16 Jul 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1965
Page
1
The Amarillo City Commission will review Southwest Mortuary Inc for a permit to operate an ambulance service in the city. An afternoon of testimony on Thursday featured representatives from Southwest and its opposition, the Amarillo Ambulance Service.
This column blends space notes and local reminiscences with humor and observations. It notes Mariner IV in heliocentric orbit, counts wildlife killed by cars, recalls Amarillo swimming lore, mentions Australian bus tours and potential Japanese visitors, and includes a quip about friendship and enemies. It ends with a London UPI report on Greek seamen rescued after a channel collision.
An ex airman describes a heated dispute over a killing at AAFB. Sheriff Gary Wyatt calms townspeople and pioneers during a pacifying moment, followed by a musical reconciliation in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Lil Cowart performs You Cant Get a Man With a Gun to delighted applause.
The Senate approved a four year housing bill totaling 7.3 billion dollars. It includes a rent subsidy to help elderly, disabled and low income tenants pay landlords. The measure advances to a House-Senate conference for compromise.
A 20 year old ex airman from Amarillo Air Force Base confessed to police that he killed Sgt Richard Roeske on July 1 and hid the body in a wall locker. Robert Mellwain said a fight over insults led to the fatal blows and a later suffocation with a necktie. He provided details of blood cleanup and disposal as investigators linked him to the crime.
A Mars photo from Mariner 4, transmitted to Earth, shows a view from 10 500 miles altitude with the North Pole beyond the horizon. The image centers near the Elysium region with a limb ledge about 200 miles long.
Adlai E. Stevenson is flown from London to Washington for a national homage led by President Johnson. The 65 year old statesman lies in repose at Washington National Cathedral before a funeral in Washington at 9 a.m. Amarillo time Friday and burial Monday in Bloomington Illinois.
Mrs. Cheryl A. Ebeling, 19, was found dead in the Arizona sun after being stranded with her husband Richard when their car stalled 18 miles southeast of Chandler. A coroner's jury ruled dehydration from a day’s exposure as the cause, noting the 105 degree temperature as a factor.
Mars 4s first close-up image shows a broad featureless desert with a few low hills. At a Pasadena news conference Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials announced the shot but offered no answer to whether Mars harbors life. Dr R B Leighton of Caltech noted new markings and dark smudges on the planet.
After interrogation, Robert Earl McIlwain a former Amarillo Air Force Base airman is shown leaving custody admitting to police and investigators that he killed S Sgt Richard Roe in a barracks at the base on July 1.
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