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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1965
Page
5
Summer officially arrives with a forecast sunny day and highs over 100. Phoenix, Parker, Red Bluff, and Blythe join hot spots list as the mercury hits 102 for the 12th time since May 18 and peaks at 105 on June 13.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told President Johnson in detail about his conversation with French leader Charles de Gaulle in Paris. No advance Johnson De Gaulle meeting was announced. Johnson signed the excise tax cut bill and planned a briefing with Democratic leaders later. President and Lady Bird Johnson had returned from Camp David and a weekend at the retreat prior to Humphrey's report.
Demonstrators supporting deposed President Ahmed Ben Bella clashed with riot police in Algiers as the military junta tightened orders. Col Boumedienne ordered reinforcements to restore order amid calls to host the Afro Asian summit as scheduled. No casualty figures were immediately available.
Isam States report a gastroenteritis outbreak killing more than 1000 people. Cholera fatalities reach 79 in southern India this month. About 200,000 residents in Trichur Kerala state received cholera inoculations while 800 cases are documented.
Negotiations between Arizona construction industry leaders and five craft unions resumed with both sides silent on progress. Operating Engineers Local 428 dispatched officials and ambassadors to discuss issues at headquarters while four basic trades unions met with the Construction Information Committee. Negotiations began April 27 and ended June 6 with a work halt and statewide lockout.
Bernard M Baruch financier and adviser to presidents died last night of a heart attack at age 94. He had been ill at home for a week. At his bedside were family members and former South Carolina Governor James F Byrnes. Born in Camden South Carolina he rose from a $3 weekly job to vast wealth then gave much to medical research education and charity.
In Santo Domingo rebel leaders and labor unions reported a general strike actions limited by the capital. Col. Francisco Caamano Denunciations noted study of the Inter American peace plan with cautious openness while unions said the plan must align with the 1963 constitution as a basis for settlement. The strike was declared by two labor federations but did not disrupt transport or industry.
Destructive Arkansas River flood roars toward Larned and Great Bend after routing eastern Colorado into western Kansas. National Guard air support searches for stragglers as crest nears. Gov. Avery calls it a 100 year flood while warning of historic high water marks. In Vietnam, U S and Marine forces clash with guerrillas near Da Nang with three MIGs downed in four days and heavy air strikes along the 17th Parallel.
Reports from Denver put private property damage at 24 million dollars within a 35 mile target zone, as floods recede on the Arkansas and South Platte rivers in Colorado. North Vietnam claimed to have shot down 340 American planes in a Peking broadcast, while UPI notes limited independent confirmation. Leroy Collins was chosen by President Johnson to be new undersecretary of commerce, succeeding no one yet named as Collins remains in the department. Roosevelt is to head the EEOC and may run for New York mayor.
The Red Cross in Denver said more than 18,000 people were homeless due to floods across eastern Colorado western Kansas and northern New Mexico. Colorado death toll rose to 16 with a 15 year old electrocuted during cleanup in Pueblo Kansas deaths stood at two. Two boys swept from a horse near Cache la Poudre River at Greeley were 12 year old Charles Allison and 17 year old Richard E Haunstein. The South Platte flood crest moved into Nebraska with Ogallala seeing 7 to 10 feet above normal but no town flooding due to a protective dike. Governor Avery ordered flood damage areas in Kansas declared a major disaster and Dodge City suffered the most urban property damage.
The forecast calls for sunny skies and warm temperatures with an overnight low around 62 degrees. Tomorrow’s high is expected near 104 degrees, accompanied by relative humidity as noted in the regional meteorology update.
Heloise offers kitchen garden tips in her Hints From Heloise column. She suggests growing tomatoes amid flowers and edging beds with lettuce along with onion slips or seeds for a richer harvest in the Phoenix Gazette.
The Senate froze two house-passed measures raising cigarette taxes and restaurant taxes while the legislature haggles over a third school aid plan. The house altered a Senate proposal to distribute additional aid by targeting needy districts. A 10 member conference committee redoubles efforts as fiscal year end nears.
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