Phoenix Gazette (Newspaper) - April 20, 1965, Phoenix, Arizona Surges River Overflows Near waters of the Salt River reached Country Club Drive crossing north of Mesa at 12:28 o'clock this a trickle at the water was 100 feet wide within muddy stream nearly trapped a woman motorist who didn't know she had parked her car in the path of the REACHED the crossing exactly 22 hours and 28 minutes after the gates were opened at Bartlett Dam on the Verde River for the first time in 24 flow was estimated at about a mile every two In some the stream spread out and filled gravel pits before continuing in a westerly 200 persons lined the dry sand banks to see the The unidentified woman moved her car after she was told the spot would be covered with patrolmen barricaded the crossing minutes before the water reached the April storms and record snow cover have pushed total runoff forecasts of the Salt River watershed to almost double the 15-year thei U.S. Soil Conservation Service storms of the month were on the Verde Phoenix Gazette m STOCKS LATE SPORTS RACE No. 214 CENTS A COPY APRIL 20, 1965 Hit Viet Targets Yank Viet Nam and bombers hammered away at North Vietnamese roads and bridges Join In Battle On Wis. today joined the battle against surging Mississippi floodwaters which drove more than more persons from their Calls For War from Bartlett Reservoir runs across Country Club of the greatest floods in the history of the Father of J Waters pressed against One Navy was downed and pilot logged dikes and levees along a A U.S. Army officer was killed in fighting in South Viet 500-mile stretch of river from and an American civilian died at a Viet Cong Minnesota to raising the number of American dead in two days to 12. . Hughes left the carrier Hancock before on President Johnson to on a half-hour strafing run from the 17th Parallel northward declare 87 counties in his state Highway 1. a major disaster area and left on an inspection tour U.S. spokesman said river smashed a convoy 3Gov. Warren P. u a similar request to House News Agency North Vietnamese More than 1.000 persons were fire downed two of the i ordered out of their homes at The spokesman said Minn. planes encountered heavy spurting through a dike during the initial part break encircled a cluster of I of the but he said there gasoline tanks at La Crosse and iwas no firing at the time one Whole i communities were sealed off i IN the U.S. - Communist I Air Force old auto bodies China called today for a conducted three s t r i k e s weakening levee in campaign to make against the My Due The Red Cross had estimated for s e n d i n of Dong and convoys earlier that at least 31,000 Chinese to fight Americans in on Highways 1, 8 and 12. All sons were homeless in five U rejected craft returned The floods except on miles and jens of 11 io ACTIVE ISSUES Mormon Mountain the water i losing price and net change of ' deepest snow ever Tx G SI 234,200; off 1%. dally surveyed in Arizona was Chrysler 168,000; 5578, off 2%. measured at Snow Bowl No. 2 Col F Ir 129,500; 16%, up course on San Francisco Polaroid 96,500; 6IV2, up 2V2. north of Depth was Raym Int 75,800; 12%, off Vs. | 116 holding 32 inches of SUPPLY outlook for Arizona is good except for the San Carlos according to state and private snow the soil conservation service reservoir storage on the Salt River Project is 140 per cent of flow forecasts range from 75 per cent of average on the Gila to 580 per cent of average on Tonto 3-Square-Mi By American jets caused Peking's threat was made i heavy landslides with some 20 on continued of a spokesman escalation of the war in Antiaircraft fire was Viet Nam and on whether the heavy in one but no people munist planes were Chinese My Due bridge was still but its of dollars in estimated to million in Minnesota LOWERED themselves into the floodwaters at Winona to inflate which stopped overloaded storm sewers from unleashing were dotted with era- of The tool rubber tubes inflated ARMY officer was which served ACTION was taken standing committee of the Peoples Congress of Red a rubber-stamp which would not fighting in Binh Dinh iter than sandbags in it hoped to an- the area at noon with approval of on a peninsula the Six farmers said the police taking over patrols the coastal city of sity to obtain city permits for the sheriff's The 280 miles northeast ofi Army engineers ordered mass Frueh Cp 63,200; 32y8, up operations and will use three shifts of seven ' The officer was fatally evacuations at 25 Dav 61,700; 35^, up 1 with of 8,^ buildings and equipment eight men per while helping with from La Motor 60,700; 109, off on the north side of the HERMANN Gazette Staff Phoenix City their decision not to GARBAGE AND trash Oil NJ 57,600; 77 up V's Ford Mot 51, 400; 58'/>, RCA 48,900; 34"'t. off -Is Gen Dynam 43,700; 43V4, up % Colo In Gas 41,600; 36%, up V2 Texaco 41,600; 76, up 2 Pac Pet 38,200; 11%, off population jumps from its estimated 533,300 to 541,300; the area increases from 222.7 square miles to 245.7 square city official estimated begin May 1. services were effective Turn to city fire on Page 4 population increase places rinal rage ZO as the 25th in The annexed section ithe General Electric by the Communist New China News Agency repeated Peking's promise that Chinese people will not sit idly while North Viet Nam is of V i e t n a m e s e the river crested at 20.8 and threatened u r 4 gush through the storm Nine American helicopter w e r e killed by Viet Aside from yesterday kept out of Winona the In