Opening delayed at Phelps Dodge Ajo mine amid strike impacts
The Phelps Dodge copper mine at Ajo will stay closed through September delaying its reopening after three weeks of maintenance. The delay aims to cut production to 70 percent with fewer workers, while seniority and performance determine who stays. Separately Kennecott Copper Corp plans lay offs due to foreign competition and low copper prices.
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Kennecott Copper Corp
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Asarco Inc
Duval Corp
Kennecott Copper Co
Driver in critical condition after crash near East Speedway
Alvin Morris Jr., 18, of 3656 E Frankfort Straw, is in guarded but stable condition at Tucson Medical Center after a crash on East Speedway near North Van Buren about 7 45 p m yesterday. Police said he lost control, jumped the median, and uprooted two palm trees. Mor ris may have been traveling over 40 mph in a 40 mph zone. No citations issued pending investigation.
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Tucson Medical Center
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North van Buren
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Trucking and air jobs to expand in Pima County
Forecasts from the Arizona Department of Economic Security project 280 job openings in air transport and trucking in Pima County over the next 244 years, with 172 air transportation roles and 1B in motor freight and warehousing by 1980. Clerical positions lead in air jobs, followed by maintenance and production roles. nationwide salaries range from 700 to 5800 dollars monthly.
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Pima County
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Drugged driving guilt disputed in epilepsy case
In Phoenix a 38 year old man with epilepsy was convicted in municipal court of driving under the influence of drugs after an accident. The case drew comments from epilepsy groups about prescription medication use and liability in minor crashes, with appeal planned.
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Phoenix
Jane Hibbitt
Central Arizona Epilepsy Society
George Ealey
Civil Service Commission
Ealey
Crossword Style Word Puzzle From Historic Los Angeles Times
A fragment from the 1977 Los Angeles Times presents a crossword style listing of clues and partial answers including various numbers and stray phrases such as 12 Weeps and wails 14 Goofs and 16 Quick-lunch place of a sort. The garbled OCR text mixes entries for across and down clues with scattered definitions like Himalayan trees and a Kipling poem, suggesting a clued puzzle page with multiple mini entries and a few proper nouns.
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LOS Angeles Times
City of Lights
Europe
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Caracas
Northwest Side Ambulatory Emergency Center Plans emerge
Two firms show interest in building emergency medical clinics on Tucson's Northwest Side as efforts for a full service hospital stall. Bob Gibson, a local developer, wants an ambulatory and emergency care center by next summer, leasing the facility to operators. MedAmerica of Oakland expresses interest in a free standing clinic with 24 hour ambulance service, but has not filed a letter of intent.
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Orange Grove Road
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Bob Gibson
Tucson
Gibson
Phoenix Doctors
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Steve McDermott
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