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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1965
Page
6
Police inspector labels the bridge game scene as foul play after a South hand dies while observers recount the play. The narrative explains a sequence where South and dummy exchange leads and discards, with the inspector noting the correct line of play and South’s failure to take nine tricks.
A Senate Economic Committee staff study notes a clear rise in Soviet defense expenditures despite a faltering economy. From 1960 to 1963, military outlays grew from 10.2 to 14.3 billion dollars, while total investment rose only 4.7 percent annually, with agriculture woes limiting broader capital formation.
Forecast mixes general tendencies with sun sign notes. Aries Taurus Gemini Moon Children Leo Virgo Libra details urge harmony, health steps, practical gains, and social tact for the day.
A Dad's Club fireworks event at a Roman Catholic church in Detroit exploded after an aerial bomb fell into a crowd of about 3000. Edward Kaplan, 18, tried to toss the device clear, nearly losing parts of his left hand. About 18 others suffered minor injuries and a 21 year old Detroit woman sustained burns and cuts from shrapnel.
Undersheriff Ray mond B. Romero plans to stay on the trail of two suspected slayers after his Septiary 1 retirement ending a 36 year career. He intends to travel to Mexico to locate Aristeo Elias and Antonio Espinosa, believed connected to the April 29, 1934 street shooting of Pete Luera and the 1938 death of Maria Jie near that location. Romero says he has often felt he was close to their capture, only for them to vanish again.
UPI reports Congress faces a demanding return with two major items on the floor voting rights and Medicare. The voting rights bill would end literacy tests and use federal examiners to register Black voters in several states while a variant would ban some poll taxes. The Medicare bill aims to raise Social Security benefits and provide health care for the elderly under the program.
Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike of California denounces Luci Johnsons rebaptism as a Roman Catholic ritual. He says the act void of sacramental effect is sacrilegious and calls for apologies from Luci Johnson and Archbishop O Boyle. The sermon at Grace Cathedral criticizes the ecumenical move.
Public Health Service reports 18.4 million fish were killed in U S lakes streams and rivers last year from water pollution. Industrial pollution caused about 12.7 million deaths, municipal wastes 4.1 million, and farm operations including crop spraying 1.5 million.
United Press report details widespread disturbances across six states during the Independence Day weekend. More than 600 people jailed for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct as National Guard and police fought crowds in Lake George New York Russell Point and Geneva-On-The-Lake Ohio Rockaway Beach Missouri Newport Rhode Island Hyannis Massachusetts and Arnolds Park Iowa.
Prisoners at the city jail compound on East Watkins Road rioted Sunday night injures were not reported but blankets and mattresses were burned and 73 windows smashed. Police quelled the disturbance in about 200 minutes and moved prisoners to another area. Four inmates were taken to downtown headquarters for questioning. The facility houses short term offenders.
William Webb, 82, admits he drowned wife Rose Webb, 74, after years of diabetes and mental decline. Neighbors say he described her condition as beyond care, and detectives plan murder charges as an officer recounts the scene at their Clairton home. The couple had been married 53 years.
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