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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1967
Page
1
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders segregated housing prohibited at one military base and signals expansion across the armed forces. The move aims to desegregate quarters and set a national example amid civil rights pressure.
The 3320th Retraining Group at Amarillo Air Force Base will finish its move to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver by September 1. A Texas Girls State session in Austin drew about 400 high school girls learning practical politics. Community fundraising supports Amarillo Medical Center library purchases as its initial collection, including 98 periodicals arriving at Amarillo College.
Washington reports a special committee prepared warning of possible armed insurrection among Negroes in certain areas. The piece cites AP reporting police arrests of 16 alleged conspirators in New York and confiscation of weapons as part of a broader claim about revolutionary aims.
A. K. Baracat recalls support for Jerusalem as an international city shared by Christians Jews and Muslims. The piece notes Israel proposing to place holy shrines under religious control and suggests global stewardship or a world mandate could foster lasting peace.
The Senate rejected a bid to limit the Dodd censure and adjourned in turmoil without ruling on misconduct charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. An 87 to 9 vote upheld the push for censure while other efforts to spare Dodd or merely admonish him failed. Dodd exited the chamber as proceedings paused until noon.
Buck Herzog quotes a camel versus Cadillac line in the Milwaukee Sentinel. Irv Kupcinet notes a travel pitch for See the Pyramids in Israel. Herb Caen cites two million Egyptian rifles offered lightly used, and Don Riley cites a Red Sea travel warning. A couple recalls an Arabian UN speech with a camel joke.
In New York police followed new leads as they pursue a large RAM terror cell believed linked to a planned weekend wave of assassinations. Sixteen alleged members face multi count charges with bail set at 207 500. Target lists included Whitney Young and Roy Wilkins.
President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin will hold substantive talks at Glassboro State College in Glassboro New Jersey at 10 a.m Amarillo time. The White House said the session will address Vietnam Middle East the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and ballistic missiles.
In Berkeley, hippie John Milligan carries his daughter Reina as the family attends final sentencing for roughly 60 defendants linked to the 1964 Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley. Marilyn Milligan pays a $276 fine to avoid jail as many demonstrators have since married and started families.
The 11 year old girl and her cousin were found in a car trunk in Cedar Rapids, leading to the arrest of Joseph Rober Carter 42 Beaumont Texas. Authorities say Carter identifies as Hubert B McClelland of Texas with a long criminal record. He is held in Linn County Jail without bond pending Benton County District Court action on murder charges in the death of Mrs Charles Schwab 42 who was killed while her family attended a birthday party. Other victims Leland Skoog 55 and his son Garith 24 in Tama County remain under investigation.
Secretary McNamara designates all apartments and trailer parks in the Andrews area off limits to servicemen if landlords refuse to rent to Negroes. Effective July 1, the measure targets discrimination faced by thousands of military personnel and signals more actions in other states.
A Vietnamese gunwoman known as the Tiger Lady rode a motor scooter with a male driver and shot four American targets in Saigon over four weeks. Air Force Sgt Don Latham of Sheridan Wyoming was wounded in the latest attack. earlier victims included a construction worker and his companion and a captain killed. The shooter fled on the scooter, leaving authorities seeking her identity.
A tornado dropped from a cloud near the helium plant west of Amarillo early this morning. The funnel touched ground 256 yards south of the plant at 12 10 a m and stayed on the ground about 20 minutes. Civil Defense and police rushed to monitor for a repeat sighting.
A bill to jail pro rioters who incite or organize riots across state lines won quick House approval. The measure imposes up to five years in jail for crossing borders to foment racial unrest and includes civil rights protections for Black citizens. Speaker McCormack praised the subcommittee vote and urged swift full committee action.
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