Amarillo area news roundup and sports results
A 62-year-old Black man is held by Amarillo police over a fatal stabbing of James Sloan, 40, from Liberal, Kansas. Cynthia Ann Davis, 24, Amarillo High graduate, died in a car pickup crash near Texas City. Amarillo’s economy to be discussed by Mayor Wallace at a noon Texas Panhandle Home Builders meeting. Amarillo Sonics’ six-game win streak ended by Albuquerque 5-4 as a seventh inning run decided it. Moore County history dinner at Flying A Motor Hotel in Dumas. Amarillo Country Club tennis title won by a man defeating Jerry Johnson, with doubles crown to Johnson and David Kent runners-up. Army unit Big Red One at Cam Ranh Bay near Saigon. PASO accuses Gov Connally of favoring special interests over Texans. Chicago mystery explosions cause windows to shatter in downtown. President Johnson hosts sabbath, names two new White House aides including a Black aide. Farrell Davenport wins two Swisher County Diamond Jubilee races at Tule Lake. Kosygin warns on defense spending amid tension. China complains of U S planes near North Vietnam border. Bogalusa, Louisiana, sees large white and Black processions. state police guard against unrest.
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Cynthia Ann Davis
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Texas City
F. W. Wallace
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Associa
Aircraft Ditches: 19 Aboard Ditching Near Nantucket
An Air Force EC 121H radar plane with 19 crew ditched in the Atlantic about 100 miles northeast of Nantucket after one engine caught fire. Emergency radio signals were picked up hours later as search planes and a carrier and cutter raced to the scene in dense fog with zero visibility.
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Nantucket
Mass
API
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Air Force
Georges Bank
Otis Air Force Base
551St Airborne Early Warning and Control
Otis
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Nashua
N. H
Coast Guard
Wasp
General Green
Rockefeller Falls Off Horse in Venezuela Ranch Incident
Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York fell from his horse at Monte Sacro ranch in Caracas during a vacation trip. He sustained minor bruises, treated by Dr. Pedro Wassberg of Valencia. A report of delayed return was denied. officials say he will likely depart for New York Wednesday.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Monte Sacro
Rockefeller
Pedro Wassberg
Valencia
Mad Bomber Strikes Wrigley Building Area in Chicago
A bomb exploded against the Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue damaging two cars and shattering windows. It was the third blast in four days in Chicago's Loop with no injuries but extensive property damage. Police noted heightened patrols to catch the Mad Bomber as the city faced renewed fear.
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Chicago
UPS
Wrigey
Michigan Ave
Loop
Mad Pete
United Press International
North Michigan Ave
Wrigley Building
Chicago Tribune
Teens Save Eight In Florida Waves At Baptist Outing
In Folly Beach South Carolina two teenage lifeguards were credited with saving at least eight people after a giant wave hit a Baptist youth conference outing. A strong undertow pulled swimmers seaward, leaving about 32 youngsters in danger. Lifeguard Jo Jenkins 17 calmed panicked youths and helped pull them to safety, with Harold Syfrett Jr. also credited with saving several lives.
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Folly Beach
S.C
UPI
Baptist Youth Conference
W. C. Horlott
Charleston Baptist Association
Jo Jenkins
Heridt
Miss Jenkins
Harold Syfrett, Jr
Sanctuary Idea Out. Rusk Says Sanctuary Idea Out
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Sunday television that sanctuary for Red forces is dead in Vietnam and warned that U S air attacks on Chinese territory could follow if China intervenes He affirmed continued U S support for South Vietnam and urged North Vietnam to halt infiltration and subversion while rejecting capitulation or surrender to Hanoi Peiping or their allies.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
America
Viet Nam
Rusk
Hanoi
Red China
United States
South Viet Nam
Peiping
Strange flying objects reported in Portugal and Azores
In two distant areas of Portugal sightings described as luminous, orange and red, possibly plate-like and saucer shaped, were reported near Oporto and in the Azores. Interference allegedly stopped clocks at a weather station in Villa do Porto as a cylindrical white object moved at 24,000 to 30,000 feet, with no link to ongoing geophysical observations.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Antarctic
Motosinhos
Oporto
Manuel Fernandes
Fernandes
Fishermen’s Union
Villa Do Porto
Portuguese Azores
Reds Charge U S Invasion In China Laos Flight Strike
Communist China accused four U S warplanes of a direct provocation by flying over Yun nan then bombing and strafing Lao Cai across the border in North Viet Nam. Beijing warned the Red army is in full battle array while Washington denied the charge.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Yunnan
Peking
Lao Cai
Viet Nam
Washington
Pentagon
Texas
White House
State Department
Saigon
Hanoi
Big Red Arrives In Viet Nam for duty at Cam Ranh Bay
U S Army First Division troops arrived in Viet Nam to join operations at Cam Ranh Bay. The reinforced battalion, about 3 000 soldiers, is expected to provide security for the bay area as the 35th Engineer Group refines port and air facilities. Chinese NCNA denounced the intrusion as provocation, warning of consequences for US actions. The move marks the first large infantry deployment to Viet Nam, supplementing ongoing operations by airborne units.
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Cam Ranhbay
Viet Nam
U.S
Big Red
China News Agency
NCNA
Red Chinese
Ums
Chi-picturesque Bay
Hainan Island
Saigon
Peking
Huang Liu
China
Chang- Chiang
Hainan
Gulf of Tonkin
CNNA
Meh
Far East
Fort Riley
Kans
South Viet Nam
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S. Army
35Th Engineer Group
Hok’ou
Yunnan
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Yen Bai
Sub Hunted Off Leyte Island
National police agents investigate reports of an unidentified submarine prowling southern Philippine waters off Leyte Island. Villagers reported sightings late last month on three occasions and noted armed men speaking a foreign language nearby.
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Manila
P.I
Leyte
California student held after Vancouver double murder
Police held John Frederick Anderson, 20, of Riverside, California, without bail on murder charges after two people were killed and two gravely wounded in Vancouver. Victims were Genevieve Jennings, 52, and Howard G. Morford, 60. Detained suspect aided by a high speed taxi chase from Pearson Airpark to Battle Ground. Waser and Jones injured. Morford died assisting Jones.
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Vancouver
Wash
John Frederick Anderson
Riverside
Calif
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
California
Clark County
Genevieve Jennings
Howard G. Morford
Ridgefield
Dennis Charles Jones
Battle Ground
Edgar Allen Waser
la Center
Anderson
Morford
Jone
Jones
Waser
Anti-Jewish signs found near Bamberg Nazi slogans
In Bamberg area Germany AP reports the ninth anti-Semitic act in under a month. A placard with anti Jewish slogans next to swastikas and SS symbols was found on a bridge near Bamberg 22 miles from the city. A team of 50 detectives hunts neo Nazis blamed for earlier desecrations including a Jewish monument and graveyard.
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Bamberg
Germany
U.S. Army
Bambergs
Thieves Take British Parish Church Roof
In Aylesbury England villagers gathered under a makeshift felt covering as the rector prayed for a man who stole the lead from Ludgershall church roof. The lead valued at 210 dollars, drew a plea for the thief to see the folly of his act.
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Aylesbury
England
David Wheaton
Ludgershall
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