Arizona Training Program at Phoenix constructed for mentally retarded
Groundbreaking held for a 2530 bed state facility at 36th Street and McDowell Road. The Arizona Training Program at Phoenix will expand residential care for about 1450 residents and day programs for 800 more in Maricopa County, with plans for Flagstaff and Yuma centers in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Mental Retardation
36Th Street
McDowell Road
Arizona
Phoenix
Department
Maricopa County
Robert W. Prochnow
State Board of Mental Retardation
Coolidge
Tucson
Cripple Children’s Hospital
Prochnow
Flagstaff
Yuma
Marion Chickering Obituary
Marion L. Chickering 78 longtime Scottsdale resident died Friday in Phoenix Media Centers of America. She was born in Sturbridge MA and came to Scottsdale in 1960 from Southbridge MA. Survivors include her husband Henry a daughter Gertrude Phetterplace three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services 2 PM Monday at Messinger Mortuary burial Green Acres Cemetery. Contributions to Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion L. Chickering
Congregational United Church of Christ
Scottsdale Hospital
Phoenix
America
Mrs. Chickering
E. Lewis
Sturbridge
Mass
Scottsdale
Southbridge
Henry
Margaret M. Clark Dies in Phoenix at 68
Margaret M. Clark of Scottsdale, a native of Elma New York who moved to the area in 1962, died in Phoenix. She is survived by a daughter Ann Wetter of Scottsdale and three grandchildren. Services at Green Acres Mortuary Monday at 2 p.m. Visitation Sunday 4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. (times unclear). Interment in Green Acres Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Clark
Elma
N.Y
Scottsdale
Phoenix
America
E. Portland
Ann Wetter
Green Acres Mortuary
N. Hayden Rd
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Workshop on plan for a unified Arizona human services agency
A two day workshop in Scottsdale will discuss creating a complete human services agency and one stop service centers. DES director William J. Mayo notes federal agencies will exchange ideas with Arizona on integrated services. The plan stems from 1972 legislation and DES operations since January 15 1973.
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Arizona Department of Economic Security
Sheraton
Department
DES
Mayo
Employment Security Commission
State Welfare
Local pair arrested out of state
Two teenage Scottsdale residents are in custody in Santa Cruz County California after they were apprehended Tuesday for auto theft. Joe Jameson 18 of 7719 E Roosevelt and a 17 year old boy were arrested while driving a stolen pickup truck. The truck was stolen in California and authorities say California will charge them with auto theft.
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Scottsdale
Santa Cruz County
California
Joe Jameson
E. Roosevelt
Bomb threat at Valley National Bank hoax
A man claiming to be a bank official reported a bomb at the Valley National Bank branch at 2255 N Scottsdale Rd. Police and fire crews found no device. The caller used the name Testas which bank officials said does not exist. The call came at 2:45 p.m. Friday and was deemed a hoax.
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The
Valley National Bank
N. Scottsdale Rd
Testas
Tom Hill
Scottsdale School District to discuss tax reform hearing
Scottsdale officials will address Arizona Legislature members Monday in a public hearing at Phoenix College on school tax reform. Jack Kearney Robert Usdane and possibly Supt. William Randall will discuss how redistribution of the tax base may affect the district at 7 p.m. This is the second of three hearings ahead of the anticipated Oct. 17 special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Arizona
Jack Kearney
Robert Usdane
William Randall
Phoenix College
W. Thomas
Food prices dip in Maricopa County in September
A First National Bank sponsored survey by Arizona State University shows Maricopa County food prices declined 2.8 percent in the first three weeks of September, the first drop in a year. Tolleson police renew search for Regina Chavez, 10, missing since Monday, in the Salt River Bed area south of the city after she left Tolleson Elementary School to fetch a neighbor’s puppy.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
First National Bank
Arizona State University
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Tolleson
Regina Chavez
Salt River
Unemployment benefit hike rejected by state panel
The State Employment Security Advisory Council rejected a plan to raise unemployment benefits from 38 to 50 percent of the state average weekly pay. The proposal would have boosted weekly checks from about 60 dollars to roughly 73 dollars, with the Department of Economic Security asked to revise the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Employment Security Advisory Council
State Department of Economic Security
Jensen hallucination described in testimony
The prosecution cross examines the wife of accused murderer Shawn Jensen who says he suffered hallucinations on Jan. 28 and believed he was back in Vietnam. Public defender seeks to prove insanity while noting Jensen joined the Marines at 17 and served in Vietnam.
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Shawn Jensen
Rhonda Jensen
Vietnam
Charles Diettrich
Jensen
Diettrich
Dennis Lucas
Saguaro Lake
Lucas
Marines
Sheltered workshop funds grow as new members join
More than 100 attend Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped meeting where $915 is added to seed a sheltered workshop to employ young adults with mental retardation. 65 new members join. workshop to open in late fall at donated Jaycee Clubhouse on Hinton Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale Foundation For the Handicapped
Jaycee
Hinton Avenue
Osborn Road
Arizona Foundation For the Handicapped
Perry Institute
Phoenix
Former Scottsdale resident to surrender in husband’s murder
A 19 year old former Scottsdale resident Linda Slusar was to surrender to Phoenix Police on murder charges for the Wednesday night shooting death of her husband Gary Slusar 21 of 7718 North 12th Street. Justice of the Peace Marion Reno set bond at 55000 and the warrant was signed by Harold Lee. Detective Eloy Ysasi said she initially claimed a man entered the home and shot her husband then changed her story Thursday morning.
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Marianne Kruszeski
Tempe
Abrahamson
McDowell
Berley
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Saguaro
Slusar
Court of Justice of the Peace
Marion Reno
Justice of the Peace
Harold Lee
Eloy Ysasi
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Karl Abrahamson
John Brownlee
Fort Grant
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Donna Berley
Yul Conaway
Marion Chickering
Gertrude Phetterplace
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Green Acres Cemetery
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Veterans Service Commission
Apprenticeship Council
State Office of Economic Opportunity
United Press International
Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earl Or
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mattari
Asto Ah Newspapers Association
Sunrise Villas
Chaparral RD
Camelback Road
Miller Road
Chaparral Road
Téth Street
Sunrise Villas Sales Office
Sunrse Corporation
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
Palm Springs
Sen
Ray Rottas
Foundation
Sen. Rottas
Linda Burg
Mary Snyder
Todas Las Mujeres
McCormick Ranch
John C. Bergman
van Leer Insurance Psincg
R. Zdih
Los Arcos
Los Arcos Shopping Center
Mr. Roberts
E. Indian School
Roux
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