Bus funding turmoil as council fails to restore cuts
In a crowded 250 seat chamber supporters pressed to restore bus funding. Gloria Pfeiffer urged keeping service while others suggested trimming elsewhere such as the city fleet and travel expenses. After multiple speakers and disruptions, a compromise was reached but details remain unclear and final decisions will come later in the summer.
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Romero
Castro
Rome- TO
U.5. Conference of Mayors
Lininger
Transportation Committee
National League of Cities
Pye
Council
Death contract allegations tie Morgan to bank probe
Investigators probe Morgan amid state banking inquiry with Banco Internacional de Arizona. A $30,000 loan to Morgan, collateral including a second mortgage and 5,600 Statewide shares, and shares sales to Whitey Davis and Michael Farley are cited. Farley cosigned a $350,000 bond. Farley’s attorney is ex Banco director Kali. FDIC ordered Banco to nullify three loans tied to insiders. court barred further insider credit over $5,000.
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Morgan
Daniel Kujawa
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Statewide
Whitey Davis
Northwestern Mutual Life
Michael Farley
Farley
Banco
Davis
U.S. District Court
William C. Frey
Slain Tucson executive a solid citizen or mystery man
Charles C. Morgan 39, an ambitious Tucson insurance escrow executive, was found shot dead in the desert west of Tucson. Colleagues called him brilliant and loyal, yet others saw intensity and insecurity, with a tendency toward crisis and a secrecy about his personal life. Morgan chaired Statewide Escrow and was father of four, active Mason, noted for relentless work and rare pauses for stress.
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Charles C. Morgan
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Tucson
The
University of Arizona
County Escrow Service
Arizona Land Title and Trust Co
Wester Title Insurance
Statewide Escrow Service, Inc
Chuck
Morris Mac Benisch
Country Escrow
Ronald J. Newman
Arizona
Newman
Ruth
Jack Vanderkolk
Charles C Morgan's Lodge Service and Final Messages
Charles C Morgan volunteered for youth activities through his lodge and applied the same zeal to his real estate career. His widow recalled a mysterious call the night before his death from a woman saying Morgan asked her to tell Ruthie he was okay and to read a Bible verse about remembering the Creator in youth before difficult days.
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Lodge
Morgan
Ruthie
Appointments To State Water Quality Council Announced
Gov. Raul Castro taps Archie Melton of Yuma and William S. Gookin Jr. of Scottsdale for three-year terms on the State Water Quality Control Council in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Raul Castro
Archie Melton
Yuma
William S. Gookin Jr
Scottsdale
State Water Quality Control Council
Interest on checking accounts proposed by Carter admin
Washington AP reports the Carter administration backs national legislation to allow interest on checking accounts. Blumenthal says banks would likely charge per check fees, potentially harming small depositors. He noted some consumers may choose conventional accounts to avoid charges while NOW accounts expand in New England as a test.
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Carter Administration
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Senate Banking
New England
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