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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1965
Page
2
Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol declares that the return of Arab refugees cannot be a precondition for peace talks with Arab nations. The report notes parallel diplomacy with Gromyko and De Murville in Paris and NATO discussions linked to JFK era force concepts.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses President Johnson's Vietnam policy, seen as his strongest public comment since bombing began in February. Evangelist Billy Graham warns against rumors during the second phase of the Alabama crusade.
The report notes the Arizona drowning toll since January 1 has reached eighteen deaths. A second front page item mentions an Arizonan receiving a medal from the president of Finland. Additional items reference debates over children’s rights and a statement by an expert linking basic rights to children with intellectual disabilities.
Maj. Gen. John P. Lavelle testified in closed House hearings that the United States has target sets in Red China and could destroy key government command and industrial centers if a general war occurred. He named Peking's new nuclear facility as one target.
U S District Judge Sidney Mize 77 longtime dean of Mississippi federal judges died in a Gulfport hospital. He presided over the James Meredith University of Mississippi suits and issued Mississippi’s first public school desegregation order.
In Hayneville Alabama three Ku Klux Klansmen Col lie Leroy Wilkins Jr 21 William Orrville Easton 41 and Eugene Thomas 42 pleaded innocent in state court to first degree murder in the night rider slaving of a civil rights worker. The first defendant's trial was scheduled for next Monday as about 1000 rights demonstrators marched to Camden courthouse under a parade permit.
Phoenix police answered 865 calls in 48 hours ending today at 10 am. The major crime box score lists 3 robberies 44 burglaries 5 grand thefts 1 homicide 18 assaults and 1 rape with injuries reported in 21 incidents.
The board of supervisors issued bids to remodel the former county annex at 3325 W Durango into highway department headquarters. Estimated cost is $80,000 with the building vacated Dec. 21 as 14 county departments moved to the downtown complex. County Manager Joseph C. Herrick says the project will also house flood control district offices.
Amid violent anti American protests in Phnom Penh a crowd shattered embassy windows and tore down the Stars and Stripes from the staff. A demonstrator briefly entered the compound and raised the flag before it was trampled by the mob. State Department offered no immediate comment awaiting further information.
The column urges faith in the power of God over human wisdom citing Corinthians. It challenges readers to believe in God as firmly as they trust in man, claiming stronger faith would transform the world overnight.
About 200 left wing Zengakuren students clashed with steel helmeted police one block from the U S embassy during a Vietnam policy protest. Traffic stopped on a broad avenue as 600 students sat in the street in spite of rain while police moved in to evict them and several students were hauled away after fights.
Rapid passport applications signal a record 1965 overseas travel. About 2.2 million Americans went abroad in 1964 non CanadaMexico travel, with passport demand up 13 percent. If trends continue, overseas trips may exceed 2.5 million in 1965, risking a larger tourism deficit.
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