18 Apr 1964
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1964
Page
1
An annual 500 dollar scholarship at East Texas State College honors Amarillo music teacher Mike Elick who died in a November automobile crash. The award recognizes outstanding local music students and preserves Elicks legacy in the arts community.
In Nicosia British UN troops clashed with Greek Cypriot police auxiliaries over a sandbagged gun post at the Ledra Palace. A Tommy struck a police officer with a fist and another with a gun butt. The hotel, straddling the Greek Turkish border, houses UN headquarters and the Finnish mediator Tuomioja. He was in Ankara for talks and was to return Sunday.
In Lawrenceville Georgia three Gwinnett County officers were found slain in a remote wooded area after responding to a car theft report. The victims Jerry Everett Ralph Davis and J N Gravitt were handcuffed together, shot with their own pistols, and left near the Northeast Expressway area. FBI aid joined local police in the investigation.
A 28 year old woman died when her trailer was demolished by a squall on Gault Road in North Harris County about 1 30 pm. Her son William Edward Jones, 3, and mother in law Mrs Oly M Wolfe, 65, were injured. The storm hit as severe thunderstorms and heavy rain moved across southeast Texas, with warnings of damaging winds and large hail.
NAACP officials in Austin warn of sustained demonstrations if the city council rejects a local anti discrimination ordinance. Velma Overton and Clarence Laws pledge continued protests, including legal nonviolent action and potential jail if needed, following two weeks of speak-in demonstrations and a council room eviction of demonstrators.
Justice Minister Pierre Vermeulen announced an immediate end to the Belgian doctors strike after negotiators agreed on guarantees to reopen talks. Dr. Roger Thone said negotiations would resume on the national health insurance issues Wednesday as mediators and officials settled the crisis.
Communist terrorists hurled a grenade into a U S military bus in Saigon injuring two servicemen as Secretary of State Dean Rusk traveled nearby. He continued with his schedule amid heavy security, while U S and Vietnamese officials assessed the threat and ongoing operation plans against Viet Cong forces.
In Windhoek Southwest Africa a PR stunt fed elephant meat to Bushmen ahead of the Atlantic City Democratic National Convention. Bishop Mize arranged the rogue elephant hunt, while US authorities blocked entry of the meat to the United States, sending it to the Etosha Bushmen reserve.
An explosion at Cecile Corporation’s gas booster plant in Shamrock Friday night left six workers burned, four critically. Witness H H Neuhaus saw five men on fire as the flash event occurred around 8 15 p m. Fire victims Glen Neuhaus and others were rushed to Shamrock General Hospital by private cars. several workers were uninjured. Hospital officials reported blood plasma shortages for an emergency of this scope.
The Amarillo College opera Pagliacci presents its final performance tonight at 8 15 p m in the College Auditorium. Producer director Robert Hoffman Jer ome McDonough stage director Dale Roller and Amarillo College chorus collaborate with lead singers Adele Young Ray Johnson Fawayne Murphy Michael Ingham and Ken Garland. The Amarillo Symphony provides the orchestra with all seats reserved and tickets from the college business office and Cooper and Melin stores.
President Johnson told editors the railroad strike could paralyze the nation, cause 7 million jobs to disappear quickly, and cut total production 10 to 15 percent. He warned health risks from a national train shutdown as union negotiators work with nearly 200 railroads.
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