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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
1
Tentative plans call for submitting bids on July 11 and opening sealed bids on August 16 for Amarillo College’s proposed vocational school campus.
Top of the Day reports the early round action in Wimbledon men's singles with several seeds beginning play last Monday, including notable matches and advancing players. The focus is on who started their campaigns, notable early results, and potential contenders as the tournament opens.
The incident stems from New York City mayor John V Lindsay canceling a dinner honoring King Faisal of Saudi Arabia after a speech that insulted Jews in New York City. An unknown assailant later entered a Seattle apartment, assaulting two United Airlines flight attendants and leaving one dead while another was knocked unconscious. In Vietnam, Operation Nathan Hale neared completion as a North Vietnamese turncoat officer directed U S artillery and air strikes against his former comrades.
A rambling meditation on the High Plains heritage, the American Quarter Horse, and ranch life. The piece argues the horse as a symbol of plains resilience and states the Quarter Horse Association should keep its headquarters in the region. It contrasts space awe with the value of human labor. The author urges Americans, especially teens, to stay active for the space age.
A Republican remark linked the Viet Nam war to a proposed slogan "Either drive it or park it" provoking discussion. The piece notes a bus passing and includes a wry line about yawns being honest opinions.
Three United Air Lines stewardesses aged 20 were found injured and one killed in Seattle after an unknown attacker struck Lonnie Trumbull with a blunt object and fatally harmed her colleague. Lisa Wick lay in critical condition as investigators hunted the killer while roommates and parents from Portland offered shock and concern.
In Canton Mississippi tear gas halted a march to a Negro school ground where tents were to be pitched. Police in gas masks attacked the encampment using about 40 tear gas canisters as crowds dispersed amid shouts by SNCC leaders and chants of We Shall Overcome.
The American Quarter Horse Association will keep its headquarters in Amarillo. Directors met in special session at the Coronado Inn and voted 78 to 46, with a later unanimous standing vote, to stay in Amarillo. Four proposed moves to Denver Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Kansas City were not acted on. An extemporaneous bid from a North Dakota director offered six acres near the Capitol in Bismarck.
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will hear Jack Ruby’s appeal two years after Dallas jurors sentenced him to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby fired at Oswald on November 24 1963 in the Dallas police basement after Kennedy’s assassination.
On the U S S Lexington near Corpus Christi a training jet piloted by Ens D R Kratz crashed after catapult launch. Amarillo business and professional men including Bob Ashworth M T Johnson Jr and Bob Watson witnessed the accident from the lookout above the navigation bridge. The plane dipped sua wing and flipped into the water, the pilot’s helmet the only visible sign as rescue efforts began.
A North Vietnamese turncoat officer directed U S artillery and air strikes against his former unit helping American forces in a growing battle. U S forces and allies reported 53 Communist dead in Nathan Hale operations bringing total in the area to about 380 with estimates up to 4000 troops massed. South Vietnamese marines and 1st Division troops operated farther north in their first major operation since March, killing at least 312 Communists and capturing prisoners.
Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York City canceled a dinner in Washington that would have honored King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. The decision followed a speech in which King Faisal offended many Jews in New York.
Mayor John V Lindsay cancelled a red carpet greeting and a dinner for King Faisal of Saudi Arabia citing a prior remark calling Jews “our enemy.” Faisal arrived in New York from Washington amid official withdrawals by the city and state leaders, signaling a tense, unprecedented diplomatic snub during his visit.
In Des Moines the Iowa-Des Moines National Bank, dubbing itself the yes bank, published a half page ad after a Wednesday armed robbery at its Savings and Service Center. The note satirically chides the straw hat robber for borrowing 1500 dollars and not signing the note, warning they will not condone such borrowing again.
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd demanded a perjury action from the Justice Department after Marjorie Carpenter testified she overheard aides discuss a $10,000 payoff from Julius Klein. The hearing before the Senate Ethics Committee also heard claims of Dodd’s use of government funds for travel to Germany to assist Klein.
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