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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1965
Page
1
Mrs. Ella Mae Binning pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing her 5 year old son and accepted a 16 year prison term Friday before Judge Gene Jordan in 47th District Court. The article notes other town items and local incidents.
The 69th Judicial District, spanning six counties, reports a record 190 probationers. J. C. Reese, probation officer, began in June 1959 with 87 cases and has overseen the rise.
The article cites J Paul Getty calling passive money acceptance an evil and a natural fact. It mentions a Richmond News Leader editorial on the topic and notes a Mount Rainier National Park ranger warning visitors about feeding wildlife.
A letter from Bob Wear discusses small towns like Littlefield and Hereford launching major downtown renewal without state aid. Citizens fund about a half million dollars for streets, sidewalks, lighting, and storefront upgrades as merchants contribute to revitalization efforts.
Voters in Wichita Falls will decide next Tuesday on a downtown Civic Activities Center with a 5000 seat coliseum a 2000 seat banquet hall 15000 square feet of display space and 750 parking spaces The plan aims to host diners and events. Amarillo meanwhile eyes a downtown hotel and large banquet facilities to boost convention potential.
Tokyo dispatch reports China detonated a second nuclear device over its western terrain at 10 a m local time. The United States called the test deeply regrettable but expected. Early assessments suggested the yield matched roughly 20 kilotons, similar to the first Chinese test last October.
Washington reports a face-saving plan to merge the Army Reserve into the National Guard. Defense Secretary McNamara and Rep. Hebert scheduled a joint news conference for 7:30 a.m. Amarillo time to outline a path that delays but does not scrap the merger, with legislative moves likely but not guaranteed. The plan would abolish the Army Reserve and lift Guard strength from 400,000 to about 550,000, pending congressional approval.
A two day lull in air strikes against North Vietnam sparks speculation that the Johnson administration may press a new bid to open peace talks. White House officials call the pause operational, not political, while Hanoi reports show aircraft overflying but not bombing. President Johnson urged a shared role for North and South Vietnam in postwar Southeast Asia, hinting at possible future aid.
The Texas House approved 136 to 2 a measure requiring agencies to conduct business in public. Senate prospects are doubtful with two weeks left in the session. The bill by Rep. John Allen covers city councils counties boards of education and state agencies. Deliberations on dismissals complaints real estate and security matters could still be private.
An Associated Press report outlines four shoplifter types with a 29 year old housewife as a typical offender. It notes times of theft, common targets, and the split among kleptomaniacs casual larcenists non professionals and professionals. It adds that a vigilant sales staff is a strong defense against theft.
Frances Perkins 83 longtime Labor Secretary and first female U.S. cabinet member died Friday night at Midtown Hospital. Her tenure from 1933 to 1945 coincided with the sit down strikes and the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
In Havana two American Baptist missionaries Dr Herbert Caudill and Rev James David Fite faced long prison terms after prosecutors sought 30 and 18 year sentences respectively. A Cuban co defendant testified that a church based group gathered military and economic information while aiding smugglers out of Cuba.
A rebel spokesman says Dominican troops fired on Radio Santo Domingo damaging antennas as the station went off air around 5 p.m. No casualties were reported. The attack followed a prior air force strike and amid sniper incidents near the U.S. Embassy in the divided city.
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