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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
1
Pigeon shooters from the Panhandle converge on the Amarillo Gun Club for a three day charity event. Proceeds benefit the Children's Home and the Amarillo Hearing Center.
A car overturned near Clovis injuring two. A Page 1 note on cosmetics taxes and a sub $100 furs duty. Page 1 mentions lower insurance rates for Texans. Barry Goldwater urged Johnson to outline U.S. policy in South Vietnam. Page 9 reports rights workers and sailors deployed to search. The House Appropriations Committee backed a small foreign aid cut. Tobacco denounces cigarette labeling as illegal and vows court fight. A social security health plan faces last ditch Senate study. Civil rights demonstrators attacked in St Augustine. Senate pay raise for Congress and federal workers approved. Page 34. An Army sergeant recalls a transport plane crash killing seven, injuring 22. Page 2. Screaming whites clash with police.
The Voice of the New Mexico Taxpayer argues about freedom and capitalism, noting that welfare has grown eight times faster than population in ten years. It claims 33 cents of every earned dollar is the taxpayer's share, with 23 cents to the federal government and the rest to state and local entities.
Washington military brass based around Fort McNair Bolling and Anacostia Naval Air Station cross the Potomac for Pentagon work. Army officers use motor boats Navy officers fly by helicopter and Air Force officers drive home. The piece also notes the film How the West Was Won touring and a Little Theater fall season seeking props including Japanese instruments and a goat for Teahouse of the August Moon.
In St Augustine Florida nearly 300 whites storm police lines attacking civil rights demonstrators marching downtown They attacked after leaving a segregationist rally with rocks bottles and lids police and highway patrolmen struggled to control the mob Shouts of violence spread around the Old Slave Market as both sides clashed with officers Several youths were injured and arrests were made as a beach Wade in and slave market melee escalated into broader street fights across the city.
Western Builders led by Horace Scott submitted the apparent low bid of 742000 dollars for Levi Strauss distribution warehouse and administration buildings at NE 24th and Eastern. Construction will start within a week with completion in 135 days on a 25 acre Levi Strauss site. next bids ranged up to 850000 dollars and more, with about 50 people at the bid opening in Amarillo Chamber of Commerce.
Washington Interior Department set crude and unfinished oil imports at 1 205 207 barrels daily for H2 1964, up 55 879 from H1. East of the Rockies licensed crude imports fall to 698 189 bpd, down about 18 000, while finished products stay at 76 630 bpd. West Coast licenses rise to 308 822 bpd, up 72 532, citing temporary supply demand shifts.
The Senate voted to repeal the 10 percent federal excise on cosmetics handbags and luggage and on cheaper furs and jewelry. The tax would still apply to the cost over 100 dollars for furs and jewelry, a move welcomed by industry groups and women. President Johnson argued the treasury cannot afford a 455 million revenue loss this year. House Republicans blocked repeal last week, sending the issue toward a Senate House conference. The Pastore Keating amendment passed 48 to 38, with 17 Democrats and 31 Republicans for. Opposed were 37 Democrats and one Republican. The amendment replaces a previous finance committee plan shifting excises to manufacturers.
The tobacco industry pledges a lengthy legal fight against a new FTC rule requiring cigarette labels and advertising to warn that smoking may cause death and disease. FTC Chairman Dixon warned suits could delay effectiveness for years as Bowman Gray of R. J. Reynolds testified before Congress, arguing government action is unnecessary now.
The State Board of Insurance and industry spokesmen agreed on auto insurance rates for 1964 65. Proposed rates will be adopted within a week and take effect for policies issued between August 1, 1964 and July 31, 1965 after an annual hearing.
The basic liability premium in Potter and Randall counties climbs from 39 to 41 under new rates. The policy meets state financial responsibility requirements of 10 000 for injury or death of one, 20 000 for two, and 5 000 for property damage.
The Texas Rating Bureau proposes rate adjustments for private passenger car coverage with average declines of 6.7 percent overall after adjustments. Property damage and bodily injury liability rise 3.8 percent from current levels, while collision drops 5 percent and comprehensive falls 15.5 percent due to prior year losses. Medical payments rise 7 percent, and commercial auto changes yield an 11.1 percent drop in bodily injury liability with a 0.6 percent rise in personal damage liability, reducing premiums by about 5 percent overall.
New York based Britt Sullivan began a solo swim across the Atlantic from near Coney Island. Accompanied by a 35 foot boat and five crew, she aims for Montauk Point in about a week before continuing toward England over roughly five months and 3,178 miles.
The White House said an FBI slip led to a mistaken report that 200 Marines would join the Mississippi search for three missing civil rights workers. actually 206 sailors were deployed. Gov. Johnson was not pre notified due to inadvertence, and Pentagon later corrected the error. The operation included eight helicopters as the Navy sailors entered the Rogue Chitto area near Meridian.
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