Jet collision kills 176 in Yugoslavia
A British airliner and a Yugoslav charter jet carrying West German tourists collided at 35000 feet near Zagreb. All 176 aboard died. Most passengers were West German vacationers. the crash occurred in a Zagreb air corridor. An investigation was begun and air traffic control upgrades were discussed.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
British Airways
New York
London
Adriatic
Istanbul
Inex-Adria
Split
Shelbyville
Ind
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
SRP May Withhold Backing Orme Dam Without Conditions
SRP officials voiced concerns over Orme Dam funding and water quality, insisting control of distribution and integration with the existing system are essential. Technical issues include mixing CAP water with Verde River water, reinforcing Stewart Mountain Dam, and ensuring Orme Dam fits a total dam system. Flash flood watches and a 90s forecast round out the report.
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Orme Dam
Salt River Project
SRP
Reid Teeples
Bureau of Reclamation
Orme
Central Arizona Project
Teeples
Colorado River
Verde River
Orme Lake
Colorado
Salt
Verdé
Stewart Mountain
Saguaro Lake
Salt River
Bureau
Paradise Valley Urges Slowdown on Land Use Over Water Status
Paradise Valley adopts a resolution urging curtailment of undeveloped land use in areas with diminishing water supplies and calls for joint planning with Scottsdale. Scottsdale postpones any curtailment until full studies on water availability are completed, with experts to review 20 year outlook and underground reserves.
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Paradise Valley
Scottsdale
Central Arizona
Oscar Butt
William C. Jenkins
Franklin Aleshire
Aleshire
City and contractor clash over Scottsdale Road deadline
City officials and council members discuss speeding up the Scottsdale Road improvement with Bentson Contracting and merchants under pressure from the past three weeks. A plan to close half the road then finish the other half was rejected. section by section work and short closures are to be discussed Tuesday. Original deadline, Sept. 15, slipped to late October as delays mount.
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Tom Ellis
Scottsdale Road
State Department of Transportation
Council
Bentson Contracting Company
Franklin Aleshire
Aleshire
Bentson
William Jenkins
Jenkins
Aldshire
Herbert Drinkwater
Aleshiré
Indian School
Osborn
Three More Die as Riots Persist in Cape Town
South Africa reports three fatalities in ongoing Cape Town rioting, police fatally shooting two and a body found in Mannenberg. The death toll rises to 24 since Tuesday amid violence, arson, and looting as government moves to rescind some discriminatory policies toward mixed-race people.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Radio
Cape Town
Mannenberg
Ford meets Catholic leaders on abortion views
Roman Catholic leaders met with President Ford and voiced cautious optimism. They were encouraged by his stance on abortion and the need for a constitutional amendment, though they stated they were not totally satisfied with his positions.
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Washington
Ford
Tito Illness Delays Giscard d Estaing Visit
Yugoslav President Tito is ill and will suspend all activities, postponing a planned visit by French President Valery Giscard dEstaing next Wednesday. The nature of the illness was not disclosed. Kissinger to tour southern Africa to push peace, visiting Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa at Ford's direction.
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Paris
Tito
Valery Giscard d
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Southern Africa
White House
Ron Nessen
Kissinger
Tanzania
Zambia
South Africa
Ford
U. S
Hijacked Indian Airlines jet diverted toward Lahore amid fuel demand
In Islamabad authorities negotiated with hijackers aboard an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 over Lahore with 78 people aboard including 77 passengers and seven crew. Six ill passengers were released as talks continued for a path to an unspecified destination after the domestic flight was diverted.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Indian Airlines
Lahore
India
Scotts dale hosts five school board candidate forums
Five forums sponsored by the PTA Community Parent Council will let Scottsdale residents hear nine school board candidates before the November 2 election. Sessions run Sept 29 Chaparral High, Oct 7 Arcadia High, Oct 11 Saguaro High, Oct 14 Pima School, and Oct 20 Hohokam School at 7:30 p.m. in each cafeteria. Incumbents Swanson and Rosen plus JD Lawson Jamison Clark Thompson Carey Spencer McDaniel seek three seats for four-year terms.
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Scottsdale
PTA
Community Parent Council
Chaparral High School
Arcadia High School
Saguaro High School
Pima School
Hohokam School
Council
Lesley Lustgarten
Donald Swanson
Aaron Rosen
JD Lawson
Joe C. Jamison
Richard W. Clark
James E. Thompson
Thomas C. Carey
Phyllis Spencer
Everts H. McDaniel
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Jeff Dankworth
Arizona State
Norm Ehasz
ASU
Dankworth
Ucla Bruins
Sun Devils
Tim Koors
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Rhodes
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