24 Jan 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1966
Page
1
Weekend Amarillo stock show quarter horse competition drew up to two thousand spectators. Early Sunday a downtown fire heavily damaged four businesses in one block near the Post Office, with light but widespread damage after tremors from Dulce New Mexico.
Washington AP Senate resumes debate on President Johnsons 1967 budget of 112.8 billion as the House repealer of Taft Hartley 14b falters amid filibuster fears. Senate aims for a showdown after weeks of rhetoric while committees probe defense and international programs and cabinet briefings.
Beverly Reilly, 38, a California resident, was traveling in Red China and believed taken to Canton. Hong Kong border authorities said she had not been in the border area for two days and may be sightseeing with VIP treatment from Communist authorities. She had stayed at the Overseas Chinese Hotel and disappeared from Hong Kong on January 11.
France recalled its ambassador to Morocco after Paris accused Interior Minister Gen. Mohammed Oufkir and aides of involvement in Mehdi Ben Barka’s 1965 kidnapping. A Rabat note said the warrant for Oufkir’s arrest violated the pact for handling cross border prosecutions, and France must request prosecution.
A 16 year old Amarillo youth was killed and a friend seriously injured when an improvised sled attached to a pickup crashed beneath a parked truck on Wallace Boulevard near Amarillo Medical Center. Robert Carthel, son of Mr and Mrs John E Carthel, died at Northwest Texas Hospital. Hobby McPherson, 16, suffered a compound fracture of his right leg and survived after late Sunday surgery. The driver, John Alvin McPherson, said the rope broke as the sled veered on a curve, sending the youths under the parked truck of Bud Lane. Stanley Carthel, 17, also rode the sled but escaped injury. Autopsy ordered. cause expected to be head injuries and a broken neck.
A early morning fire heavily damaged a downtown block at 4th and Fillmore, affecting the Yucca Bar and three nearby businesses. Eight fire units battled the blaze as flames surged from the bar, closed prior weeks, with firefighters using snorkel and aerial equipment amid 25 degree weather and a southeast wind. An accidental-appearing sighting of a speeding car near the post office was reported, but no arrests are confirmed.
U S Marine artillery hit Viet Cong positions and two B52 raids from Guam occurred as the Lunar New Year cease-fire ended. No major ground action reported. Vietnamese forces repelled a 40 to 50 guerrilla attack near Dai Nhon with no casualties.
A severe East Coast storm brings gale winds and up to two feet of wet snow, cutting travel, causing power outages, and prompting disaster declarations in New Jersey and New York. Eleven sailors battle 25-foot waves near Sandy Hook aboard the Chelwood Beacon as floodwaters threaten coastal areas.
A Dalhart ceremony named a Citizen of the Year, honoring a local resident for community service. The award highlighted contributions to schools, volunteers, and neighborhood improvement within the town.
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