Enrollment dips 200 students amid area economic and housing shifts
Townzen notes a drop of about 200 in early enrollment with unclear causes. He cites fluctuating economy, layoffs, a recent building strike, and slower birth rates, while predicting a peak of 29,734 students this year. Growth expected in the Pima Road eastside as housing expands.
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Townzon
Scottsdale
William R. Odell
Stanford University
Townzen
Pima Road
Hallcraft Still Considers Suit Over Scottsdale Rezoning
Hallcraft Homes weighs legal action after the City Council rejected two rezoning requests on July 21. Attorneys say no suit has been filed yet, despite protests by about 150 people at the meeting. The parcels on Pima Road include a 17.4 acre site with a planned 150 unit townhouse project and a 10.8 acre site for a 242 apartment complex. Residents object over density and alleged broken promises.
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Hallcraft Homes
Scottsdale
Hallcraft
Frank Haze Burch
Mike Pierce
Burch
Pima Road
Pima
Earls Drive
Chamber to hear freeway plans in Scottsdale meeting
The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce hosts a 7:30 a.m. breakfast briefing on the East Papago Indian Bend Freeway. Representatives from Miller Engineers, John D Herbert and Associates, Taliesen West, Patton Agency, and an appraiser will speak, with a State Highway Department preview of future freeway expansion. The study covers routes on Thomas McDowell and Van Buren roads and the Salt River channel. Cost is $1.25. reservations to 945 8481.
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State Highway Department
Scottsdale
Thomas, McDowell, and
van Buren Rds
Salt River Channel
Chamber
SEA Wins Narrow Vote to Lead Scottsdale Teachers Union
The Scottsdale Education Association won a tight election 588 to 579 to become the sole bargaining agent for about 1,250 teachers. President Gerry Nagle said negotiations could begin next Saturday after talks with Superintendent E G Burnkrant, while SFT leader Larry Bell called the result fair and the campaign orderly.
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Scottsdale Education Association
SEA
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
Gerry Nagle
Nagle
SFT
Larry Bell
Girl Discovers Jellyfish in Wisconsin Waters
A seven year old girl in Milwaukee and her camping party near Baraboo observed jellyfish in a pond bucket. Ecologist Gerald Ludwig of the Milwaukee Museum identifies the species as craspedacusta sowerbyi, noting Wisconsin previously was thought to have no native jellyfish.
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United Press International
Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Gerald Ludwig
Milwaukee Museum
Kim Kubiak
Baraboo
Crowded Mohave Classes Prompt District Review
Mohave School in Scottsdale shows third and fourth grade ratios near 35 to 36 to 1 while the district’s elementary average sits around 30 to 1. Officials plan to hire two Mohave teachers and a part time kindergarten instructor to reduce ratios by next week.
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Scottsdale
Mohave School
Frank Schilling
Schilling
Mohave
Thomas Townten
Iinterident
Paiute
Townten
Teens Launch Operation Cooperation for CODAC Fund
City teenagers open calls today for Operation Co operation to raise funds for CODAC. Volunteers will work Sunday offering yard work babysitting painting and more for at least 2 dollars each with proceeds going to CODAC to reach a 100000 goal to secure federal matching funds up to 300000.
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Community Organization For Drug Abuse Control
CODA
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Scottsdale
CODAC
Heat spreads across nation as warm spell persists
United Press International reports a blanket of warm late summer weather across much of the United States with the warmth expected to continue through tonight. Cooler conditions appeared in the Northeast while the South faced scattered thundershowers.
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United Press International
Scottsdale School District Plans Conservative Budget After Attendance Fluctuations
State aid depends on average daily attendance, with last year's turnout causing a $157,000 shortfall. Townzen, superintendent, expects no growth in attendance this year but notes imponderables could affect funding. Projected elementary ADA is 18,360 with a peak of 20,214, offering a cushion for overestimation.
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Scottsdale
Thomas Townzen
Townzen
Blind youth stabbed by sister during Oak Street argument
A 17-year-old, Alton Steinhoff, and Linda White were charged with assault with a deadly weapon after a sister stabbed her brother Richard White in the right arm with a butcher knife during a dispute near Eldorado Park. The sister kicked a police cruiser window, two officers were assaulted, and the boyfriend faced drug possession charges.
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E- Oak
Alton Raymond Steinhoff
E. Oak
Linda White
Richard White
Eldorado Park
Lifida
Oak
Donnybrook
Weather outlook with possible late showers this weekend
Partly cloudy today tonight and Sunday with possible late afternoon and evening showers or thundershowers. Highs near 95 to 100 and lows 65 to 70 with rain chances under 10 percent today and tonight and about 20 percent on Sunday afternoon and evening.
Cease-fire Ordered in Jordan Fighting
Amman radio said military governor ordered troops to cease fire against Palestinian guerrillas except when fired upon. The Middle East news agency cited King Hussein as ordering the cease-fire, following earlier Egyptian reports that Hussein promised a halt to hostilities.
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Jordan
Amman
Middle East
Cairo
Hussein
Four Teens Held After Chandler High School Shooting
Chandler police detained four teenage suspects after a Friday night football game shooting that left two Chandler High School students injured. Homer Garza 16 with an abdominal wound remained in serious condition at Chandler Hospital while Gilbert Valenciano 16 suffered a neck wound and was listed in critical condition at Barrows Neurological Center. Identification of the four suspects was not available.
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Chandler
Homer Garza
Gilbert Valenciano
Garza
Chandler Hospital
Valenciano
Barrows Neurological Center
Nixon admin asks railroads and union to resume talks on firemen dispute
The Hodgson led push calls for negotiations in Washington next Tuesday as a strike deadline looms. For 11 years the UTU and railroads spar over keeping firemen on freight locomotives. Congress intervention remains uncertain to avert a walkout.
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Washington
Nixon
Railroads
United Transportation Union
Hodgson
Congress
Hijacked Passenger Jet Landed Safely in Miami After Cuba Route
An Allegheny Airlines 727 diverted from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to Cairo and Havana before 91 passengers debarked in Philadelphia. FBI agents in Miami question crewmen as the hijack case unfolds. A separate Bangkok incident reports a Thai Cessna forced to North Vietnam by an American ex-convict.
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Miami
Allegheny Airlines
Cuba
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cairo
Havana
FBI
Bangkok
Thailand
North Vietnam
Phoenix
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Camelettes
Paul Brown
Scottsdale Rd
Pima and
Indian School Road
E. G. Burnkrant
American ‘Arbitration Association
Scottsdale School Administration
U. S
Coronado
Casa Grande
Mesa
Saguaro
Rosa
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