Scottsdale homeowners to gain relief in Arizona tax session
Scottsdale residents stand to gain from the upcoming Arizona Legislature special session aimed at easing homeowner tax burden and funding education. Sen. David Kret says reevaluation will shift taxes away from property, boost state education funding by 55 million, and cap expenditures while exploring a per capita funding model.
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Jack Kowalef
Scottsdale
Arizona
David Kret
Maricopa
Kret
Joint Study Committee
Kitten Kidnapping Report At Local Service Station
A one month old kitten was taken from its mother at the Chevron Service Station on 7140 E Shea Blvd. Lowell Conaway, owner, says a woman called her husband to pick her up and was playing with the kitten before he drove away with it.
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Chevron
E. Shea Blvd
Lowell Conaway
Conaway
Oberlin recruits face renewed campus sit-in
Navy recruiters returned to Oberlin College amid a sit-in by about 70 students blocking the placement office. Recruits were allowed to leave for lunch after agreeing not to recruit outside the room, with a promise to return. The incident follows a previous clash last Thursday when Cmdr. Smith was trapped in his car for four hours.
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Oberlin, Ohio
UPI
Navy
Oberlin College
Cmdr
C. R. Smith
Grosselle
Mich
J.g
Phillip McCaffrey
Cleveland
McCaffrey
Smith
Oberlin
Cmdr. Smith
Robert K. Carr
Carr
Bernard Mayer
City to Call for Bids for Fire Station and Airport
Scottsdale plans to invite bids on November 7 from organizations to build its first fire station and three airport buildings under a leaseback agreement. A city formed non profit likely will submit the acceptable bid. Construction bids targeted for December 15 opening with work starting mid January. Separate bids will cover the fire station on Thomas and Miller Roads and the three airport buildings.
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Scottsdale
Bill Donaldson
Thomas and Miller Rds
Airport
Oak Street stop-and-go light may get approval
City Councilman Leonard Johnson says he has enough votes to install a stop and go light at the Oak Street and Hayden Road intersection. He cites support from Ken Murray and aims to win Doris McCauley and Bob Jones votes while engineers say traffic levels do not justify a signal now. Johnson and residents argue the light would increase cross town traffic on Oak Street.
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Leonard Johnson
Oak St
Hayden Rd
Johnson
Ken Murray
Doris McCauley
Bob Jones
Johnson, Murray
Smith appeal plan outlined
Rod Wood, attorney for convicted murderer Robert Benjamin Smith, says he plans to attack the constitutionality of the death penalty on appeal. He will challenge the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the youth's case.
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Phoenix
UPI
Rod Wood
Robert Benjamin Smith
Wood
U.S
Vandals strike city sidewalk repair project
City officials report over 1000 dollars in damage to new concrete work under a 6000 dollar contract by J Latthmore. Public Works Director Marc Stragier says the city may bear future vandalism costs and that small, scattered projects are hard to protect.
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City Public Works
Marc Stragier
J. H. Latthmore
Stragier
Lattimore
Two Chicago Officers Killed in Northlake Bank Robbery
In Northlake near Chicago, two police sergeant John Nagle and patrolman Anthony Perri were killed during a Northlake bank holdup. Wounded officer Ernie Huestadt, taken to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, remained critical as authorities hunted suspects and blocked area roads. A suspect was later reported in Lake County near Waukegan.
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Chicago
UPI
O'Hare
Northlake
John J. Nagle
Anthony P. Perri
Northlake Community Hospital
J. Randall
T A
Ernie Huestadt
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Lake County
Waukegan
Russians arrive as war fears rise in the Mideast
Eight Soviet warships reach Alexandria and Port Said amid rising tensions along the Suez Canal. Egypt calls the visit a goodwill gesture while warning of the potential for renewed combat with Israel. Israeli and Arab leaders caution peace is far off as regional statements warn of all possibilities.
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Port Said
Egypt
Elath
Cairo
Suez Canal
Suez
Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Russia
Al-Anwar
S.A. R
Levi Eshkol
Abdul Rabhman Aref
United Arab Republic
Destoyer
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Pope Paul VI to undergo surgery within two weeks
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will be operated on within the next two weeks to correct an enlarged prostate. A special room inside the Papal apartment will be prepared for the procedure.
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Pope Paul VI
Vatican City
Vatican
Pope Paul
Papal
Turley signals productive opening to tax session
House Speaker Stan Turley a Maricopa County Republican says the second special session of the 28th Legislature should be productive though no firm program is set He cites a plan with multiple value percentages for property and says school finance and control must be addressed Meanwhile forecasters warn hunters heading to Arizona high country may face below freezing weekend lows with 7000 foot areas dipping to the low 20s and mid 30s at 5000 feet.
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Phoenix
Stan Turley
Turley
Maricopa County
Arizona
Weather Bureau
Pepsi Sign Battle Spurs County Action Near Pinnacle Peak
The red white and blue Pepsi Cola Convention signs along Pinnacle Peak drew local ire as an eye sore. Rupert Davidson Maricopa County chief zoning inspector set Monday as the deadline for removal. Kenneth G Patton Advertising Agency had erected the signs with landowner permission but without county permits. Sign removal occurred today.
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Pinnacle Peak
Rupert Davidson
Maricopa County
Kenneth G. Patton
Patton
Davidson
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