02 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1967
Page
1
Allied troops pivot in the Mekong Delta hunting Viet Cong units southwest of Saigon as contact slows after heavy fighting. Caracas quake toll rises with 11 Americans among 162 dead as relief efforts unfold. Lunar Orbiter 5 continues lunar reconnaissance efforts. Cubs pitcher Ferguson Jenkins stifles late Cardinals rally.
The nation’s capital and seven other U.S. cities faced racial violence on Tuesday, marking the 20th straight day of such clashes in American communities.
The largest Sonic baseball turnout at Potter County Stadium filled the venue Tuesday night for Gunn Bros night drawing 5 713 fans.
The Texas Highway Commission said on Monday that a proposed Interstate Highway connecting High Plains cities to the Houston Gulf Coast cannot be considered for at least five more years. Bruce Harp, 14, is due to appear before County Judge E B McMahan in Boise City Oklahoma regarding his mother's shooting death.
Earl Baskett becomes commander of American Legion Post 54 and Mrs Roy Beard is installed as president of the Legion Auxiliary in joint ceremonies Tuesday night.
A Plainsman in Vietnam writes of longing to win the war and observations on Vietnamese culture and politics. The letter contrasts simple village life with modern conflict imagery and details the author’s wish to return home. Nearby Lake City scenes describe seasonal shifts, a ski lift, snowmobiles, and a large San Juan Mountains snowmobile rally with 165 sleds trekking 50 miles.
The column notes Herman Tal madge of Georgia warned that the mob would grow powerful in a Senate speech. It cites growing government promises as problematic and references last week’s unrest described as a whirlwind. It then reports Texas eating and drinking places grossed 1,211,002,348 dollars in 1966, up 34 percent from 1965, and mentions rancher John Fowlston’s Alaska salmon trip. It closes with Pie Larmour’s quip that a successful man has a guiding woman ahead of him.
Riots reach within a mile of the White House as Washington youths burn and smash windows. Police report no shootings and describe the capital disturbance as minor with limited looting. Guardsmen stand by and armored car used to pursue a suspected sniper later found to be white.
Secretary McNamara orders the New Jersey taken from mothballs to bolster naval firepower. The ship could join targets along North Vietnam next April, potentially freeing other Navy planes. The vessel will be the world’s only combatant battleship with a reactivation cost about 27 million dollars.
Large 10000 strong operation Coronado II presses southwest of Saigon with 200 enemy killed so far. Air strikes hit Hanoi area and a rail power plant north of the capital. U S loss reported one RF101 Voodoo down with pilot missing. Delta road mined eight times in 10 days. 16 Americans killed, 55 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties reported.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a national emergency freight rate hike on railroads totaling about 300 million dollars per year averaging three cents per dollar. The decision, offered despite administration calls for price stability, aims to balance inflation concerns with needed increases.
Naval experts examine the burning carrier Forrestal at Subic Bay after a deadly blaze above Tonkin Gulf. Pacific Fleet names Rear Adm. Forsythe Massey and two captains to lead the investigation as 129 are confirmed dead, three missing, 64 injured. Bodies are moved to Clark Air Base for transport to the United States.
George E. Wall of Dimmitt died in explosions and fires aboard an aircraft carrier off Vietnam. Aviation Fire Control Technician 3 C. Judson Arthur Wells Jr. of Pampa is listed missing. Wall and Wells were both Navy electronics technicians with local ties to Texas towns and families notified of the losses.
A Moscow radio station names Fei Yi-Min publisher of Ta Kung Pao as a key agent in an alleged Maoist escape plan. It claims Mao Zedong Lin Piao and other Beijing leaders have reserve jet aircraft and Swiss bank accounts for escape if the regime falls.
Specialist 4 Lyle Roush of Passaic New Jersey, a finance clerk with the 25th Infantry Division, inadvertently boarded a helicopter into a Viet Cong assault near Saigon. He rolled with grenades and a pistol for four hours, delivering ammunition and aiding the company commander before leaving with the leave records.
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