This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1966
Page
1
The Senate passed a bill mandating federal safety standards for all new cars in the U S and sent it to the House. Separately FCC held a secret session over payola allegations in radio, a Liberal Kansas court released Charles Kemp amid a rape case doubt, and other briefs note Wimbledon equipment challenges and local civic efforts.
India faces a massive rat population with an estimated 2.4 billion rodents causing extensive crop loss. Despite a record grain harvest, imports of surplus wheat from the United States rose, while some Indians oppose killing rats. The piece weaves in unrelated notes about a Heritage Foundation prop request, a Kansas 4-H plaque, and a postal flag guidance.
Three men constructed a 5800 pound replica of an 1871 steam engine for the musical Texas to debut July 1 at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. They repurposed a surplus school bus into the locomotive frame, sourcing parts from a bus, wagon, airplane gear, truck compressor, and a mower tank, with Gov Cowart leading the engineering effort.
Sen Thomas J Dodd apologized for a threat by his son Jeremy toward witness Michael OHare in the ethics committee inquiry into Dodd. The case ties to allegations of improper intervention for Julius Klein and West German interests and to columnists Pearson and Anderson.
Liberal Kansas Friday freed a man who had pled guilty to raping a 4 year old girl in 1962 after new evidence showed the girl had never been raped. The same girl, Gladys Cora Johnson, was later the victim in a Topeka kidnapping slaying in 1964. Judge L L Morgan set aside Charles Kemp's 5 to 21 year rape sentence and granted a new trial motion. Seward County plans no further prosecution. Zimmer faces death for the 1964 Johnson slaying. Kemp’s attorney cites a potential pattern linking the cases and questions the framing.
The Senate unanimously passed a mandatory federal safety standards bill for all new U S automobiles by 76 to 0 and rejected an amendment to impose fines and jail terms on executives. Noncompliance carries a 1000 dollar per car fine up to 400000 dollars. A separate safety grants package of 465 million dollars for state and local campaigns was approved by voice vote. President Johnson praised both measures and urged House passage.
Seattle detectives consider a vengeance motive in the slaying of Lonnie Trumbull and assault on her roommate Lisa Wick, both 20, from Port land Ore. Found in their basement apartment, Trumbull was dead and Wick unconscious with head injuries. Police found no evidence of a casual prowler.
Marine Naty Carlisi dies on a Viet Nam hill after a six hour battle near Chu Lai. He and Sgt. James E. Howard fight against a much larger enemy with grenades bayonets and rocks. Carlisi wrote his father a Father’s Day note from Viet Nam and hoped to be a pharmacist before burial as an unsung hero.
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg joined U N dignitaries at a luncheon honoring Saudi King Faisal, who faced a city boycott over anti Jewish remarks. Mayor Lindsay canceled an official welcome banquet amid political pressure. Faisal was welcomed by U Thant at U N headquarters with no reported declines.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.