Amarillo items mix. grads, space, contests, and politics
Reports cover Samuel R Neel Jr addressing Amarillo College graduates at commencement. Also notes NATO talks, NASA launch plans for MacDivitt and White, Globe News home improvement entries, Amarillo youths in the Texas Maritime Academy legislature, Memorial Day fatality surge, Humphrey urging mayors on city cabinet, Baptist convention crime and morality concerns, and union shop repeal debate in the House.
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Our Town
Samuel R. Neel Jr
Manatee Junior College
Bradenton
Fla
Amarillo College
Amarillo Weekend Shows Baseball Faces Strong Competition
Baseball remains the national pastime but faces rising rival appeal. Amarillo crowds flocked to a Sunday double header drawing about 1,100 while drag races attracted 5,000 fans and stock car racing drew nearly 1,000 at the Speed Bowl.
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Amarillo
Speed Bowl
Buffaloa Lake
Bob Brown
Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course
Raton
Rudoso
Conehas Lake
Viet Cong Bomb Army Compound As Quang Ngai Fights Reignite
Viet Cong terrorists exploded four bombs in a downtown Quang Ngai army compound while fighting raged near the provincial capital. U S jets bombed a North Vietnamese ammunition depot, MIGs retreated, and government casualties topped 500 with two Americans killed. Helicopters evacuated dead and wounded as air and ground actions continued in the war zone.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
U. Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
Quang Neal
da Nang
Ile
North
Traffic Slaughter Peaks During Holiday Driving
Traffic deaths surged during the Memorial holiday, nearing 525 for a four day observance. California led with 32 deaths, while Ohio and Texas reported 27 each. The National Safety Council warned of unsafe driving and poor skills amid the record losses.
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She Nanon
United Press International
Amarillo
California
Ohio
Texas
New York
Michigan
Alaska
Delaware
Hawaii
Maine
Nevada
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Arizona
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Missouri
Massachusetts
Florida
Free Speech Movement News And Campus Protests
James Jackson editor of The Worker spoke at four Washington state colleges criticizing U.S. actions in the Dominican Republic. Aptheker appearance drew 400 faculty at Ohio State and a May 2 film on Heroic Vietnam shown at six universities. An expressway project near St Francis Street finishes and Amarillo College sets Sam Neel as speaker.
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James Jackson
The
Worker
Washington State
Universifies
Jackson
U.S
Ooe
Ohio State University At Columbus
Free Speech Front
Herbert Aptheker
No. L
U.S Communist Platform
Sam Neel
Amarillo College
Manatee Junior College
Bradenton
Fla
Everglades
Dreath
Phil News
el Street
Wes Izzard
Crowd Jostles Bobby Kennedy at Brooklyn Memorial
Senator Robert F. Kennedy was knocked down by a enthusiastic crowd in Brooklyn during the unveiling of a memorial to John F. Kennedy. He was unhurt and helped an unidentified woman up after she collapsed. Kennedy said the jostling happens often in outdoor campaigns.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Brooklyn
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Scottish driver Clark wins Memorial Day 500 at Indianapolis
Jim Clark, a shy Scot from Duns, wins the Memorial Day 500 in a hybrid English American car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He leads most of the race, sets a 150.686 mph average, and defeats A J Foyt who finishes second after leading early laps. Clark becomes the first foreign winner since 1916 and hints at future racing plans while celebrating with a glove salute.
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Jimmy Clark
Scotland
Indianapolis
Clark
A. J. Foyt
Houston
Popp Terest
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Poyt
Dario Resta
Peugeot
Duns
Jed
Parnelli Jones
Torrante
Calif A
Gemini Four Receives Go Ahead For Final Launch Prep
The Gemini 4 mission cleared to proceed with final preparations for Thursday's launch. Forecasters predicted good weather for the three day countdown series. Engineers fixed a water leak error due to human misdirection and bypassed a damaged undersea cable. Rookie astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White will undergo medicals as they rehearse flight procedures in a simulator.
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James A. MacDivitt
Edward H. White
White
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Space
Space Agency
James McDivitt
Edward White
McDivitt
Texas Legislature Adopts 39 Seat Senate Vote Set
Texas lawmakers adjourned sine die after passing a congressional redistricting bill and approving a 39 seat Senate vote set for September 7. Connally supported the effort but no 39 member redistricting bill was enacted, with a special session likely if the amendment passes. The session also approved a $101 million teacher pay raise funded by a three cent cigarette tax and sent 22 constitutional amendments to voters.
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Senate
Connally
Jack Strong
Longview
Strong
Texas
Trapped Spelunker Rescued Near Salt Lake City
James Dowling21 22 UC Berkeley graduate student was rescued from a 1200 foot deep cave in Neffs Canyon Wasatch Mountains about 10 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Dowling suffered shock and exhaustion after 12 hours trapped in shoulder harness. Rescuers using a litter carried him to a jeep then ambulance. Dowling and two fellow explorers John Wood and Paul Gerhard both UC Berkeley graduates entered the cave Sunday.
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Steve Smilanich
Salt Lake City
UPS
North America
James Dowling
University of California At Berkeley
Neffs Canyon
Dowling
Dave
Wasatch Mountains
Connersville
John Wood
Bladensburg
Paul Gerhard
Wood
Salt Lake County
Job Rights Group Pushes Taft-Hartley Reform Debate
The Job Rights Group opened hearings with Reed E. Larson calling repeal of section 14B phony and fallacious. Government data contrast right to work states with forced unionism states, arguing less strife where unions are not mandatory. Cadwallader recalled union tensions after compulsory membership, predicting shifts in union official attitudes.
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Dallas
House
Reed E. Larson
House Labor Subcommittee
Larson
Cadwallader
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