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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
1
Page 1 reports new aid measures for people harmed by the New York City transit strike. The article outlines government and nonprofit efforts to provide relief, including financial assistance and essential services during the disruption.
The civic center project sketches show a third flag not the UN flag but Amarillo's city flag designed in 1943 by Col Ed Raley of Amarillo Army Air Field and presented to the city. Mayor Jenkins oversaw its official adoption by commission resolution with a royal blue field, red border, and gold fringe.
Readers are invited to submit flag sketches as Amarillo's small red star flag inspires towns like Pampa Borger Dumas Plainview Clovis to adopt official symbols. The piece notes two full size flags exist and urges towns to run design competitions to promote local pride and free enterprise amid debates over government price controls.
Lake Meredith sees high visitation with nearly 300000 guests since last June though facilities are sparse. As the lake fills and new lodges and amenities appear, regional appeal rises, drawing crowds potentially in the thousands, with caution about the evolving local impact.
William C. Boyce, 68, longtime Amarillo business leader and former chairman of Armstrong Transfer & Storage Co., died Friday night after a brain tumor operation. He served in World War I and II aiding local and national efforts, was city commissioner candidate in 1961, and chaired two local firms from 1950. He is survived by wife Julia.
Robert G. Bobby Baker and Clifford Jones are scheduled for arraignment in U S District Court in Washington on January 24 before Chief Judge Matthew F. McGuire. Baker faces income tax evasion fraud and theft charges while Jones faces perjury counts in connection with the alleged tax dodging scheme.
A bipartisan five member panel led by Sen. Mike Mansfield reports the Viet Nam war could escalate toward general war, with little prospect for a rapid negotiated settlement. The group notes Viet Cong strength remains, and peace prospects depend mainly on combatants, despite Johnson's public peace push.
In London the Victoria Hotel offers a computer bar where diners select from 217 drink codes. A gin and tonic is 145 and a Tom Collins 155. The system prints a bill after a 15 second wait, speeding service and tracking sales.
An enraged customer at Fohrman Motors in Chicago opened fire with a sawed off shotgun, killing salesman Sidney Fohrman and sons Edward Fohrman and Albert Sizer before dying in a gunfight with police. Donald Dean Jackson, 25, carried a Luger and shells. three women hid under desks. The incident followed a dispute over repairs to a car Jackson had bought at the agency. Sidney Fohrman died en route to Presbyterian St Luke's Hospital.
Detectives Roland Charles and York Anderson investigated a showroom shooting in the Golden Spread area. They confronted Jackson who fired on them from the cashier's office window. Charles fired five shots through the opening, killing Jackson. Clerks Pam Dominski and Al Sizer reported gunfire and injuries nearby.
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