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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1966
Page
1
Arnold Palmer shot a four under par 66 and Bill Casper added a 68 to share the halfway lead at 137 in the 66th National Open. Randy Matson again set a meet shot put record with 67 1/2 feet in the NCAA Track and Field Meet. A pair of elephants escaped from their keeper in Chicago.
A SEME trailer truck rolled from its parking space in Clarendon on Friday morning. It grazed the roof of a service station and crashed into a metal building.
Alfred Glenn of Amarillo said he bought the Western Skies Hotel Motel in Albuquerque for 4 million dollars from Schine Enterprises and Sierra Life Insurance and plans a southwest motor hotel near Wolflin Georgia shopping center to finish by I 40 completion. The 225 room property is New Mexico’s largest convention center with space for about 1 000. the deal includes a 17 acre tract and a Standard Oil service station. Glenn noted strong civic backing and tourism potential, while adding the sale occurred amid a separate theft case involving a New York lawyer in which he is named among possible victims, though no local impact was reported.
U S B 52 bombers attacked a Viet Cong stronghold in Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border as spotter planes reported up to 1500 Communist troops regrouping for a major strike. Air Force and Navy aircraft, amid SAM threats, flew 90 missions over the area. A downed Navy jet fighter and injuries to fifteen people, including ten Americans, were reported with details continuing on the next page.
In a flooded Olsen Street incident Horace Ridgell 4409 Olsen yanked his wife and 4 year old daughter from beneath a parked car trapped by rushing water Friday night. Mrs Ridgell lamented the danger in front of their home as bystanders watched.
A 24-year-old Texas Tech senior, Sammy Jim Horton of Lubbock, was charged with 9043 armed robbery of the First State Bank of Matador. He was arraigned in Floyd and another county and taken to Lubbock jail after being captured about 100 miles north of Floydada following the daylight robbery in which three people were held hostage.
Amarillo endured two major storms Friday bringing heavy hail and wind driven rain. A Globe News staffer logged 13 inches in the Hughes block, while other sites reported four to 2.7 inches. Downtown streets flooded and cars stalled up to 30 minutes as water reached storefronts and sidewalks. The First National Bank neon sign was damaged and two mobile homes were toppled by high winds.
West Texas leaders and Rep. George Mahon urged the Texas Water Development Board to boost planned water needs for the High Plains. They warned the 50 year plan overuses out of state imports and neglects local production, stressing irrigation areas and Ogallala supply.
Texas Highway Patrolmen Larry Snider and James Bird stopped a car at a roadblock north of Floydada and arrested Sammy Horton, 25, of Lubbock, after a driver flagged them for suspicion. Horton allegedly robbed the First State Bank in Matador the previous day and freed a farming couple held as hostages.
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