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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1964
Page
1
Local column highlights school events and community happenings on page four, with brief notices from residents and previews of upcoming gatherings around town. Community voices share sightings, plans, and small anecdotes reflecting town life.
A man died in Miami on Tuesday after an unknown assailant attacked him as a barking chained dog tried to alert others. The killer remains at large as police investigate the late night incident.
Dumas and Shamrock area growers celebrate a regional irrigation boom. By 1963 the project expanded with 249 additional wells, and 180 wells were added in the first half of 1964. About 200000 acres now receive water from wells across Moore Sherman Hutchinson Hansford and Ochiltree counties. A 22 mile gas line supports wells in Dallam and Hartley with plans to reach near Dalhart.
Rogers plans a federal bill giving the Federal Trade Commission power to label meat origin. The move follows industry concerns over foreign meat mixed with U S beef. Rogers arrives in Amarillo mid afternoon and will travel the Panhandle from his Pampa base.
Land values have climbed rapidly since March 30, 1962, when the Emerald Gas organization was formed, signaling a notable shift in regional property prices and investment interest.
A syndicate of more than 50 men allegedly monopolized 31 mutuel windows at a Dagenham greyhound track and shaped bets on three entries. The Buckwheat win paid 987 pounds 11 shillings 9 pence for two shillings, triggering a multi-million pound alleged payout and ongoing investigations.
Cattleman Bob Price urged the Pampa city commission to require inch high labels on foreign beef imports. The plan, supported by ranchers and local housewives, would let markets mark imports or face 200 dollar daily fines per violation and per sale. City attorney Bob Gordon will draft the measure for a vote at the next meeting.
Ambassador Merenna Francis de Silva Jayaratne of Ceylon received honorary Texas citizenship from Gov. John Connally. He and his son Sollon toured the U S reflecting on Ceylon rainfall of about 200 inches yearly. The envoy spoke on politics, medicine, and friendly ties with India and Red China.
Barry Goldwater amasses broad support in Illinois as delegates report strong backing. Everett Dirksen endorses Goldwater in caucus democracy. Charles Percy shifts from uncommitted. Goldwater predicts at least 655 votes on first ballot, Illinois delegation eyes 700 plus. Michigan hints at possible eight votes away from Romney.
Florida Governor Farris Bryant appoints a four man biracial committee to address racial troubles in St Augustine. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr returns and halts demonstrations after a court warrant for delinquency of minors related to anti segregation protests. King says beach access wade ins may wait while talks with officials continue.
London police constable Clive Bean devours a ten pound stack of bananas at Stoke Newington station canteen in 46 minutes while joking he could eat bananas forever. He then orders a two pound steak as colleagues time his feat. Bean weighs 252 pounds at age 24.
Morgan City La A $6 million floating oil rig named the C P Baker sank after a pre-dawn explosion and fire 72 miles off the Louisiana coast fifty survivors and twenty feared dead 18 missing divers will probe the wreck 43 aboard at explosion time the rig operated by Reading and Bates Drilling Co Odessa Texas remained under search in 180 feet of gulf water.
Henry Cabot Lodge talked with Dwight D. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital about GOP politics and Scranton's challenge to Goldwater. Lodge called the conference productive and said events would reveal details while noting Eisenhower looked displeased with reporters.
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