26 Mar 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1966
Page
1
The article notes Justice Hugo L. Black's role as the Supreme Court narrows poll tax power. It also reports the House Appropriations Committee delaying two programs in the 1966 money bill, halting rent subsidies and the Teachers Corps.
Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, supreme Allied commander Europe, will fly to Washington Monday to testify before congressional committees about U.S. military assistance programs. A spokesman confirmed the annual appearance as part of the defense briefing.
David Spencer Car rat, 21, accused in the March shooting death of Porfirio Joe Lo vato, 20, of 3102 Julian. The warrant details appear on Page 10.
An Air Force scientist Friday dismissed reports of aerial objects as lum inous swamp gas but admitted he could not prove the explanation. The remark followed widespread speculation about unidentified flying objects.
The writer questions U S and British sanctions on Rhodesia, arguing policy follows ideology on self rule and race, cites Cuba blockade as inconsistent, and criticizes propaganda while noting other views from Shirley Duncan and local cultural notes. The piece also touches on Rome’s roads, a Texas Interstate comparison, and a high school album.
Anti war demonstrations sweep the nation with 25 arrests in clashes and sit downs. From Massachusetts to California protesters clash with police as Frank Emspak of the NCCEVN coordinates events spreading to 140 U.S. cities and 40 foreign nations.
AP reports a Michigan Air Force investigator credits a mild winter and weather with producing unusual lights seen near Dexter and Hillsdale on March 20 and 21. Dr J Allen Hynek says these sightings involved many witnesses and were not a blanket UFO explanation.
Eddie Laxton an electronics instructor at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls said he halted on U S 70 due to a fish shaped object blocking the highway. C W Anderson later corroborated the sighting prompting Laxton to report the incident.
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops report 1236 killed or wounded in Operation Texas on the central coast of South Vietnam. Demolition squads blasted abandoned fortifications near Quang Ngai with 6000 pounds of dynamite, while Marines defend the rice harvest. North Vietnamese targets include Hanoi Haiphong supply routes. Navy pilots destroyed four motorized junks southeast of Vinh.
In Los Angeles a prospective juror, May Reichmann, realizes the prosecutor is her son Deputy District Attorney Joseph Reichmann. Judge James Dansby excused her, saying the coincidence had not occurred in his 40 years on the bench. Separately, India agreed to train Malaysian pilots and supply arms and naval personnel per Defense Secretary Abdul Kadirs statement.
Defense Secretary McNamara backs away from cutting the Navy attack carrier force from 15 to 13 by 1970. He tells Congress the 15 carriers are the minimum to meet world commitments, though internal sources warn the policy could shift again amid international pressures.
A Rock Island passenger train collided with a halted freight near Manly Iowa injuring at least 12 and leaving engineer Joseph Stauner missing. Ten injured reported at St Joseph Mercy Hospital Mason City three admitted others treated and released. Railroad officials cited a switch left open as cause and a crew shuffle led the passenger train onto the wrong track.
Raul Pena and Johnny Frank Gutierrez were charged with armed robbery in the Shamrock Service Station holdup and a teen shooting in Amarillo. Tulsa police arrested them after an eight mile chase. District Attorney Frank Stovall announced the charges and bond.
Mrs Albert Thomas a 64 year old Democrat faces a lone Republican opponent Louis Leman in a Houston special election to fill her late husband term Only about 10000 of Harris Countys 235000 qualified voters in the old 8th District expected to cast ballots Thomas a liberal frequently praised by Democratic presidents died of cancer February 15.
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