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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1964
Page
2
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair to partly cloudy skies with no significant temperature change and a high near 80. Northwest Texas will be partly cloudy through the night, cooler in the south, with highs from 75 in the north to 88 in the south.
Brady Texas United Press International reports Fred Wulff president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association calls for immediate legislation to shield U.S. cattlemen from rising frozen beef and veal imports from Australia and New Zealand, arguing domestic producers cannot compete with foreign supply. meeting in Bay City June. Harold J. Eckhardt named chairman and CEO of Phillips Eckhardt Electronic Corp succeeding Arnold Maremont. Merle A. Hayward named president, succeeding Herman C. Bernick as secretary. Also notes average cancer deaths per day and total toll-road length in the United States.
The Amarillo Daily News details publishing scope for Globe News Publishing Company with staff names and roles. It lists subscription rates for home delivery by carrier and mail, both within and outside a 50 mile radius, and notes copyright 1964 by Globe News Publishing Company Inc. All rights reserved.
In Nassau seven prisoners were taken from a destroyer and brought to the magistrate for trial while Ray, alias Manuel Martinez, was secretly moved from the ship. Eight men were convicted of illegal arms possession in the Bahamas as exiles debate risks of a Cuba overthrow campaign led by Ray and others. Ray, Havana born, once Cuba’s public works minister, led anti-Castro groups before defecting to Florida in 1960 and later forming the Revolutionary Junta in Puerto Rico.
A twin engine plane reportedly flew from South Florida to Cuba dropping a field hospital unit and propaganda over Santiago de Cuba before returning to the U S. Pilot and crew answered questions on weather and fuel but would not name their base. Investigations by North American Air Defense Command and others followed amid immunity talks. Fiorini, tied to anti Castro activity, has prior probation and licensing issues, and U S citizenship was revoked but appealed.
The article discusses a rift between Chinese leaders and Moscow backed by Pravda, urging China to revert to the common platform of the Communist movement. Moscow claims 56 foreign Communist parties align with its view, listing North Viet Nam and others, while Cuba, Romania, and North Korea are excluded.
A survey reports about three million people in the United States regularly play string instruments including violin viola and cello. The study notes broad participation across age groups and regions with steady interest in orchestral and chamber music activities.
Turbulent thunderstorms tore across West and North Central Texas with hail, high winds, and lightning. A lightning strike at Webb Air Force Base injured six airmen, none seriously. Heavy rain and hail followed in Big Spring, while storms spanned from San Angelo to the Red River Valley and dust obscured Abilene to Big Spring. Temperatures rose in South Texas with Presidio at 103 and Laredo at 93 as tornado warnings were issued but no twisters occurred.
Undersecretary of State George W. Ball flies to Paris for talks with Charles de Gaulle on Southeast Asia policy. He will also visit London and Geneva as U.S. policy faces strains over Vietnam and Laos amid France’s neutralization stance and recognition of Red China. Ball departs Andrews AFB at 7:30 p.m. EDT.
Amarillo dealer Jay Battenfield plans Saturday night at the Amarillo Speed Bowl to pit a 20 000 pound diesel truck against a 4 000 pound Buick and a 4 800 pound Cadillac against a 2 850 pound Rambler American. Three dummies will ride in each vehicle as Battenfield argues that larger cars are not the only factor in crashes. He says design engineering and styling affect survivability and that warnings from Motor Vehicle Research miss the broader point of safety and collision avoidance.
Afghan Prime Minister Mohammed Yousuf returned home from nearly four months of medical treatment in the Soviet Union. Tass reported the departure and gave no details on his illness or treatment outcome. The Afghan Embassy declined to comment.
In Athens Greece Foreign Minister Stavros Kostopoulos protested Turkey expanding its territorial and fishing waters declaring Greece will protect its rights by all lawful means. The Turkish move sets a six mile exclusive fishing zone in high seas and jeopardizes vital Greek island interests.
In Winchester Kentucky police report two parked cars in an ice slick lot collided when one slipped and rolled into the other causing extensive damage. No injuries are mentioned and the incident was reported by local authorities.
General Montieth, appointed major general in 1962, led Amarillo Air Force Base in a bold redesign to blend the base with the city. He declined honorary posts, insisting on working leadership while expanding training, housing ten percent of the local population and directing $80 million yearly into the economy. The base spans 5,273 acres with 245 buildings and hosts multiple tenant units including SAC’s 461st Bombardment Wing and several detachments.
Gen Monteith a 28 year military veteran and former Air Training Command chief of staff at Randolph AFB will relocate to Amarillo with his wife Marjorie. He graduated US Military Academy in 1936 and earned pilot wings in 1937. They praised Amarillo and expressed plans to visit friends there.
Reuters reports Frans Eemil Sillanpaa, 75, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate of 1959 and Finland’s leading novelist of peasant life, died in Helsinki Finland. Born to rural roots, he began writing about village life young, gaining instant fame with short stories and articles before his first novel Life and Sun in 1916. His works including The Meek Heritage and The Maid Silja, set around the Russo Finnish War of 1918, were translated into English.
Sir David Milne, former permanent undersecretary at the Scottish Office and chairman of an official investigation, was announced by J A Stodart as lead for handling the Aberdeen outbreak. He pledged government support if extra help was needed. Across the country a corned beef scare widens. Health inspectors seize hundreds of six pound cans and dock shipments are being checked.
Billie Sol Estes faces an appeal of his 15 year federal sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy before a three judge panel of the U S Court of Appeals in the Fifth Circuit. Estes, living in Abilene on a $140000 bond, is not required to attend. The case stems from the El Paso sentence on 14 counts with 4 upheld and 13 dismissed, with further trials planned in Pecos and a concurrent state swindling conviction in Tyler.
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