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Tonight on Channel 12 news at 6, Barry Goldwater, longtime Republican
conservative leader, has few kind words for impeached Governor Evan Mecham. That's
as the former US Senator goes to work for a recall election candidate. Scottsdale
police arrest two suspects wanted for crashing their cars through the front of
a Flagstaff Safeway. And Phoenix police hit the busiest cocaine traffic spot in
the city. I'm Janine Lacure. A live report is next. This is Channel 12 news. With
Kent Dana, Patty Kirkpatrick, Bill Austin's weather, and Bill Denney with
sports.
Near 25th Street and Broadway, another drug bust at Keys Market, perhaps the
single busiest drug dealing spot in the entire city. Police think now they're
having an effect. Good evening. After making 84 undercover buys of rock cocaine
at that corner in the past two weeks, Phoenix police moved in today to make
arrests. Janine Lacure has the story. Janine? Well, Patty, the pressure has been
on in that area for almost two years now. Officers from the South Phoenix police
station here, as well as narcotics downtown, have hit that 25th Street
corner again and again. Today they were out looking for mainly six what they
call major drug dealers. They got three.
First reaction was to scatter. Police make their cases by going undercover,
buying drugs, then coming back to find the sellers. This man, Troney Monroe,
police say is one of the bigger dealers. He now faces nine counts of selling rock
cocaine to cops. He's James Newton, faces seven charges. When police weren't looking,
he took off. They caught him. Police believe he is the same man who has
already served prison time for shooting an officer some 12 years ago. That's what
this corner is like. It consists of a market and a pool hall, apparently also
used for gambling. And in the past year, one year, there have been 1,039 arrests,
233 for drugs, two for murder. Police have busted here so often they think it's
working. There's not nearly as many people at this location as there used to
be. A year or so ago you could see as many as four to five hundred individuals
standing around this location. Now you may get as many as a hundred. The woman
who runs Keys Market didn't want to be on camera. She says she is just
caught in the middle. It's bad everywhere. It's bad across the street.
It's bad in the houses around here. It's all throughout the neighborhood. Yes, I
do. Well, because I know we're all the same people that go from here and go to
all the other spots and I don't see them on the news and their doors getting
pushed in. What do you think what they did here today was too much for? Oh yeah,
for getting three people for some crumbs. I see these are major dealers. Well, no,
they didn't get no major dealers. Police also arrested 19 year old Edward Day on
numerous counts of sale of narcotics as well as two other people. One for drugs
that were dropped on the scene, another for an outstanding warrant. Now drug
sale cases police made against 31 other people will now be turned over to the
county attorney. Police say they'll keep looking for them too. But again, police
are calling this day a success. Yeah, they really are. They say they again were
looking mainly for six people. They found three of those. They're also
pleased at the reduction they've seen over the last year in violent crime at
that corner. Assaults down 26%. They're very happy with that. Thank you, Janine.
Scottsdale police have a father and son in custody for a series of violent
robberies including a dramatic incident in Flagstaff. Suspects turned
this Flagstaff store into a drive-in last week. Two men drove their vehicle
through the front door then demanded cash. Both were armed with machine guns.
Last Sunday a Safeway store in Scottsdale was robbed. This time the suspects walked
in but their descriptions matched those of the Flagstaff suspects. After a short
struggle yesterday afternoon, 45 year old Marvin Lane Usery and 24 year old John
Thomas Usery were taken in for questioning. It's a series maybe of as
maybe as many as eight of them. Some of them match the MOV via what they're
calling crash and carry and others are not. Police searched the suspect's vehicle
and Scottsdale hotel room this afternoon but nothing was found. The two are also
wanted for questioning concerning a string of robberies in Northern
California. It's been almost two and a half years since Mary Spear was found
shot to death in her car. In that time police have found few clues and are
hoping tonight's silent witness will bring forward some witnesses. Mary, this
guy called for you three times.
