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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1964
Page
2
Partly cloudy and warmer today with highs in the low 70s. Tonight and Tuesday expect more clouds and similar warming. Northern New Mexico shows morning clouds thinning to partly sunny with possible thundershowers this afternoon and evening and warmer conditions.
Reports from North Katanga describe a bloodless rebel seizure of Albertville followed by army counteraction and reprisals. About 100 believed killed, three European women raped, and officials including Jason Sendwe beaten or killed. In Lubarika clashes, Bafulero warriors attacked as rebels advanced with mortars and machine guns.
The American revue Holiday on Ice opened to a standing ovation at Lenin Sports Palace Moscow. U.S. Ambassador Foy D Kohler and Deputy Minister Alexander Kuznetsov attended under the U S Soviet cultural agreement.
The Amarillo Daily News lists staff roles including publisher VEsey Lizard and editor Paul Timmons. It shows subscription rates for home delivery by carrier and mail across regions, with various period options and prices. Copyright 1964 by Globe-News Publishing Company Inc. All rights reserved.
The body of Gilberto Lucero 34 a Vega farm laborer presumed drowned was recovered from a water filled ditch 12 feet deep 30 feet wide and 60 feet long about 9 am Sunday 12 miles south of Vega Sheriff Harold Wheeler reported that Lucero and his brother Mike drove toward Vega midnight their car stuck they walked back home and Lucero fell into the ditch an autopsy was planned in Amarillo and the body sent to Hereford for burial Survivors include Vita his wife his parents ten brothers and five sisters
U S Secretary of State Rusk leads a high level delegation at Camp Smith in Honolulu to discuss Southeast Asia policy with emphasis on Laos Cambodia and Thailand. The talks precede a Saigon visit and follow a prior conference held before Kennedy's assassination.
Market tested Nest-Fresh eggs praised for consumer satisfaction over 22 years. Each carton is Corton sealed and dated for protection and freshness.
Peking Radio says Pathet Lao withdraws all government personnel from Vientiane and no longer recognizes Souvanna Phouma as premier. The move threatens the 1962 coalition of pro Communists and neutralists. reports say Pathet Lao officials may be withdrawn to safety at Khang Khay.
A 48 year old California man John R. Sullivan of San Diego was shot to death by state police during a 30 mile high speed chase through northern New Mexico. He died six hours later at Bernalillo County Indian Hospital in Albuquerque.
During a Fascist demonstration in Stockholm and while Soviet cosmonauts Gagarin and Popovich faced a bomb threat claim, Swedish police monitored a sizable Ustase network reported strongest in Sweden with about 1220 members. An Ustase spokesman allegedly warned Expressen of threats in Malmo as Khrushchev's Sweden visit loomed on June 22.
Gary Albert Smock a 30 year old Plymouth Michigan school teacher was shot once in the head and killed while driving on church business. His body was found in the trunk of his car on a highway near Kalamazoo after his wife reported him missing. Police say robbery was the apparent motive though no money was found. Smock led a Church of God youth group and had gone to Battle Creek to arrange convention accommodations. The investigation is ongoing.
Traffic collision at the intersection of W. 10th and Harrison occurred at 8:45 p.m. A motorcyclist, Miles J. Rhea, age 14, of 2612 Wichita, sustained minor abrasions in a separate Vernon Street incident around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. He was treated at St. Anthony's Hospital and released.
Washington AP reports Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn died after a long illness at 86. He commanded the U S Fleet from 1936 to 1938 and was Naval Academy graduate of 1897 born in Carlisle Pennsylvania. He served as chief of staff of U S naval forces in Turkey from 1922 to 1924 and helped in the Dumbarton Oaks talks in 1944 that shaped the United Nations.
Louis Henry Blumer Jr 71 of Youngstown Ohio husband of Hilda father of Dr Louis A Blumer and Dorothy Blumer brother of Art Harold Robert Catherine Smith Bertha Ufuifehel with three grandchildren. Services pending. Rose Eckler 49 Borger Texas body transported for services and burial.
The fifth annual Tennessee Reunion will be held June 15 in areas 5 and 6 at Thompson Park. About 600 people are expected. attendees should bring a picnic lunch and extra to share with visiting singers. A gospel singing occurs June 12 at 8 p.m. in the municipal auditorium with groups from Tennessee and local acts. Admission is $1. Col M M Bullard, Democrat candidate for Tennessee senator, lectures June 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Thompson Park.
Victor Paz Estenssoro was reelected president of Bolivia for a third term in an uncontested vote boycotted by opposition parties over constitutional concerns. No violence reported, though two anti Paz demonstrators were wounded by government troops. turnout was markedly low in tin mining towns where officials failed to open polls.
Warwick of the Daughters of the American Revolution serves as scholar ship committee chair recording 160 students in state colleges this past school year. She runs a loan business started by her husband who died in 1957 and notes she manages work from the first to the tenth each month. She has six grandchildren with two granddaughters set to be seniors at West Texas State University next semester.
Dr. Hewlett Johnson former Red Dean of Canterbury met Chinese Premier Chou En Lai in Tokyo. The New China News Agency reported they toasted the longevity of Johnson and his wife as Johnson visits as a guest of the govern ment.
A fire on a railroad bridge about 8 miles south of Fourway halted two Santa Fe freight trains Sunday night. Mrs. Joe McCormick alerted Dumas police around 8 p.m. The first 73-car freight stopped at 8:35 p.m. and No. 38, a 68-car freight, followed. Engineers were sent to inspect the damage.
Two major political dinners are planned in Houston on June 15. U.S. Sen Ralph Yarborough will host a $25 plate appreciation dinner at the Rice Hotel. The state Democratic Executive Committee will hold a $110 plate dinner at the Shamrock Hilton.
California campaign managers for Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller traded smear and irresponsibility charges as NBC Meet the Press broadcast a televised slugfest. Knowland and Kuchel endorsed Goldwater and Rockefeller respectively, with claims of extremism and irresponsible behavior. Goldwater pledged a summit with party leaders if he wins the ballot.
White House officials said President Lyndon Johnson has not spoken with Texas Governor John Connally and has no plans to discuss Texas political matters during Johnson's Austin visit. Reedy dismissed reports of a power struggle affecting the Texas Democratic Party and noted no meeting occurred.
Hardin-Simmons University will award an honorary doctorate to U.S. Representative George H. Mahon D Texas at Monday’s commencement exercises. Also receiving degrees are Shuichi Matsumura of Japan and Rev. Douglas Carver of Pampa who are graduates of the school except Matsumura who led the Japan Baptist New Life Movement last year.
North Carolina voters backed Barry Goldwater loyalist Robert L. Gavin in the Republican primary. In the Democratic race L. Richardson Preyer and Dan K Moore advanced to a June 27 runoff. A Black minister won the Democratic nomination for a state House seat, with William R. Crawford set to face Republicans in November.
Roger Owens Samsing 54 of Wellington Kansas husband of Opal father of Linda Barker brother of Caleb Fuqua and grandparent to a granddaughter. Services pending. George E Thrasher 54 of 1309 North Johnson husband of Leelo father of George Janice Janette Gerald Neilson John Chamblee and seven grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Pioneer Chapel burial memorial
An ad touts Sal Hepatica as a full job laxative and antacid. It claims the product relieves stomach discomfort and gas pains almost instantly, contrasting it with half measures from other laxatives.
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