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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1965
Page
1
Foster D. Pickett 42 of 5302 Everett died Tuesday in a multi-vehicle accident in Amarillo. Three others were injured. The incident occurred in Southwest Amarillo, disrupting local traffic as officials investigated the fatality.
News brief notes Canyon High School addition not ready for occupancy with a one week delay to the public school calendar. Registration will occur today and Thursday per the district timetable.
Mangum Oklahoma voters approved a $100000 industrial revenue bond by 589 to 131. The funds will finance attracting a new industry to the city.
A three judge panel Tuesday considered denying the U S Attorneys General bid to abolish the 63 year old Texas poll tax voting requirement. The hearing underscores ongoing disputes over voting access and state election law.
An eight line proposal H R 5642 seeks to ban use of firearms carried across state lines during crimes such as robbery assault murder rape burglary kidnapping or homicide with a 25 year prison term for violators The measure targets illicit gun use while not restricting lawful ownership advocates say it balances safety with rights
Weather forecast by engineer Lawson Harman predicts a warm dry September with a dry first four days of Fair Week and a possible moist spell Friday. Tevis brothers Trev and Denzel from Perryton shine with multiple music contest ratings. Utah city renewals fail, Memphis church turns 75, honey-bee bee-bee. Red Holmes offers car wash tips after bees. Tulsa Tribune laments missed headline potential with Cooper and Conrad.
Federal Judge Wilfred Feinberg ordered 168 million in triple damages against General Electric and Westinghouse for overcharges cited by Ohio Valley Electric Corp and Indiana Kentucky Electric Corp. The 1960s conspiracy spanned 1999 to 1959 and involved falsified expense reports amid a lengthy trial.
In Omaha a reluctant astromouse named Black joined pilot McDermott on a risky makeshift Ranger rocket launch from Cape Alfalfa. Mechanical glitches delayed liftoff but the mission, conducted by boy scientists Tim Meyer Mike Most and Eldon Zorinsky, was praised as a success despite Black’s resistance to the space suit and his postflight antics.
South Viet Nam and American officials move to outlaw American currency for locals and foreign troops. About 99,000 US troops and 3,000 officers will be paid in military payment certificates. Other allied personnel also fall under the rule. Scrip must be exchanged at official pay offices at a fixed rate to pilasters. The measure aims to curb black market trade, stabilize exchange, and bolster foreign reserves.
A hazardous device hurled by a Communist attacker exploded inside a US military housing compound in midtown Saigon injuring American personnel. The attack followed a pair of B 52 bomber raids on Viet Cong targets. A Marine tank fought Viet Cong fortifications near Da Nang as reports from Viet Nam continued.
President Johnson signed two laws naming the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Texas and officially naming the Canadian River reservoir Lake Meredith. Congressman Walter Rogers highlighted the moves as milestones for the Panhandle and the Southwest with heritage and archaeology significance. The National Park Service expects about one million annual visitors to the quarries and pueblos.
Dense fog and rain halted rescue efforts for about 19 workers trapped under ice from an Alpine avalanche near Saas Fee Switzerland. Reports varied on the number buried with five bodies recovered and one injured man dying later.
Weather scientists launch Project Stormfury to seed hurricane Betsy with silver iodide crystals. More than a dozen planes from Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in Puerto Rico will operate at 1 000 to 40 000 feet. If successful, Betsy could weaken and dissipate as planes fly into its eyewall. The center was about 270 miles north of San Juan and winds ranged up to 75 mph.
A speculative feature discusses the disappearances of Ernesto Che Guevara and Ahmed Ben Bella amid global Cold War splits. It surveys rumors of Guevara’s death in the Dominican Republic, exile or training roles, and Ben Bella’s possible execution or detention, framing them as a link in internal Communist power struggles.
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