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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
1
Directors of the American Quarter Horse Association meet at the Coronado Inn today to decide whether to relocate the association headquarters.
Five area youths who won in fields taught during the Southwestern Public Service Co Future Farmers of America Electric Workshop received expense paid trips to the National FFA Convention in Kansas City in October.
A revised written judgment upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals closes a loop hole and allows appeal on alleged irregularities in the Gray County run-off election. The defendant received a life sentence after pleading guilty to burglary.
Billy Casper returns to his lucky city to defend his title as Arnold Palmer seeks better luck. The field of 135 golfers tees off in the $100,000 Western Open in Chicago.
The 1964 Senate debate figure Thomas J. Dodd flew to West Germany to meet Bonn leaders with Julius Klein’s interests in mind. A San Juan report claimed 12 Cuban women athletes fled a bus for the United States but officials saw no such event as the women did not appear. Authorities halted alcohol sales and increased police patrols to head off riots in the Negro district.
A rainstorm prompts a question of flag etiquette at a Naval Reserve Station. A motorist lowers the flag, sparking debate over weather rules and military and civilian regulations. Experts note variations: storm and garrison flags, military from dawn to dusk, and postal practice allows leaving flags up unless drying is needed.
UPI reports heavy fighting near the South China Sea coast north of Tuy Hoa as U S Army paratroopers and air cavalrymen repel a three day clash with North Vietnamese forces. Casualties rise with at least 218 North Vietnamese dead. US losses described as light officially. Aerial combat sees multiple jets down and a Sidewinder kill. Civilians face danger as weather forces flag etiquette reminders and patriotic gestures are noted.
Reg Calvert the pirate Radio City chief was shot dead at Maj. Oliver Smedley’s thatched cottage near the southeast coast. Smedley 54, a Liberal party figure and Project Atlanta head, was charged with murder as 11 armed raiders seized the offshore station. Calvert had planned to seek help from Scotland Yard as the raid unfolded. The station remains silent with raiders in control.
John Fowlston reports from Moore County on the urbane query about the uranium boom and potential discounted shares. Elbert Reeves recalls a Lions Club sign in Matador about overpaying for valuable items. A Nashville church sign proclaims Closed for Re Prayers in Wes Izard's item.
Chicago Tribune report says students at Jones Commercial High used to nails tossed from windows by rebellious girls during term end. Elmer Betz, chief engineer, and Clarence Carey, the director, discuss the incident and note the ongoing addition to the school.
Brg. Gen. Thomas P. Corwin said a Senate pay bill would likely raise Amarillo Air Force Base payroll by about 832000 dollars annually, based on a proposed 32 percent hike for all ranks. The current base payroll is around 81 million dollars a year. Corwin spoke during a reception by the Amarillo Clearing House Association at Tascosa Country Club.
Corwin says the Air Force accounting network acts like a corporate home office. It analyzes fiscal data, issues all allotment and reserve pay checks, and handles U.S. savings bonds bought by Air Force personnel. More than 2.5 million bonds each year.
Senate Ethics Committee hearings reveal Sen. Thomas J. Dodd traveled to Germany in 1964 to aid Klein a Chicago PR executive amid accusations he used Senate influence for German business interests. James P. Boyd Jr., Dodd's former aide, testified that Dodd copied 4,000 documents and shared them with columnists Pearson and Anderson.
A bus driver claimed Cuban girl athletes defected en route to a ship but immigration officials later said the defection was unfounded and 12 females were suspected to defect. Police questioned the driver as Cuba’s delegation denied any defection.
At a New York convention, Gus Hall urged a popular front to defeat President Johnson and the Republicans in 1968, calling for working class and labor Negro unity behind peace and civil rights movements while denouncing Viet Nam policy. Pickets from Young Americans for Freedom protested outside Webster Hall.
A three part editorial on water as the key element for agriculture and industry on the High Plains starts today on Page 40.
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