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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
2
The Johnson administration stakes prestige on opposing any rise in steel prices. Government moves contrast with Senate posture as leaders face briefings on the Dominican situation amid other national concerns.
An Arizona Court of Appeals judge, Herbert F. Krucker, seeks retirement payments totaling about 5865.70 from his earlier Superior Court service. Governor Goddard’s signing of a retroactive retirement bill for Appeals judges occurred just before Krucker filed suit, making the issue moot per state officials.
A spokesman for the Arizona Retailers Association told a senate hearing Governor Goddard’s homeowner relief plan hides higher taxes. Mac Dossey said for every dollar of relief, two dollars will be paid, provoking sharp rebuttals from Sens. Harold Giss and Sol Rhee who challenged his figures and called for specifics on tax areas to be increased. Dossey acknowledged his cost figure was a figure of speech and faced questions about equality of taxation and the broader tax plan.
Phoenix City Council announced bids will open May 25 for widening and repaving Thomas Road from 19th Avenue to Black Canyon Highway. Mayor Milton Graham said nearly 3 million dollars in street work will start by July 1, with seven miles of streets planned for widening and paving. He outlined projects on Seventh Avenue, Seventh Street, Van Buren, 19th Avenue, Buckeye Road, and 16th Street across multiple corridors.
A Russian passenger jet departs Bristol bound for Poland carrying nearly five million damp moss young eels shipped from Britain to stock a Warsaw area lake. The unusual cargo involves live eels intended for breeding in Poland.
Phoenix police answered 442 calls in a 24 hour period ending at 10 am today. The major crime box score lists eight grand thefts and twenty two burglaries along with fifty six traffic accidents, six with injuries.
Three Virginians were arrested in an 11 state crackdown on illegal migratory game bird sales. The suspects are Clinton Pearson Norman Pearson and Mrs Norman Pearson from Birds Nest Virginia authorities said.
The ad urges men to shop Manny's for Mother's Day at its downtown Christown Scottsdale and Thomas Mall stores. It promises knowledgeable staff in women's departments who can suggest gowns lingerie robes sportswear blouses and skirts in various styles. It notes price range from four dollars to five hundred and reminds exchanges are easy with three days left before Mother's Day.
New Delhi reports Pakistan is reinforcing its eastern frontier by air and sea. Defense Minister Cha van says India is watching the Pakistani buildup and will take appropriate action. Troop transports shuttle from West Pakistan across northern India to East Pakistan, amid border tension with West Bengal and a lull at Rann of Kutch.
In London at Lancaster House a SEATO meeting showed majority support to halt Communist penetration in South Vietnam, with France and Pakistan dissenting. Debates focused on tactics and timing for settlement while British Foreign Secretary Stewart backed force until negotiations are possible and cited failed negotiations with Chinese and North Vietnamese sides.
The General Sherman Tree, a towering Sequoia, is described by National Geographic as growing from a winged seed about the size of a rolled oats flake.
A devotional note quoting Matthew 10 32 urging confession of faith and identifying believers as witnesses to God. The piece calls for authenticity among Christians and emphasizes testimonial faith before God the Father.
CHICAGO A judge refused to release physiologist Andrew C. Ivy from charges of fraud in promoting the cancer drug Krebiozen. Defense argued Ivy and three colleagues were victims in a conspiracy to defame and scuttle the discovery of the century.
Areas around San Salvador faced ongoing earthquakes with a death toll reported between 43 and 150. The government declared a state of emergency and began mass inoculations as hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed. The U S ambassador’s residence sustained about 35000 dollars in damage. no embassy staff injuries were reported.
Admiral Harold Page Smith was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by President Johnson for meritorious service to the United States. The honor cited his roles as supreme Allied Commander Atlantic and Commander in Chief Atlantic and U S Atlantic Fleet. Smith retired May 1 after 45 years of service.
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