New Amarillo Medical Center Park Fund Approved
The Department of Interior's Bureau of Outdoor Recreation approved a 70255 grant for a Medical Center park in Amarillo. A new director, Dr Maurice Z Cooper, was named at Amarillo Veterans Hospital. City Commission took no action after ambulance firm showed renewed liability insurance.
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City Strife Swells Anew
Violence spread across Kansas City and Trenton after Dr King’s funeral. Deaths reached 33 nationwide, with major incidents in Brooklyn, Long Island, and several cities. The breakdown lists Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, Detroit area, Cincinnati, Memphis, Minneapolis, Tallahassee, Kansas City, and Trenton among others. National Guardsmen and tear gas scenes were reported as curfews and rioting continued into the night.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Trenton
Baltimore
Dr. King
Brooklyn
King's
Memphis
Long Island
New York City
Chicago
Washington
Detroit Area
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Tallahassee
Limit Debate Rights Bill Vote Rushed
The House Rules Committee cleared the civil rights bill for a sudden death vote, potentially reaching President Johnson tonight. By a 9-6 vote the panel approved a one hour debate limit and barred any amendments to the measure.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Johnson
Amarillo Park Development Funds Approved
The Amarillo Park and Recreation Department will use the funds for design layout and construction of a 48 acre city park with outdoor recreation facilities and a service building. Opponents of broad housing provisions seek to block the vote by forcing a conference with the Senate, moving on a procedural motion before final action. Speaker John W. McCormack and House leaders express optimism about votes. Rules Committee narrowly rejects direct vote on sending the bill to conference, with 8 to 7 against.
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Rules Committee
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R-Ill
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Congress Grants Short Extension On Auto and Phone Taxes
Congress agrees to a temporary extension of the 10 percent telephone excise and 7 percent auto tax through April 30 after a House Senate conference. The big dispute remains over a 10 percent income tax surcharge and broad spending cuts. Treasury officials push for a simple extension to relieve budget strain and give committees time to craft a tax and spending package.
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Senate
Johnson
House Ways and Means Committee
Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Execution A Crowd Pleaser
Saigon reports Nguyen Van Phuc a South Vietnamese payroll clerk convicted of embezzling 160000 dollars was executed by firing squad at Chi Hoa Prison. About 1000 spectators watched with some vendors nearby as authorities press a crackdown on corruption.
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UPI
Nguyen van Phuc
Phuc
Chi Hoa
Funeral in Atlanta honors King amid nation mourns
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest at his Atlanta church in a day of tribute attended by white and black dignitaries and family. His widow and four children sat at the front as a taped sermon of his spoke of dying for justice and peace. A second service at Morehouse College drew about 150,000 mourners who linked hands and sang a slave song associated with the civil rights movement.
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Atlanta, Ga
Aim Toward Negotiations At Camp David
President Johnson announced a new U.S. message to North Vietnam and heard an optimistic report on progress in South Vietnam from the American ambassador there. The briefing came after a one day strategy session at Camp David with top advisers, interrupted only by a late afternoon visit from Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp, the retiring Pacific commander.
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North Vietnam
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U.S. Pacific
U.S. Grant Sharp
Foe Left Bodies Bullets As Allied Push Reaches Khe Sanh
American forces report finding at least 100 enemy bodies and large ammunition caches abandoned by North Vietnamese as the Pegasus operation advances toward Khe Sanh. U S Marines and 1st Air Cavalrymen also recovered an armored truck, 1,500 rockets, mortars, and 50,000 rounds. Air raids targeted Kontum, Dak To, and Hue while Saigon announced heavy Viet Cong losses in five operations. A Viet Cong attack on Qui Nhon killed five Americans and wounded 40.
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South Vietnam
Kontum
Dak To
Qui Nhon
Vision Seen by Four Palmar de Troya Girls
Four Palmar de Troya girls near Seville report a Marian apparition on March 31 and April 1. They told Father Jose Maria Suarez Moreno they were in a field gathering flowers when a flash from a tree formed a pink smiling Virgin face with big black eyes.
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Sevilla
Spain
Palmar de Troya
Jose Maria Suarez Moreno
Ana Maria Gonzales
Bump Ball on the Beach Introduces New Toys
At Fort Lauderdale Beach thousands of vacationing college students try trendy new toys in a sun filled scene. About 20 000 youngsters have arrived recently while 5 000 bake in sun and more than a thousand gather near a bandstand to jump for bump balls foam rubber spheres with warty grips.
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