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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
1
A researcher reported Sunday that people reduced blood pressure to acceptable levels for nearly 314 years by injections of an inactive substance they believed was medication. The finding appears on Page 14 in the Top of the Day's News.
Mrs. Pinky Taylor of 2914 Grand defeated 75 opponents to capture the title and earn a trip to the National Soup Box Derby on August 6 in Akron Ohio. Page 2. AMARILLO will be toured today by 30 foreign students who have studied in the Panhandle and Albuquerque New Mexico area for a year under Amor programs.
W E McIntosh, chief of the Oklahoma Creek Nation and spokesman for the Southwest Indian Organization, urged a return to complete independence from the federal government before 560 attendees. He framed education and self rule as essential steps in the movement.
Marines aided by air and artillery routed an estimated Communist battalion 13 miles northwest of Hue after a two day fight in marshy coastal plains. About 200 Viet Cong main force, possibly mixed with North Vietnamese, killed. 61 bodies counted. at least six captured. Silence slowly closed as Marines pressed into jungle westward.
Sen Thomas J Dodd and his wife testify before the Senate Ethics Committee as it closes the opening phase of misconduct inquiries. The probe focuses on his relationship with Julius Klein Chicago registered agent for West German interests and potential campaign contribution concerns.
Roslyn Hirsch 20 of Washington Heights survived a 248 foot fall from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson and swam three miles to 102nd Street where she lay on the rocks overnight. Police say she walked away from the incident and claimed she did it alone.
Donna Coleer Danzer 20, crowned Miss California for a brief moment, relinquished the title to focus on education and her Marine boyfriend. Char lene Diane Dallas, 19, of Danville, is named the new Miss California with the associated prizes. Danzer continues studies at Pomona College while awaiting her boyfriend’s five month Marine assignment near San Diego.
In Warsaw crowds of Polish Catholics tried twice to march on the ruling party's headquarters and were dispersed by riot police. Tensions followed clashes between Cardinal Wyszynski supporters and party workers over the bishops' call for Polish German reconciliation.
Thousands of flag waving Negroes finish a long civil rights march in Jackson Mississippi with a disciplined rally behind the Capitol. James Meredith and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led speakers as security kept the area pent. Meredith drew the crowd’s strongest reaction.
Portales police pursued leads Sunday in the death of 27 year old relief mail carrier Robert L. Knight. Knight died after surgery for head injuries at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock following discovery by neighbor J. C. Hopkins. Police examine where Knight was between June 18 in Truth or Consequences and Thursday in Portales. Autopsy due in days. officials describe injuries as weird with potential binding marks on ankles and no evident blood loss.
In Cleveland the East Side slum area remained tense but quiet Sunday night after four nights of violence. Extra police patrolled a 15 block area while a helicopter hovered overhead and residents gathered on street corners.
Washington AP women members push administration civil rights bill to ban state law barring women from jury duty. The measure would end Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina exclusions and strike other gender based rules, though District of Columbia provisions may ease avoidance. A federal court already found Alabama’s law unconstitutional.
A Los Angeles hospital hosts Project Weekend weekly to brighten wards with music, games and conversation. About 30 unpaid college volunteers spend two hours in groups of 50 to 75 patients, using recreation to encourage participation and a sense of normal life.
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