Amarillo News Capsule Highlights Local And National Events
Recap of local notices and national items: baby Jenny Garcia dies after cesarean section at Northwest Texas Hospital. Amarillo grows as bi county population reaches 183000, city showcased in Sales Management 1965 survey. Local youth corps seeks workers aged 16 to 21 from low income families. Kiwanis dedicates two trees at Camp Kiwanis in memory of Bond Burgess and Dr. Jason Robber son. Bill Clymer begins teaching at Plainview High School. President Johnson attends Adlai Stevenson funeral in Bloomington. Rusk and McNamara cabinet reshuffles teased. France protests U S reconnaissance over uranium plant. House debates 1 billion pay rise for military. Senate approves cold war GI bill. Clyde Beatty dies at 61 in Ventura. Amarillo Summer Band to perform at Ellwood Park. Opinion piece on U S Vietnam policy and Red China. Park pruning and litter issues noted. Hairpiece market rising. auto salvage industry impacts insurance costs. Local humor and notes from Dean Juniper at West Texas State University. End with vignette on withholding from pay.
Plot Foiled as Viet Cong Mine Targeted Taylor in Saigon
Police foiled a Viet Cong attempt to assassinate U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor during a National Unity Day rally at Saigon's stadium. A Claymore mine was found 15 minutes before entry, and one terrorist was arrested with a grenade. The My Canh attack last month killed 43, including 12 Americans.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
My Canh
Taylor
National Unity Day For Liberation of
North Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
National Liberation Front
Infant’s Battle Futile After Fatal Family Shooting
Jenny Caroline Garcia died after a cesarean delivery following her mother Juanita Garcia’s death from a head wound. Sgt. Hilario Garcia, husband and Amarillo Air Force Base member, is charged with murder with malice and held without bond. Witnesses describe a quick shooting, with the couple estranged, as services are set at Llano Cemetery.
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Jenny Caroline Garcia
Juanita Felipita
Jenny) Garcia
Northwest Texas Hospital
Potter County
Deer Park Chamber Sparks San Jacinto Anniversary Debate
The Deer Park chamber plans an April 21 reenactment of the San Jacinto battle to honor Texas independence but faces concerns from a Mexican embassy counselor and the Mexican ambassador in Washington who view it as a land grab. The group will pursue alternative commemorations.
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Houston
San Jacinto
Texas
Mexico
Lone Star
Chamber of Commerce
Deer Park
Chamber
Lee Bishop
Wallace W. Stuart
Mexico City
Bishop
United States
Washington
U S Spy Plane Photo Incident Angers France
France protests after a U S Air Force RF 101 photographed its Pierrelatte uranium plant. Paris says the jet violated a forbidden zone and took 175 pictures. The incident strains Franco American ties as Andre Malraux heads to China amid talks on a monetary conference.
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France
U.S. Air Force Reconnaisance
Reuters
Paris
U.S
Pierrelatte
Armed Forces Ministry
U.S. Air
Ram
Stein
West Germany
Defense Department
Ministry
Rene Ae Ows
Andre Malraux
Georges Pompidou
Peking
Hong Kong
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Tax Sleuths Show Snooperscope Spying Tactics
Senate investigators disclosed details of Internal Revenue Service agents using a snooperscope to spy on taxpayers and their guests in Milton Massachusetts. Agents maintained two day radio cars and observed the McGarry family from about 100 yards away. Jack Harris opened a safe but found only furs and clothes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Senate
Boston Revenue Service
Boston Army
Bernard McGarry
Boston
Milton
Mass
Ers
Jack Harris
Harris
Revenue Service
Robert M. Ferrick
Ferrick
McGarry
Edward Long
Subcommittee
Bernard Fensterwald
City Tops Growth Figures in 1965 Metro Survey
Amarillo ranked 14th among the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan markets in Sales Management’s 1965 buying power survey. The report lists Amarillo as the only Southwestern city in the top 15 and one of two Texas entries, with Potter and Randall counties included in the metro area.
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Sales Management
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Les Management Business
Potter
Randall
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Anchorage
Alaska
Las Vegas
Nev
Anaheim
Santa Ana
Garden Grove
Calif
Santa Barbara
Oxnard-Ventura
Amarillo Youth Corps needs applicants for summer work
Amarillo opens applications for Neighborhood Youth Corps with 90 youths sought for a six week session. An $18 210 federal grant funds the city project with total cost $22 340 and city share $4 130. The program will place youths in summer conservation work and TEC will expedite approvals to start promptly.
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Amarillo
John Stiff
Inyo
Labor Department
Walter Rogers
Pampa
Stiff
Texas Employment Commission
The
Texas
Coast Guard patrol boats deploy to Da Nang in Viet Nam
Eight of 17 fast Coast Guard boats reach Da Nang to curb infiltration from North Viet Nam. The action marks their first war zone visit since past operations near Cuba. Boats are armed and suited for shallow water patrols along the Vietnamese coast. A Viet Cong attack on a Vietnamese Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border left American advisers casualties.
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Red China
Viet Nam
China
DA Nang
Swift
Coast Guard
U.S
Cuba
Sublic Bay
Pres
Phillipines
7Th Fleet
U. S
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U.S. Labor Department
Kiwanis Club
Camp Kiwanis
Bond Burgess
Jason Robberson
Bill Clymer
Stillwater, Okla
Oklahoma State University
Plainview High School
Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Bloomington
Dean Rusk
United Nations
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rusk
Illinois
House
Clyde Beatty
Ventura
Ellwood Park
Izzard
South Viet Nam
Ellwood
Memorial Park
Norman Dulaney
Austin
Dulaney
Dean Walter Juniper
West Texas State University
Aimee Aimee Semple McPherson
Dean Juniper
Wes Izzard
Ann Landers
Astro-Guide
Capitol
Santa Fe Spotlight
Sylvia Porter
Pos
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Long
Internal Revenue Service
Garcia
Betty Margaret Kirkendall
Mrs. Garcia
Mrs. Kirkendall
Pittsburgh
Snoop
U.S. Department of Commerce
Youth Corps
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