Thanks. 31 year old Mary Spear was an interior decorating student in Phoenix.
During the week of July 18th 1985 she had gotten several calls from a man
named Jeff who had a strong southern accent. She was anxious to start her
first decorating job. Hello? Yeah this is Jill. Yeah Jeff I got your
message yes. Yeah I heard some really good things about you and I was just
wondering if you could stop by and take a look at some home decorating I want
done. All right. Mary drove to meet the man near 54th Street and Camelback. It
was an unfamiliar area to her dark and secluded.
She was last seen following his tan Lincoln Continental.
I'm sergeant Mike Hobel. A few minutes later Mary Spear was found shot to death
at 4600 North 56th Street just two blocks from where she was last seen. She
was still in her car. The engine was running and the headlights were on. Mary
Spear was more commonly known to her friends as Carolyn Spear. If you have any
information on this crime or any other felony crime call silent witness at
261-8600 or dial witness. There is a cash reward offered and police don't need your
name but they do need your help. The state's acting governor Rose Mofford
can run for governor without resigning her secretary of state's job. That's
according to Attorney General Bob Corbin today. Under Arizona's resigned to run
law Mofford would have to resign her position as secretary of state if she
declared her candidacy for governor. But Corbin says a person may be nominated
and run in a recall election without a formal declaration of candidacy. Mofford
of course became acting governor when the House impeached Evan Mecham and so
far she's declined to say whether she'll seek the office. One man though who is
running got a little boost today. Former Senator Barry Goldwater has become the
honorary chairman of John Rhodes campaign to replace Evan Mecham. This is
not going to be an easy race. It has great strength in certain parts of this
valley that they're not just gonna be pushed aside they're gonna stand up for
him and I think it's going to he's going to be a difficult man to beat but we can
do it. He screwed up too much. Goldwater says working to get Mecham out of
office is something he has to do for Arizona. Still to come on Channel 12 news
one airline prepares for a possible walkout by flight attendants and another
base here in Arizona passes a milestone in its expansion plans but is America
West growing too fast?
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For America West Airlines it's the best of times and the worst of times. The
airline dedicated a new 680,000 square foot hangar today. The technical support
facility will allow the airline to do its own aircraft maintenance. It will
house pilot training classes and two flight simulators. But its opening comes
on the heels of a year of record losses. Dave Marquess reports.
The new hangar complex cost $42 million. Last year America West lost $45 million.
In 1987 the airline doubled its size moving aggressively against major
carriers to eastern markets like Chicago, New York, and Baltimore. The move
coincided with one of the worst years in recent airline history. The change in the
industry was a massive consolidation that took place in 1986 and 87 with the
disappearance of 15 major airlines. That massive consolidation was not foreseen
nor should it have been approved. The carrier is scaling back its service by 10%
and expects to turn a profit by this year's third quarter. In better days the
upstart airline stunned the industry by using low fares combined with quality
service to build the nation's 10th largest carrier and no one is counting
them out. The airplanes you see here today are part of the most modern fleet in
this industry. We have excellent morale in our company. The workings between
management and non-management is probably the most effective and most
envy in the industry. In spite of two tough years America West still has the
reputation of being a well-run airline but an airline that has yet to prove it
can compete head-to-head against other major carriers in the big leagues of
transcontinental travel. At Sky Harbor Airport Dave Marquess, Channel 12 News.
6,500 flight attendants for Northwest Airlines say they're ready to strike at
midnight Friday. The airline says it's ready too. If the walkout occurs
Northwest says it'll keep its planes in the air with 2,000 management workers who
qualify as flight attendants. Investors pulled Wall Street back from earlier
profit-taking today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost a little more
than one point closing at 2,039.12. Still ahead on Channel 12 News, some
clouds headed our way. Bill Austin has the forecast. And what's the secret for
living more than a hundred years? Phoenix 101 year old explains her story coming up.
