14 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1967
Page
1
In Our Town from the Sheriff’s Posse Arena area report a caved in water well is noted. A hospital bed remark Sunday quotes a patient saying prayer helped pull him through as the town reflects on recent events.
A 34-year-old Dumas resident Melvin Wagner died Saturday afternoon in a gas line construction accident near Borger. The incident occurred on the overpass area of River Road.
A major explosion at a central Los Angeles oil site injures six drillers and two firemen as a gas pocket triggers a geyser and 140 foot derrick blaze. Fire crews cap the well after two hours. Mount St Mary’s College sits nearby on 23rd Street.
The Soviet freighter Svirsk with 20 crewmen left Dairen after a three day Red Guard siege. Beijing pressed Moscow over trade ties while Mongolia faced protests and embassies attacked. Captain Viktor Korzhov and three sailors were beaten as the ship sailed toward Vladivostok in a hostile incident.
U S President Johnson approved expanding bombing targets in North Vietnam moving beyond prior limits. U S fighter-bombers hit inside a 25 mile border zone near the frontier. The bridge at Long Bien and rail lines near Hanoi Haiphong drew strikes.
The editorial page announces Flora Lewis joins regular columnists, bringing her Europe life observations in the three weekly Today Abroad columns. Lewis is a two time Overseas Press Club award winner, offering insights into both major events and everyday life for American readers.
American warplanes hit Lang Son in North Vietnam near the Chinese frontier marking the closest U S air action to China. Fighter bombers also attacked rail yards 19 and 26 miles from China as officials note the prior limit was 30 miles.
The decomposed body of 26 year old Carmen Goll, once of Amarillo and a Phoenix legal secretary and model, was found under a tree in a desert ravine fifteen miles east of Phoenix. Police had no suspects or motive and say her former husband and boyfriends passed lie detector tests. Henry Schilling, 19, of Phoenix discovered the body after she vanished July 19.
In Glacier National Park Montana two 19 year old female park employees were killed by aggressive bears on Saturday night. A companion was seriously injured during the attack and hospitalized after surgery. Rangers hunted for two grizzly bears believed responsible while authorities noted the distance between incidents suggests two animals.
A 14 1/2 foot beached whale weighing about a ton drew crowds at Padre Island Texas as marine biologists studied it. The wounded animal showed bullet punctures in its back, and officials speculated a shrimp boat shooter caused the injury. Researchers noted possible beaked whale origin common along the Atlantic coast.
A high fashion designer and a public prosecutor were a glamorous couple whose marriage shattered by a double murder. Elaine Kirschke 43 and Orville Crankhan 41 died in April, leaving Jack Kirschke facing a possible death sentence as the trial begins with a defense motion to suppress provocation evidence.
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