24 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1967
Page
1
Two youths from eastern Washington were arraigned in Sono ra California on a lesser offense after being linked to three murders on a three state crime spree. The case draws attention amid a broader regional news roundup.
The Amarillo Camp hosts the state Gideon gathering with leaders from beyond Texas. Pat J. Zondervan will speak at the Saturday YWCA dinner, and Gideons will preach in Amarillo church pulpits Sunday. The piece frames Gideon power as gentle and unviolent, contrasted with modern threats.
Five hundred members of the 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 200th Artillery National Guard, received riot control training in Albuquerque last weekend. Laura V Hamner seeks a copy of her first book The No Gun Man of Texas about Col. Charles Goodnight and asks readers to help locate a copy to place in Hamner Hall. A Birmingham address is listed for her, and Luck Bell experiments with a dough rolling device in Cap itol coffee shop. Violent crime rose 11 percent in 1966, citing lower punishment by Wick Fowler of the Denton Record Chronicle. A salesman notes his company limits orders to 25 business cards at a time.
Paris reports President de Gaulle will intensify France's economic cultural and technical links with Quebec. Government spokesman Gorst said Paris intends to aid in liberating Quebec under a new agreement. Prime Minister Pearson voiced cautious approval awaiting full text of the statement.
In Hanoi air battles, U.S. jets and Communist MiGs clashed with both sides losing two planes. American raids also saw three additional American aircraft shot down by North Vietnamese missiles or anti-aircraft fire.
Storms dumped heavy rain across the region with reports of 4 inches at Adrian and widespread flooding near San Jon, Logan, and Tucumcari. Five U.S. planes were said down in North Vietnam as the air campaign expanded, with one pilot rescued and eight fliers missing.
President Johnson announced the United States will send a delegation of 20 prominent Americans to observe the South Vietnamese presidential election at Saigon's request. The White House noted more invitees may join, amid charges by Senators Kennedy Javits and others that Ky's regime may rig the Sept. 3 vote.
Four Bronx men were arrested after raids seized rifles grenades dynamite and 256000 rounds. The group planned to bomb a Bronx meeting addressed by Herbert Aptheker but the device exploded two days late. Authorities tied the case to far right groups and a Bronx sporting goods store as the operation was uncovered by police.
Wartime tragedy unfolds in a 1944 incident known as Train 8017. Nino Lo Bello reveals hitherto unpublished facts, showing 521 lives lost in a disaster where no train crash occurred and the engine never left the track. The report, censored at the time, appears in a single Italian daily four days later.
Former Boys Ranch resident Sgt. Joe L. Thomas on emergency leave from Vietnam credits Cal Farley’s teachings. He notes U S military police’ friendly treatment of shoeshine boys yields valuable intelligence for the Army in Cu Chi near Saigon.
Hundreds of weary crews battle more than a dozen major fires across Idaho Montana Oregon and British Columbia as fires char 76 000 to 80 000 acres. Foresters warn of rainless lightning storms and high winds and plead for reinforcements as 4 000 workers push through two weeks of heat and exhaustion.
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