11 Apr 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1966
Page
1
Boston rallied to edge Philadelphia as police shield crowds outside Velokhovsky Cathedral. Separately pilgrims flooded Jerusalem for Easter ceremonies while Senate analyst notes US Pacific allies boost support and Europe hardens stance in Vietnam era. William C. Foster warns that nuclear weapon accuracy and cost drop.
Our extract notes Buddhist, Catholic, Cao Dai and Hoa Hao leaders meeting in Saigon to form the United People's National Front. They advocate free elections, U.S. support for an elected government, and an armed forces congress to end violence aiding the Communists.
Set Hiroshi Funasaka, once a Japanese prisoner who credited Cpl. Forrest Crenshaw for kindness on Peleliu, will meet Crenshaw in Tokyo on April 17 with Mrs Crenshaw. Crenshaw, now Texas-Oklahoma Express vice president, aided surrender appeals during war service.
UPI reports Green Beret troopers repelled a Viet Cong assault on a Special Forces camp near Saigon on Easter Sunday, killing 191. U.S. bombers hit Viet Cong targets 100 miles west of Saigon and 75 miles northwest of Da Nang. Casualties were light on the American side.
City crews built a 40 foot tall steel rocket playground in Dumas Park. The structure, funded by the park board, uses pipe, steel plates, and oil field rods to create a durable play area for children from toddlers to teens. Cost was about $500 for materials with labor by city workers.
Nathanel Woodard, 17, of Pampa, died after a gunshot near the Peppermint Lounge. Four Black airmen stationed at Amarillo AFB were charged as accessories or with malice, including 2.C. Joseph L. Lewis Jr. and 2.C. Charles Walker Jr. Arrangements are pending with Dunkel Funeral Home. bond amounts were set for the suspects.
The case of Ralph Ginzburg violated the federal obscenity law and the U S Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 ruling upheld his conviction. He faces five years in prison. Ernest Cuneo analyzes the decision on page 12 Editorial.
Sixteen passengers were missing and feared drowned after an overloaded sailboat capsized off Iloilo Province in the central Philippines. The Philippine News Service reported four survivors, with one passenger later listed as dead at a hospital.
In Tucumcari New Mexico Owen and Son's Wrecking Yard owner Harold Owen relocates his business from along U.S. 66 to a 20 acre site east of town. He plants Arizona cypress and other greenery to hide eyesores and improve the area. Pat Reynolds and the Automotive Dismantlers Association of New Mexico back the effort funded from private resources.
A Royal Navy boarding party intercepted the Greek tanker Manuela, Panama owned and Greek registered, about 150 miles southeast of Beira, to halt oil delivery to Rhodesia’s white government. The vessel, carrying 16 000 tons of crude, was turned away toward Durban with the crew aboard. The Joanna V remained off Beira’s entrance, and two Portuguese warships patrolled the area.
In Hutchinson Kansas a monkey snatched Bill Douglas glasses from between cage bars. The glasses held a transistor hearing aid and were torn to pieces, costing Douglas 325 dollars. He lacks insurance and relies on a guarantee that likely does not cover monkeys.
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