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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1965
Page
17
A whimsical report notes flea circuses struggle for performers due to modern hygiene. Nuremberg director Peter Mathes trains 30 female fleas with tiny neck wires while others recall scattered sightings and a training camp for fleas once run from a hedgehog.
The 28th annual Arizona Hotel and Motel Association meeting in Carefree heard Hector Sanchez describe completed plans for a Kino Bay Sonora resort. The joint U.S.-Mexico project, backed by Teodomiro Serrano of the National Bank of Mexico, aims to mirror a 114 million dollar U.S. hotel and taps local seaside resources and sport fishing.
Mexican officials were asked to apprehend Dani S. Singh of Scottsdale for defrauding the Phoenix Title and Trust Co. of 84800 in a Mesa land deal. Singh fled across the Nogales border after cashing a 62000 plus check in Tucson. The FBI seeks Singh for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Newcomers join the Phoenix Charter Government Committee after three longtime leaders Newton Rosenzweig Jack Williams and John F Sullivan retire from the sidelines. The CGC dissolves after each city election and is reactivated to prepare for the November vote.
In Parker two women, Mrs Esther Beaver and Mrs Henrietta Reaves, defeated Austin Haydes and Raymond Patrick in a runoff. Mrs Reaves, a housewife, becomes the first Negro to serve on the Parker council.
Tolleson recall campaign targets School Supt Kenneth Dyer as behind the move and criticizes his “one-man rule.” The Pro Pinkerton committee accuses high administrative costs and favoritism, while Pinkerton and Cabrales supporters say dismissals freed funds for education and to improve programs.
Forty four candidates contest primary elections at Flagstaff campus for Associated Women Students and Associated Men Students offices. Seniors vie for president and treasurer posts while juniors and sophomores contest various roles. Incumbents Burton Tingle and Karen Jacobson hold AMS and AWS president roles for the coming year.
Avondale mayor urges a staged Last Stand on the Agua Fria River but 20th Century Fox declines. The film The Day Custer Fell will be produced elsewhere with plans to shoot in Italy.
The US Office of Education awards the University of Arizona in Tucson a $27,600 federal grant to train teachers of crippled children, enabling specialized instruction and program development at the university.
Florence reports Thomas V Montalvo was acquitted by a Pinal County jury of first degree murder by arson in the death of Ben Payne a hotel clerk killed in a January 28 fire that destroyed a hotel tavern and pool hall. Montalvo denied arranging the blaze.
Ben Read, assistant director of civil defense for technical services, tells Phoenix architects and school officials that about 30 million of 70 million shelter spaces hold survival supplies while 125000 schools fail to meet minimum shelter standards. He cites training gaps, and notes 1970 could leave a sizable unsheltered population even as efforts expand. Dr Howard Harrenstein adds shelter needs should be integrated into new school construction.
Four local League of Women Voters units will merge at a meeting in the Executive House Scottsdale to form the League of Women Voters of East Maricopa with units planned in Mesa Paradise Valley Scottsdale and Tempe. Officers include Mrs Richard Stoner Tempe first vice president Mrs C Maurice Thompson Mesa second vice president Mrs Warren Kingsbury Tempe secretary and Mrs R D Steele Paradise Valley treasurer. Directors named include Mrs Robert Barnett Mrs Emmanuel Cartsonis Mrs Bruce Ingmire Scottsdale Mrs William Thornton and Mrs Glenn Kinzer Tempe Mrs Paul Gerhardt Mesa Mrs Gerald Juster Phoenix and Mrs Gerald Kaplan Paradise Valley. President named Mrs Joseph J Le and Mrs George Andrews Scottsdale.
The Phoenix Symphony performs Madame Butterfly at 8 30 p m at Phoenix Union High School 512 East Van Buren Street.
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