National Spelling Bee Opens Amid Local Spotlight
In Washington DC the National Spelling Bee begins. Bill Able, Globe News champion, practices between events. Amarillo native Charles E. Chilton is named associate judge of the Corporation Court, filling the No. 2 post. three Arkansas teens are arrested ending a three-state petty crime spree from Arkansas to New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Roswell couple dead in apparent self-inflicted tragedy
Police say an elderly Roswell pair died in an incident deemed death by own action. The paper notes bond election voter approval for land purchase and reports on a jewelry design scholarship promising prize at Liberal high school. It also mentions an Alabama inmate suing Sheriff Jim Line for false imprisonment and civil rights claims. Agricultural updates cover rains aiding dryland wheat and range greening. Lake Mc Clellan dam project bids open June 11 with completion targeted next April.
Rocke feller Edges Goldwater in Northern California Primary
Governor Nelson Rockefeller led early returns in a tight California GOP primary over Senator Barry Goldwater as results shifted. Goldwater claimed victory on delegate strength based on electronic projections, while Rocke feller held a narrow lead in the see-saw contest reported from San Francisco.
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California
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
New York Moves To Curb Violence Across City
Mayor Robert Wyner orders drastic steps to curb street and subway violence. Police and Transit Authority officers must ride in uniform, extra shifts planned in high hazard areas, Wagner program costs about 5 million dollars for the year.
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Robert F. Wagner
Wisconsin bus crash kills three and injures many
A chartered bus carrying a group of Wisconsin women from a cosmetics plant tour overturned on a slick curve Tuesday. Three people died and at least 45 were injured. The incident is reported on page 1.
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Public Power Debates Amid Colorado Drought Crisis
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall drained Glen Canyon water to keep Hoover Dam power, angering four states. He then planned to buy 1 to 6 million dollars of power from private firms to cover shortages, asking Congress to fund the Upper Colorado Storage Project. Senator Metcalf urged better upstream pricing and avoiding taxpayer subsidies for downstream needs.
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U S hints at possible action against North Viet Nam
US officials voiced strong hints of military action against Communist North Viet Nam if North Vietnam and China back rebellions in Laos and South Viet Nam. They said no plan to widen the war northward has been proposed to President Johnson, though contingency thinking continues.
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Call Drake at 6 4488 to order the Vacation Pac before you leave town. Circulation Department invites readers to hold copies of the Daily News and Globe Times and not miss favorite features while away.
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Satire and campaigns mix in early political chatter
NBC commentator David Brinkley jokes about Nelson Rockefeller’s spending in California. George Murphy admits his acting career helps his campaign and recalls being asked if he once was the actor. The May 6 Federal Register notes President Johnson’s United Nations Day proclamation for October 24, with school omission possibly signaling protests over UN glorification. Rotary scribe Pic Larmour quips that Lyndon Johnson is the only Democrat not pursuing the vice-presidential nomination.
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Senators denounce Romania trade deal as international idiocy
Three Republican senators assailed the U S Romania trade agreement calling the policy international idiocy. They argued it liberalizes exports to a Soviet ally and could spur belligerence while contrasting with Cuba trade warnings. Mundt Dominick Allott urged Senate vote or amendments when foreign aid comes up.
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Gordon Allott
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Rat Race Declares War on Rodents Ends in Fire
Chicago man William Miller 42 attempts to burn out rats in his garage after failed pleas to officials. He uses paint thinner and gasoline, causing a garage fire that spreads to his house and neighbor’s property. Firefighters contain the damage at 3000 dollars and Miller is booked on arson and two criminal damage counts.
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William Miller
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Gullible Catfish Nets One-Pound Catch at Bank Flood
Carrollton Kentucky AP reports bank president Perry Dean and cashier Jack Way recount a flood tale atKentucky State Bank. A line dropped from a window and a one pound catfish was landed as floodwaters from the Ohio River lapped the building.
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Perry Dean
Jack Way
Kentucky State Bank
Bus tour injures many as vehicle overturns on rain slick road
A charter bus carrying 49 women from Milwaukee to Avon Products in Morton Grove skidded on a curve near Des Plaines River and toppled onto its side. Three women were killed and at least 30 injured, with many others thrown onto the highway. Rescue crews worked for 30 minutes to reach victims.
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Scheskie
Tragic Deaths in Roswell Pair Linked by Will Mystery
In Roswell New Mexico a couple Mrs Florence Nelson 65 and Jack Nelson died in separate incidents Monday. Mrs Nelson was shot twice with a 12 gauge shotgun and her body lay in the living room as investigators found a will. Mr Nelson died in a car crash when his vehicle struck a bridge over the Pecos River and burst into flame. A coroner's inquest ruled death by shotgun wounds and fatal automobile crash. Police termed it a murder death by own action while details of the will remain undisclosed.
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Nelson
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Ostrich at Memphis Zoo Dies From Rock Eating
A young ostrich at the Memphis Zoo dies after gulping several pounds of rocks. Autopsy reveals the stomach was packed with rocks causing the bird to rattle when walking. Zoo Director Robert Mattlin notes rock eating is normal to grind gizzards but this extreme case is unprecedented.
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Memphis Zoo
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Robert Mattlin
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