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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1965
Page
9
The article notes GOP leaders including Dirksen Ford and critics like Goldwater Scranton Romney and Nixon question administration foreign policy. In Congo, government forces retake Buta from rebels after deadly hostage violence with few survivors found and Europeans remaining hostage status uncertain.
Arizona lawmakers discuss a $19.4 million plan including $7.2 million for universities and colleges and $10.6 million for a school equalization fund. The revenue package also envisions a 5 cent cigarette tax hike, doubled restaurant tax, plus racetrack and income tax increases to fund the program.
Alan B. Shepard states McDivitt and White are trained and ready for the Gemini 4 mission. The astronauts have logged 65 hours in the spacecraft and 150 hours in mission simulators along with parachute runs, centrifuge sessions, planetarium visits, and weightless flight experiences. Two typhoons, Babe and Carla, monitor the Pacific as weather satellites track cloud cover across two thirds of the globe.
The nation saw a split pattern with Northern Maine freezing while the Southeast, Gulf Coast, and Ohio Valley enjoyed 60s and 70s readings. Severe weather lashed the Plains with tornadoes, funnel clouds, hail, and high winds from South Dakota to Oklahoma.
Vietnamese forces suffered heavy losses in a three part ambush near Pleiku as Viet Cong fighters overran Le Thanh district headquarters. Two US helicopters were shot down. 54 South Vietnamese troops evacuated only five returned to Pleiku. Australian infantry battalion arrives at Saigon. Bien Hoa base protected.
Civil rights groups picket in three Southern states while a Mississippi plantation strike continues with 1300 acres. In Selma Alabama 33 demonstrators are arrested as part of a downtown store integration drive. The FBI ties dynamite attacks to a civil rights meeting in New Bern North Carolina.
President Johnson heads to Saigon return in a few days while Mayor Wagner of New York weighs a possible reelection. Johnson says Communists did not originate the Dominican upheaval but participated, with moderates gaining leadership after US action. The UN General Assembly meets in San Francisco June 24 26 to mark the organization’s 20th anniversary.
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