Of all the Japanese cars serviced by AMCO dealers, half drive away not needing a new
transmission. Luck? No. Skill. To spot the small problems that look like big ones
takes experience and lots of it. In fact to find a transmission specialist who's
fixed more Japanese cars than AMCO you'd probably have to take your car all the
way to Japan. And they don't offer towing.
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With all the claims other supermarkets make over double coupon savings,
Lucky has decided to set the record straight. Who really is the low price leader?
We put Abco, Smitty's, Safeway, Bash's, Fry's and Lucky to the total test.
The prices on over 750 food and non-food items are being totaled and compared.
Tune in and we'll prove who the low price leader really is.
Every morning of every business day, a certain group of people prepares to live up
to a reputation. To meet a standard for quality without compromise. A standard for
customer satisfaction without additional cost. Every morning for the past 63 years,
the men and women of Coulter Cadillac prepare to live up to the most demanding reputation
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Our customers have come to expect nothing less.
Bill Austin here now with the details of a change headed our way. Just a bit of a change.
There'll be a change in the weather. No, that's...just shut up and get on with it Austin.
75 degrees. That little song just...I kind of like that song. Mostly cloudy skies
outside. Mid to high level clouds around the valley. Humidity at 14 percent.
Winds out of the east at 5. The dew point 22 degrees. The browner 30.02 and falling.
This afternoon 78. That's above normal for this time of the year. 50 the morning low.
And that was way above normal for this time of the year. And why am I so tiny in all of this?
Ozone is in the...I feel like I shrank or something. Ozone, particulates and carbon monoxide
all in the moderate range. Move on to the satellite for you. Show you...show...
satellite photos show you what's going on. Mid to high level clouds beginning to make their way
into sections of Arizona. We're keeping an eye on this moisture down to the south.
But more on that in just a second. Around the state today. 75 degrees on the floor of the
canyon. 57 degrees at the south rim. 56 degrees at Blythe, Stafford in the afternoon.
High Hanigan Meadow, 49. A nice 72 at Stafford. 78 down at the Old Pueblo.
78 at the airport. 73 up at Carefree. 82 at Yuma and 82 degrees at Blythe.
And Canyon Duche 60 degrees this afternoon. Now then, back to that western shot.
The jet stream is way, way up to the north. But there's a little branch beginning to develop
to the south of this. This will help to push this elongated frontal system and storm system
into sections of Arizona. We'll keep our eye on this moisture because this would feed the storm.
And that would give us a better potential for showers. Right now it looks as though that moisture
should hug to the south of Arizona. And then as this catalyst comes through and hits that moisture
we would see a possibility of a shower, possibly a sprinkle around the valley on Thursday.
And then partly cloudy on Friday. And then Saturday increasing clouds. Maybe another chance of some showers
here in southern Arizona on Sunday is what I'm trying to say. Maybe even some mountain snows on Sunday
could be taking place. As far as weather across the rest of the country went, great weather.
Big ridge of high pressure across the central United States providing nice clear skies.
Above normal temperatures all across the southwestern part of the country.
Temperatures in the north central plains though well below normal.
17 for the high today at Green Bay, Wisconsin. 18 the morning low. Or excuse me,
18 the afternoon high at Minneapolis-St. Paul. 17 degrees at Fargo.
32 at Detroit. 50 in New York City. 60 and 70 degree temperatures prevailing across the southeastern part
of the country. And with all of that warm air in the south, that's making way for a lot of scattered showers.
No heavy rainfall amounts out of this. But as that cooler air is spilling in,
we're going to have some snow showers here from 2 to 6 inches of snow on the lee sides of the Great Lakes
and through northern sections of Ohio. Back all the way to Buffalo.
Now in Buffalo today, or actually from yesterday, the temperatures were warm enough there to begin to break up
the ice on the rivers so flash flood watches are in effect for all the mouths of the streams around the Buffalo area
because of that ice jam creating some problems there. Snow showers beginning to die down
and through far northern sections of Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Has a problem with some of the winds. 20 to 30 mile per hour winds whipping the New England coast.
