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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1965
Page
2
State attorneys general are briefed on upcoming suits challenging the constitutionality of the Electoral College. The report notes potential challenges and forecasted legal action shaping the electoral landscape.
Former Dominican president Joaquin Balaguer arrives in Santo Domingo and says he will run for president in future elections but rejects leading a provisional regime.
A notice announces a statewide emergency plan drill scheduled for tomorrow with details on planning and participation. An accompanying feature notes a music camp at Arizona State University marking 20 years of operation and an archival item recalling a familiar image from The Phoenix Gazette dated June 24.
Hollywood AP reports United Nations Nerox specials announce streamlined 1964 65 Emmies nominees with Barbra Streisand Red Skelton Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Johnny Carson Leonard Bernstein Bob Hope Danny Kaye and Julie Andrews among those named. The academy groups nominations by programs and performers emphasizing excellence over competition.
Phoenix police answered 464 calls in the 24 hour period ending at 1 today including 42 accidents eight with injuries and two fatalities. Major crime box score lists 3 robberies 6 grand thefts 41 burglaries and 8 assaults.
The governor planned to sign the cigarette tax bill, prompting the State Tax Commission to inform about 25,000 taxpayers. Officials aimed to mail notices, forms, and envelopes by afternoon, delaying filing until Thursday to coordinate with the secretary of state. Vic Nielsen noted retailers and non-tobacco sellers would be notified, urging swift action.
Natson TY Purvear is named deputy director of the National Urban League in New York. The former associate director for job development and employment will reside in New Rochelle New York. Whitney Young Jr executive director announced the appointment.
McGregor-Werner Inc asks NLRB to seek court order to end picketing at Cape Kennedy after four days of disruption. Industrial manager G Ke McLoughlin says secondary boycott charges filed against wildcat strikers and the Building and Trades Council. About half of the 5,300 workers stayed away as the labor dispute deepens amid Senate action by voice vote.
Senate and House conferees adjourn after a two hour meeting on the foreign aid bill with no final accord. Further talks postponed to next week as leaders clash over a two year authorization and program end provisions.
The Senate passed a bill providing 16.5 million dollars to fund federal juvenile delinquency programs. It authorizes 6.5 million for the current fiscal year and 10 million for the next year, after House approval.
The Kennedy Center raised nearly one million over its $15.5 million target after Italy donated marble worth $1,168,000. Ambassador Sergio Fenoaltea delivered the gift to Roger L. Stevens, the center’s board chairman, as trustees worked to match the government contribution by June 30 to memorialize the late president.
The Russians shot down U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1960 and Soviet fighters sent to intercept Powers were reported to have destroyed one or two of their own planes, according to the Washington Post.
Dominican rebel sources report new outbreaks of fighting against the junta in the interior. The uprising began last night at Sabana Grande de Boya about 45 miles north of Santo Domingo and continued through the night with many wounded, supporters of Col. Francisco Caamano Deño aboard.
Sen Canton Anderson warned lawmakers to scrutinize the cost of designating Trabbell Trading Post as a historic site in Arizona The proposed government purchase would include paintings and early history items totaling 600 000 tied to a 635 000 development plan by the National Park Service The earlier development estimate was 294 000 with 125 600 land costs, drawing concerns from Hayden Fannin and others over the price of the project
Former Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman fell ill with kidney colic and was hospitalized in Washington just before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee planned hearing on his Fifth Circuit nomination. The session was postponed indefinitely while Homer Thornberry’s nomination proceeded, drawing civil rights opposition from SNCC and the CORE.
A legislative committee charged that groups including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee CORE and SCLC are extensively Communist dominated or pro Communist. The report says SCLC is actively promoting the Communist line and likely not a Communist Party member.
A devotional note cites Romans 3 23 and warns that the gravest sin is to believe one is without sin, urging humility and repentance.
The six day Italian heat wave raised the death toll to 12 with ten deaths from heat exposure, one from a forest fire likely sparked by spontaneous combustion, and one from a lightning strike. Temperatures rose into the 90s in Rome.
Scottsdale moves to purchase a five acre neighborhood park near Navajo School on Granite Reef Road from Mrs. L. C. Horton for 32500 below appraised value. CITY MANAGER William V. Donaldson says it will be named in honor of Mrs Horton's family. Funding uses current revenues with future bond money for development.
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