29 Sep 1975
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1975
Page
1
City officials and Arizona State University experts resumed imagineering sessions to use ASU resources as an urban laboratory. They have previously collaborated on North Scottsdale geology, transit planning, and flood control. The first new session last week focused on labor relations.
The brief notes multiple AP wire items with assorted national events and ongoing stories. Details are fragmentary in this clip, but reference to political developments, economic updates, and public affairs are evident.
Patricia Hearst's lawyers say her mental state is rapidly worsening in custody and request transfer to a hospital. In London, three Jamaican gunmen seized seven Italian waiters at the Spaghetti House in Knightsbridge, holding them in a basement storeroom to steal nightly proceeds.
Premier Jose Pinheiro de Azavedo ordered troops to take over Lisbon leftist radio and TV stations amid a declared real emergency. Soldiers at one station reportedly refused orders and fraternized with leftist staff, as the premier accused stations of manspilating information to undermine discipline and avoid a state of emergency.
The 15th bubonic plague case in New Mexico this year involves an 11 year old Tesuque girl at St. Vincent Hospital. Authorities withheld her name. State epidemiologist Dr. Jonathan Mann says she is improving and responding to antibiotics.
Thousands of workers in Spain's Basque provinces staged a four hour strike to protest the executions of two Basque nationalists and three other convicted killers. The dawn executions occurred despite international mercy appeals.
The Supreme Court begins its 1975-76 term with a major question over capital punishment. The court also faces how Justice William O. Douglas will participate after his stroke on December 31.
The report highlights extreme heat with temperatures near the upper 90s today and Tuesday. It warns of lower humidity and a bite of relief as a cooler day approaches Tuesday with highs around 99 degrees.
Scottsdale Fraternal Order of Police says its Friday telegram to the Tucson Police-Fire Association did not endorse the Tucson strike but supported issues behind the walkout. Officer Wayne Barstow says the FOP cannot support a police strike and will discuss endorsements at a Friday meeting.
President Anwar Sadat said the United States assured no Israeli attack on Syria, another Golan withdrawal, and Palestinian participation in peace talks. He criticized Arab critics and the Soviet Union, as Israel devalued its currency, raised gasoline prices, and Lebanon moves toward normalcy after two weeks of fighting.
Nearly 800 officers and firefighters end a six day strike in Tucson after a contract gives 7.5 percent immediate raises for higher ranks and up to 8 percent cost of living rise next July. Mayor Murphy calls settlement Tucson's darkest hour.
A SWA spokesman says about part of the city's 20 water and sewer employees have joined Local 1297 to air grievances over working conditions. The city manager favors a management committee but rejects SWA bargaining recognition. Payroll deductions for union dues have not been approved.
Doug Dunn and Brian Hunter built an 18 foot wet-submarine begun in a garage and finished in 1973 to 1974. The two seat craft uses scuba tanks for air and two 12 volt motors for thrust. It faced trials from missing registration to water tests at Lake Pleasant and Saguaro Lake drawing public curiosity. Dunn estimates total cost around 900 dollars with potential to drop to 500 700 dollars.
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