Fire departments link blaze to area farming burnoffs
Eloy and Arizona City fire departments suggest the Picacho Peaks blaze may stem from a farmers burnoff project conducted weeks earlier. Farmers burned stalks left after grain removal, possibly fueling the fire extension.
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Bill to aid evicted ranchers moves forward in Congress
The House Interior Committee approved a bill to compensate Arizona ranchers $2.4 million for evictions from the San Carlos Apache tribe Mineral Strip. Introduced by the Arizona delegation, it advances to the House Rules Committee ahead of floor debate. The land, ceded in 1896 for mineral development, shifted to grazing permits after mining failed. the tribe reclaimed the area in 1969 and ordered ranchers off by Saturday to resume grazing.
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Rain in West Africa brings hope and peril
U N officials warn rain may worsen drought in Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal and Upper Volta as transport bottlenecks lock 471 000 tons of food at West African ports FAO urges urgent airlift aid to the ailing region 25 million people affected with up to 80 percent of cattle dying or displaced aiding calls from U S and other nations for transport and relief funds amid six years of drought
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Arizona studies joining Medicaid program
An interim legislative committee in Phoenix, chaired by Rep. Burton Barr and Sen. Sandra O'Connor, begins evaluating Arizona's possible entry into Medicaid. They will define medically indigent criteria, outline needed health benefits, and assess costs, aiming to secure at least 70 percent federal funding while preserving state control.
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Filipino honored for literary role at UP ceremony
Jose Garcia Villa received a honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of the Philippines. The award honors his pioneering work in developing Filipino literature in English, despite a 1929 suspension by UP for a poem deemed obscene and indecent. He was staff member of the Philippine mission to the United Nations in New York.
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