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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
2
Weather data furnished by the U S Weather Bureau in Amerila shows a 24 hour period ending 6 a m yesterday with no precipitation. Year to date totals: this year 1.90 and 5.59. last year 3.60 and 8.75. all time average period 2.27 and 9.05.
A burglar entered the rear window of a Phillips 66 service station early Tuesday morning and took 150 dollars in cash along with a 1956 pickup truck owned by Harry Hardaway. Swisher County Sheriff Darrel Smith and local constable Reed McDonald investigated and reported a suspect in mind but no arrest yet.
Mery Elizabeth Horruff 62 of Booker Texas mother of Dorothy Bailey Ethel Biedson Bernice Helfenbien Evelyn Ullrich Bruce George Fanning and Edward Bobby Horruff. Step mother of Betty Wallace Julia Thacker and Samuel Harrutt. Sister of Vina Fanning Rebecca Mills and Tony Huff. 22 grandchildren one great grandchild. Service 10 a m Wednesday Christian Church Booker burial 5 pm Bethany Cemetery Hallett Oklahoma. David Ross Williams 10 Route 3 Amarillo son of Charles C. Williams brother of Nola Ann Becky Lynn Shelly and Charles Dean Williams grandson of L. D. Brooks and Pearl Williams. Service 1 a m Wednesday Boxwells Ley Chapel Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.
The item presents the Amarillo Daily News 1964 masthead with staff roles Publisher editor and managers, followed by a detailed advertising subscription rate table for home delivery and mail within different radii. It notes publication daily except Sunday and lists pricing for various durations and regions.
President Johnson presses early congressional action on anti poverty programs debt limit and health care urging final House approval of the civil rights measure by July 4. He asks FBI to intensify Mississippi disappearance case searches and says he will urge compliance with the law once the civil rights bill becomes law. He also notes U.S. and Soviet talks on desalting sea water using atomic power with a July 14 15 meeting in Washington.
Four engine Hercules planes that carried Bethesda medical teams will be fitted with skis for a 2100 mile final leg from Christchurch New Zealand to McMurdo Station if weather allows. McMullen badly injured in a Tampa firehouse incident is treated for shock by Dr Thomas Bates as specialists travel with portable operation gear. Weather at McMurdo remains dangerous with zero visibility and high winds delaying landings.
The House passed a bill to expand ROTC in high schools and colleges after a long fight with Secretary McNamara. It would raise high school ROTC from 254 to about 2,000 schools, allow a two year college ROTC, create college scholarships, boost monthly stipends, and permit retired servicemen to teach ROTC.
In Hell's Kitchen two sisters, Joan Wilson 18 and Margaret 15, were returning from a graduation prom when a sniper fired. Joan died from a head wound, while police, lacking leads, hunted a mystery sniper with no clear motive. The shooting occurred near a parking lot on 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
Mobile Alabama based seismologist from Spring Hill College traced a high intensity earthquake Tuesday in a cluster of islands north of Japan. The event, detected by regional sensors, points to significant seismic activity in the area and underlines ongoing monitoring efforts by researchers.
Demonstrators faced a white crowd at St Augustine's town beach as about 50 whites jeered and charged while another group waited in the water. Police cleared the scene after clashes. the event marked a fifth recent swim-in attempt. Authorities announced FBI action in Mississippi amid civil rights tensions and a dynamite backlash on Black communities.
The Sunshine Club for the Blind will hold a rummage sale at 901 Taylor on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Advertiseman.
Sonotone engineers unveil the smallest in ear cordless hearing aid the Wisp-Ear weighing under 1/5 ounce and smaller in diameter than a dime. A limited number of free replica samples are available for examination with a coupon. No cost or obligation.
A promotional note promises a free replica of the Smattiest Sonotone Hearing Aid. It cites Nome Street in Nome City Zone, State, as the contact location for the offer and requests interested readers to respond at once.
Viet Saigon was motivated by the Johnson McNamara program of indecision and vacillation toward South Vietnam. The Arizona conservative, in a statement from his national campaign office, says the ambassador is to be congratulated for bearing up under adverse conditions. He asserts the policy caused the ambassador to resign and calls for an affirmative decisive policy before Southeast Asia falls to enemies.
The Civitan International Club will install new officers for 1964 65 at a banquet meeting at 7 30 p m Friday at the Tascosa Country Club. New officers are Bob Goodwin president Fred Gerard vice president Dale Elliott treasurer and Ralph Wetzel secretary.
Dulles Meridian 39 miles southeast of Philadelphia. Farmer said he will join the search for the missing youths and that CORE’s summer program would not change even if two were found dead. FBI agents intensified the hunt as the White House reported President Johnson is informed and updated on the investigation. Parents of Schwerner and Goodman urged action and received assurances the government is doing everything possible.
A river explosion during a fireworks exhibition injured several, with two unidentified crewmen killed and others rushed by Coast Guard and fireboats. Three barges carried fireworks at the time, and the cause remained undetermined as guards and police responded. At least 12 National Guardsmen sustained superficial injuries.
World War I hero Sgt Alvin York, 76, in Nashville hospital, is gravely ill on the very seriously ill list. A spokesman said pneumonia may be linked to a blood clot on a lung after a recurrence of internal bleeding.
Isaac Newton Allard of SO North Johnson aged 81 father of Clyde and Mrs. Oneida Davis, sister of Bonita Potter and Pearl Allard, with 3 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Griggs Pioneer Chapel with interment at Liane Cemetery.
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