Tucson Fire Dept Warns Low Sprinkler Uptake in High Rises
Tucson officials say new high rise retirement plans would require sprinkler systems, but existing older buildings like Redondo Tower and Tucson House often lack them. The Atlanta Baptist Towers fire killed nine and injured 31, prompting calls for stricter codes and mandatory detection and sprinklers in elder housing.
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Tucson
Atlanta
New Orleans
Lynn Gilmore
Fucson Fire Department
Redondo Tower
Tucson House
Hilton Inn
American Baptist Homes of the West, Inc
Phoenix
California
E. St. St
N. Wilmot Road
Baptist Towers
Home of the Aged
American Baptist Project
Gilmore
Raut Center
John C. Birabent
Rault Center
Pioneer International
John Bolic
U.S. Senate Special Committee On
Florida to reimpose death penalty after Supreme Court ban
Florida lawmakers vote to punish premeditated murder, child rape and heroin sales by 17 year olds with death. The AG says a test of the new law is likely within two years as courts review the change.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Extortion charges dropped in Reno case over bag mix up
Oregon man Anto de Souza 50 Halfway Ore had extortion charges dismissed after picking up a bag containing a grilled cheese sandwich and three candy bars instead of 50 000 at a casino site east of Reno last June. A caller threatening to bomb Harrah's Club and its antique auto collection demanded payment.
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Reno
UPI
Oregon
Nevada
Anto de Souza
Halfway
Ore
Harrah's Club
Special session possible on school financing reform
PHOENIX AP A special legislative session may be held in May or September to tackle school financing and tax reform. House Speaker Stan Akers warned that local property tax funded schools could face 100 percent state financing if Supreme Court rulings uphold California and Texas decisions. He noted five or six reform proposals and urged superintendents to share views with lawmakers.
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Phoenix
Stan Akers
Akers
Maricopa County
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Texas
Arizona
Sphairistike Recall Marks Tennis Origins in 1875 Demo
London reports Lew Hoad Rod Laver and Billie Jean King nearly won in a public exhibition of sphairistike the forerunner of tennis. The 1875 demo contrasted with royal tennis and traced to Maj Walter Clapton Wingfield who coined the term sphairistike.
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London
UPI
Lew Hoad
Rod Laver
Billie Jean King
Walter Clapton Wingfield
TG&E hike or not number one in sight for rates
Utility officials flag a series of possible rate increases as Tucson Gas and Electric and El Paso Gas cite fuel shortages and rising demand. They warn residential customers may face later access to gas, while large industrial users bear the brunt and costs may pass to consumers. The Sacramento Assembly approves prisoner attorney correspondence rights and access to reading material.
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Geraldine Sullivan
Sentizen Stati
Tucson Gal & Electric Co
Arigna Corporation
el Pago.,Natural Gas Co
Federal Power Commis
FPC
el Paso Gas
United States
New Jersey
Michigan Gas Company
Tg&e
Air Force drops effort to discharge nurse Capt Su Struck
The Air Force abandoned its bid to discharge Capt. Su Struck, a nurse who became pregnant while serving at Cam Ranh Bay in 1970. The case challenged whether Air Force rules singled out pregnant women and Catholics, with potential Supreme Court implications.
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Washington
Air Force
Su- San Struck
Supreme Court
Capt. Struck
Miss Struck
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
Minot Air Force Base
High Court
Goldwater to seek Ath term
U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater announced he would seek reelection in 1974 and pressed for cleaning Arizona smelter stacks and an immediate Vietnam withdrawal. He praised Gov. Williams and urged support from the health department and legislature. He urged Nixon to tell South Vietnam to pull out if Thieu is an obstacle, saying the world would not lose credibility.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Vietnam
U.S
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Morris K. Udall
Tucson
Jack Williams
Goldwater
Williams
Health Department
Nixon
South Vietnam
Thieu
Nixon aides to stay in place into second term
White House announced most top aides will remain in their posts in Nixon's second term. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler named Henry Kissinger H R Haldeman John Ehrlichman and William Timons as staying. Dent Finch Brown Colson to resign, Colson to stay 60 days or more at Nixon's request.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Domstie Council
William E. Timons
Capitol Hill
Ziegler
Harry Dent
Robert Finch
Robert Brown
Charles W. Colson
Colson
1995 Lincoln coin mystery at a truck stop
Susan Gresham, an 18 year old at a Tucson truck stop, found a 1995 Lincoln head penny missing a bow tie. Local experts doubt authenticity, noting no master die and multiple quality inspections at the Philadelphia Mint.
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R. Kent Burton
Citizen
Susan Gresham
Susan
Worthington
Fracind
Philadelphia
Tucson
John Gresham
Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia Mint
Penny from Heaven Coin Provokes Speculation
Susan Gresham and her husband John, a musician with Shadowfax, own a penny dated 23 years ahead. Officials discount counterfeit theory, noting the extensive inspection process and the unlikely effort required for a convincing fake. The couple calls it a penny from heaven as rumors swirl about its origin.
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U.S
Secret Services
Fracino
Susan Gresham
John
Shadowfax
Heaven
Armed Forces mail rush urged for holiday deliveries
Air mail parcels and greeting cards to Armed Forces members in the Far East Central and South America Europe should be mailed by Monday says Postmaster Arnold R Elias. A special postal unit operates 10 am to 5 pm in Levy's El Con store today through December 15 closed Sundays. Self service units are in the main post office lobby Coronado Station and Kino Station plus other centers EL Con Southgate Monterey Village Oxford Plaza. Contract stations with normal Saturday hours include several area drugstores and TIT Truck Stop College Station 913 E University Blvd.
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Far East
South America
Central America
Europe
Arnold R. Elias
Levy
el Con
S. Cherrybell Stravenue
Coronado Station
Eith St
Kino Station
One Man's Will Lowers the Bill in Britain
London report notes Pam HLM. Oppenheimer drafted a 1940 will leaving most assets to the reduction of the national debt. Upon probate this year the British Treasury gained about $450,000 plus $285,000 in inheritance taxes, reducing the national debt and boosting treasury funds.
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London
UPI
Pam Hlm
Oppenheimer
Menton
No fault insurance gains backing in Arizona session plan
Arizona legislators plan to introduce a model no fault automobile insurance bill to lower premiums and expand coverage. The proposal, drafted from a national uniform law, would cover medical costs and lost earnings while setting minimum liability levels.
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Chandler
Arizona
Utah
Washington
California
Illinois
Texas
Richard Burgess
Rphoenix
Jay Stuckey
R-Phoenix
Howard Baldwin
Phoenix
Senate
Burgess
National Conference of Commissioners
William Cohen
Stanford University
Cohen
United Press International
Massachusetts
John G. Ryan
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Donald H. Segretti
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Masé
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UPD
Price Commission
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
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Ford Eid
Sion
Sacramento
Mint
Anthony Fracio
del Worthington
Rollah Aston
World of Coins
E. Alameda St
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Francine
Quel
Mier
Armed Forces
Bill Quimby
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