28 Apr 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1966
Page
1
In Our Town six Italian journalists will arrive in Amarillo on May 10 to observe Plains farming operations. They will study groups including the Grain Sorghum Producers Association and the Amarillo Livestock Auction with some reporters from the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.
The Special Products division of Phillips Petroleum won a $690,000 subcontract to manufacture the Butarez rocket fuel component at Phillips facilities in Borger.
A court Wednesday voted 63 to reinstate the appeal in the Rice University integration case and ordered the Houston civil appeals court to hear the case on its merits. The news item also notes other national and world developments on the same page.
Dr Alfred A Kraus Jr argues that freedom should cover only good acts. He says current views let people act badly unless caught and that defending self can lead to murder charges. He warns Americans must be free to do good or lose freedoms to protect the non violent.
A caliche pit near Duniven Lake yielded seven feet of clear water in sight of Wolflin Village, while Amarillo hosts a Indian book drive. The Southwest Indian Organization collected about 56 000 volumes for San Ildefonso Reservation residents near Santa Fe, challenging restrictions on what can be expressed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central merger creating Penn Central, the nation’s largest line with about 19,600 miles of track and $5.2 billion in assets. The deal includes New Haven commuter services and protects employee jobs, with operation set to begin in roughly 35 days and savings projected at over $81 million annually after eight years.
Workers uncovered an old wooden ship about 75 feet long buried in beach sand north of Corpus Christi. Crews moved ditching equipment about a quarter mile south of Horace Caldwell Pier to excavate and assess age and potential as a tourist attraction.
City of Amarillo, owner of a jar of peaches found during Civic Center land purchases, plans to offer the aged contents to Panhandle Plains Historical Museum. The jar, labeled August 1899 and Mason patent era, was found in the old Leeward Home basement at 5th and Buchanan.
B 52 bombers from Guam struck North Viet Nam for the second time, raining hundreds of tons on the Ky Mu Gia mountain pass. The pass is a Ho Chi Minh trail hub used to funnel supplies to the Viet Cong. Officials noted the operation coincided with a U.S. 1st Infantry Division action north of Saigon and a major air lift, with air force evidence later transmitted to Washington.
Violent thunderstorms and a tornado watch sweep North Central Texas as floods spread through Northeast Texas. Rivers rise, roads close, and Navarro County reports the worst flooding with Chambers Creek levee failure near Corsicana.
U.S. intelligence tracks a new Russian buildup in Cuba increasing troops from about 6 000 to 8 000 10 000 in three months. Eyewitness accounts describe earth tunneling and extensive underground networks near San Andres Cojimar and Santo Tomas with supplies stored deep underground.
A wild windstorm lifted Lake Erie over a 100 mile stretch submerging towns in Michigan and Ohio. About 5,000 Michigan residents evacuated by boat while hundreds more fled Ohio and Canadian shoreline areas. No injuries were reported as flood shelters opened in area high schools and officials warned of possible worsening conditions.
A powerful explosion at an Army ammunition plant near Charleston Indiana injured 65 and left three workers missing presumed dead. The blast damaged a storage area containing shells and gunpowder for Vietnam war efforts.
A blast at an 11,000 acre Indiana Army munition plant killed three men and shattered windows and damaged buildings as far as ten miles away in southern Indiana. The blast reportedly rocked the facility and prompted emergency responses.
In Mexico City over two days of clashes 7000 students shut the National University campus prompting President Ignacio Chavez to resign. Police and soldiers were barred by university autonomy as three foreign and five Mexican agitators were arrested. One student was critically injured and 35 faculty members quit.
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