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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1963
Page
1
Three youths in Aubean as France survived five days trapped by rising water in a cave. They described eating a leather belt and witnessing two companions swept away in the underground torrent. Since Wednesday they clung to a ledge about 15 yards from the cave mouth as floodwaters blocked their exit.
Levelland boxer Ray Hubble, 24, was knocked out in the third round by Willie Franklin of Amarillo in a professional light heavyweight bout at the Sports Arena. Hubble, an oil field worker and father of four, lay in the Northwest Texas Hospital emergency room in critical condition but holding his own.
Anxious authorities sealed off the University of Alabama campus as Governor Wallace pledged to resist the court ordered enrollment of two Negro students Vivian Malone of Mobile and James Hood of East Gadsden. Troopers poured into Tuscaloosa while Wallace said he would stand defiantly at the door Tuesday and test the federal injunction.
Tuscaloosa reporters converge for a historic moment as Vivian Malone Jimmy Hood and Dave McGlathery prepare to enroll at the University of Alabama marking the first Negro students at the white southern school since Autherine Lucy. Rioting and court orders shadow past events as authorities close the campus.
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon and night thundershowers through Sunday in Amarillo vicinity. Northwest Texas remains partly cloudy and warm with afternoon and evening thunderstorms today and high near 90s. Northern New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with a few showers or thunderstorms eastern border area and generally fair conditions otherwise.
The writer notes 30 beginner nations in Africa held a meeting and criticized the white man and U S racial bias. It claims the leaders resolved to make Africa a vast Jim Crow land by expelling the white man while retaining his money.
After a 40 car smashup near Hereford the main Santa Fe freight line was cleared with a spur around the wreck. Crews from Amarillo Clovis and Hereford moved steel rails and built a shoo fly to resume service between Hereford and Clovis. The accident involved concentrated zinc ore and left 36 wrecked cars, with one engineer and several crew members injured.
In a dangerous tunnel collapse, Arthur Boggs was repeatedly trapped as rock falls sent tons of stone onto him. Rescue teams finally freed him this afternoon as nine workers battled knee deep mud and freezing water. One worker, Harry Nichols of Bartlett Ohio, is missing and presumed dead. Two rescuers were slightly injured in a previous fall.
Rep. Graham Purcell of Texas says the House Agriculture Subcommittee on wheat will hold hearings on new wheat bills after farmers rejected the wheat program. No date is set yet. A Wichita Falls representative called Friday’s closed session friendly and constructive and urged prompt hearings on the proposals.
Fragmentary 1763 weather summary from Amarillo records shows 148 days of sun out of 158 with references to wind, visibility, and conditions. Mentions Houston and Dollas terms appear as unclear readings.
The article notes Castro's perceived talent for lying as a key trait aiding his success in Latin America and endearing him to expedient Communism. It cites misdirected American publicity and the State Department as boosting his image, while Rafael Lincoln Diaz Balart, a former brother-in-law, accuses Castro of seeking to foment revolution in the United States and the region.
Kay Hubbell of Levelland, light heavyweight, was critically hurt after being knocked out in the third round by Willie Franklin of Amarillo at the Sports Arena Friday night. The fight left Hubbell in critical condition.
White Deer schedules a bond election for June 14 to fund city and service improvements. Propositions total five measures valued at 135000.
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