Detroit Chrysler Corp reports third quarter earnings of 76.2 million dollars, a record surge beyond 26 years. Ford Motor Co says it lost 30,000 car sales in mid October due to a nationwide strike and faces labor issues with Ford of Canada. United Auto Workers vows a strike unless a tentative settlement is reached by Nov 3 affecting 14,000 Canadian workers. Weather: mostly sunny, cooler with mid 70s highs and mid 50s lows.
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Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ford of
Canada
United Auto Workers
Arabs approve Riyadh peace plan for Lebanon at Cairo summit
At the Arab League summit in Cairo, 21 members accept the cease fire and backing for the Riyadh peace plan with Iraq abstaining. Spokesman Selim el Yafi says a 30,000 strong peacekeeping force will be funded and formed mainly from Syria with additions from Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and South Yemen.
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Riyadh
Lebanon
Arab League
Selim el-Yafi
League
Iraq
el Yafi
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
South Yemen
Elias Sarkis
Arabs urged to develop nuclear arms as regional balance
Editor Mussa Sabri argues Arabs should build nuclear capability to counter Israel's arms. Reports claim Israel may have produced up to ten bombs. Sabri says Arab weapon production was discussed at a Saudi Riyadh minisummit involving Syria Egypt Lebanon Saudi rulers Kuwait and PLO leader Yasir Arafat.
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Gram
Mussa Sabri
Israel
Sabri
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Egypt
Lebanon
Kuwait
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Two Judges Targeted in Jail Escape Plot Reach Kentucky
Phoenix AP. Thomas Pugh 39 and Thomas Cawthon 25 escaped from a Kentucky prison after allegedly planning to kill Superior Court Judges Rufus Coulter Jr. and Paul LaPrade. Pugh, an Arizona inmate, was exchanged to break up a gang at Arizona State Prison and faces armed robbery charges.
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Thomas Lester Pugh
Kentucky
Thomas E. Cawthon
Corrections Department
Leo Beaman
Eddysville
Pugh
Tulsa
Okla
Arizona State
Superior Court
Rufus C. Coulter Jr
Paul LaPrade
Paul) Blabaum
Department of Corrections
LaPrade
Flood disaster funds stalled for Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley advances stalled on a $100,000 flood relief grant from the Army Corps of Engineers to repair Invergordon and Berneil Ditches after September rains. Town Manager Oscar Butt will brief the council as officials press Los Angeles corps offices for a quicker decision.
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Oscar Butt
Council
Army Corps of Engineers
Invergordon Ditch
Berneil Ditch
Butt
Engineers
Los Angeles
Scottsdale
Raw Castro
Parents argue over middle school plan for district
At a heated Cherokee Cocopah Kiva meeting, supporters and opponents clash over converting seventh and eighth grades into a single middle school. Enrollment pressures loom as Cherokee runs about 200 students over capacity while Cocopah nears limits. board action and boundary redraws loom, with site options at 56th Street and Cholla Road.
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Cocopah
Wilson
Pima Road
56Th Street
Cholla Road
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Parents for Quality Education to review district enrollment
The group will meet at 7 pm at the Saguro Branch of the Phoenix Public Library to discuss Scottsdale School Districts declining enrollment. They will hear a report from Arcadia Parents representatives with Supt William Randall and consider alternatives to a proposed middle school plan affecting K through 12 and seventh to eighth grade housing.
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Arcadia Parents For Quality Education
Saguro
Phoenix Public Library
46Th St
Arcadia
Kachina
Tavan
Ingleside
Kaibab
Hopi
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