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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1965
Page
4
Dr. Howard C. Seymour, Phoenix high schools superintendent, advocates portable classrooms to avoid obsolescence of brick buildings. He urges cautious planning and suggests approaching a national foundation like Rockefeller to fund an experimental project testing mobile classrooms in a city with shifting population patterns.
The New York Herald Tribune reports CIA secretly decorated U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for his role in the 1960 Soviet crash episode. He cannot admit receiving or wear the medal, fueling debate about public recognition versus secrecy and lingering Cold War suspicions.
Rome launches a safety campaign with twenty thousand women drivers competing for Volante D Oro. Cars carry numbered stickers while police and Italian Automobile Club observers award points for good driving and demerits for infractions.
The author pokes fun at rising trendy cars and imagines a frugal, practical model with simple bumpers, compact trunk, roomy interior, and easy repairs. He envisions a low hood, high front seat, full roof, and a reliable clocked engine with affordable maintenance, inviting readers to share their own dreams.
One hundred Yuma and three hundred Mohave Indians leave Needles California for Hackberry Arizona to visit the Hualpai for a pow wow and paint supplies. The Arizona Pioneers Society honors Gen. Geo Crook posthumously in Tucson.
Henry J. Taylor critiques Secretary Rusk and Treasury officials for allowing three billion dollars in counterpart funds from Public Law 480 sales to pile up abroad. He condemns the use of this money as gratuitous foreign deposits and accuses insiders of profiting from a global gravy train.
Raymond Moley critiques the Johnson Great Society as based on a false consensus. He argues that a majority does not equal consent of the governed and warns of a two party system with potential dictatorship by common consent. He cites government reports criticizing misuse of foreign currencies and air ticket spend.
President de Gaulle drives France toward a larger nuclear force. Three subs and Polaris type missiles are planned this year with tests next year. Ground troops to receive tactical nuclear weapons in 1966. Tahiti bases and cargo ships to house personnel are under rapid construction.
The Glendale Union High School board split votes to apply for federal Title 3 funds under the National Defense Education Act. Directors were told guidelines accompany the funds but no federal controls are imposed. Don Sanderson and Mrs. Graydon Hall opposed the move.
A report notes that many American families own two homes and some supporting married children in college have three or four. The piece links modern life to new ways of engaging with art and problem solving.
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