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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1965
Page
3
Senate work centers on administration backed bills to stop mail order gun sales. Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut introduces the measures as lawmakers push to curb arms distribution.
Two international organizations mark a century of cooperation and harmony as commemorative stamps are planned. The feature notes their long standing partnership and upcoming philatelic tribute.
Arizona readers weigh dress style as Phoenix communities debate dress codes for nightlife and summer heat. The looming Gemini spacecraft launch to Cape Kennedy involves Valley firms, with coverage dated for tomorrow’s front pages.
A state Senate committee approved the Arizona House redistricting bill after removing its one man one vote concept. The measure would create three congressional districts with near exact population splits but allow wider variance than Supreme Court rulings permit, based on lawmakers’ recommendations.
Anthony J. Arrigo seeks a new Scottsdale city election in Maricopa County Superior Court. Arrigo claims Mayor C W Clayton and Councilman Richard M Auxier were illegally serving, since elections should have been held Nov 3 1964 to fill the posts. The filing notes Clayton became mayor Oct 6 after a resignation and Auxier was added to fill the vacancy.
The Legislature debates district lines amid push to keep population balance. Senator Sol Ahee supports altered boundaries and Rhee amends District 3 to include parts of Maricopa County. The plan preserves near equal totals, while opposition from Maricopa County Young Republicans grows ahead of a special session.
Federal Court allowed bondholders led by Walter Gorczynski and Robert Gehrandt to intervene in the Maryvale Hospital fraud case. The action seeks damages tied to an 8 percent bond financing plan and targets Lane Title and Trust Co. and Union Title Co. with about 70 percent of hospital bonds involved. The parallel suit alleges misfeasance and fraud in financing and construction disbursements exceeding 2.1 million dollars.
Phoenix police investigated 827 calls in 48 hours ending at 10 am today. The major crime box score lists 38 burglaries 7 grand thefts 12 assaults 3 robberies 1 homicide and 1 arson.
Phoenix home economist Lucille Pintz led a five day Chicago workshop and was elected chair of the American Home Economics Association steering committee. She has worked with the U S Bureau of Indian Affairs since 1957 and with the Indian Service since 1946. The group urged Institute heat start training programs to boost vocabulary for Indian reservation children and prepare low income youths for school, while Sargent Shriver urged unity and hope to aid low income families.
Howard Kline an 18 year old Tucson High School senior won first in the 1965 Arizona High School Oratorical Contest. He spoke on the tale of a lance none could wield and earns 85 dollars plus a regional shot in San Francisco on March 29. Ron McCoy and Douglas Miller took second and third with 50 and 20 dollars respectively.
Monday March 22 1965 Vol 85 No 189 appears as the edition details for the early newspaper issue.
A needle caused the death of Craig R. Hall, 3, who apparently swallowed it. The Kingman boy, son of Mr and Mrs Larry Hall, died after arriving at Good Samaritan Hospital for treatment of a foreign object in his lung.
H B Dean urges patience and trust in Psalms 23 1 as guidance from God. He emphasizes God as provider and warns of hardship if one strays from the fold urging readers to stay faithful and follow His word.
Tucson AP reports a UA inquiry into alcoholism as a major health and economic issue. Dr. Willis Brewer cites it as the greatest national economic problem, with alcoholism 10 percent more prevalent than tuberculosis and vastly higher than cancer or polio. Dr. Ewart Swinyard will discuss treatment tonight.
The United States and Britain press Makarios to improve Turkish Cypriot living conditions as a peace bid unfolds. British and American envoys in Athens urge the Cypriot leader to avert renewed Greek Turkish fighting while a 650 man Turkish contingent on Cyprus begins to rotate, with about 220 replacements. The outcome depends on Makarios and the island's path to stability.
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