Gale warnings up and through that part of the country. But as we mentioned in most of the United States,
nice clear weather thanks to the big ridge of high pressure. And another good day of weather for us.
Forecast for the valley for the rest of tonight. High clouds right through tomorrow. Overnight low 49 degrees.
Tomorrow high of 78 and overnight low of 51 degrees. Now Thursday is the day. It looks like we can have some scattered sprinkles.
Maybe a shower here in the valley. 75 for the high. 48 the overnight low. Friday a partly cloudy day.
76 and 49. And then Saturday and Sunday increasing clouds and considerably cooler by Sunday.
A high no better than 69 degrees and it looks like Sunday we could see some more showers scattered around the valley.
It'd be nice to have some rain. It has been a while. Yeah. Thank you. We'll bring that up next time we sit around and talk shop.
Oh, okay. Go ahead on Channel 12 News. Baseball's busiest team this past off season is ready to make its run back to the top.
Sports with Steve Vasante is next.
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Sure, I can afford a European car. But get this, I didn't want one. Wound up at a Jeep Eagle dealer and I'm glad I did. For a lot of reasons.
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Spring training almost upon us, but some of the better baseball is on the collegiate level. Sun Devils are already well beyond spring training going for their 19th win of the season. They're playing small college power.
Love it Christian at Packard Stadium today. Second inning game is tied at two. John Finn, the little guy, rips it to the wall. Will he get the homer?
Well, he'll have to settle for a triple. Goes off the fence. Martin Peralta and Anthony Manahan score. So Finn puts the Devils up 4-2. They never look back.
Kevin Higgins now goes the opposite way over the third baseman's head in the left. Finn scores 5-2. The Devils win this one 9-5. David Cassidy with the win. Devils now 19-2.
Baseball's defending world champs. The Minnesota Twins are going to have a pretty tough time even defending their American League West title this season because the Oakland A's are making a run at the Twins.
They picked up Don Baylor, Dave Parker, but the biggest acquisition for the A's may have come in the pitching step. Mark Lewis has that story.
Oakland A's skipper Tony LaRusso and his general manager Sandy Alderson have done quite a job over the winter making the A's legitimate contenders for the American League Western Division pennant.
Alderson swung a deal with the Dodgers bringing Bob Welsh into the fold, a proven right-handed starter who along with 20-game winner Dave Stewart should provide the A's with some much needed stability on the mound.
We have a hell of an opportunity and the thing we need to do now is start to put together the pieces and when we leave spring training play well as a unit.
I know that I'm just a part of our pitching staff and we have 10 guys and you have to pitch well throughout the course of the season as a staff for your team to do well.
I expect that from our staff and I expect that from myself and I'm here to work hard and do everything I possibly can to help us win the Western Division.
I'm looking forward to this year. I'm real, real excited about what's going to happen this year and when I say what's going to happen that's because I believe that we're going to be the top team in the West and we're going to be able to compete in postseason play.
So not only is the A's pitching staff very strong indeed but with hitters like Dave Parker and Don Baylor joining an already potent attack that features Mark McGuire and Jose Kinseko, the Oakland A's have to be considered frontrunners for the American League Western Division pennant.
Mark Lewis, Channel 12 Sports in Scottsdale.
Up in the cold and snow in Calgary, the flying thin Matty Newkinen won his second gold medal of the Olympics. They finally got that 90 meter ski jump in at Calgary.
He won the 90 meters today. East Germany's Frank Peter Roych also winning his second gold medal. He's the biathlete. He won in the biathlon today.
Now two is the entire U.S. gold medal total. One of the two medals came last night in speed skating and after all the heartbreak and controversy in that sport, the gold was very welcome.
Came compliments of Bonnie Blair. She went out in the 500 meters knowing that East Germany's Krista Rothenberger had just set a record at 39.12 seconds.
