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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
5
Apollo's Promise ridden by Trevino won the five furlong turf race with payouts of 15.60 7.40 and 5.20. Zacanza trained by Volzke finished second and Diana Tam with Sanchez aboard took third.
Arizona legislators debated tracking university building costs and senior college impact amid governor plan to cut property taxes. House speakers clashed over who benefits homeowners versus big business as regents warned of shifting costs to state general funds and a growing graduate student population.
Senate leaders clash over speed of action on the $700 million defense package while Senator Mansfield requires debate limits on the money proposal. Johnson outlines the breakdown: maintenance of aircraft and plants, construction and repair facilities, ordnance, and ammunition.
The article lists multiple harness race purses from Garden State with winners and payoffs and notes total winnings of 644 million dollars. It also reports Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testifying before the House Appropriations and House Armed Services committees about funds and a stated planned tumor-related testimony later.
President Johnson reports rebels near the embassy in Santo Domingo and near check point Charlie while citing Cuban and Dominican Communist links. He urges Congress for funds to keep US forces, notes potential Latin American support, and plans to push for interim government and free elections.
A U S military spokesman said 10 Navy jets wrecked two locomotives and 30 railroad cars south of Hanoi. Spotted wreckage produced heavy explosions. All planes returned safely. About 70 guerrillas overran a government village southeast of Saigon. one defender killed and two wounded. In Phuong Dinh Province 15 militiamen missing after a Viet Cong attack. A detachment in Quang Ngai Province reported 21 Viet Cong killed and another operation south of Saigon claimed 11 more guerrillas.
A Capitol demonstration by neatly dressed Arizona State University students from Young Americans for Freedom showed support for U.S. troops in South Viet Nam. A spokesman said the event was simple and aimed to back the government and servicemen amid Easter demonstrations elsewhere.
Arpad Szakasits, a former Hungarian president aged 77, died yesterday. He merged his Social Democratic Party with the Communists in 1948 and was jailed by the Reds two years later.
An advertising item claims constipation causes hemorrhoids and promotes SERUTAN as a daily remedy. It asserts constipation strain worsens swelling and inflammation, and that SERUTAN supplies moisture bulk and peristaltic stimulation to relieve constipation and hemorrhoid pain.
Adlai E. Stevenson prepared a full reply to Soviet and Cuban accusations that the United States uses naked force to topple Latin American governments. In a four hour Security Council session he disputed the charges and pledged a detailed response later. He defended U S Dominican Republic actions as protecting the people from a Communist seizure.
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