Solar loan compromise clears energy talks in Congress
Conferees approve a government subsidized solar loan program up to 8000 with rate subsidies from .7 to 12 percent and tax credits limited by loan use. Senate debates 40 billion in tax breaks while Kennedy group seeks to narrow business breaks and home insulation credits.
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Senate
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Carter
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
Senate Finance Committee
Conference Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
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Shuttle Enterprise completes final tested glide landing
At Edwards Air Force Base Prince Charles watched as the Space Shuttle Enterprise conducted its fifth and final test a short steep glide to a safe landing. The 93 ton vehicle bounced on the concrete runway then settled safely on the desert strip.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Prince Charles of
England
Scottsdale’s McCormick Ranch maze spurs street plan review
Scottsdale officials confront a maze of curving roads and similar spellings at McCormick Ranch as police and residents get lost. A MAG task force recommends a street naming policy and a city map reform to ease navigation and emergency response.
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Tom Ellis
McCormick Ranch
Dale Samuels
Council
Charles Smith
Maricopa Association of Governments
MAG
Jim Gardner
Sgt
Samuels
Don Louser
Billie Gentry
Louser
Private fire protection cheaper in Scottsdale study says
An independent IL SG study finds Scottsdale pays about half the fire protection costs of Tempe Mesa and Glendale while delivering similar or better service. It notes Scottsdale relies on Rural Metro Fire Department, with city contracts covering staffing equipment and hydrants and with lower per capita spending and costs during 1971 75.
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Chris Shuey
Scottsdale
Metro Fire Department
Valley
Tempe
Mesa
Glendale
Institute For Local Self Government
ILSG
Rural
Metro
Town hall phone used as RSVP line in recall election clash
Paradise Valley opposition candidate charges misuse of town resources as a flyer for a recall meeting lists the Town Hall number for RSVP. Joy MacLean says town employes handling attendance is inappropriate while Mayor Barbara von Ammon defends using the office contact. Opponents are challenging four incumbents facing recall in upcoming December 6 vote.
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Paradise Valley
Joy MacLean
The
Responsive Government Association
RGA
MacLean
Barbara von Ammon
von Ammon
RSVP
John V. Long
Kenneth R. Geiser
J. Duncan Brock
Robert R. Lash
Peter
Wainwright
Muriel EK
Beroza
Scottsdale area school meetings explore closings and homework
Five Scottsdale School District meetings drew fewer than 100 residents as board members fielded concerns from Arcadia Chaparral Coronado Scottsdale Pueblo and other sites. Topics included potential school closures campus supervision after school activities enrollment budget and college prep.
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Bonnie Foster
Scottsdale
Thomas Carey
Arcadia High School
Carey
Arcadia
Paul Streich
Streich
Phyllis Spencer
Coronado High School
McCormick Ranch
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