So Blair skates out very fast, crossed the line in 39.10, a new record by two hundredths of a second. But it went by so fast she barely remembers the biggest moment of her life.
Kind of hard for me to remember everything that happened, but I do remember going across the 100 meter line and the crowd just went nuts. The rest of the race seemed to just go almost perfectly.
Suns racked up lost number 35 of the season last night, won 14-107 in Dallas. The Suns, another pretty good effort. Early on for the Suns, they just couldn't put 48 minutes together again.
Early going Suns, Alvin Adams, nice pass over there to Jay Humphries underneath for two. Jay had 15 last night. Then they reverse it. Humphries off to double A. Alvin Adams who goes off the glass for two right there.
He's open 12 points for double A, but again late going, tough for the Suns. Third quarter they fall apart. Thanks in part to Roy Tarpley. One of those nights, 23 rebounds, one of them here and he gets two of his 27 points off the board.
The Suns, out of luck. Again, they lose it by seven, their home Thursday night. Suns could use a night like the one Bradley's Hersey Hawkins had last night. He hit 21 shots from the floor, three three-pointers, 18 free throws.
Get out the calculators, that adds up to 63 points. The 11th best scoring night ever for a college player. Hawkins of the Bradley Braves breaks the Missouri Valley Conference scoring record held by another pretty good basketball player, the big O, Oscar Robertson.
He helped the 18th ranked Bradley Braves, 122-107 over Detroit and remember Orlando Woolridge, one of the stars in New York Nets who said he had missed the game because he had car trouble last Friday night.
Bigger trouble than that, drugs. He's in a rehab center now and he'll be there the rest of the season.
Alright, thanks Steve.
Still ahead on Channel 12 News, the story of one Arizona woman celebrating the start of a new century.
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The exclusive racket club at Scottsdale Ranch will auction its remaining condominiums and townhomes Saturday, March 19th. Handsomely furnished condominiums have minimum bids from $75,000.
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Lunch. I grabbed a pizza.
I grabbed a burger. The American Dietetic Association says vegetables are an important part of a balanced diet. Lunch. I grabbed a hot dog. No, vegetables. Have a V8.
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Coming up at 10 o'clock on Channel 12 News tonight, we'll have a live report on primary and caucus nights in Minnesota and South Dakota.
A make or break evening for some presidential candidates. And would most women dump their husbands if it came to a choice between mates or friends?
One recent poll says they would. We'll have a local sample. That's on Channel 12 News tonight at 10 o'clock.
And finally, it could have been a five alarm fire on the city's south side today, but luckily there were plenty of firefighters around.
The hazard was a birthday cake, brightly burning with candles, 101 of them. Lindsay Shepherd explains.
Mimi Gibson's secret to staying young is experiencing as many new things in her life as possible.
So for her 101st birthday, she decided to visit a fire station. She even dressed in fire engine red for the occasion and donned a helmet just like one of the guys.
I should think you dropped dead with all this weight on your head.
Mimi's legs may move a little slower than they used to, but her mind and wit are as quick as ever.
She is astonished to find herself crossing the Century Mark.
I absolutely don't know how I got that far. It's very hard to believe.
Do you feel like you're 101?
Only when I get up in the morning.
Mimi is an inspiration, amazing even the firefighters who carefully put all 101 candles on her cake.
Don't worry, gang. We got a burn permit from fire prevention, so it's legal.
And because Mimi is known for her sense of humor, this cake held a little surprise.
Last year she blew out 100 candles with one breath. This year, no such luck, thanks to some trick candles.
Slow some more.
She's not one to give advice, but when pressed, will tell you the most important things she's learned in 101 years.
Just to love everybody, even if they're stupas.
Linthu Shepherd, Channel 12 News.
Very good advice.
Happy birthday.
You bet.
That's the news. We'll see you tonight at 10 o'clock.
Have a good evening.
Breakfast. Ever since I could tie my shoes, my mom always...