Major channel work planned in Paradise Valley wash
Paradise Valley officials and developer Myron Staab reach an agreement to begin major channel work in the Indian Bend Wash within the town as early as next week. The project covers about one third of the wash through Paradise Valley from Doubletree Ranch Road to Mountain View Road and connects with a wash segment Staab has already built in Phoenix. Staab owns 80 acres adjacent to the wash with half in an unincorporated area slated for possible annexation. two parcels totaling 60 acres lie in the proposed channel path. Town Manager Oscar Butt notes a 20 acre parcel may require condemnation for flood control. Staab says he has cooperation from other landowners and urges cluster zoning for affected subdivisions.
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Paradise Valley
Indian Bend
Myron Staab
Doubletree Ranch
Mountain View Road
Staab
Phoenix
Oscar Butt
Scottsdale
Mountain View
56Th Street
Scottsdale Road
Mockingbird Lane
Reprieve hinted on arms curb
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko after a White House meeting hinted an extension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement that expires Oct 3. He avoided specifics, saying more would be revealed later, smiling when pressed about the eight day deadline.
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Washington
Andrei Gromyko
White House
Carter
Paradise Valley votes down La Posada expansion plan
The Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission rejected Camelback Shadows Inc. plan to expand La Posada Resort Hotel by about 20 000 square feet. Neighbors argued the site would resemble a shopping center more than a resort and the ruling heads to the County Board of Supervisors next month.
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la Posada Resort
Maricopa County
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Paradise Valley
la Posada
Sun ‘N’ Sage
Harold McCall
Foster Mori
Camelback Shadows
Lincoln Drive
Tatum Boulevard
Obituary of Dr George Hearn Wood longtime Arizona optometrist
Services were held at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary for Dr George Hearn Wood 63 who died Wednesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. A Mississippi native who moved to Douglas in 1934 and to the Valley in 1937 he lived at 6837 East Osborn Road and held posts including president of the Arizona Optometric Association and a U S Jaycees senator. He served on Club SAR board and belonged to First Christian Church receiving the Patriot's Award in 1976. Survivors include his wife Joanne three daughters two sons four grandchildren and one brother. Interment was private.
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A. L. Moore and Sons
George Hearn Wood
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Mississippi
Wood
Douglas
The
Valley
E. Osborn
Club Sar
First Christian Church
Downtown Optimist Club
Joanne
Darrell S. Clower Memorial Service Planned
Darrell Stanton Clower dies at 57 in Tucson Sept 18. Services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Barnabas on the Desert Church 6715 N Mockingbird Lane in Tucson with interment at Paradise Memorial Gardens 9300 E Shea Blvd. in the Phoenix area. The Clower family includes John and Patience Clower of Tucson and Patience Henley Clower a Saguaro High School graduate.
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St. Barnabas On the Desert Church
N. Mockingbird Lane
Darrell Stanton Clower
Tucson Medical Center
John
Patience Clower
Tucson
Scottsdale
Patience Henley Clower
Saguaro High School
Paradise Memorial Gardens
E. Shea Blvd
Forced retirement ban clears House in wide vote
The House approved a bill to ban age based mandatory retirement before 70 for private employers and remove forced retirement in federal service. The measure, 359 to 4, exempts collective bargaining agreements and applies to firms with 20 or more employees, affecting about 70 percent of workers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Claude Pepper
Dfla
U.S
Paradise Valley votes down strict noise rule for on site work
Paradise Valley town council rejected a 6 am to 6 pm six days a week on-site work limit. Members feared overreach and called for a broader noise ordinance later. Mayor von Ammon supported audible noise on adjacent lots as a compromise. Other actions included plats for Biltmore Terraces and Foothill Estates II condemnation for access.
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Paradise Valley
John V. Long
Long
Oscar Butt
Barbara von Ammon
Novi city election fields candidates for mayor and council
Four candidates race the Novi mayoral race including incumbent Margaret Hance and challengers Rosendo Gutierrez Jessica Sampson and Robert Hurt. Ten council seats see incumbents Ken O'Dell Calvin Goode Joy Carter and nine newcomers. A burglary suspect was shot by a Phoenix officer after crouching and signaling a weapon during a confrontation.
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Phoenix
Novi
Margaret Hance
Rosendo Gutierrez
Jessica Sampson
Robert Hurt
Ken O’dell
Calvin Goode
Joy Carter
Sam Ramirez
David L. McNeill
Jim White
Charles Pine
Barry Starr
Howard Adams
Rafael Valenzuela
Robert Vizzerra Camacho
California
Daniel G. Peterson
New prison on schedule in Arizona despite delay doubts
Arizona corrections director John Moran says the Arizona Correctional Training Facility will open January 1 as planned, despite legislators and budget analysts doubting readiness. In Flagstaff, DPS reports a five hour stretch on I 40 yielded 102 speeding citations, including two to police officers and one to a police chief.
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Tucson
Arizona Correctional Training Facility
John Moran
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Flagstaff
Department of Public Safety
Army
Arizona
DPS
Jim Snedigar
Pima County polio victim dies after alleging county negligence
Daniel Sheehan, 37, the first local resident to contract polio since 1961, died in an intensive care unit a little over a week after accusing the county of negligence. He was paralyzed from the chest down and on a respirator. the exact cause of death was not released.
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Tucson
Pima County
Daniel Sheehan
Stolen items from Scottsdale home valued at $2000
Police reported a break in at the home of Max L. Biegert at 7321 E. Berridge Lane between 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. The theft included a camera and lens worth 1200, a .357 magnum pistol, jewelry and other property totaling 550, with signs of forced entry observed.
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Scottsdale
Max L. Biegert
E. Berridge Lane
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