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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1965
Page
2
Several thousand Indonesian students march in Jakarta calling for the removal of Foreign Minister Subandrio over his CIA fomenting claims. They also demand PKI dissolution for its role in the Oct 1 coup attempt as armed forces monitor potential protests.
The Supreme Court considers taking the case directly to decide the 1965 Voting Rights Act's validity. The Justice Department seeks immediate ruling to allow thousands of newly registered Black voters in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana to vote in 1966. Lower courts have blocked their names from rolls, risking delay of federal examiners' certifications.
A show cause hearing in Superior Court is scheduled for Wednesday morning regarding the injunction against Scottsdale and The Progress. City attorney Richard Filler said no judge has been assigned yet. Judge Ross Jones issued a temporary injunction blocking further annexation of the lower third county island around McDonald Drive and Cattle Track. The Read property owners sought the injunction after their Read’s Stable Gallery was annexed. The order also bars The Progress from publishing the annexation ordinance as a legal notice. The city contends the area is already annexed, with the ordinance and petitions filed with the county recorder. Read’s Stable Gallery zoning hearing was tabled by the county planning commission amid jurisdiction questions.
U S forces repelled a seventh day Viet Cong assault on the Pleime Special Forces camp in the Central Highlands 215 miles northeast of Saigon. Air and artillery strikes, led by the 1st Cavalry Division, held the siege as relief troops formed a protective ring and Viet Cong reinforcements from North Vietnam were repelled.
The Ecumenical Council approved a major change to the religious liberty declaration by adding that all men must profess the Catholic faith and follow objective laws while maintaining no coercion by civil authorities. The vote was 2031 to 193, with further votes delayed until Wednesday and a final decision next month.
Coconino County Superior Court Judge Laurence Wren ordered a pretrial psychiatric examination for Donald Boggs 23 of Londonderry Ohio. Phoenix psychiatrists Dr Maier Tuckler and Dr Otto Bendheim to assess Boggs likely next week in Phoenix. Boggs is charged with slaying Robert Willis 23 and Halvor Johnson 28 of Newport New Hampshire near Ash Fork on Labor Day. Miss Dixie Lee Radcliff 16 Amesville Ohio is charged as his girlfriend in the case. The couple are also tied to other killings in Texas and Utah.
Washington Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said he has heard little reaction to GOP leaders denouncing the John Birch Society. He called the society likely to fail and assessed anti Birch declarations as healthy for the GOP. He credited leadership statements with opening debate and aiding party principles.
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson opened negotiations with Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith over independence for Rhodesia. A British envoy was summoned to advise on a treaty under the 1961 constitution amid tense pressures from both sides.
A London born Scottsdale resident James P. Steel is charged with selling tickets to a benefit ball without a licitation permit. He is due in city court at 8 15 a.m. tomorrow for arraignment after allegedly selling $30 per couple tickets for an event to aid war orphans of South Viet Nam. Police say Mountain Shadows could not book the ball scheduled for Nov 27.
A mid aged woman’s skeleton and a rusted 1904 revolver were found 14 miles north of Tucson by a rock hound. Pima County Sheriff Waldon Burr said investigators hope to identify the woman and estimate how long she has been dead using dental wear and other clues.
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