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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1965
Page
3
Congressional hearings begin on a controversial bill to repeal the federal Right To Work provision. The weeklong debate centers on labor law and union influence as lawmakers weigh the change. The article notes broader labor policy tension and potential economic impact.
Arizona readers are told Easter services across Valley churches will mark the Resurrection with special observances tomorrow. Church leaders emphasize renewal and communal prayer as the holiday reaches its peak in the spring calendar.
In the final installment of a series on the Crucifixion and Resurrection, the piece reflects on Simon the Rock during the Sabbath. It appears on Page 5 of the publication and presents a contemplative, historical view within the religious narrative.
Federal Judge EB W. Craig declared the Oswald case teaches no interference with criminal investigations or with the courts in their judicial capacity. He emphasized safeguards to maintain the integrity of investigations and court proceedings.
Howard Pyle, president of the National Safety Council, told the Arizona Safety Council luncheon that reducing Arizona’s road accident rate to the national average could save about 270 lives annually and cut economic losses by roughly $35 million. He urged top officials and business leaders to endorse and fund safety campaigns.
In Red Rock near Tucson a record lettuce harvest ships 685 cartons per acre at 38 miles from town. Prices jumped from 1.50 to 4.60 a carton as crops move to rail siding. Judge Craig, addressing the Phoenix Rotary Club, discusses media coverage of major court events and the Oswald case.
Arizona's traffic death toll stood at 505 last year and could be cut in half by tomorrow noon if the state activates the minimum requirements of an action program developed by traffic management professionals.
A suspended sentence was imposed on George Buchsbaum after he was convicted of illegally operating a bingo game at the Tucson Post of the Jewish War Veterans.
Lucow forced into the vault during a bank theft. Teller Barbara Boeckmann described signals of distress as he winked and pinched her. Joan Platt phoned police after noting the robber’s gun. Chavarriaga's body was sent to the county morgue amid links to the William W. Clore Jr. kidnapping case from October 1962.
An official of a low cost funeral firm, United Christian Memorial Society, 1110 E. McDowell, has been ordered to stand trial in absentia on three counts of perjury. Judge Alice Truman suspended the sentence Thursday in Superior Court. The verdict ended the first test of Arizona's anti lottery law as it pertains to bingo. The law defines a game with elements of chance, a prize, and consideration as illegal.
The Tucson area population reached 317 453 by the end of March, up 8 240 from 1964. In a separate case Stephen M Speers and two company officials face 10 counts of false and misleading advertising linked to Great Plains Investment Corporation in Phoenix and related departures to Kansas City.
More than 380000 federal returns filed in Arizona at the April deadline. District Director George D. Patterson says filings may reach a record 500000 by the weekend. About 100000 filed Thursday with processing steps in Ogden Utah Martinsburg West Virginia and Chicago. A special pickup service operated for seven hours to speed lines at the main post office.
Tempe resident Robert Schoneberger won the Jaycee of the Month award for a city survey of 500 Tempe residents. The poll rated schools highest with a 7 to 1 lead, while job opportunities, public transportation, and storm water ranked low. ASU’s Bureau of Business Research tabulated the data. the Jaycee group shared copies with the city manager, mayor, Chamber of Commerce, and ASU.
A reception at the Chamber of Commerce offices welcomed William Donaldson as Scottsdale city manager. Businessmen and officials attended to meet the new administrator, who assumed duties Thursday succeeding Richard Malcolm who left to become city manager of San Marino California.
A 111 year old East German girl escapes by swimming the Havel River to West Berlin after crossing multiple barbed wire fences. She is hospitalized for exposure but not seriously hurt.
The LEAP program led by Joseph Villa will provide summer work training for youths entering school next fall. It uses city county public and private agencies, schools, and volunteers to supply facilities and supervision, not direct funds, to serve more than 1,000 participants in the Phoenix area.
MAPS will relaunch a Neighborhood Youth Corps style program for over 1,000 youths aged 16 to 21 in city and county. Villa says modest earnings will enable blighted-area students to pursue education while performing community services. The initiative aims to build work habits and teamwork with federal funds mainly paying the youths’ wages. no local staff increase is needed.
The article recalls old surveying methods like the Studebaker wheel and rag technique and notes modern confusion over revolutions per foot. It documents Arizona Commission maps, historic errors, and a current program hiring youths for 12 weeks starting June 7 across city, county, hospital, and school districts under Operation Head Start with pay and hours details.
Harris noted that a 640 acre section is a general rule in land surveying, but in Arizona sections differ wildly from tiny plots to areas nearly as large as a Spanish land grant. Early survey maps show sections in many shapes, as Harris demonstrated with a Territory days map.
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