06 Jul 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1965
Page
1
Amarillo readers learn Rus sell Fowler of Amarillo owns a major new pork processing operation to be opened two miles south of Canyon this weekend.
A concise sports brief notes a pivotal play sequence at a high school game. Key players are unnamed, but the event centers on a dramatic pass leading to a scoring opportunity, highlighting the team’s early momentum and expected competitive stance in the season.
A curious column surveys Roman road building and compares it to modern Interstate 40 construction. It notes the Appian Way uses lava topped stone with lime cement, credits Appius Crassus in public works, and argues the taxpayer funds roads today as in ancient times. The column also relays local notes about sermons, farming weed control, and boat sales near Amarillo.
The long suppressed Otto T. Otepka story will be released in 30 volumes, starting in two weeks, with weekly subsequent volumes. Sen. Eastland and Sen. Dodd lead the subcommittee in publishing 1.5 million words of closed-door testimony after three years of gathering evidence on lax security and State Department failures. The initial volume focuses on William A. Wieland, a Latin American affairs official, as a case history of Security Department flaws.
Viet Cong battered Ba Gia with mortars and small arms from dawn until dusk. About 200 Vietnamese troops were casualtyed with two Americans killed and four wounded. U.S. officials feared the outpost’s survival, while overran positions included captured 105mm howitzers. Air support and reinforcements faced heavy fire. advisers withdrawn.
President Charles de Gaulle ordered French experts to withdraw from two Common Market committees in Brussels after a rift over financing a common agricultural policy and moves toward a federal budget and parliament expansion. Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville had already walked out of talks, prompting a boycott that led to canceling a July 8 meeting.
A surveyor tours several points of interest across the North Plains area and neighboring locales in Oklahoma and Kansas, outlining notable sites and landscape features. Page 21.
Police charged Rodger Darnell, 26, with first degree murder in the death of Kathie Hastert 17 who was abducted from her home after an evening with Susan Darnell and a lake trip. Hair curlers found lead to the scene in a weed patch near her home. Kathie, a St. Francis High School graduate, returned from a fishing trip with a girlfriend and Darnell’s sister. Bail set at 50000. Arraignment scheduled today. Kathie’s parents were away when she disappeared. Police traced the clues from curlers and a hair net at the curb. (See GIRL on Page 2)
Juan Rodriguez, 15, of Robstown, jailed in Lubbock on a felony assault with intent to murder charge after a Sunday shooting that left Crosby County Sheriff Fletcher Stark in serious condition. Rodriquez was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Harry Duncan in Ralls the same day. Stark remained hospitalized in Crosbyton with a chest gunshot wound. He was arrested Monday in Hale County after Rangers and deputies found him in an onion field. an uncle directed deputies to Rodriguez.
A blast at the Cambridge Electronics Accelerator Center on Oxford Street in Cambridge injured seven researchers from Harvard and MIT. Four students remained on the danger list. the center estimates about 1 million dollars in damage. An MIT spokesman said the atom smasher outside was not linked to the blast and radioactivity is ruled out. A possible cause cited was a defect in a hydrogen purifier. Atomic Energy Commission safety teams began investigation.
In the Palm Springs area along Interstate 10 a strong sand river forms during Banning Pass winds. Debris, zero visibility, and sandblasted cars threaten travel. Officials test drift fences and a 30 foot dike, but wind erodes barriers. Tamarisk trees may be tried as a solution.
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