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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1965
Page
5
Juanita Castro, sister of Cuba’s leader, testified to a House subcommittee that Communists aim to seize the hemisphere and use wary liberals and pacifists as allies. She said Fidel Castro and other leaders see “timid adherents of democracy” as their best partners.
Arizona lawmakers return Monday amid stalled talks on school aid and funding. A plan to pay 20 dollars a day for legislators may recur, but no guaranteed compromises. House and Senate clash over aid levels and bonding for universities, while a conference committee scrambles to craft an accord by Monday.
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there is no reason for a declaration of war in Vietnam. Senator George D. Aiken said fighting remains a Vietnamese affair and Taylor offered no grounds for declaring war, while critics argue the U S should seek a formal declaration before escalation.
Lynda Bird Johnson arrives at a Navajo County archaeology field school near Grasshopper. Secret Service guards and academic staff oversee a mobile camp setup with trailers and security measures while a Western tour follow two weeks at the site.
A Gazette visit describes the Grasshopper camp near Cibecue, 30 miles NW of U S 60 between Globe and Show Low, with students from the University of Arizona field staff reopening facilities for Lynda Bird amid rugged roads, deer sightings, and two improvised site-trailers stalled in mud.
The Dong Xoai fight ends with ruined district headquarters and high U S casualties. At least 3 Americans killed, 15 wounded, 15 missing, including eight missing crew on two helicopters. A C123 transport crash adds eight more American deaths. Civilians total about 150 dead. government claims 260 enemy killed and 700 guerrilla casualties.
Four Republican members of the U S House of Representatives arrived in Paris to study the problems of NATO and French American relations. The group includes Paul Findley of Illinois chairman Hastings Keith of Massachusetts E Ross Adair of Indiana and James D Martin of Alabama.
Selective Service officials say induction orders will likely go to all physicians finishing internships around July 1 to meet a Defense Department draft call. The call, issued in January, rose from 851 to 950 then 1,085 with periodic calls since the Korean War began.
Severe storms swept the Far West Plains and Southeast with tornadoes, heavy rain, and flooding. Funnel clouds spotted from Texas to Illinois and Florida. seven people missing after a canyon flood near the Utah Wyoming line. a Salt Lake City family of five and two nephews unaccounted for after their car was buried by flood debris.
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White asked President Johnson to come to Houston to celebrate with Manned Spacecraft Center employees. Johnson then offered a visit to the space center itself. White House officials said the pilots welcomed the change to spend more time with family and friends. The homecoming was described as a major event following the splashdown earlier in the week.
Forecast calls for pleasant conditions across the state tomorrow with a gradual warming trend. Highs rise into the 70s in many areas as skies stay mostly sunny and light winds prevail.
Public opinion reporter Samuel Lubell says Republican chances hinge on winning younger voters who may be hit hardest by Great Society policies. His analysis appears on Page 24 of The Phoenix Gazette.
A century old Victoria Hotel blaze in Plainfield New Jersey killed two people and injured 18 with two more unaccounted. Patrolman Robert Miller rescued about a dozen guests then suffered smoke inhalation and was hospitalized. The fire burned 24 hours, reduced the three story structure to rubble and spread to adjacent buildings. Authorities identified the dead as Michael Petti and a man named Merola.
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