08 Jul 1967
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1967
Page
1
The week closes with resilience on the stock market as selling pressure remains strongest on American Telephone, the most widely held issue. Harold M. Koch returns from a Russia stay protesting the Vietnam War. Maj. Gen. Crumm, missing after a collision, feared dead. civil rights moves in northern schools announced by the government.
JOHN NEWCOMBE the lone seed in the men's singles defeated Wilhelm Bungert of West Germany 6 3 6 1 6 1 to capture the All England crown. Australia adds a ninth title in 12 years.
The column notes Rockwell Kent’s shipment of ten thousand dollars to the Viet Cong and contrasts him with Norman Rockwell, while it reports on Buffalo Lake contamination tests and fishing advisories. It also recalls Amarillo fishing tales, walleye identification, Polk Street nostalgia, cattle prices, and a highway sign proverb from Connecticut.
Britain honored Sir Francis Chichester with knighthood after his solo 28 000 mile voyage in Gipsy Moth IV. Queen Elizabeth II praised him as a symbol of initiative and resolve as 250 000 Britons cheered in the city. Chichester said his voyage proved private enterprise can inspire Britain and the world.
General Westmoreland urged Secretary McNamara to send at least 100,000 additional U.S. troops as he reported 464,000 servicemen in Vietnam. He said the war is won slowly but steadily amid ongoing artillery duels near the DMZ and air losses during McNamara’s ninth Vietnam visit briefing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
A discharged Air Force veteran Arthur Towell, 35, is charged with murder and attempted murder after a 20 minute sniper attack in a fashionable Vancouver neighborhood. He allegedly killed David Webster and Marelene Webster in their garden and wounded three others including a neighbor and a passerby.
Wounded whites and Africans arrived in Rhodesia from Kisangani amid reports of mercenaries fleeing with hijacked Air Congo aircraft. Congo authorities accuse Tshombe allies of plotting against Mobutu, with claims of kidnaping, extradition requests, and multinational maneuvering centered in Katanga.
Harold M. Koch former Chicago priest who spent 30 months in the Soviet Union protesting U S policy in Vietnam arrived home with his bride Jeanette Naeger of New York on a student charter flight July 4 The defector label faded as Koch said he still advocates peace and an end to the war while noting life under communism was hard and liberty limited.
City Commission scraps plan to hire George S May International for a municipal efficiency study after testimony by local businessmen on alleged high pressure sales tactics and limited benefits. Mayor Stroud withdraws motion. board to seek better established consultants for the city management review. The panel also notes a one year grace period before federal payments for Lake Meredith water via the Canadian River authority.
Major General William J. Crumm of SAC led a B52 strike from Guam when two stratofortresses collided over the South China Sea. Crumm, 48, commander of the 3rd Air Division, was reported missing along with five others. four were rescued. Major Paul A. Avolese, 35, radar, Omaha Nebraska, also listed as missing.
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