04 Jun 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1965
Page
1
In Our Town Amarillo camp Kiwanis hosts an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday to show staff and facilities as the camp opens on schedule after a May 4 tornado. The piece notes other city events and local officials touring Capitol needs and tax valuation changes for four local governments.
The Amarillo facility along with eight other General Mills plants will shut down due to changing conditions in the flour industry. The move affects jobs and regional operations as the company restructures production. Dr Marvin Hirsh of Amarillo has been named president of the Texas Association of B nai B rith, a Jewish service fraternity with over 300000 members.
A powerful tornado swept over the South Plains on Wednesday night striking Hale Center and Cotton Center. Three people died and 66 were injured as the storm caused extensive damage totaling over 8 million dollars.
The piece notes a young man who wanted to be an astronaut, hoping to fly weightless training flights with space men. It mentions the Gemini 4 mission and Edward H. White's space walk, highlighting historic moments and the visit of spacemen’s wives to mission control in Houston.
In spacewalk dialogue from Gemini 4 episode astronaut Edward White discusses maneuvering the capsule and planning photo work while James McDivitt and Virgil Grisson supervise. White notes he is near the California coast and prepares to take pictures as Grisson counts minutes.
McDivitt and White banter over smeared windshield and camera focus while orbiting Houston Bay and Galveston area. Grissom and ground control coordinate talk as Gemini 4 prepares to release the key before EVA chatter continues.
Astronaut Edward H. White floated 20 minutes outside the Gemini capsule 135 miles above Earth, chatting and darting with a space gun. The mission, planned as four days, lost a planned satellite rendezvous due to fuel limits. President Johnson watched the launch on TV as McDivitt pursued the booster but ran out of fuel.
Cumbres Pass on the Colorado line north of Chama New Mexico is now open to both rail and highway traffic after being closed most of the early spring by the heaviest snows in several years.
Hale County Commission and Hale Center City Council met in joint session amid rubble to plan the town’s recovery. They outlined cleanup led by Lee Dent with equipment from Plainview and Lubbock, shortage of a new city hall, post office reopening in a cafe, and water supply deemed safe though the north east water tower tilts. Public safety patrols were organized by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Hale Center tornado devastation yields personal fragments including mothers and babies, an elderly man missed by a hair, and a nurse sent from a storm cellar. Trucks move debris, power crews restore electricity, and aid continues as crews clear loads from homes and belongings.
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