24 Jul 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1965
Page
1
The Moore County Sheriff’s Posse sponsors the third annual Little Britches Rodeo in Damascus opening Friday for boys and girls ages 1 through 18. Event highlights include youth participation and rodeo activities across the weekend.
Anxious parents of Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby sift through their daughters clothing for clues to their disappearance. Austin detectives inspect registers and conduct door to door searches near the University of Texas where the last seen yellow compact was found. State police urge citizens to report any lead promptly.
The U S Aid Mission official Ryan 44 and a Vietnamese employee Mrs Nguyen Thi Hai were shot in the driveway of his villa in Saigon Friday night. Police say the suspect was a Ryan department employee and a close friend of Hai, motive appears personal revenge. Ryan, a former FBI agent, led about 100 Americans training Vietnamese police and was an advisor to Col Pham Van Lieu. The embassy and Vietnamese police launched a full investigation amid potential embarrassment for the American community.
A Allegheny Airlines Convair bound Pittsburgh to Newark diverted after engine trouble and crash landed near Loyalsock Pennsylvania. Captain Allan J. Lauber guided the crippled jet to a belly landing avoiding a church and sparing all aboard. Thirty three injured, seven treated and released.
Miss Amarillo Jane Scanlan and Miss South Plains Jo Hubbard travel to Fort Worth for the Miss Texas Pageant which starts Wednesday with the queen crowned Saturday. Fifty plus contestants from Texas cities compete for the Miss America berth in Atlantic City in September. Scanlan, 19, Amarillo College student and Tascosa High School graduate, plans to transfer to Texas Christian University next year.
An off duty Amarillo detective, Charles Pankey, revived 12 year old De Wayne Mayes with mouth to mouth resuscitation after a plastic fragment caused him to choke. An ambulance arrived as the boy regained breathing and he remained in satisfactory condition at St Anthony's with doctors unsure where the plastic lodged.
Luxury widow Candace Mossler and her nephew Powers face first degree murder charges in the 1964 stabbing of millionaire Jacques Mossler. The case centers on an alleged love affair and premeditated killing. Mossler’s body was found last year after a lavish lifestyle centered on Houston and Key Biscayne.
A Snoopy out of Portland Maine reportedly snagged nets on a mine or torpedo east of Carrituck Sound, NC. Eight feared lost as 12 aboard Snoopy at 8:30 p.m. est. Four injured rescued by nearby trawlers. Coast Guard dispatched Cape Current and Point Thatcher with medical crews to scene.
In Los Angeles a woman shot and killed Fr John Thom 32 a priest and secretary in the chancery during a conference. Dorothy M Bressie 55 of Sherman Oaks was arrested nearby on suspicion of murder after the derringer firearm was found. Cardinal James Francis McIntyre described the event and said the woman offered no explanation.
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