22 Mar 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1965
Page
1
Vicente Lara walks 10 350 miles from Quito through jungles deserts and his first snow on a quest for a New York City education. The piece notes other local items including trap shoot winners and stock show activities.
Pages report a junior rodeo for contestants aged 4 to 21 in April 23 and 24 sponsored by the Clarendon College Golden Aggie Club. The item appears in a local notices page with multiple briefs and ads.
A congressional group studying the U.S. silver shortage urged immediate congressional action. It pressed the Treasury not to delay its upcoming report and to make strong recommendations without further postponement.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr led about 4000 civil rights demonstrators eight miles from Selma to a pasture near US Highway 80 as the first day of a five day march to Montgomery began guarded by armed troops. King warned the country remains in hostile territory amid fears of church bombings as the marchers set up camp and prepared for day two.
Selma residents report restrained yet bitter reactions as the delayed March on Montgomery begins. Newsmen face local skepticism while 5 000 to 10 000 marchers, about 60 percent white, include many outsiders brought in by buses and trucks, delaying the parade three hours.
Police reported a fifth home-made dynamite bomb found near the home of Rev A D King brother of Dr Martin Luther King. Army demolition experts rushed to the scene to disarm the device, which was armed with a clock. Authorities previously broke up a march attempt in Selma two weeks earlier.
Doctors pronounced Grissom and Young ready for the Gemini flight as weather clouds loom. Recovery ships simulated capsule rescues while technicians inspect the Molly Brown and six oversized screws were replaced. The crew practiced in a spacecraft simulator and the mission aims to restore U S prestige after Soviet spacewalks.
The Ranger probe blazed into Earth orbit atop an Atlas Agena rocket at 2 37 pm Amarillo time to reach Alphonsus a large crater on the moon. The mission seeks possible landing sites and to study volcanic signs as Gemini weather predictions hint at possible launch delays.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP Virgil Grissom and John Young begin a preflight sequence for Gemini 3 with an 8 a.m. liftoff planned from Launch Pad No. 19. The crew undergoes final physicals dons silver space suits and travels to the craft for a three orbit mission. The countdown and onboard checks proceed as mission control sequences the complex burn and maneuver plan.
The White House backs a reorganization plan known as Plan No 1 of 1965 to modernize the Customs Bureau and strengthen regional and district supervision. It would abolish 47 collectors of customs and roles such as Comptroller of Customs Surveyor of Customs and Reappraiser of Merchandise with salaries from 11000 to 23000. Former postholders can seek suitable Civil Service positions with potential annual savings of about 9 million dollars.
Rep Rayford Price of Frankston pushes a constitutional amendment to outlaw all gambling in Texas and end legalized horse race betting. The measure gets its first House committee hearing while other bills on mental health and conflict of interest progress in related sessions.
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