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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1965
Page
2
Birmingham police report a sixth dynamite device found beneath a panel truck at Poole Funeral Chapel in a predominantly Negro area. Army demolition experts disarmed the bomb, timing again near 11 45, as investigators broaden a 20 man probe into bombings that began in 1955 across Northwest Birmingham.
Arizona State Senate suffrage and elections committee approved a House redistricting bill after scrapping the one man one vote concept. The panel drew lines to vary from congressional proposals, aiming for near equal population but allowing up to 15 percent variance. Rhee proposed changes to add Maricopa County areas to District 3, claiming population figures stay near the same while reducing gerrymandering.
Federal Judge approved intervention by bondholders Walter Gorczynski and Robert Gehrandt in the Maryvale Hospital bond case. The move follows a related $3 million damage suit against Lane Title and Trust Co. and Union Title Co. The hospital operates under a federal trustee after financing by an 8 percent bond program.
Stockholders John L. Roberts sue over alleged misfeasance and fraud in hospital finances against William E. McGee Jr. and Charles R. Ken. A parallel suit questions over 2,139,600 disbursed in construction. Arizona reapportionment prompts Maricopa County opposition from Young Republicans led by Evelyn Timmons with 80 members and new officers named.
Phoenix police investigated 827 calls in 48 hours ending 10 a.m. Today 85 traffic accidents with injuries reported in 14. Major crime figures include 38 burglaries 7 grand thefts 12 assaults 3 robberies 1 homicide. Arson also reported.
Phoenix woman Lucille Pintz was elected chairwoman of the American Home Economics Association steering committee after a five day Chicago workshop. Pintz, with federal service since 1946, advocates heat-start programs to train Indian Reservations children and to boost school readiness. Sargent Shriver urged linking home economists to community programs to empower low income families and expand local action.
John G. Brennan filed a move for the bondholders committee as attorney for the chairman and co chairman. Charles M. Duccy appeared as the Roberts suit filer and John F. Sullivan represented the trustee operating the hospital under court supervision.
Howard Kline 18 a Tucson High School senior wins first in the 1965 Arizona High School Oratorical Contest. He defeats seven finalists with a speech about a legendary lance. Kline earns 85 dollars and will represent Arizona in San Francisco on March 29. Ron McCoy receives 50 dollars for second and Douglas Miller 20 dollars for third.
Police report a 3 year old boy Craig R. Hall of Kingman died after apparently swallowing a needle. He was brought to Good Samaritan Hospital with a foreign object in his lung and did not respond to surgery. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Larry Hall.
The piece reflects on Psalm 23 1 and the Lord as provider urging patient adherence to his word. It warns of lean days if one wanders from the fold and emphasizes seeking guidance within faith.
AP Tucson report notes alcoholism as a major national health problem. Dr. Willis Brewer says it is the greatest economic problem. Dr. Lincoln Chin cites alcoholism 10 percent more prevalent than tuberculosis, 50 percent above cancer, and 1229 percent higher than polio. Dr. Ewart Swinyard of Utah will discuss treatment tonight.
The United States and Britain have won Greek government aid to curb Cyprus strife, urging Makarios to improve Turkish Cypriot living conditions to deter Turkish military threats. Western capitals anticipate whether calm returns or Greek Turkish fighting escalates before a UN mediation report. Turkey plans to rotate 650 troops on the island next week.
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