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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1957
Page
1
In Switzerland, neutral Geneva hosts global forums and organizations shaping world affairs. The Montreux area, famed for Victorian resorts, houses the Dardanelles treaty site and the Moral Re-Armament movement led from Caux high above the town.
PAMPA May 31 bodies of two fishermen were recovered from Lake McClellan after their boat capsized in a Thursday night storm. Delmar Wayne Graham 20 of Ashtola and Jimmy Dan Lamberth 21 of Clarendon a West Texas State College student drowned. Two other men Fred Clifford and Don Landers of Clarendon were rescued.
Four men checked out a boat at 6 30 p m Thursday before a thunderstorm turned the lake into rough water. Rescue teams searched until after midnight and paused for daylight. Names mentioned include Graham and Lamberth with funeral notices forthcoming from Murphy Funeral Home in Clarendon.
Weather log records 127 of 151 days sunny over Amarillo in 1957 with readings at 3 30 p m Friday showing Houston 55 thunderstorms Dallas 10 15 cloudy Oklahoma City 5 12 rain Amarillo 12 15 cloudy.
Rain and hail swept the Panhandle and South Plains on Friday as clouds clashed with sun. Hail up to an inch fell on Tascosa Road west of Amarillo and golf ball size hail damaged homes at Cliffside. Amarillo Creek flooded homes while traffic halted on W. 3rd Street. Total rainfall reached 1.35 inches in Amarillo with May moisture figures noted.
Weather across Southwest Texas unleashed renewed floods as cloudbursts drenched Brackerville and Uvalde Lapryor corridor. Lightning killed two boys near Arlington, and Sherman saw 4 inches of rain with streets flooded and homes evacuated.
The Panhandle Bankers Association holds its annual convention in Amarillo with about 890 attendees from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico following 650 pre registrations. Activities include a social hour dinner and dance at the Amarillo Country Club and a Monday morning business session in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel with James W. Aston of Republic National Bank of Dallas speaking on Banking Trends. A 12 30 p m luncheon will wrap up the event.
The Dallas Fort Worth Methodist conference approves a constitutional amendment to liberalize segregation policy. The change allows transfers between jurisdictions based on two thirds votes and geographic location, with bishops moving as membership shifts. Delegates also approve a $248 685 budget including World Service funding and a $40 000 campaign for a parsonage.
In the closing session the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference announced pastoral assignments for the new year. Amarillo’s H Clyde Smith moves to Big Spring as district superintendent, while Dr Orion W Carter becomes pastor of San Jacinto Methodist and has held multiple prior posts across Abilene Lubbock Dallas and other churches. Carter holds degrees from Southern Methodist University and an honorary Doctor of Divinity.
Partly cloudy with little temperature change for Amarillo and vicinity. Panhandle and South Plains expect scattered thunderstorms and winds in the eastern South Plains. Sunday remains partly cloudy with no major temperature changes. Precipitation noted 1.35 inches in 24 hours ending 4 p.m. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures with moderate to heavy precipitation and scattered showers.
Western League games include Colorado Springs at Amarillo postponed by rain. Des Moines defeated Sioux City 5 to 0. Topeka beat Lincoln 6 to 5. Albuquerque 3 Pueblo 2. National League results: St Louis 4 Milwaukee 3. Philadelphia 2 Brooklyn 1. New York 3 Pittsburgh 2. Chicago at Cincinnati postponed by rain. American League: Baltimore 3 New York 1. Chicago 6 Detroit 0. Kansas City 3 Cleveland 1. Washington 3 Boston 2.
Four occupants including pilot Charles Cade about 26 were injured when a plane struck a hangar at the Claude Hutcherson Flying Service. Cade Vardeman Vinson and Bob Thomas were rushed to Plainview Hospital and Clinic with various injuries after the Bellanes plane stalled during takeoff. Witnesses said the craft failed to gain altitude and plunged into the hangar wreckage at 2 p.m. with no wind.
A live bomb with a lighted fuse was found in the men’s wash room of the RKO Chester Theater in the Bronx. Porter Horace Reddick discovered the device in a paper towel receptacle in the basement and moved it to a vacant lot before police arrived. About 1,000 patrons were unaware as a bomb squad dismantled the three inch pipe explosive.
About 500 Continental Bus System employees avoided a statewide walkout after a last minute agreement with union officials. The terms were not disclosed and a federal mediator said they would be issued after all union members are notified.
In Liberal Kansas sheriff’s deputies probe a homicide tied to a 1954 Lincoln found abandoned with a California plate. Dale Swafford, 18, sought on a Wyoming murder warrant, is implicated after the car owner Larue Howard of Compton, California was found shot near Evanston. Authorities traced the vehicle to Liberal as part of the investigation.
May or Hood and Rep Leroy Saul urged the state highway commission to widen Date Street from 5th Street to the south city limits, a 1 mile project carrying about 1700 vehicles daily. The city would buy right of way to widen to 90 feet, with $115 000 estimated for the south section. A north section contract was let this week. The Highway 51 Assn sought a single designation for the north south route from Big Bend to Canada.
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