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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1966
Page
1
Charlie Johnson, 48, of Hereford, was charged Sunday with assault with intent to murder after his ex wife and another Hereford resident were shot in the face with a 12 gauge shotgun. A second incident reports a whirling outboard motor propeller injuring Bob Tanner, 20, of Portales near Ute Lake. Page 2 and 7 references.
U S Marines repelled a Communist assault on an oil storage area near Da Nang as about 1500 Marines landed from craft and helicopters 250 miles north of Saigon in a fresh drive against the Communists.
Chou En Lai met Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu in Eforie on an unplanned visit with Ion Gheorghe Maurer and other officials. A Romanian source called last week’s Bucharest talks successful, covering subjects of common interest, before an informal meeting after a luncheon in Constanta.
Dispatches from New China News Agency report Marshal Piao remains a focus of purges and appears as Mao Tze-tung’s close ally. A letter from Lin urging 700 million Chinese to think like Mao appeared on front pages, with no clear reason for its late release.
Leroy Burch of Los Angeles was shot in the right hip by a man who held a knife on his wife and announced a hold up at the English Motel on Amarillo Boulevard. Burch was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital and listed in noncritical condition. The incident began when a man rented a cabin and claimed his family would join him the next day.
President elect Joaquin Balaguer outlines a severe austerity program aimed at cutting the military and a bloated civil service. He signals reductions as inauguration approaches July 1 with a modest ceremony and tight Cabinet secrecy. Balaguer declines to identify future ministers or confirm the size of payroll cuts while warning of difficult times ahead.
The Peruvian army announced it had eliminated communist guerrilla bands in the Andes after a nine month campaign aided by paratroops and rangers. The operation reported 62 rebels killed and 32 military and police deaths, with several civilians also killed.
U S Marines smashed a ground and waterborne assault on an American oil storage field near Da Nang. About 1500 Marines landed 250 miles north of Saigon. B 52 bombers joined three raids against Viet Cong targets as 14 Viet Cong raiders were captured.
Senate inquiry raises whether additional U S divisions may be needed in Europe to replace French units pulled from joint defenses. Sen. Stuart Symington asked Gen. Harold K Johnston if more U S divisions are required to hold any form of shield or tripwire amid NATO tensions.
Mrs. Paul Dillavou of 1011 Dunaway fit a rumble seat to Glenn House of 1931 Manhattan at a Father's Day picnic in Forrest Hill Park. The Amarillo Long Horn Chapter of Model A Club of America, formed three months ago, plans to attend the national convention July 28 to 30 in Albuquerque and seeks new members including hitch hiking enthusiasts.
An early Sunday blaze in Dumas killed 18 year old James Robertson by asphyxiation after two youths were pulled from a burning converted garage bedroom. James Moss 19 was found nearby as firefighters entered through a cut wall at 2 35 am.
A posse with bloodhounds and aircraft killed a Negro suspect after a gunfight near a pasture in Donalsonville. He faced 200-300 officers from three states, killing two women and wounding two officers after resisting efforts to surrender. FBI fingerprint check ruled out a prior suspect Henry Lee Lumpkin.
Hank Coleman left the Mississippi civil rights march after a week of heat sun and tension. The 23 year old white former Bellevue High Omaha and Rice University student said there are enough volunteers and the group is struggling to feed participants with 275 at lunch and dog food at night. He joined to show whites care about the Negroes plight but felt unease among the crowd and decided to quit.
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