23 Jul 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1965
Page
1
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce launches a campaign against repealing the Taft Hartley right to work. A vigorous phone and telegram push to congressmen aims to keep the measure opposing repeal. A Roswell New Mexico mosquito spray operation intensifies to combat encephalitis, with more spraying planned as a truck from Albuquerque arrives.
The record notes Attorney General Waggoner Carr may run in 1966 on the Democratic ballot with no decision yet. It also reports Lefors approving $50,000 revenue bonds for a gas works purchase and Texas Tech budgeting $21.6 million for 1965 66. Other items include population changes, rodeo prize money, and a district court release in a San Antonio incident.
The article notes two bills in Congress to end the loyalty oath for students receiving federal funds under the National Defense Education Act. Senate Bill 2117 would drop the oath and criminal-record disclosure. House Bill 8330, by Rep. Ogden Reid, would do the same. supporters question why any American would oppose it.
Congressman Charles Vanick of Ohio touts shopping surveys to prove merchants pass tax cuts to customers and cites a Cleveland Nord washer price drop from 149 to 147. Harvey Corn of Amarillo says no excise tax on washers and criticizes Vanick. The item notes a 2 reduction from dealer profit and includes other assorted local items and jokes.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home quits as leader of the Conservative Party at age 62, signaling possible autumn elections. Reginald Maudling and Edward Heath lead as rivals, with Christopher Soames named as a defense spokesman and debate within the party about leadership and strategy.
The omnibus housing bill would let the government buy homes of military and civilian workers displaced by a base closing. Amarillo Realtors say the move could stabilize a shaky market, with 7 150 base personnel and 1 500 civilians affected. The plan phases closures over two years and offers mortgage protections and potential moratoriums.
The Soviet Union disclosed at the Gerald Brooke spy trial that a Western espionage ring operates in the USSR to overthrow the government. Brooke, a 27 year old London language lecturer, confessed to liaising with NTS and smuggling anti Soviet radio codes and a printing press into Russia. The trial, held in Moscow, suggested a long running NTS presence and alleged collaboration with the British Embassy and allied powers.
Benja the white drill horse bolted from a van after a pageant by the 3rd Infantry Regiment Old Guard. He swam the Tidal Basin to a boathouse, failed to scale the dock, and required heavy Army lifting gear to be hauled ashore after a two hour moonlit swim.
Police and citizens across Texas chase leads after two 21 year old Chi Omega sisters Susan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark vanish from Austin. A dusty yellow Chevrolet Corvair found near their planned dorm location and a ditch with their clothing spur the probe, with little confirmation they remain safe.
A 9-year-old boy named David Knight was pulled from a Dallas storm sewer after a nocturnal journey more than two-thirds of a mile uphill through an 18 inch diameter pipe. R O Henley, Texas Highway Department engineer, was awakened early as rescue crews retrieved him.
Police and firemen traced barefoot boy tracks into a maze of storm sewers under a southwest Dallas freeway but found no exit. Engineer Henley joined in the probe while officer M E Farris descended a manhole to search further.
U S jet bombers struck North Viet Nam 41 miles from the border destroying a bridge and damaging Yen Bay rail yards while Phantoms hit a Song Cao army barracks. Government and U S forces report heavy Viet Cong losses near Tam Ky and other clashes as Seventh Fleet ships patrol.
Three Job Corps trainees charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in a San Antonio shooting were released on their signatures after District Judge Archie Brown ruled there was insufficient evidence. They posted $2,000 bonds as material witnesses while two other suspects remain jailed on assault to murder charges.
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