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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
1
The State Board of Insurance in Austin proposed about a $4 rise in auto insurance for Amarillo drivers at the annual hearing. Bids for Amarillo College's business and technological studies complex construction will be opened at 4 p.m. today in the college auditorium.
Ernest Clark, 31, recreation superintendent for the city Parks and Recreation Division, will assume duties as traffic and safety director on July 1. Edward Millsap, 19, of 5901 NE 9th, pleaded guilty to murder without malice in the beating death of his 9 month old son and received five years probation. The Tascosa High School Chair, led by Bill Cormack, was nominated for a Benjamin Award by Judge Gene Jordan.
The LOR ae Headquarters for the Department of Field Training and the 3321 Field Training Squadron will relocate from Amarillo AFB to Wichita Falls on July 1. Judge Lewis Goodrich ruled in List District Court that 71 Republican primary voters have the right to act as Republican party participants. Tulia realtor Donald Crocker named manager of the Tulia Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Wayne Cooper who moved to Slaton. James L. Ownbey, Spearman High School 1966 graduate, awarded a Welch Foundation Chemistry Scholarship worth 4000 dollars. The Communist Party of the US plans to seek legitimacy at its New York convention on June 22 at the Manhattan Center. The United States announced resumption of full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
Reported plan to launch seven satellites and an experimental craft on a single Air Force rocket. Police enforce a strict no crowds edict in a riot torn Puerto Rican neighborhood after three nights of vandalism and turbulence. Defense Secretary McNamara announces withdrawal of all U S Air Force aircraft from France in coming months. President Johnson warns Southern hospitals they will be excluded from Medicare unless they comply with segregation rules.
Dutch Steubing joins the Lake Meredith project as the new tunnel man to drive the 1,400 foot shaft at Sanford Dam. Despite limited experience beyond the Holland Tunnel, his steady leadership and crew management helped overcome shale blasts and rock chunks to complete the shaft.
In Saigon Buddhist protesters clashed with combat police driving them from a three block area. At least 100 Buddhists were arrested and one person was reportedly killed as tear gas filled the streets during the most intense anti-government fighting in three days.
The United States state department announced the resumption of full economic assistance to India and Pakistan, excluding military arms. After six months of talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Ayub Khan, leaders focus on development and peace in South Asia with World Bank cooperation guiding early aid steps.
The high court approved a paper by Judge Marvin Jones in a Louisiana Mississippi boundary dispute involving two oil firms and landowners as the Mississippi River shifted state lines. Judge Jones, retired chief justice of the Court of Claims, is visiting Amarillo for summer vacation and will tackle more cases for the court.
The Dow Jones average slipped 2.06 to 901.11 as the market stalled after a brief push above 900. Volume reached 853 million shares, with resistance near 900 due to a large block of stock likely to be sold at that level after the year's low of 864.14 on May 17.
The United States will move 575000 tons of military stocks and 7500 personnel out of France by Sept 1. Secretary McNamara said the transfers include 32 C130 transport planes and the 322nd Air Division, with supplies going to Britain, Germany and other NATO areas following Charles de Gaulle’s order.
A massive brush fire sparked by a plane crash roared into the San Raphael mountains in Santa Barbara California. Eight firefighters were injured, over 2,500 personnel fought the blaze on 80,000 acres with 100 mile perimeter amid 9 to 100 degree heat and windy, unstable conditions.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals scheduled a full hearing for June 24 on Jack Ruby's appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence for Lee Harvey Oswald's shooting. Ruby, 55, has been on death row since 1964 after a Dallas jury found him sane for the crime.
Judge Lewis M. Goodrich ruled 71 voters who backed Republicans in the May primary could participate in the June Democratic runoff. The suit arose in Gray County 31st District Court over A. J. Carabbi’s bid for the judgeship, where eight vote differentials favored incumbent Bill Craig.
Washington reports the Communist Party in the United States readies its 18th convention to seek public legitimacy after Supreme Court rulings limited McCarran and Smith Acts. The event may feature Herbert Aptheker and Staughton Lynd, with Viet Nam as a central issue to attract non Communist supporters. A government official notes plans to double membership in the coming year.
House Armed Services Committee chair L. Mendel Rivers announced public hearings on the draft for June 22 with Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey as the first witness. Rivers ordered members to France next month to study disposal of U.S. inventories as forces depart.
Police use cluster busting tactics for a second night to quell unrest in a riot torn Chicago area. Officers dispersed groups with orders to do it with a smile as 31 arrests were made for rock throwing while eight people were shot or wounded on prior nights. Saloon closures were urged in a bordered district as 500 officers cleared over 2,000 people.
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