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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1963
Page
2
Prominent union leaders pledged support for Kennedy civil rights measures but some urged stronger action. The report notes mixed reception among labor figures on how far reforms should go.
Tobias pleads guilty to aggravated assault after police recount a chain of abuse leading to the arrest as child welfare officials investigated two malnourished, bruised children left alone in a filthy Amarillo apartment. The couple had a history of beatings including the baby girl who suffered a severe eye injury.
William R Grinnell of Seattle Washington father of Alice Hunter and husband of Willie Woody, with other relatives and pending services. William Iseac Woody age 76 of 519 Second Piece Dumas Texas, husband of Willie and father of Bolley Lonnie Woody, and brother of Earl Woody, leaves five grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Meredith Church of Christ Dumas with interment at Dumos Cemetery.
A single engine plane struck a power line after takeoff from Park Cities Airport in northwest Dallas and crashed in a field. The pilot Byron Lee Partlowe 44 of Forest Park Georgia was killed. The line carried no electrical current according to Dallas Power and Light Co.
Unions express support for a civil rights measure addressing hiring and promotions in private industry. The President informs labor chiefs of the rights proposal he plans to urge Congress to pass.
President Kennedy held talks with labor leaders and Congress to advance civil rights. George Meany urged full employment and an FEPC law while pledging AFL-CIO support for the rights program. Harry Truman met Kennedy but said no civil rights discussion was needed.
Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr released findings showing former Railroad Commissioner William J. Murray Jr earned about 1.84 million dollars from material or industry related transactions and paid 253,371.82 in federal tax in 1961 alone. The report urged strengthening state conflict of interest laws and followed Murray's resignation last April amid probe into an oil deal in Throckmorton County.
Senator Thurmond charged that the Rostow policy paper, secretly held by the United States, reflects a stance to accept the status quo with the communist world. He argued the Cuba seizure shows Soviet aims persist, criticizing the president for pursuing a policy he called unsafe and dangerous to opposing freedom.
John A. Plunkett, 49, was beaten to death after an argument at Frontier Bar. Hubert Edward Smith, 46, is held for murder investigation. The group moved from Frontier to Cottonwood Club, then to Rex Bar where Plunkett died at Northwest Texas Hospital. Surviving relatives include his wife and son.
Two Russians are condemned to death by firing squad over a swindle involving a pie making machine claimed to cut fat in pies. The case centers on alleged fraud linked to device sales and market deception.
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