29 Apr 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson sent Congress a proposed civil rights law to fight discrimination. The House Appropriations Committee approved increases of 490 million above the new budget requests for health education and welfare programs.
Secretary McNamara defended PX stocking levels amid Senate questions about Viet Nam shortages. He said soldiers receive about 9.2 pounds of PX items daily, including beer and soft drinks, candy bars, cigarettes, and writing materials, sparking questions about access and distribution in combat zones. The piece also notes a Matador High alumni musical group performing at a luncheon and praised the young performers.
Potter County Historical Survey Committee Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association and the U S Interior Department dedicated two Historical Markers. One marks the first gas well in the Texas Panhandle and the other at the Amarillo Helium Plant. City commissioners toured sanitary fill facilities in Northeast Amarillo.
An odd note recalls elm seeds used as ammunition for cap pistols and mentions pulpwood yielding newsprint. WES IZZARD adds a playful one track mind remark.
Seven people drowned as 3.55 inches of rain fell in Dallas amid flashing floods and 25 foot high rivers. Cars swept away, Mrs Nina Speak, 35, trapped for hours after being carried 400 yards in her car. Damage to a trailer court exceeded $200,000 as storms edged away toward Waco.
President Johnson sent a broad civil rights bill to Congress aiming to end racial discrimination nationwide. The package includes fair housing protections, stronger penalties against violence, jury reform, and desegregation measures, with a focus on safeguarding Negro rights against fanatical resistance.
Danny Johnson, Central manager, says the bomb search at southwestern airports involved mid day Denver departures. No bombs were found on a 11 passenger plane en route Amarillo to Oklahoma City, delayed about 22 hours. FBI, sheriff and highway patrol led the checks. Air Force team declined to participate after arrival.
U S troops probing the Ho Chi Minh trail near the Cambodian border uncovered 30 large Viet Cong supply caches, one of the richest finds in Vietnam. The caches were destroyed as U S and allied forces push the enemy back, with operations extending about 70 miles northwest of Saigon. Western air forces reported attacks in North Vietnam with occasional missile fire against Phantoms.
The House Appropriations Committee approved 489 million more than the White House request for health and education programs. It removed the 31 million national teacher corps funds from an omnibus bill and warned of a tax increase. The panel backed 10.56 billion for Labor and HEW for the new fiscal year, despite the President’s reduction proposals.
In Kentucky the State Board of Education moves to curb nibbling between meals by banning future snack sales in schools in the lunch program. Protest mounts across the state as officials and parents argue over freedom to spend money and the place of snacks in schools.
The IRS began a tax probe in Connecticut and Washington into Senator Thomas J. Dodd. Officials cited possible payments of up to 200000 from testimonial dinners and parties since 1961. Investigators seek whether funds were gifts or campaign contributions diverted for personal use amid FBI and Senate Ethics Committee scrutiny.
Police guard the American school in Mexico City after anonymous calls ordering shutdowns. The National University of Mexico faced student protests and a threatened resignation of its rector, while private and American schools reported suspensions amid fears of violence.
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