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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1965
Page
7
A critic argues the Planning and Zoning Commission favors a land donation requirement to widen streets, likening it to extortion. The piece condemns using donated land instead of condemnation and lodges hypocrisy at official levels in demanding land for public works.
The piece argues the 1965 melon harvest crisis in Arizona stems from Secretary W. Willard Wirtz and labor union pressure to bar Mexican field workers. It blames government recruitment drives funded by federal and state funds, organized into supervised teams, as a flawed substitute for immigrant labor.
Washington weighs a permanent inter American peacekeeping force after assembling a Dominican Republic mission. Vice President Humphrey warns that reliance on international bodies risks delayed action and calls for unilateral U S sovereignty to act in its own interests if a force is created and joined.
The text argues crime rises with affluence yet causes and remedies shift. Bank robbery stays common among those with money issues, rapes rise in lonely suburban and parking areas, petty thieves turn to narcotics and theft, muggers target the vulnerable, and judges grow more sentimental in sentencing.
In this column Donald I. Rogers laments the marketing focus on youth and the neglect of consumers over 30. He cites rising youth demographics and spending power while noting many adults feel ignored as products and media target teenagers. He calls for brands to reconnect with older buyers.
Col Christy and Secretary McMillan attended the Fort McDowell public sale and purchased the Phoenix to Fort McDowell telephone line for the Arizona Canal Company. They plan telephonic links between the company office and the dam 25 miles northeast for flood and accident use. The Canal and Improvement interests push local development. The Portland and Puget Sound Railway Co gains right of way through the Puyallup Indian reservation. Mesa trustees adopt Leonard’s plan for a $6500 public school building with work to start soon. The nation opens the 7th census today.
Barry Goldwater critiques Arnold Toynbee for labeling U.S. anti communism as naive and world blocking. He argues Americans bear a heavy duty to contain communism amid postwar aid allies while Toynbee overstates ingratitude and underestimates the burden borne by the United States.
Arizona lawmakers wrangled over how to raise and allocate state aid for schools. House and Senate committees clashed over dollar effects of various plans. Figures from different sources conflicted, prompting calls for a joint conference and uncertainty about governor’s position. Senate leaders faced internal pressure as Sol Ahee challenged Harold Giss amid disputed fiscal details and looming special sessions.
The piece argues that air raids on Haiphong and key rail lines are insufficient. It contends Ho Chi Minh is aligned with Beijing and Moscow, predicts strong enemy reactions, and calls for a major American ground surge of up to 200,000 troops plus possible South Korean divisions to support Saigon and beat back a major northern offensive.
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