and Rudy Ellings THIS WAS believed to be theit h r e e Vietnamese have been been putting up our time Peking has killed and three in history threatened to send troops viet Cong terrorist appears now our efforts Viet a roadblock north Russians have said killed BUT ELLINGS said he send to Viet ' civilian not allow the 1,000 evacuees if requested to do so. return to their homes in a 19- block area until the NORTHERN Arizona lakes are Only Lake Willow and Lyman Reservoir are not according to the mid-April temperatures have retarded melting in the higher elevations in White Low elevation courses have no snow on the Gila and Salt River moisture is excellent on Verde Salt and Gila soil moisture is good at higher drying under 6,000 SALT RIVER Project is delivering free water at the rate of 5,000 per Farmers are being urged to make use of the water if their fields are holding moisture below field Soil say that should be avoided because of harmful effects on plant since April 1 to on Page 4 earthquake shook central Japan killing one person and injuring four hours later a milder quake hit northern There were no Vol Arizona legislators are expected to move into a special h 0 w e v e Country Club and Moon 3 p at the call of Governor at organized A was an * 1 i t j j shipments on employe of the Elsewhere in IS BOUNDED roughly lawmakers toward the expected finish of the pattern of Peking's which is building a water i Navy helicopter four the present northern limits governor issued the text of tion in the Korean plant under U.S. clinging to trees on 40th Street on the in the It summoned the with law to do all the troop men said Cone and on Second Front Page to work on the day things necessary to provide event that U.S. Nguyen it was with these capital improvements and to ism continues to escalate Road on the and on specific facilities to governmental war of and the Tto providing and people need them to on Page 4 it Turn to on Page 4 said service on its express line reopened after an eight-hour shutdown The first tremor caused eight minor on the railway and 22 trains were of damage or revenue for the to be undertaken thereunder in Japanese National to kh then f of increasing the next fiscal REJECTING peace nan the state aid to subject ot taxation is except on state equalization hereby expressly limited to the followed North for stabilization of production of revenues 17 and reduction of those purposes set forth in neutral appeal district tax 1 talks and repeated laggard own four-point peace day of which demands withdrawal the city excluded and state colleges to annexation sections of finance capital to Road and Cave by establishment of on 35th Avenue to present city valuation of the area amounts to with the assessed value of utilities placed at agreement with Maricopa of regents of the THE Editorials 6 23-25 Opinion 7 Radio Log 20 Theaters TV Log pending in accordance with county paving projects iaw approving projects lo be sta e h own 21 20 41-52 the two said Manager Robert undertaken Chinese congress m longest in resolution flatly rejected 401 000 7 7 city also left out 4 DRUNKOMETER TESTS Driver Given LEE BISHOP Gazette Staff police surrendered today to drivers who refuse to take drunkometer tests now a motorist suspected of driving while intoxicated won't have to take a drunkometer test against his an untested suspect contests the it will be up to the officer to prove his case by other CHIEF Paul said forcible employed by the department for 16 will be was estimated about 450 involuntary tests per cent of the have been administered About 80 per cent are The other 10 per cent are given motorists at usually by said the conviction rate on drunken now about 90 per may drop slightly because of the new officers will place more emphasis of vegetable farm bonding authority in with the ninth The resolution urged the 650 be resumed at a people of up to 20 days in a make full to follow almost Apparently left on the shelf as the senate began moving toward adoption of a million general appropriations were into a large for land acquisition and chair and a is heid suspect s face to pull breath into a chemical analysis alcoholic content of learning at the million Ridzik Duckworth D. Green and 1956. dent Johnson's offer of Radatz and IS THE 15th week of talks made last Home ' legislative Mantilla for court the chief He estimated 3,000 to 4,000 will be saved with policemen being given more time to combat crime on the to on Page 4 States Weather Bureau Sky Harbor and by the senate in arate measures appropriating 3Y0, 6 Flower Port 4.60, 3.80; Light Cloud 5.40; Never Take Back 71:132/5. Andorra 11 Fair and warmer weather will machine institutions of throughout the 1^40.50, 19.20; Risette And Relative was the arresting ficer in an involuntary Blubaum said the major meter test case taken to change was made split the funds over Arizona Supreme Court in 1952.|possible injury to rather than The high court held an drivers and to eating the revenue to a could use reasonable force and to avoid damage to and decreed that breath public be consistent with bers of the board of other cities survey showed should be handed the Phoenix the only one employing tions in lump This would WHEN AN involuntary test and to eliminate require the regents to decide a suspect is | possible police brutality where to put the 73 78 81 85 87 91 RH 65 54 paid 2Y0, 5 True Valor 4.30, 3.20; 5.10; Capital 34 Dancer 4Y0 6 Second 5.40, 3.50; Brown Jay 7.50; Martial Owens 28 24 21 Page 7 Page 4
