Plane disaster claims 101 lives in North Pacific
Debris and bodies were recovered from a squally North Pacific as a passenger flight disaster killed 101 people. The report notes the event's scale and the ongoing rescue and investigation efforts.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1963
Page
2
Debris and bodies were recovered from a squally North Pacific as a passenger flight disaster killed 101 people. The report notes the event's scale and the ongoing rescue and investigation efforts.
The new Chicago indict ment accuses James Hoffa and seven others of misusing 20 million dollars in a pension fund scheme. It details alleged loan misrepresentations and personal and corporate expenses funded by diverted money. Hoffa, in Philadelphia, offered no comment awaiting the indictment.
Storms produced hail up to golfball size and heavy rain from Earth to Olton and along Highway 70. Olton faced flooding, power outages, and downed poles while law enforcement checked for damage. A tornado was reported near Fieldton and a tunnel cloud moved toward Hale Center. multiple towns alerted for severe weather and rainfall varied from light to heavy across the region. A twister-type wind damaged the Lubbock Experiment Station barn and several aircraft at Pecos Municipal Airport, with no injuries reported.
Rains and hail lash plains as the storm moved east. Bill Smith of Olton reported 1.50 inches of rain with light hail. South and west of Olton five inches of rain were recorded.
Obituary notice for Billy Elton Earle infant son of Billy and Charis Earle with siblings Randy Roy Sharon Penel and grandparents Margaret Lantrip Roy and Mrs. Evie Wooten lists services at 10 am Thursday at Boxwells Ivy Chapel and interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
The body of Pope John XXIII, robed in red papal garments and wearing a gold mitre, was borne from the palace to St. Peter's Basilica amid tolling bells and tears. The pope, praised for peace and lack of enemies, will lie in state in the candle-lit basilica.
A vast crowd of about 100000 lines the Vatican route as Pope John XXIII lies in state and his body is carried from the Vatican Palace to St Peter's Basilica. The cortege, led by eight pallbearers, moves under tolling bells with mourners in silent reverence.
A DC7 air crash off British Columbia claims 101 lives including a mother and four daughters, a Red Cross supervisor, a former schoolteacher recalled to duty, and several servicemen and dependents. Families wait for news as survivors are described across the United States from McChord to Alaska. the flight carried personnel and civilians bound for Anchorage and new postings.
In the Juneau disaster 101 people were lost when a chartered airliner crashed off Alaska. Six Texans are named among the dead including Sgt. Joseph Whipsey and his wife Marion and daughters Sandra and Rayma from Sheffield near Midland, plus Capt. Robert Johnson and Airman Marvin Towle.
President Kennedy endorses settlement proposals from a three man Rosenman panel led by Samuel S. Rosenman. The panel issued guidance as part of the federal effort to resolve the ongoing rail labor dispute with carrier and union representatives.
Wirtz convened a progress meeting with mediation board members Francis O Neill and Howard Gamser and union leaders from engineers firemen conductors enginemen trainmen switchmen and brakemen. Gilbert of the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen pressed that management gives lip service to Rosenman panel recommendations while unions seek written proposals. No strike notice has been issued and no June 13 deadline extension was discussed.
The Whittens again draw attention after a cougar was taken in a hunt, matching a record size. In 1948 the elder Whitten reportedly shot an 8 foot 8 inch lion, underscoring the family’s long history with large game.
Louis Whitten, longtime Cimarron resident and ranger, could earn national recognition from the Boone and Crockett Society for his big cat. He also operates a service station by Cimarron and works as a hunter guide in winter, with a history of notable hunts including a 235 pound TL and an 8 foot tall bear in 1962.
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