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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1965
Page
2
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers says a Ku Klux Klan member implicated in a murder case, previously ending in a hung jury, will be tried again. Other items note President Johnson ordering more troops to the Dominican Republic and warnings about power grabs in the hemisphere.
Dr. Richard W. Cain of the Los Angeles Methodist District told the Arizona Methodist Church Extension Society at Glendale First Methodist Church that modern churches face a revolution or risk losing relevance. He urged churches to discard insular thinking and communicate the gospel clearly to a world that ignores them, and to move beyond church buildings to serve broader communities.
The Arizona Supreme Court directs the Maricopa County Superior Court to determine if Harold W. Simoneau’s confessions to robbery and attempted robbery were voluntary. If found voluntary, convictions stand. if involuntary, a new trial is required. Simoneau was sentenced to 15 to 20 years for robbery and eight to 10 years for attempted robbery for March 1963 crimes.
The Arizona Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Ronald G. Goodyear and Steve Jackson who were sentenced to death for the November 1961 slaying of Maurice Powell in Patagonia. They were condemned in May 1962 after a Santa Cruz County trial described as one of the county’s most gruesome crimes.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare will fund a Barrow Neurological Institute project in Phoenix with a first year grant of 64474 to establish a regional epilepsy treatment and employment center. The program aims to aid 50 Arizona patients in its first year and expand to surrounding states, seeking to remove job restrictions for people with epilepsy.
Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, head of the University of Arizona Lunar Laboratory, told an Arizona State University honors convocation that politicians grasp the space program more than scientists and defended scientists against charges of insensitivity. He urged not to underestimate space achievements and warned against blaming scientists for nuclear dangers. The talk to 1,300 top scholars was at Grady Gammage Auditorium.
General Roger Leguay commander of the French Seventh Armed Division died in a helicopter crash near Bar Le Duc France yesterday. He previously served as assistant French military attaché in Washington.
Six students at the Camelback extension staged a sit in at the snack bar on 1510 E Camelback. They protested $5 parking fines raised from $1 for improper parking amid continued violations in faculty lots and unauthorized areas. A student spokesman noted higher fines at main campus extensions of Marico Spa County Junior College District.
A second offspring of Edith and Tomatom joins the Phoenix Zoo herd, marking the 13th oryx and the fourth horned quad ruped born at the facility. The newborn’s sex is undetermined as keepers monitor Edith’s protective behavior near the shallow cradle.
Howard Pyle president of the National Safety Council urged organized action to follow sermons with practical steps to reduce accidents. He spoke to the Phoenix Rotary Club outlining driver error causes and a new driver improvement program similar to Red Cross lifeguard training. He noted top leadership at city county and state levels must lead the campaign and warned it costs less to prevent accidents than to pay damages.
Nobel laureate Dr Willard F Libby spoke at Arizona State University predicting atomic energy will become cheap and widespread. He said it will power homes industry medicine food preservation and space programs and enable space propulsion and moon bases. He noted electric cooling challenges but touted solutions.
The Veternica river overflowed its banks in Serbia forcing several thousand people to flee their homes, according to the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug.
Five bills introduced by Sen Robert Morrow of Mohave seek a revamped election method for the state legislature. Each of 14 counties would nominate two senate members, totaling 28 elected at large, limiting Maricopa County to two senators. The legislative council and state prosecutor would manage petitions, registration, and ballots. Small counties would gain nonsalaried delegates without voting rights.
The Phoenix Urban League schedules its 21st annual meeting for May 21 at the Towne House with Ramon Scruggs of AT&T delivering the address. Richard B. Wilks chairs the dinner event and the Family of the Year Award will be presented by Junius A. Bowman and Augustus H. Shaw Jr.
Maricopa County officials warn that a proposed 1 to 2 percent restaurant sales tax could cut county revenue by about 300000 this year if the amended House Bill 1 passes without county sharing. Jane Greer notes the county would lose funds currently allocated from the state collected tax, while the bill’s changes are being reviewed in Senate committees.
A California man, Robert D. Phipps, 24, of Knights Landing, is bound over for Superior Court trial on an assault with a deadly weapon charge related to the beating of a Phoenix amputee. Justice of the Peace Al J. Flood ordered the trial.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Board will deploy five officers to Anchorage around May 20 to investigate black marketing of pistols and collect data for a crackdown on pistol smuggling into Japan.
In Pasadena California AP reports opening statements set for Monday in the murder trial of Timothy W. Nicholson charged with shooting his twin brother Todd. A 12 member jury was seated. defense says Todd's death on December 7 was an accident while prosecutors allege a quarrel in their luxury apartment.
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