25 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1977
Page
1
Ethiopia announced the launch of a secret trained peasant militia said to number about 150,000 aimed at crushing secessionist and opposition movements in the northeast and Ogaden region where 4,000 rebels disrupt rail traffic and ambush convoys.
The fragment discusses pronunciation issues and terminology in a medical context. It mentions pauses, nerves, and references to "the ursey" and "apogider" while debating terms like bell versus wing in a broader linguistic note.
City and private Tucson water firms face financial strain as consumer cuts curb demand amid the Beat the Peak conservation drive. Independent companies report reduced pumpage, with several seeking or awaiting rate increases to cover expenses. Vactor of E and W Water Co. argues the program targets city customers only and asks stations to halt Beat the Peak ads. Metropolitan, Hub, Silver Shadows, Tanque Verde and others report lower usage and looming or approved rate actions to offset revenue losses.
The Clinch River breeder reactor remains uncertain as the Senate Energy Committee deadlocks over funding and delays. A Monday vote will consider continuing support with 150 million dollars for a 2.2 billion project at Oak Ridge Tennessee.
In Nashville Georgia a 14 year old boy who was poor got his dog back when the city hired Buddy Pafford to catch dogs at 1 dollar each. Pafford collected 31 dogs, including the boy s, and after the pound escape the youth was ordered to reimburse the city 31 dollars for the fees. Mayor Hanson Carter noted the boy earned the money cutting grass.
The Southern Arizona Restaurant Association questions a new ordinance requiring nonsmoking sections in eateries. Members say it could help some firms while harming others, urging owner discretion based on clientele. The proposal, tied to fines and signage duties, seeks mayoral action after petitions gather signatures.
British engineer Ted Chapman, on a seven trip crusade, seeks to prove his daughter Ann Chapman was slain by conspirators rather than by Nikos Moundis, who now claims police threats coerced his confession. Chapman, 66, continues to finance journeys and, with wife Dorothy, recently visited Moundis in an island prison.
At a Saugerties funeral, mourners learned the casket for Ella Shaw contained Laura Shaw who had died earlier. Dr. Herman Snow said a clerical error mixed the women’s charts at the Hudson River Psychiatric Center and funeral arrangements proceeded. Ella is alive, Laura had died.
Vision proposes an all female crew on a destroyer with steps to place women at sea. Navy secretary Claytor backs gradual change allowing women on noncombat support ships and temporary duty on combat ships, citing 6000 enlisted and 244 officer slots, with Congress urged to act this year.
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