Boy Killed In Boat Collision At Canyon Lake
A Mesa youth died after two boats collided at Canyon Lake. Allen Beckett, 12, was thrown into the water and likely cut by a propeller. His body was recovered after five hours by 43 sheriff's divers. The accident involved his uncle’s boat and a craft piloted by LT. Sgt. William Masey. In Mesa, Andrew Durant, 21, was paralyzed diving into two feet of water at the Verde Salt junction and was taken for treatment. In Phoenix, Kenneth Rupple, 21, sustained a concussion after a back flip from a hotel pool diving board.
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Canyon Lake
UPI
Mesa
Phoenix
Allen Beckett
Harold Beckett
Sheriff’s Office
Beckett
Richard A. Kaesler
William Masey
Williams Afb
Verde
Salt Rivers
Andrew Durant
Barrows Neurological Institute
Kenneth Rupple
Camelback Inn
Inn
Rupple
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
Panel Clears Emprise to Run Jefferson Downs in Kenner
Louisiana Racing Commission ruled in forty minutes that Emprise Corp and track owners have sound business practices. The hearing followed a police report mentioning a pending federal grand jury indictment and alleged mafia ties. U.S. Rep. Sam Steiger asserted underworld links but offered no evidence.
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Kenner
Louisiana Racing Commission
Jefferson Downs
Emprise Corp
Jules Mollere
Metairie
Emprise
Buffalo
U.S
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
Underworld
Congressional
Steiger
Louisiana
Bisbee Man May Receive Board Post
Bisbee public school superintendent Jey Joy is among top contenders to replace Dr. Howard C. Seymour on the State Board of Education. Seymour will retire June 30 and must be succeeded by a high school superintendent. Joy has led Bisbee since 1962 after Kingman district service. The governor must also replace Dr. Richard Harvill, whose UA presidency ends June 30, with a state university or college leader.
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Phoenix
UPI
Jey
Bisbee
Howard C. Seymour
State Board of Education
Jack Williams
Seymour
Phoenix Union
Joy
Kingman Schools
Williams
Richard 4. Harvil
University of Arizona
Harvill
State University
State College
City Grants DATE $100,000 Amid Private Funding Critique
The mayor and City Council approved $100,000 to fund DATE the Development Authority for Tucson's Expansion while criticizing the group for not seeking private funds. They urged phased out city support by 1975 though DATE argues private support is lacking and remains necessary for growth.
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Development Authority For
Tucson
Mayor Council
DATE
Stanley P. Abrams
Ing
Robert Royal
Corbett
Douglas
Old Pueblo Club
City General Revenue
Date This
Chavez Threatens Cantaloupe Boycott Across U S
Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee warns of a nation wide boycott of cantaloupes unless F H Rogue Co signs a new contract. Picketing spans Yuma and California while students replace stricken farm workers on the Hogue farm at Mendota and Firebaugh Calif.
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Chavez
Mendota
Firebaugh
Calif
Oil Firms Join Dust Storm Alert Network In Arizona
The Arizona Highway Commission announced four oil companies Standard, Shell, Texaco, and Union will aid in a weather alert system for dust storms. Stations in non metropolitan areas will call highway patrol, which alerts the National Weather Service and radio stations to notify the public. The commission endorsed the program and ordered ongoing long term warning measures along dust storm prone highways after recent fatal and injuring pileups on I 10 near Casa Grande.
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Standard
Shell
Texaco
Union Oil Companies
Herman
Highway Patrol
National Weather Service
Phoenix
Highway Department
Interstate 10
Casa Grande
Migrants to Get New Job Training Program
The Labor Department announced a $20 million initiative to train about 6,000 migrant workers across the West Midwest and South. The effort will be coordinated with federal agencies to provide health care educational help food stamps and other benefits to participants in year one.
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Washington
Election Set For Budget
PHOENIX UPS An election to allow Phoenix elementary district to exceed the 6 percent annual budget increase limit by 591 627 would set a 9.1 million budget for 71 72 and raise the current tax from 3 87 to about 4 30 if the five election fails. Tempe district also seeks 275 860 more for a 7.4 million budget if approved.
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Phoenix
UPS
Io Morrain
Tempe
Young Republicans Convene In Phoenix For National Meet
More than 2000 delegates from all states plus Puerto Rico Guam and the Philippines attend a week long Young Republican Federation convention in Phoenix. The program includes a Wednesday keynote by Gov Thomas J Meskill and appearances by Vice President Agnew Senator Dole and Barry Goldwater Jr Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater will host a western steak fry while other activities include golf fashion shows shopping tours and swimming parties.
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Phoenix
UPI
National
Young Republican Federation
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
Thomas J. Meskill
Connecticut
Spire Agnew
Barry Goldwater
College Young Republican Federation
Machinists Plan Strike At Four Phoenix Firms
Machinists of Local 519 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers were set to strike today at Southwest Kenworth Inc General GMC Struck Equipment Co of Arizona and Arizona Mack Truck Sales. Some 200 union members expected to walk off. They seek wage hikes to 3.90 an hour over three years while employers offer 1.27 plus pension, holiday and sick leave gains. The current rate is 4.02 per hour.
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Phoenix
API
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Southwest Kenworth Inc
General Gmc
Struck Equipment Co
Arizona
Arizona Mack Truck Sales
State Abortion Challenge Refiled
Planned Parenthood Association of Phoenix Inc filed a civil complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court challenging Arizona abortion laws as unconstitutional. The suit notes the law allows abortions only to save the life of the mother and seeks permission for abortions where the child may be born with defects. The federation says it would offer services to assist in abortions and prevention of conception, barring criminal prosecution.
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Phoenix
APL
Planned Parenthood Association of Phoenix Inc
Maricopa County
Arizona
Planned Parenthood Association
Superior Will Lose Only Doctor
Dr. Gil bert Sainz, Superior’s only private practitioner, will soon leave to serve as an allergy specialist at Ft Hood Texas. He is a captain in the Army Reserve. A petition of nearly 500 signatures led by James Karam urged the Army to reconsider activation. The Army cited a doctor shortage but expressed sympathy. No plans exist to replace Sainz.
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Superior
Gilbert Sainz
Sainz
Darnell Hospital
Ft Hood
Tex
James Karam
Army
John Hoffman
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Karama
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Date Executive Board
James Stuart Douglas
Southern Arizona, Bank
David’s
Air Step Cobblers
Parma
Florsheim
Loraleen
Life Stride
Penalto Karlee
Roblee
Cordleigh
H Con Shopping Center
East Pennington
Young Republicans
Robert Dole
Kansas
Barry Goldwater Jr
Valley Bank
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