07 Apr 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1966
Page
1
A Russian jet crashed into a lake within the British sector as authorities scrambled to secure the area. Reports note rapid response teams and ongoing search and recovery operations near the crash site while diplomatic channels monitor the incident for potential escalation.
An Amarillo Parks official advises early spring lawn care addressing dandelions with 24D and crabgrass with pre emergent herbicides. He cites watering, mowing, and fertilizing tips for blue and Bermuda grasses. The piece shifts to Patman proposals for assigning citizens social security numbers at birth, as a potential universal identifier.
Abilene population reaches about 110000, up 20000 in five years. The city can be seen from Interstate 20 cutting across, similar to Interstate 40 near Amarillo.
The Clackamas County sheriff's department with 67 employees named Teamsters Local 223 as its bargaining representative after an election held Tuesday. The vote tally reported 53 in favor, signaling a shift from the county employee association.
Washington based reports say Catholic University's Dr. C C Chang and team demonstrated the first man made tornado in a nine by six foot screen generating a core that spins to resemble a real tornado. Researchers hope the device aids understanding to combat tornadoes at birth. Real tornadoes reach speeds up to 400 miles per hour.
UPI reports heavy fighting across South Vietnam with 92 Viet Cong killed, including 44 in a hand to hand clash in Ho Bo woods 25 miles northeast of Saigon. Other actions near Tuy Hoa and Da Nang add to mounting tolls as U.S. forces press Circle Pine.
London pressed a major diplomatic push to stop Beira harbor oil deliveries en route to Rhodesia. Prime Minister Harold Wilson chaired a defense and overseas policy meeting as the Greek-owned Ioanna V, a 000 ton crude oil tanker, waited 36 hours to dock. Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart warned South Africa that breaking the embargo could trigger UN Security Council actions and possible force in southern Africa.
Police report a second counterfeit operation suspected in the Amarillo area after two bogus $20 notes passed here and a third found in Hereford. Secret Service says Wednesday bills differ from February ones and resemble a washed, poor quality bill. A one man operation is blamed by Treasury officials. clerks noted a tall slender man in his late 40s as the passer at F W Woolworth and Russell Stover Candies on Polk Street.
The House with one nay vote approved a 2.9 percent across the board pay raise for 1.8 million federal employees, down to 2 percent for top civil service grades. It ignores President Johnson’s call to defer until January 1 and heads to the Senate for probable approval with minor changes.
In Helsinki the state broadcaster staged an April Fool joke claiming an electronic detection unit would blank out screens for unpaid 18.70 license fees. Commentator Hannu Karpo's deadpan warning triggered a nationwide blackout. License payments in early April rose sharply.
Washington officials say the three layer three layer coins will work like old silver coins and that the Dubuque sample that split is an isolated case. About 1.5 billion of the new silverless dimes and quarters and reduced silver half dollars have already been minted.
The body of 63 year old Amarillo man Aubra Athal White was found by firemen early today in a burning two bedroom trailer at Warner's Trailer Court 112 West Colorado. Potter County Justice of the Peace Cliff Roberts said White died at the scene. Fire Capt. Victor McCaig arrived after 12 43 a m neighbor report and found White on the living room floor near the divan where an ashtray was located.
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