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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1966
Page
1
National Guardsmen and relief workers comb through rubble in Topeka Kansas fearing more victims after a killer tornado Wednesday night. The death toll stands at 15 with continued search efforts and warnings of further discoveries as authorities coordinate rescue operations.
A survey committee urges Boy Scouts to shed childish games and juvenile dress for a more sophisticated image. Critics call for an end to the “new image” drive amid pervasive preoccupation with appearances and public perception.
Opinion piece argues against chasing a new image for America and various groups. It praises the nation’s established values and warns that image tuning won t improve love or respect. The piece cautions that social revolutions could undermine leadership and global standing.
A mixed digest notes quirky items from 1967 including Thich Tri Quang on a liquid diet, a Metrecal lunch club, and GooO 6 dialing coming to Lubbock in late 1967. It also mentions Reagan-Ev Romney at the 1968 GOP scene, plus Western Union ending a 20 000 employee strike with a 4 7 percent annual wage rise retroactive to June 1.
Dumas Dosi Days draws 6000 people to the courthouse lawn for a barbecue that kicks off a three day festival. Charlie Jameson, a local well driller, notes the crowd’s joy as a parade, dances, beauty contests and rodeos are planned.
California's Supreme Court reversed its housing ruling, allowing single family home owners not in real estate to refuse sales or leases to Negroes or minority groups. The May 10 decision had overturned Prop 14, while Unruh and Rumford Acts remain constitutional. The Miller Hill case factored in, with the court affirming the eviction right of Crawford Miller in North Sacramento.
Mrs. Bernardo Andreu Pascual, married by telephone from Amarillo to her Cuban husband, says she has lost hope of freeing him from Cuba unless a miracle occurs. Civic Center attendees heard the story during Thursday city commission session.
Hurricane Alma struck the Florida panhandle with 100 mile per hour winds and heavy tides causing marina destruction and damage to piers and homes at Alligator Point and Carrabelle while forecasters warned of rapid weakening. At least 47 dead across three nations and Cuba’s farms suffered crop losses as the storm moved inland toward Tallahassee.
The storm Alma crossed northwest Florida and into Alabama with gusts near 100 mph 20 miles south of Tallahassee. Tallahassee recorded 61 mph gusts as the eye moved ashore, uprooted trees and flickering lights noted. A sudden turn in Alma spared the capital on the storm's weaker side.
About 300 participants continued James Merediths trek toward Jackson despite jeers and a fatal heat related collapse of Armstead Phipps a 58 year old sharecropper from Marks Mississippi. Phipps died after the third day of marching as Merediths route nears Hernando where Aubrey Norvell the white shooter remains jailed in Hernando. Highway patrols guide the marchers as conflicts arise with taunting from teens and locals at U.S. 51 corridor, with Klans territory ahead and a cautious crowd following from Memphis.
Militant Buddhists issued a 15 point manifesto saying peace negotiations would amount to surrender to the Viet Cong while acknowledging the U S armed presence as needed temporarily. The move aligns with Ky opposition to talks as Johnson signals willingness to parley with the Viet Cong. A cordial meeting between Thich Tam Chau and U S Ambassador Lodge preceded the note.
President Johnson ordered federal officials to mobilize every aspect of aid for hurricane Alma victims in Florida and tornado victims in the Topeka area. OEP director Ferris Bryant relayed orders while disaster relief coordinator Kent Hutton reported 4 000 victims so far need help.
A mile fifteen mile path of destruction through Topeka Kansas left at least 15 dead and about 100 million dollars in property damage. More than 450 injured and 2000 homeless with 70 still hospitalized. Mayor Charles W. Wright Jr. cited 15 minutes between siren warning and impact. National Guardsmen aided search at ruined apartments and homes.
The Rev. Charles E. Lutrick will become district superintendent at Amarillo replacing Dr. Vernon N. Henderson who moves to an associate secretary role in Lubbock. The conference also names pastors for Buchanan Street, Forest Hill, First Methodist in Post and Olton. Lutrick has served in Floydada and other Texas churches and holds degrees from Perkins School of Theology and Texas Tech.
New York traders pushed the market higher as glamour issues rose while some rubber and rail merger candidates declined. The Dow edged up 3.28 to 882.62 on light volume of 5.83 million shares, with many high flyer shares posting multi point advances.
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