22 Apr 1964
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1964
Page
1
Members of the Downtown Amarillo Lions Club will conduct a house-to-house campaign Thursday and Friday to raise funds for the Lighthouse for the Blind as they promote their annual broom and mop sale.
More than 500 people from five states are expected for a three day convention. The Amarillo Library Board will consider adding a second bookmobile unit at an estimated cost of 25000 at its budgeting hearing later this month. Extension of coverage to Randall Potter Oldham and Deaf Smith Counties is planned.
New York prepares for a grand opening of the 1. billion fair as civil rights groups threaten stall ins and police brace for possible violence. President Johnson expected to attend ceremonies.
The piece chronicles a surge in civil rights tensions as legistlation tightens, provoking white backlash across states like Washington and California. It notes voter blocs, school boycotts in major cities, a fatal protest incident in Ohio, and the looming Senate vote on a civil rights bill amendment during the World’s Fair opening day.
Marvin Jones of Amarillo and James F. Byrnes of Columbia are the only two living officials who served in all three federal branches. Jones, now retiring as Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Claims, once directed wartime food administration under Roosevelt. Byrnes held the posts of Secretary of State and briefly on the Supreme Court. The piece notes Jones near the Washington University Club beside the Soviet Embassy and mentions zoning battles over a Chevy Chase embassy site amid cherry blossom crowds and azaleas as Washington enters spring.
Rebellious civil rights leaders defied authorities in New York promising a stall-in to clog traffic and crowds at the World’s Fair opening. They emerged after two days in hiding and told thousands the protest would proceed, posing a challenge to police and court orders.
President Johnson is set as the main draw for the opening day of the 1964 65 World's Fair in New York. The celebration at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens expects up to 500000 visitors with security tight and transit options broad. Former President Truman will attend with his own approach to potential protests as demonstrators threaten a stall in.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that Communist influence exists within the Negro movement and could sway masses unknowingly. In January testimony to a House subcommittee he described recruitment efforts targeting American students and the party exploiting legitimate Negro grievances for its aims.
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover warned that Communist influence exists within the Negro movement and could corrupt public perception. He cited Soviet espionage cases and described infiltrators or sleepers tied to the civil rights groups, with coverage tracing alerts from Ray Cromley and Joseph Alsop on alleged infiltration efforts.
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Alcoholic Beverage Control agents spent Friday and Saturday in Altus without any arrests. Roy Parham said the investigation yielded nothing, blaming recent Amarillo Daily News stories for the lack of progress.
The Plains beet industry expected 50 000 acres under the Sugar Act allocation but the Department of Agriculture announced Phoenix Arizona and Aroostook County Maine would receive the remaining acreage. Secretary Orville Freeman gave no reasons beyond needs for a new crop and market conditions. High Plains Sugar Beet Growers Association plans to press for a mill on the South Plains, while local ministers split over the publicity and will not unite for action.
Garrison notes lawmakers Wal ter Rogers and George Mahon filed a bill to raise domestic cane and beet sugar allowances. Plains county sugar beet associations meet to vote on a plan of action with Cros by Lubbock Lamb Floyd Hale Castro Briscoe and Swisher counties represented as they prepare to resume efforts if the bill passes.
Washington report on John and Nellie Connally recounting their testimony before the Presidential Commission probing Kennedy's death. They watched the actual film and slides of the attack, reliving the moment and stressing the commission’s role in uncovering facts for the nation. Connally noted his arm mobility returning and praised the commission despite the ordeal.
A two year old girl named Vicki Gail Steele stood on railroad tracks in Lefors when a speeding freight train approached. Brakeman J A Lorance reached out from the front of the engine and, after a struggle, the child slipped free and was pulled from under the cars as the diesel passed over her. She survived with only cuts and bruises and was reported in good condition at Highland General Hospital in Pampa later Tuesday.
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