Callas Praised In Tosca Role At The Met
Maria Callas returns to the Met in Tosca and wins praise from an East MD audience. The digest notes a 17 year old Michigan girl named as the nation's new ideal teenager and a court appearance where Ruby speaks for the first time, saying I Guess God Was against me. An international note reports a Russian cosmonaut performing somersaults outside an orbiting capsule.
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End of Literacy Provision Seen in Voting Act
Aide to Governor Goddard predicts federal voting rights act will end Arizona literacy tests for voter registration. Dr. Louis J. Meyer says the act should strike the literacy requirement statewide, noting education gaps among Navajos and staffing limits in Apache County. He warns that federal registrars may be sent to Apache County to boost registrations while stressing that qualified Indians must be allowed to register.
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Louis J. Meyer
U.S
Meyer
Johnson
Apache County
Dr. Meyer
Johnson and Goddard
Vonda Kay Writes Faith Testament Story of Miss America
Arizona's Miss America Vonda Kay Van Dyke shares her faith journey in a tract from the Central Methodist Church outlining Proverbs 22 6 and urging train up a child in the way. A testimonial dinner with Miss America planned for Friday, then she travels to Japan after services.
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Vonda Kay van Dyke
Jesus Christ
Central Methodist Church
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Miss Amerings
Ote Neam Biver Dike
Phoenix school board approves cost saving textbook policy
Phoenix Union High School district adopts a textbook policy revision to reduce student costs. Dr. Lewis Allbee says the plan extends minimum use from three to four years, caps major adoptions per year, and allows sharing of text across schools to save money.
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Phoenix Union High School Board of Education
Lewis Allbee
Dr Wrenn Attacks Blue Ribbon Education Values
Educational psychologist Dr C Gilbert Wrenn challenged the middle class blue ribbon ethos at a conference in Phoenix. He warned against labeling all non achievers as failures and said dropouts are often pragmatic and focused on results while schools should support disadvantaged youths with better funding.
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Jewish Community Center
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Scottsdale
Maj. Lloyd
Casa Grande
Sley
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Pital
Norris
Hoemake Hospfts
Stanfield
CAP Pilot Is Critical
A committee under Dr Allbee crafted a new textbook policy after Superintendent Howard Seymour received complaints about rising text costs. Students previously paid up to 30 annually for books and materials. The policy argues texts alone cannot meet diverse classroom needs and must be supplemented with other resources.
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Allbee
Howard C. Seymour
Dr. Allbee
Pacific Quake Activities Up
Numerous major and minor earthquakes jolted the Pacific area over the past five weeks according to Dr. Charles Rich ter of Caltech. He noted wild predictions about big quakes from astrologers and mystic groups, which merely alarm the timid.
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Pasadena
Calif
California
Cat Rover Returns After 125 Miles Missing
Stella Falgiani of Macerata, who moved to Rome, let her cat Fiametto out on Christmas Eve 1963. The cat disappeared, later returning 125 miles away across the Apennines. Last night the bedraggled cat appeared again, having traveled about 15 months in distance, proving the long journey home.
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Rome
Fiametto
Miss Falgiani
Apennine Mountains
Little Flame
Youth Job Training Plans in LEAP Funding Push
LEAP spokesman says $200,000 in federal anti poverty funds should be available in 30 to 60 days for four activities. Rosendo Gutierrez, acting co chair of the Citizens LEAP Commission, outlines expansion of neighborhood councils creation of a small business development center a youth job training program and LEAP staff additions. He stresses the program will train youths in valuable skills with supervision to place them as mechanic helpers on survey crews or maintenance jobs to help blighted youths pay for clothes and books. Technical changes to the small business center will be submitted to the LEAP commission next meeting. Two LEAP task forces meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday housing and business development will review the center project at the chamber of commerce building 805 N Second.
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Leadership and Education For the Advancement of Phoenix
Rosendo Gutierrez
Citizens Leap Commission
LEAP
Gutierrez
Full Leap Commission
Chamber of Com-Een
95-Year-Old Ida Jacobs Hosts Open House in City
Mrs. Ida Jacobs, nearly 95, plans to sew, quilt, and crochet as she stays active in church and family life. Open house will honor her from 3 to 5 p.m. at her home as eight children, 20 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren gather. Phoenix Jaycees advance housing code campaign with subcommittees, petitions, and outreach. City enforces fire safety by inspecting dilapidated buildings and notifying owners to demolish hazards. Jaywalkers top concern. police push crosswalk enforcement after noting pedestrians often ignore crossings. Jaycee board commits to the code campaign pending Scottsdale Planning Commission review.
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Jaycee Club
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Planning Commission
Desert wildflowers bloom near Phoenix as sights peak
Hubert Earle of the Desert Botanical Gardens hails this year as the nicest desert flower display in 10 to 15 years with 60 species in blossom within 30 to 40 miles of Phoenix. Visitors should not pick the blooms and should prepare for continued color into mid April as cacti follow in color. A 62 acre tract near 24th Street and Roosevelt, by the state hospital, is tentatively offered.
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Earle
Desert Botanical Gardens
Phoenix
24Th Street
Roosevelt
State Hospital
Explosion and Fire Kill Pensioner at Washington Cabin
A 75-year-old man, William Conway, died when flames engulfed his 12 by 12 foot frame cabin at 800 E Washington after an explosion. Investigators found an open gas jet in a nearby cabin and the resident absent. They said gas fumes may have built up and ignited the blaze.
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William Conway
800 E
Washington
Conway
Arnold Pickle Co Considers Move and Rezoning Clash
The Arnold Pickle Co plans a possible move to New Mexico if industrial zoning cannot be secured for its East Van Buren Street plant. Phoenix zoning officials recommended denial to avoid spot zoning. The 1910 established firm with 100 employees needs zoning to expand, adding sixty more cucumber vats in May.
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Arnold Pickle Co
New Mexico
Conway
East van Buren Street
Byron Arnold Jr
Phoenix Planning and Zoning Commission
City Council
Arnold
New Sign Ordinance Discussed in Scottsdale
City Council members met with the Association of Scottsdale Architects to review a proposed sign ordinance prep'd for about two years. Mayor C. W. Clayton said adoption is expected in six weeks with stronger sign restrictions and a three year window to remove nonconforming existing signs.
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The
Association of Scottsdale Architects
C. W. Clayton
City Demolitions Reported by Fire Marshal
City Fire Marshal Robert Ross says 179 hazardous buildings have been demolished in the city over the past eight months, as City Manager Robert Coop remarks on progress and safety improvements.
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Robert Ross
Robert Coop
Golden Years $500 Last Expense Plan Ad Blurb
How People 50 to 80 Learn how you can still apply for our Golden Years 500 last expense plan issued up to age 80 Tear out this ad and mail today with your name address and birth to Sunset law 311 West Camel back Phoenix Ariz
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Sunset Law
West Camelback
Phoenix, Ariz
Britain to begin daylight saving time marking first day of spring
London observers will set clocks forward one hour to start daylight saving time tomorrow. The change moves the time ahead of the sun and will remain in effect until October 24, affecting daily routines across Britain.
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