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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1967
Page
1
President Johnson asked Congress to raise the federal income tax by six percent for two years to finance the Vietnam war and domestic programs. Also noted: Hereford beet growers gathering and Harlem Hospital doctors threatening walkout over a dismissed physician.
Singers dancers actors and musicians may audition for season two of the drama Texas at Palo Duro Amphitheater. The RCA rodeo returns in Amarillo after a decade with at least ten world champions, including bull riding champ Ron Rossen and steer roping champ Sonny Davis among competitors.
An American woman calls Ho Chi Minh a humanitarian while recounting an NBC radio interview with Ho. She and three others visited North Vietnam to view alleged civilian damage and heard Ho defend his regime amid criticism of executions and Viet Cong abuses.
The chamber of commerce annual banquet at the Hotel Waldorf style room drew about 500 guests. The event, with hot dinners by the local restaurant association and a Carron Pouncey narrated pictorial program by Charley Lutz, ended at 8 45. Guests questioned Amarillo's future as a convention center without a true ballroom seating 500 to 1 000.
The piece notes two sunny days in Amarillo contrasted with Gulf Coast rain turning sleet and snow in the Rio Grande Valley. Harry Gilstrap quips that only the Rio Grande Valley separates Amarillo from the South Pole. Doug Pledger, a KGNC radio wit, appears in person January 23 after tape recorded broadcasts.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Americans who visit Communist nations without government permission cannot be criminally punished. The ruling preserves the State Department’s power to revoke passports for travel to Cuba and leaves open related questions from the Kennedy assassination aftermath. The decision was announced by Abe Fortas. The article notes ongoing public interest after the Dallas assassination and mentions the May high court ruling about passport denials for Cuba travel.
President Johnson asked Congress to raise federal income taxes by six percent and to boost Social Security benefits by about 20 percent starting July 1. The move targets individuals and businesses to curb the budget deficit amid the Vietnam War, with the surtax taking effect July 1 and the Social Security increase also slated for that date.
Maddox was elected Georgia governor by the legislature in an extraordinary session after the November election left Callaway ahead but short of a majority. The roll call showed Callaway 453,665. Maddox 450,626. write-ins 52,831, with Lt. Gov. Geer upholding the vote procedure.
Washington the government summoned seven witnesses to detail the finances of Robert G. Baker a former Senate aide on trial for fraud theft and tax evasion The prosecutor said Baker pressed for cash in 1962 and sought 100000 from California savings and loan executives ostensibly for Democratic senatorial purposes
The 90th Congress opens with racial tensions as the House refuses to seat Harlem Democrat Adam Clayton Powell amid controversy over travel funds and a contempt conviction. Powell condemns the attack on Black voters while supporters rally on the Capitol steps.
In a tense session in Austin, the Senate voted 24 to 6 to keep the 1965 rules amid a challenge by Sen. A R Schwartz who led a bid to overturn the secret session appointments rule. Several senators from Houston Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio aligned with Schwartz before the final tally upheld Smith's position.
A major snowstorm hit Big Bend Country and the Davis Mountains on Tuesday with up to 12 inches near Alpine. Hazardous driving warnings remained for Southwest Texas, especially at higher elevations, as heavy snow melted slowly in some areas. Weather Bureau cautioned motorists across Presidio Brewster and Jeff Davis counties with continued travel dangers.
Gov. John Connally announced plans to publish his own account of President Kennedy's 1963 Texas visit to counter William Manchester's The Death of a President. He criticized the book as biased and urged a factual history, saying he will assemble details long kept private to aid objective judgments.
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