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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1964
Page
1
Forty motor vehicle accidents were reported during the Memorial Day weekend in Amarillo but none serious as City of Amarillo and Amarillo Air Force Base backed an intensive safety campaign before the holiday.
The body of a farm laborer was recovered from a water filled ditch south of Vega on Sunday morning. The victim, identified as Gilberto Lu cero, fell into the pond about 12 feet deep in the early hours.
Mrs Clyde Warwick a long time Canyon civic worker is highly valued for her community service on many local and state boards. The item notes her preference for youth and broad organizational involvement.
Traffic safety campaign by the City of Amarillo and Amarillo Air Force Base led to a calm string of minor accidents with no serious injuries. The effort titled free components followed an intensive outreach, as officials gathered strategists in Hawaii to discuss further measures.
The Memorial Day weekend toll reached 278 deaths in a three day period from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight, well below the national Safety Council forecast of 410 to 490. Local incidents included three deaths near Harrisburg Illinois amid rain and cooler weather. Several injuries were reported in Amarillo during the same period with multiple accidents on Saturday and Sunday.
High level U S officials arrived for two day strategy talks on Southeast Asia. Secretary of State Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara joined Ambassador Lodge in assessing South Viet Nam and Laos. They will report findings to the President as top military and diplomatic moves are reviewed.
Expressen reports a Swedish fascist group calling itself the Swedish Croatian Association threatens to kill Soviet Premier Khrushchev during his June Sweden visit. The organization, known as Ustase, is linked to wartime Yugoslav fascist activities and is described as more terroristic than the Nazis.
In New Delhi on June 1 AP reports Lal Bahadur Shastri gaining strong support to succeed the late Nehru. President Kamaraj tallies party members by midnight Sunday and indicates Shastri, 59, will be elected in Parliament on Tuesday. Morarji Desai trails as main challenger amid urging unity.
Rebels backed by machine guns and mortars ambushed two Congolese commando companies in eastern Congo near Bukavu. Sixty soldiers including Maj. Vangu are missing amid rising casualties since May. Pro-Communist rebels lead the attack in Kivu with fears of a wider assault.
Mrs Clyde Warwick is a longtime Canyon resident who has served on every local board and many regional committees since moving with her parents in 1908. She helped found civic and church programs, chaired welcome efforts for new residents, and earned service pins from the First Methodist Church as she nears retirement from a scholarship program.
California voters head to the polls as Goldwater and Rockefeller battle for 86 Republican presidential nomination votes. Rockefeller expects about 400 first-ballot votes if California goes his way, while Goldwater camps on the conservative edge amid a broad Republican field.
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