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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1964
Page
1
In Phoenix UPI reports two Arizona House bills seek to repeal the death penalty while 13 men wait on Florence death row. One measure would replace death with life imprisonment without parole, the other bill proposes additional conditions on capital punishment.
A Senate hearing transcript shows insurance agent Don Reynolds testified he gave a $580 stereo to then Senator Johnson at the suggestion of ex-aide Bobby Baker and later bought $1,203 of TV ad time tied to a life insurance bid. White House aides denied improper contact.
A mostly cloudy, windy day gives way to light rain tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures rise to near 67 today and fall to 38 tonight with a high around 61 tomorrow. Willard I. Greene reported Monday’s high at 66 and today’s low at 44.
A third grade student at Loloma School was stabbed near his home by a 12 year old boy. Robert Allen Semones eight was treated by Dr J F Blankenship after being stabbed in the buttocks with a pocket knife in an open field east of 78th Street and Avalon Drive. The older boy was turned over to juvenile authorities.
President Johnson sent Congress the smallest foreign aid request since the Marshall Plan totaling 3.392 billion dollars for fiscal 1965. He split military and economic aid under different headings to complicate approval, while indicating they may still be packaged together.
Sen. Barry Goldwater named Dan Gainey and G. R. Herberger to head his national fund campaign. Gainey, a Scottsdale and Minnesota entrepreneur, will be national finance chairman. Herberger, a Midwest department store owner, assistant chairman for Arizona. They have long Republican finance experience. The campaign budget will hinge on Goldwater’s primary participation.
President Johnson sent a $97.9 billion budget to Congress with a $500 million cut in federal spending for the 1965 fiscal year and an $11 billion tax cut. He forecast a $4.9 billion deficit next year and urged early enactment of tax relief while seeking a $1.3 billion defense reduction and new farm programs to save about $1.16 billion. Treasury Secretary Dillon said the move improves chances for a balanced 1967 budget.
The document outlines Johnson's budget under cash and traditional baselines, with a shift toward a $1 billion tax cut and a $1 billion expansion in spending to fight poverty. It notes how revenues and deficits differ between 1964 and 1965 and highlights focus on jobs, education, health, and youth skill development.
Maricopa County deputies seek burglars who posed as telephone repairmen to case homes in Paradise Valley. They stole over $10,000 in furs clothing jewelry and furnishings from Richard Loebell while he and his wife were away in Tucson. Loot included a $5,000 mink coat and an $800 mink store. Four deputies investigate. entry was via an unlocked carport door.
The Arizona Conference of Seventh Day Adventists filed for city zoning clearance to develop 600 acres near Scottsdale and Shea Roads. The plan centers the Thunderbird Academy airfield with I-1 industrial zoning plus commercial and residential areas.
The council will consider an ordinance requiring 60 day prior permit applications, a 25 percent cap on tag day costs, age limits, and post drive reports with penalties. Other items include subdivision rules, police court room expansion contract, sewer project bids, liquor license applications, and city vehicle radios and pipe supplies bids.
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