City budget woes common across U S cities
Milwaukee report notes Tucson mirrors nationwide finances with growing revenue gaps and budget cuts. Cities trim hiring and operating costs, raise fees, and avoid layoffs, while Tucson uses attrition and small pay raises. Officials seek renewal of federal revenue sharing averaging 5.6 million annually since 1972.
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Tucsoon
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Scottsdale
Tucson
U.S. Congress
Murphy wavers on city aid bill in Tucson stance
Tucson Mayor Lewis C. Murphy, a Republican, wavered on endorsing a $745,000 share of the Local Public Works Employment Act of 1976 as President Ford weighs signing a bill that also proposes $2 billion for local public works. The act could fund Tucson but Murphy notes its own unemployment rate may affect eligibility.
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Tucson
Lewis C. Murphy
Congress
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Mesa
Scottsdale
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Pima County
Tucson Daily Citizen
Phone call from booth may cost 25 cents
AT&T chairman John deButts says local calls from booths could rise to 25 cents in some states. He notes AT&T has already raised basic charges to 20 cents in 10 states and 15 cents in four states, while Louisiana still charges a nickel. Debuts discussed prospects in an interview with U.S. News & World Report.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
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Louisiana
John deButts
U.S. News & World Report
Off-Duty Lieutenant Killed in Church Area Shooting
An off duty Philadelphia police lieutenant Walter Szwajkowski 45 was killed after ordering an armed man Leon Harasimowicz 38 from Philadelphia to drop his gun. Harasimowicz who had been released from jail earlier that night was killed along with the lieutenant after a gunfight near Nativity Church. In Northern Ireland two gunmen killed a 30 year old man near Lurgan, believed to be a former member of a Protestant militia. Harasimowicz died minutes later at the hospital.
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