05 Jan 1967
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1967
Page
1
A Panhandle Pro ducers and Royalty Owners Association meeting examined a proposed change to allow wells under 20 barrels per day to be leased. The discussion touched on congressional context and potential impact on local oil rights and royalty arrangements.
John McCook Roots profiles Ho Chi Minh a multilingual revolutionary leader of North Vietnam. The piece spotlights his charms and ruthlessness, cites a 1956 land reform purge, and notes his vision of world revolution as a guiding strategy.
A Texas insurance bulletin notes young unmarried men cause a higher share of accidents. It cites B B Williams of Amarillo with statistics showing 1 326 of 10 000 insured cars driven by YUMDs are in accidents versus 795 for women and over 25 year old men. The piece suggests a safety New Year’s resolution to slow down in 1967.
Half the nation’s teenagers smoke by 18 says the U S Public Health Service with about 4000 trying daily. Retirement plans feature orchids in Odessa while Robert Merrill tours town and Judy Canova quips about opera.
A brick ranch house 20 miles north of Clarendon exploded and burned killing two women and seriously injuring a third. Mrs. Cathleen Griffin and Mrs. Evelyn Jones were presumed dead. Mrs. Mattie Clark was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo for surgery. Officials cited escaping gas and a possible switch on a light as the blast trigger.
Eight paintings valued at about 8.4 million dollars were returned nearly undamaged to the Dulwich Gallery in London. Scotland Yard detectives traced the theft to a Streatham Common hideout after a tip and found three works earlier in a thieves’ den.
Odessa student Darrel Aldridge 21 had a suspension upheld by West Texas State University. The Texas Supreme Court refused to review the lower court ruling or grant a writ of mandamus ordering readmission. Aldridge said he will seek reconsideration, short of prospects being bright.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield urged a defensive wall across Vietnam to curb Communist infil tration more than air bombing. He favors extending a barrier along the 17th Parallel and south toward Laos and Cambodia, citing rising North Vietnamese infiltration through 1966.
A House Administration Committee report shows Mrs. Adam Clayton Powell, listed as a congressional aide, rarely received her $20 578 yearly salary as 16 of 19 monthly paychecks went to Powell. She lives in Puerto Rico and says she has not spoken to him in over a year.
An American contractor, Robert W. Monahan aged 41, and Thomas R. Scales 44, along with Ophelia Gaza born in the Philippines, were found alive near Xuan Loc about 40 miles northeast of Saigon after more than six months in Viet Cong captivity. They were returned to Saigon for medical checks and debriefing as Tet truce hopes surfaced.
A Pentagon briefing described an unarmed Mace missile modified as a target drone that veered south toward Cuba. A F4 Phantom fired cannon and two air to air missiles in attempts to down the craft, which remained intact and likely self destructed before harmless ocean impact. The Mace carried a small explosive for self-destruction on command.
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