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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1965
Page
1
The Bundestag approved extending the deadline for prosecuting accused Nazi war criminals after an emotional, televised debate across West Germany. The measure, discussed on Page 3, signals continued pursuit of postwar justice.
A critical piece argues most basic bills come from executive agencies rather than Congress. It cites the Appalachian Aid bill as typical, approved in the House 257 to 165 after a Senate hearing, reflecting a shift toward the President's program and away from legislative authorship. The document warns this erosion of Congress prerogatives is not constitutional and calls for action to restore legislative primacy.
Walter Stkes, renowned golf course builder, proposes a second public course on his Bell Avenue land southwest of town with a clubhouse and facilities for about 100000 dollars. Aren Hunsley, Canyon developer and architect, has a ninehole course finished and a layout for another nine, eyeing a private club option amid Canyon's growth.
This and That notes Edith Roosevelt and her column pondering attire for Amarillo. The piece jokes about weather, readers’ reluctance to follow directions, and a tangent on a family name origin connected to Ida and Lou Bassett and Julian M. Bassett.
Dr. Clark Kerr abruptly resigned as University of California president, saying he joined a dramatic step to curb campus degradation of freedom. He cited pressure from regents over an obscene four letter placard and warned against further campus confrontation harming Berkeley and the University.
A midwestern state attorneys general move to invoke the 14th Amendment aims to reduce Alabama's congressional representation for denying voting rights. Iowa and other states weigh joining as demonstrations persist while federal action continues with the Justice Department banning sitdowns at its headquarters and a Montgomery court suit.
Midland Texas Mr and Mrs Leonard Troctor reported the theft of 50000 worth of jewelry from their Sutton Place Apartment after returning from a Dallas weekend. The missing items include a ladies emerald cut diamond box valued at 17000 a ladies diamond ring 13650 a platinum brooch 5000 a ladies diamond watch 11500 and two men s diamond watches with no value listed. The jewelry was recovered Tuesday afternoon.
The Texas House passed a plan creating a Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation by a 139 to 1 vote, sending it to the Senate. The measure would centralize treatment and prevention with community centers, while a separate malt liquor bill triggered heated debate and was tentatively approved 89 to 43.
About 400 demonstrators including whites and Negroes confronted Alabama police in Selma to spend the night in the street. The march violated a mayoral ban and a governor’s order against night protests as helmeted officers and county possemen held a barricade while participants bivouacked with bedrolls and food.
A large, disciplined march condemned the Selma assault on Reverend James Reed. Reed, 38, remained in critical condition at University Hospital in Birmingham as theologian Ralph Abernathy led the procession toward Montgomery with a pledge to stay as long as needed. About 1000 Negro students joined in Montgomery five miles from the capital to support their Selma brothers while troopers monitored the scene.
Reported 20 elephants seen 12 miles northwest of Da Nang led to an air strike order that was not carried out. Marines reinforced the Da Nang air base as officials said the herd was wild and nonthreatening, with no official explanation.
In Da Nang Buddhist youths burned four Catholic homes after a Catholic soldier killed a Buddhist. Vietnamese rangers fired to break up anti Catholic protests, arresting 16. Marines fortified Hill 228 near Hill 327 as Air Force fighters struck suspected Communist bases in Laos.
The Senate Rackets Committee hearing examined federally chartered bank failures in California, Colorado and Texas. Comptroller James J. Saxon and aides described milking and counterfeit securities as factors and called a front for gangsters involved in San Francisco Brighton Colorado and Marlin cases.
Power on Buffalo Lake in Amarillo trains for the Amarillo Boat Show set to begin Friday at noon at the Tri-State Fairgrounds. The show opens officially at 6 30 p m with a parade on Polk Street and coverage continues in the boat section on page 27.
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