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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
2
House passes an excise tax cut while the Senate backs the core bill. The report highlights party dynamics and anticipated impacts on the economy. Also noted are a GOP delegation planning a Paris trip to probe NATO issues and regional water disputes in Colorado and Kansas.
Associated Press writer Hal Boyle quotes Captain Pat Collins and his 32 year old unit refusing to return to the United States when eligible. They say they cannot leave the old man to clean up the mess.
A Phoenix truck driver with a 25 year safe driving record says weekend drivers are the worst. Arizona chamber groups oppose repealing the right to work law as regional business leaders weigh labor policy. At the same time Arizona State University and Colorado State begin playoffs aiming to reach Omaha.
Gary Peter Klahr asserts as a basis for one person one vote that voter registration can replace population counting in redistricting. A legislative committee backs population factors with Supreme Court rulings, while Klahr aims to sway the panel back to registration and seek rulings from federal and state courts.
In Tucson Superior Court the foreclosure complaint against Joseph and Fay Bonanno was dismissed after failure to locate Bonanno for service. The suit, filed April 5, cites unpaid mortgage since December 1, 1964, with a balance of 3629 dollars, while Bonanno is described as a missing Cosa Nostra figure.
A former convict who shot and wounded a man during a service station robbery was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Chatwin to 14 to 20 years in Arizona State Prison.
A 75 year old grandfather and a 74 year old great grandmother who began a romance by mail three years ago will marry Saturday. Jack Matranga of Sacramento and Felicia Cuccia of Chicago obtained a marriage license. Matranga said he has been romancing Mrs Cuccia for three years by mail. He is a widower and spray painter. Mrs Cuccia says she has known Matranga since childhood in a village near Palermo.
The Civil Service Commission announced it prohibits personality tests in any personnel action affecting federal employees. Chairman John W. Macy Jr said agencies have been ordered to stop using the tests which probe beliefs and attitudes, noting they are not designed for job placement and can be misinterpreted. Civil liberties groups urged scrutiny as lawmakers questioned the tests’ relevance and intrusiveness for most workers outside top security posts.
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested two Phoenix youths caught stripping an automobile early today in the Salt River bottoms near 43rd Avenue. Deputy Bill Gunn said the 19 year old was booked for grand theft auto and the 17 year old was confined to the juvenile detention home.
Dominican rebel chief Col Francisco Caamano Deno rejected the junta proposed election formula as a fable. The junta called for elections soon under OAS supervision with all democratic parties to participate. Brazilian peace troops expanded the security zone near the presidential palace as a three nation OAS team prepared to seek a break in the stalemate.
Jelco Inc of Salt Lake City was the apparent low bidder on a U S Bureau of Reclamation project to add capacity to the Pinnacle Peak substation. The bid was 477 712.25 with ten bids total. the work includes installing government furnished equipment within 330 days to enable a second transmission line from Glen Canyon power into the Valley through the Pinnacle Peak site. Commonwealth Electric Co of Phoenix was the only Arizona bidder.
Jackson Michigan. The parents of astronaut James A. McDivitt express profound joy after watching their son lift off on a four day space mission. They describe the launch as a beautiful sight that relieved their anxieties and share pride in his achievement.
The piece quotes Zechariah 4 7 and the line Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. It speaks of mountains in life being leveled through faith and includes a devotional tone typical of H B Dean.
President Johnson announced the May unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent from 4.9 percent in April, the lowest since 1957. He cited 3.3 million jobless, 72.4 million employed, and highlighted youth job programs adding 75,000 openings and 25,000 summer trainee roles while urging action on teen employment.
In St Petersburg Florida the father of astronaut Edward H White II called the Gemini 4 launch perfect and said he would have liked to be aboard. He spoke after the countdown delay due to a launch pad electrical malfunction and praised his son as the mission continued.
Blakely Oil Inc and A M Blakely with Raymond Frost, doing business as Sunset Oil Co, petition U S District Court to consolidate two lawsuits against Shell Oil Co. They seek 35.8 million and 30 million respectively in triple damages under price fixing laws for alleged gasoline price fixing at service stations.
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