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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1965
Page
6
The piece argues for peaceful demonstrations but condemns a Senate driven civil rights agenda as excessively harsh. It warns that criminal penalties without injunctions and broad punitive damages would create a legal racket. The author urges House leaders to stand firm for a reasonable compromise.
The Phoenix Gazette critiques Supreme Court reapportionment, urges constitutional reform, and defends Maricopa County’s bid for a hospital site amid resistance from small counties. It questions whether small counties would treat their own needs fairly if districts were redrawn.
A critique of federal grants for the arts compares possible “happenings” funded with taxpayer money to an NSF science project. The author argues excellence in art cannot be mass produced by subsidies and warns against bureaucratic sponsorship dulling creativity. Public taste cannot be forced or manufactured.
The narrator wintered in Omaha, Oyster Bay, Rannoch Moor, Beaver Island, and the Hebrides as a blizzard and storms trapped travelers. He ponders humanity’s conquest of nature, contrasts ancient humility with modern arrogance, and laments man’s predatory drive against forests and wildlife.
A retrospective look at events in Phoenix from 1890 recaps prominent figures, local scenes, and developments that shaped early city life. Names, places, and milestones from that era are highlighted to illustrate the period's daily rhythms.
Dunn and George start a daily stage between Phoenix and Tempe promising a valued one day round trip. Arizona water storage renews hope for farming and mining towns as authorities plan better dams to withstand floods. A spring windfall of industry is expected and a campaign to remove cottonwood trees due to caterpillar infestation is urged.
President Johnson faces a difficult choice over Vietnam and broader Asia policy as hawks push for decisive action and doves urge caution. The article notes NATO and SEATO limits, Formosa forces, and concerns about Soviet and Chinese commitments shaping final decisions.
Critics urge a layman administrator and broader staff authority at the Arizona State Hospital to ease operations while preserving patient treatment needs. Clergymen lobbying civil rights clashed with House leaders, and a javelina hunting trip ended in a lawful but dramatic standoff with no complaints filed.
An Associated Press report notes in South Viet Nam villages half of U S economic aid is kept by village chiefs for their people and half goes to the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong divert funds to sustain influence while issuing receipts to leaders to avoid corruption claims.
Arthur Krock notes the Johnson administration backs a bill extending federal power to supervise state elections and penalize discrimination. He warns the measure risks challenging constitutional precedents set by the Supreme Court and echoes 19th century force bills tied to civil rights and federal enforcement against voter obstruction.
The Army spent about 2.1 million dollars on 557 air conditioners for the U S Air Defense School at Fort Bliss Texas, but failed to specify the needed type. The units proved unsuitable and 557 are now on hand unused with no approved plan for their disposition per the General Accounting Office.
Don G Campbell compiles light observations on Phoenix policing, Arizona politics, Flagstaff geology, Scottsdale rodeo rainout, a forged police ball ticket, and a startling claim that major crime occurs in Arizona every 34 minutes. The tone blends humor with pointed critique of public policy and state affairs.
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