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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1967
Page
1
Fire investigators probed the burned-out ruins of McCormick Place in Chicago on Monday as the Lake Front exposition center suffered destruction of at least half of its $40 million building.
Veterans in the Amarillo area will receive more than 9.5 million dollars in accumulated dividends from government life insurance. The Texas distribution is being handled by the Veterans Administration.
Robert Anderson, 25, of Dumas, was reported in satisfactory condition Monday at Dumas Memorial Hospital after an industrial accident near Etter. The report references ongoing coverage on page 12 and notes local officials pursuing community projects.
The article recounts reports that 41 prisoners including women and children were slain by the Viet Cong as South Vietnamese forces closed in. It accuses American opinion of an upside down attitude and cites critics like Harrison Salisbury chasing civilian casualty claims.
U S fighter bombers hammered an oil depot within 1442 miles of Hanoi in the closest major air strike to the North Vietnamese capital since last month. Pilots said they saw Communist MIGs but were not challenged as the raid proceeded. The report notes broader political and labor developments in the same era.
The Plainview Women’s Club hosted its annual Husbands Night drawing over 200 guests to the new Congress Inn dining room. Six local professionals formed a makeshift big band delivering vintage swing from Bye Bye Blackbird to Mame, with Tracy Seigler's Judy Garland like singing.
A severe blizzard edge extends from the upper Midwest into Texas as Arctic air and a southward moving front bring frigid temperatures. Forecasters warn of hazardous driving in North Texas and expect Panhandle lows near 18 degrees with freezing conditions spreading south to the Gulf Coast by evening.
A massive fire devastated a Chicago hall causing an estimated 150 million dollars in damages. Authorities reported a body found in the rubble raising questions about the cause and origin of the blaze. Police and fire investigators cordoned off the site as neighbors watched. The incident coincides with a separate Amarillo Stock Show rodeo event in January 2025 drawing attention to major regional happenings.
Fire investigators probe the McCormick Place blaze that devastated at least half the lake front exposition center. A charred male body was found in the burned exhibition hall about 11 hours after alarms, as damage climbs toward hundreds of millions. The National Houseware Manufacturers Association had 1236 exhibits ready to open.
The Supreme Court in 5-4 rulings held that states may not prosecute police for official wrong doing based on confessions given under threat of removal and that lawyers may not be dis barred for refusing to testify on Fifth Amendment grounds. Justice Douglas said policemen cannot face watered down constitutional rights and chose between the rock and the whirlpool. Later the court agreed to hear the first test case under the 1966 Bank Merger Act amid a stalled merger of First National City Bank of Houston and Southern National Bank.
A cab driver was robbed when a knife cut to the hand was used. Kenneth Dale Trilk, 33, of 319 West 6th, and a 2 year old with an 18 year old accomplice were detained after fleeing toward California from Chicago. Patrolman Larry Houston alerted others and Sgt Jack Granger caught the younger suspect nearby. The female companions were apprehended later as police tracked the group across Amarillo Boulevard and Evergreen.
U S fighter bombers hit the Hai Gai fuel depot near Hanoi and audit reports note no clashes with MIGs. Meanwhile allied forces clear a Viet Cong redoubt 20 miles north of Saigon as 30 000 troops support Operation Cedar Falls.
South Texas farm boy turned governor John Connally is inaugurated for the third time tying Allan Shivers and Price Daniel who previously served three terms. Connally defeated Daniel, who sought a fourth term, in a postwar Texas race.
Detroit area teenagers Dan Jaroslaw and Grant Jaroslaw, aged 17 and 15, photographed four shots of an oblong object with a tail and antenna using a Polaroid camera in their Macomb county backyard near Selfridge Air Force Base. Dr. J Allen Hynek, Air Force UFO consultant, said the pictures appear authentic and similar to prior reports, while noting no obvious hoax.
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