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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1965
Page
3
The famed bandleader Spike Jones died at his Southern California home after long entertaining millions with wacky arrangements. The obituary notes his influence in comedy music and his long career in show business.
At the Taliesin festival held near Scottsdale the morning sunrise set a somber tone while the annual dance drama reflected the school’s influence. The event occurs in the cultural center area as a cultural note despite the fire that damaged the Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion 17 months earlier.
Registration for next fall’s first graders runs Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at respective schools in the Osborn district including Encanto Grandview Longview and Solano. In Grandview Solano area children will attend Solano School and Balsz District registrants register in cafeterias 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Griffith School and May 10 at Orangedale School.
Phoenix attorney Robert Allen reports 65 percent support for appointment over election of judges from State Bar of Arizona members while Tucson lawyers Jack Arnold and Richard Grand oppose indicating voters should choose. Crockett and Craig argue judges should be appointed on qualifications not elections. Arizona judges at all levels are nominated on party tickets but run in general elections without party labels.
The filmed unveiling by President Eisenhower of the Taras Shevchenko statue in Washington will be shown tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Chris Town Auditorium. Shevchenko is Ukraine's poet laureate. The event is sponsored by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Arizona branch.
Canadian pianist Glenn Gould cancels the 8 15 p m concert at Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium due to illness. Moura Be a British pianist described as one of the foremost young players in the world will replace him.
Dr. Walter O. Smith estimates Phoenix Union High School District students needing mental or emotional help may number 2 500. He notes many crises are temporary but require teacher counselor and parent support and that schools should refer more serious cases for psychiatric help. He cites adolescent girls showing suicide risk but stresses prevention and continued school progress.
Legislative log lists HB 20 by Holsclaw and eight others to provide periodic review of veterans tax exemptions. HB 2 adds all tax exempt property on assessment rolls for information only. HB 22 limits widows' property tax exemption to residents with less than $5 000 outside income. HCR 1 proposes amending the state constitution to tighten the widows' exemption with HB 22.
Dr. Gail V. Anderson cautions that many drugs used during pregnancy pose risks to mother and fetus. She notes aspirin tranquilizers and blood pressure meds require medical supervision, potentially causing complications for unborn children. The warning came at the Arizona Medical Association meeting.
Chicago reports bright May conditions while the South suffers record lows. Baton Rouge tied its date low at 50 degrees, Tampa matched 52, Daytona Beach and New Orleans hit 49, marking a fourth straight day of record-lows in southern regions.
AMD sues Sylvania Electric in Maricopa County alleging breach of a 1963 marketing agreement. AMD claims Sylvania failed to use best efforts for glass diodes and high current rectifiers, causing insufficient orders and endangering AMD’s business. AMD seeks 500000 in profits and 1400000 in business loss.
Phoenix police logged 585 calls in the 24 hours to 10 am. The major crime tally included 14 burglaries 3 assaults and 2 grand thefts while 62 traffic accidents occurred with 12 injuries.
Six candidates run for Paradise Valley School District board seats with four vying for two vacancies from resignations and others aiming to replace recall targets in a May 11 election. Petitions signed by 377 residents seek recall of David Campbell and Lee R. Perry. Campbell faces N. Pedersen, Perry faces Galiga Del Fuoco Nicolau.
Glendale speech at the first Glendale Conference on Traffic Safety urged students to act responsibly after recalling a childhood bus stop accident. The event at Glendale High School drew students from across Arizona and was sponsored by the Glendale Traffic Safety Committee.
A Tucson woman, Margaret Simien, 20, filed a $150 000 superior court lawsuit alleging birth-control pills caused thrombophlebitis. She names G Searle and Co of Chicago, a Tucson drugstore, and the Tucson Planned Parenthood Center which advised her to take the pills.
A former deputy sheriff, Clarence Bruton, faces a charge of immoral conduct. The complaint was filed yesterday. Bruton was a radio operator for the sheriff's office and resigned more than a week ago, according to Sheriff L. C. Boies.
Salt Lake City mayor J Bracken Lee urged a new party to achieve a real two party system. John Birch Society founder Robert Welch blasted communism and Chief Justice Warren, urging a conservative political movement while Kent Courtney said a formal party name would be announced later.
At the Arizona Young Democrats annual convention in Tucson the Resolutions Committee debated Viet Nam policy with Irvin Leinstein of Phoenix stating two Viet Nam resolutions would be submitted. One would generally back Johnson while a minority report could seek an end to bombing North Viet Nam. The panel also considered censuring Democrats who joined Republicans to form a coalition in the Arizona House. Additional resolutions urged prison condition investigations, funding for Arizona State Hospital improvements, a federal urban affairs department, a study on women’s employment inequities, a pay raise for legislators, and quick passage of Governor Goddard’s tax program.
2nd Lt. Wood Row Ellison of Phoenix advanced Air Force ROTC at Arizona State University and won the national air shooting match sponsored by the Arnold Air Society with a 289 of 300. ASU's Tex May squadron placed third in the postal contest, while Southern Illinois University took first and Colorado State second.
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