15 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1968
Page
1
The fourth annual Clarendon Junior College Rodeo held Friday and Saturday named a top all around cowboy. Details on Page 15.
Prospect Blue Rodger, an Old English Sheepdog, won Best in Show at the eleventh annual Spring All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial held Sunday in the Tri-State Fair Coliseum. Page 5 In Our Town.
Berlin clashes between thousands of leftist demonstrators and police disrupted Easter Sunday along Kurfuerstendam. Water cannons and clubs prevailed as protesters retreated amid missiles and overturned trucks. Dutschke, shot on Holy Thursday, shows progress. Bachmann, 23, held. inspired by King’s death.
In Augusta Bob Goalby of Belleville Illinois won the Masters with a 277, as Argentina's Roberto de Vicenzo tied for the lead but signed an incorrect scorecard turning a 65 into 66. The error left de Vicenzo one stroke back at 278 and unable to force a playoff.
Thousands of Panhandle families spent a calm Easter Sunday at area lakes parks and golf courses. Palo Duro Canyon State Park counted 1 768 carloads with over 200 attending a 5 45 a m sunrise service in Pioneer Amphitheatre. Lake Meredith saw a strong noon lull then a larger midafternoon crowd while Buffalo Lake drew about 3 500 visitors. Fort Worth Daily
Six Americans died and twelve were wounded as the 26th Marine Regiment seized Hill 881 at dawn. Marines reported the peak secure by afternoon though sporadic fighting persisted on the jungle slopes. After prior abandonment, Communists had used the summit to shell a nearby outpost five miles southeast.
Clyde Courtney 33 of Louisville Kentucky was cleared of any link to the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr by Jacksonville police. He had been questioned after resembling a sketch of a man wanted in connection with the assassination and remained jailed on a vagrancy charge with a $35 bond. His municipal court date was set.
In Washington a Republican critique erupts as Sen Thruston Morton demands McNamara resign over using World Bank ties to back Robert F. Kennedy. A tape shows McNamara praising Kennedy's Cuban crisis role while not endorsing him directly. Morton says such politicization of delicate finance is indiscreet.
In Chihuahua Mexico Pancho Villa’s widow Luz Corral de Villa 75 asks the government to move Villa’s headless body from Hidalgo del Parral to the Mausoleum at Chihuahua. She notes the head was severed as revenge after his 1923 assassination and compares his death to other historic figures.
In St Louis the Democratic National Governors Conference meets to discuss uniting behind a candidate. Fifteen of 24 governors are expected to attend with undecided others. Chairman Harold Hughes of Iowa notes the Johnson term not sought. Representatives of announced candidates McCarthy and Kennedy will be present.
Federal agents in Birmingham search for Eric Starvo Galt tied to the King assassination probe. They show sketches, seize a rooming house record, and track a 1966 white Mustang Alabama tag 1 38993. FBI keeps details secret. no local police involvement. A Florida teletype and Atlanta custody tie into the alert.
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