City Plans Flood Control for Granite Reef Wash
Scottsdale engineers begin preliminary design for Granite Reef Wash flood project south of the Arizona Canal along 87th Street. The plan includes a Salt River detention area and channelization on city and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land with federal funding potential. work at least two years away and projected cost about 750000 dollars.
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Scottsdale
87Th Street
Arizona Canal
Granite Reef
Indian Bend Wash
Len Erie
Capital Improvements Engineering
Salt River
Eric
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Erie
Granite Reef Wash
Hohokam Resources Conservation and Development District
U.S Soil Conservation Service
Washington
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Hirohito Arrives in U S For Two Week State Visit
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako arrive at Patrick Henry Airport for a two day rest stop in Williamsburg as part of a two week itinerary visiting six major U S cities amid tight security. Federal investigators say they continue telephone contact with an informant claiming Hoffa’s burial site is known, awaiting details.
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Williamsburg
Japan
Hirohito
United States
Pacific
Empress Nagako
Patrick Henry International Airport
U.S
Detroit
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Senate
William B. Gallinaro
Gallinaro
Subcommittee
Keith Adkinson
Southfield
Hoffa
Economy shows no change in August index
The Commerce Department reported the composite index of twelve indicators was unchanged in August after five months of rises. The trends suggest no clear signal on future economic movement following a recession that the report notes may have ended in March or April.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ford heads on Midwest trip amid security concerns
President Ford flies to Chicago and Omaha overnight in a bid to limit public exposure. The White House notes a Midwest itinerary with West Virginia and New Jersey to follow on Saturday as authorities reassess security after a San Francisco shooting incident the previous month.
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Washington
Ford
Midwest
West Virginia
New Jersey
White House
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
Senate panel presses Ford on Sinai disengagement assurances
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged President Ford to disclose all assurances and undertakings related to the Israeli Egyptian Sinai disengagement agreement. The panel moved to an accelerated schedule after Ford urged Congress to act by Friday on legislation approving up to 200 U S technicians to monitor the pact.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ford
United States
Congress
Story
Sculptor Guides Nine Foot Stainless Sculpture into Scottsdale Mall
Sculptor Gary Slater assists with positioning his work Right Angle Variations at the Scottsdale Mall donated by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Levitt. The nine foot tall, 1200 pound piece took six weeks to design and build with Mike Anderson and Robert Longo helping on the walkway placement near new restaurants.
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Gary Slater
Scottsdale
Slater
Mike Anderson
Robert Longo
Norman Levitt
Agency says an undercover ATF agent was offered 25000 to kill Ford
Rex D. Davis told a Senate subcommittee the offer came in September in a Midwestern city near Belleville. The agent was detained after the offer, with no charges yet filed. Officials cited possible militant ties but provided few details.
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Washington
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
Ford
Bureau
Rex D. Davis
Senate
Secret Service
Davis
Belleville
Mike Nestor
East St. Louis, IM
Belleville, Ill
Scottsdale Police to reorganize under two-bureau structure
Police Chief Walter Nemetz announces a plan restructuring the Scottsdale Police Department into two bureaus: services and field operations. The changes place communications and warrants under field operations with Capt. Townsend leading the bureau and Capt. Gannon heading the services bureau.
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Scottsdale
Walter C. Nemetz
Nemetz
Field Operations Bureau
David Townsend
Richard Leidner
Townsend
Council weighs liquor permit for Scottsdale Arts lounge
Scottsdale city council holds special meeting at 8 p.m. to consider David Roark’s license to serve liquor at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. The item follows a 4-3 vote approving a two year concession contract for Roark’s lounge and faces public opposition from residents and council members seeking a city run bar.
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David Roark
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Roark
Dave Roark
Camelback ,Rd
Arts Center
Council
Heinz Hink
Charles Smith
Billie Gentry
Hink
Smith
Gentry
Vista del Camino contractor found not remiss in supervision
The hearing officer ruled the Vista del Camino general contractor Robert Blodgett was not remiss in his control of the subcontractor Applico which applied Kenitex on exterior walls. Homeowners may join Scottsdale and Blodgett in a separate suit against Kenitex Chemicals Inc. and a formal recommendation will follow after a written stipulation.
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Michael Ellis
Vista del Camino
Applico
Kenitex
Robert Blodgett
Blodgett
Scottsdale
Kenitex Chemicals, Inc
California
Phoenix
The
Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Arizona
Richard J. Trujillo
Kenneth Murphy
Trujillo
City of
Scottsdale and
Keniex
B. Monte Morgan
Murphy
Registrar of Contractors
John J. Kayetan
Kayetan
Morgan
Enrollment Decline Deepens Across District Schools
Enrollment figures for 20 elementary and five high schools show a continued decline from 1970. Dr. Frank Schilling reports elementary enrollment at 16,399 on Sept 24, 1,053 below last May, with birth rate and smaller kindergarten classes cited as core causes.
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Frank Schilling
Schilling
Nema
Cherokee
Cocopah
Scottsdale
Hohokam
Weather forecast fragment with scattered showers and heat
A fragmentary forecast notes variable cloudiness today with a slight chance of afternoon or nighttime showers or thundershowers. It mentions mostly sunny conditions Wednesday with warm highs and a small chance of measurable rain, about 10 percent this afternoon and tonight.
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Michael Gannon Will
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Arthur Hattan
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