Grocery profits rise concerns spark price spread debate
Washington officials warned that grocery store margins have widened since price controls ended. Albert Rees argued higher costs justify some profit growth but questioned if margins have gone too far as the price gap between farmers and consumers widens by about 21 percent from 1973 to 1974. Livestock groups urged Ford to cut meat imports and raise milk supports while the Fed cited food prices as a main inflation driver.
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Washington
UPI
Wes Oouncil
Council
Albert Rees
Rees
Ford
White House
Podiatrist Dies in Suspected Self Inflicted Gunshot
Scottsdale doctor James Frederick Keller 33 appears to have shot himself with a .22 rifle in a shared apartment after marital and financial troubles. Police and ex-officio coroner Dan Roth ordered an autopsy. Werner, who found Keller, said he hid the weapons in his closet fearing a possible later incident. Keller ran clinics in Scottsdale and Chandler.
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Scottsdale
James Frederick Keller
E. Thomas Rd
David H. Werner
Keller
Werner
Dan Roth
Chandler
Saxbe backs ransom ban against extortion by bomber
U.S. Attorney General William Saxbe affirmed strong support for the Bonneville Power Administration in refusing to pay a $1 million extortion demand. An extortionist identified as J. Hawker had dynamited 11 EPA towers as a prelude, with FBI conducting an intensive investigation.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
U.S
William Saxbe
Bonneville Power Administration
Saxbe
BPA
Don Hodel
Rogers C.B. Morton
EPA
J. Hawker
FBI
Special master to inspect State Fair wiring and order repairs
Judge David Perry appointed Walter P. Steffens as special master to inspect electrical wiring at the State Fair and order repairs. Steffens will coordinate with John Decastro and Jamies R. Laughilin and report refusals to stop hazardous wiring. The move follows a suit by A Glynn Ross seeking closure over dangerous wiring. projected fix cost is about 750000 dollars.
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Phoenix
UPI
Superior’ Court
Perry
Walter P. Steffens
Steffens
John Decastro
Electrical Workers
Union
Jamies R. Laughilin
Carnival
A. Glynn Ross
Ross
Rick Smith
Coliseum and Exposition Board
No Objections Reported on Nearby Medical Facility
The Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community land board said they have no objections to a proposed medical facility on the Indian reservation east of Scottsdale. Planning Director James Trant said the board met on Wednesday and forwarded the hospital case to the tribal council for action. Reese Verner of Verner As-
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Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Scottsdale
James Trant
Indian
City Planning Commission
Trant
Reese Verner
Developers seek 40 acre hospital parcel south of reserve boundary
Nixon's associates propose a 40 acre site south of the northern reservation boundary on Alma School Road in Scottsdale for a therapeutic medical complex. The project aims to favor Indian community employment and training, with a long term specialty facility plan and ongoing collaboration with local leaders. The council plans a special meeting to consider the hospital case along with other items, prior to its usual Wednesday session.
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Sociates
Alma School Road
Kaiser Aetna
Scottsdale
Trant
Ver
Tehe Community Council
Forgery Warrant Issued for Man in Hartgraves Death
Justice of the Peace Dan Roth signed a forgery arrest warrant for 28 year old James Gillenwater of Tennessee, tied to 60 to 70 forgeries and the October 7 death of William Buchanan Hartgraves in Scottsdale. Gillenwater is in Dallas jail awaiting extradition after alleged fraudulent use of a stolen check and Master Charge cards.
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Justice of the Peace
Dan Roth
Tennessee
William Buchanan Hartgraves
James Gillenwater
Dallas
Phoenix
Roth
Gillenwater
Maricopa County
Marshall and Goldwater Debate Friday at SunBurst Hotel
The first public debate between Sen Barry Goldwater and Democratic challenger Jonathan Marshall is set for 7 30 p m Friday at the SunBurst Hotel. The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce event will also feature Rep John Conlan and Democrat Byron Bud Brown in a District 1 congressional debate. Admission to the breakfast session is 1 50 with expected attendance over 300.
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Barry Goldwater
Jonathan Marshall
SunBurst
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Marshall
Brown
Conlan
Chamber
John Marks
License unit to visit Carefree and Paradise Valley area
The Maricopa County Assessor’s mobile license unit will visit Carefree twice and Paradise Valley once in November. It will be at a shopping center in Carefree on Friday and Nov 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It will be at the shopping center at 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard on Nov 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The unit handles motor vehicle licensing and provides information on property valuations and assessments.
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Maricopa County Assessor’s
Carefree
Paradise Valley
32Nd Street
Shea Boulevard
Classified Help Wanted Ad Promises City Coverage
An advertiser promotes best worker recruitment through classified ads offering city-wide reach at low cost and provides a dialing number 994 9311 to place a Help Wanted notice.
Magruder testifies Mitchell approved Watergate bug plan
Jeb Stuart Magruder testifies Mitchell gave reluctant approval to the Liddy plan on March 30 1972 and was asked why Liddy needed so much money. He says Mitchell later inquired about cost and reviewed the plan in his office while insisting he did not enthusiastically approve yet acknowledged eventual approval.
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Washington
UPI
Jeb Stuart Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Plato Cacheris
Magruder
Richard M. Nixon
Cacheris
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
FBI
Oil Spill Mops Up At State Fair Grounds
At the State Fair grounds on Wednesday night, more than 100 gallons of diesel leaked from a power generator onto the pavement behind the east side of midway. Seven firefighting units and 25 firemen were called to mop up the spill.
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Phoenix
State Fair Grounds
Midway
Alleged fence indicted for stolen goods scheme
Walter Kowalski 48 owner of Central Liquidators a furniture and appliance store in South Phoenix was served with a county grand jury indictment on extortion charges the grand jury returned Wednesday the defense claims he acted as a fence in a major theft ring.
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Phoenix
Walter Kowalski
Central Liquidators
Tucson Man Shot Dead Outside South Sixth Avenue Bar
Tucson police say 34 year old Joe Nunez Serda was killed instantly by a shotgun blast to the face in front of a bar on South Sixth Avenue Wednesday night. Investigators identified him and are treating the incident as a fatal gun violence case.
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Tucson
Joe Nunez Serda
Serda
South Sixth Avenue
Boy Dies After Pool Incident In Phoenix Suburb
A 3-year-old boy, Wayne Heins, died Wednesday at St Joseph's Hospital after being pulled from a neighbor's swimming pool last week. Police say his mother noticed him missing about three minutes after she left him unattended in a neighbor’s yard. He was found in the back yard pool.
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Phoenix
St Joseph's Hospital
Wayne Heins
Donald Heins
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