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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1966
Page
1
School superintendent Robert Ashworth declined to comment Tuesday on the U S Office of Education denial of Amarillo Public Schools integration plan. The item appears amid a roundup of local civic issues and upcoming actions across Amarillo.
Building programs at West Texas State University in Canyon may speed up if Attorney General Waggoner Carr revises his interpretation of a constitutional amendment that sets priorities for tax revenues dedicated to colleges. Hale Center rebuilding follows 1965 tornado damage. Leland Wood named Spearman police chief after dismissal of Wayne Pierce. Wimbledon tennis features Bueno and 13 Americans among winners. Women's Invitational Partnership golf opens with balanced results.
Ronald Reagan praised Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch in Washington as a blueprint for crime prevention. John Mort of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the plug, noting the ranch houses about 300 boys at a per capita cost around 1600 dollars annually versus 3600 in juvenile hall.
The faction that split from the American Communist party last September announced they will boycott the party convention starting in New York today. The Senate Ethics Committee reported progress toward public hearings today on misconduct charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. A Senate Commerce Committee vote approved a mandatory federal auto safety standards bill for U.S. and foreign cars, trucks, and buses.
U S airborne troops fought a 500 man Communist battalion in a major engagement in South Viet Nam today. This marked the third clash of the month as forces pressed along the vital highland waist.
A reader notes two items: Harry Gardner, a nonagenarian salesman, to celebrate his 91st birthday June 22 at the Herring Hotel where he lives, with daughters Marie Gardner, I F Kloppstein, and Hoyt McClendon aiding the celebration. A political quip contrasts tipping cab drivers to influence votes for party lines.
A new Department of Agriculture herbicide named Tordon offers control for field bindweed, reducing potential losses up to half of crop yield. Dr. J F Kagy developed it, with agronomist Dr. Allen Wiese noting cost savings and targeted spot applications in infested fields. Trials included farms near Panhandle and Claude and research at Bushland.
Peter Fonda and three men are free on $2,000 bail each after narcotics officers found marijuana plants at a Tarzana home. A preliminary hearing is set on the charge of possessing marijuana.
A memorial march led by Dr. Martin Luther King in Philadelphia, Mississippi, devolved into a stone throwing and fist fight as about six marchers clashed with roughly a dozen white onlookers. Police stopped the melee as King spoke amid the uproar and camera crews were damaged.
General Francisco Franco traveled from Madrid to Barcelona in a long delayed trip seen as a key move against opposition centers in Catalonia.
Rep. Paul H. Todd asks federal employees in his district to report if they face pressure to buy government savings bonds. He argues investment choices are personal, notes bonds are sound, but the fight against inflation should come from Congress via spending cuts or policy changes.
Editor notes begin a series on military service prospects for young men. The piece cites Selective Service data for 1966 showing 31 million registered, 130000 new monthly entrants, with about 1.5 million in the qualified 1-A categories.
U S troops and air cavalrymen clashed with a Viet Cong battalion in heavy jungle fighting near Saigon on Tuesday as Americans attempted to turn a second trap.
The Senate Ethics Committee finished two days of closed hearings into Sen. Thomas J. Dodd misconduct charges and will begin public sessions today with witness James P. Boyd Jr. as the first to testify. The panel has already heard four witnesses about Dodd's ties to Julius Klein.
Chicago Tribune Press Service New York A breakaway group calling itself Communist Party USA Marxist Leninist announced a boycott of the party convention to expose the Hall Healey Lightfoot clique. Leader Michael Isaac Laski said they will form Peoples Armed Defense Groups to counter capitalist and revisionist influence and will be armed politically or otherwise if needed.
The Labor Department reported a one tenth of one percent rise in the cost of living in May. Higher mortgage costs, furniture, women's clothing, medical care and cigarettes pushed the measure up while food prices fell for the first time since September.
A coroner's jury ruled malnutrition caused the death of 22 month old Leonidas Dimpsten in Vancouver after seven weeks on a naturopath prescribed diet. The father testified the child begged for solid food until his death.
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