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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1964

Page

2

Weather synopsis for Amarillo and surrounding areas

Am a r i l l o and vicinity to day through Saturday with little change in temperatures. Light southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Highs in the middle 90s. Northwest Texas clear to partly cloudy today with rising clouds in the west. Northern New Mexico mostly fair with highs 80 to 100. Observations show clear conditions in Amarillo and Dallas with light to moderate winds and varied cloudiness across the region.

Amarillo Texas New Mexico Ceseseer

Insurance rate changes across Texas cities and territories

Rate changes affect liability and property damage auto insurance in Texas. Under 25 drivers face lowered liability rates, and a new method trims property damage premiums. Territory by territory figures show varied increases and decreases, with several coastal and high-pop counties adjusting to new minimums and limits.

Texas R. B. Cousins Dallas Harris

Searchers, Marines Aid Mississippi Missing Men Case

A car and missing men case in Mississippi drew in searchers from the Navy and FBI. About 60 sailors arrived in gun buses to assist near the Bogue Chitto swamp while FBI agents and locals conducted a door to door canvass and planned pond and swamp searches. President Johnson ordered 200 Marines to support federal and local authorities.

Washington Bogue Chitto Meridian Air Station Cmdr James Wassel FBI Johnson

Amarillo Daily News Staff and Contact Details

The Amarillo Daily News independent paper lists staff positions including publisher editor and managers. It provides subscription rates for home and mail customers within and outside a 300 mile radius, with various options for morning evening Sunday and combination packages. Copyright 1964 by Globe News Publishing Company Inc all rights reserved.

the Daily News Globe New Pel Company Inc Ninth and Harrison Amarillo Secor Texas Wes Izzard Onc Eotor Paul Timmons Don Boyett Louise Evans Editoria SEEL Kritser Grady Camp Lowell Brown Trenton T Davis Harry Bartlett Regius Globe News Publishing Company Inc

House Ignores 6 Day Week Idea

Washington AP reports the House rejected President Johnson s six day work week request and will recess until July 20 for the GOP convention in San Francisco starting July 13. The chamber plans to meet four days next week and resume Monday after Thursday s session.

Washington Johnson Congress House San Francisco

Soldier Tells About Crash at Ridgeway Maneuver Site

Army sergeant Walter Vance, a survivor, said one engine failed as a Caribou transport crashed near Ridgeway during Hawk Star 1 maneuvers. Six aboard died, 15 injured. ground casualties included one killed. Survivors credited crew chief Robert Webster for opening exits and lighting. The plane belonged to the 10th Air Transport Brigade at Ft. Benning. investigation begun.

Ridgeway S.C Walter E. Vance Delta Ohio Vance The Army Ft. Jackson Army Hospital Columbia D.C Ft. Benning Robert W. Webster Upland Calif Leon Hart Hartsville Webster 10Th Air Transport Brigade 11Th Air Assault Division North South Carolina

Industry urges uniformity in cigarette label rules

Smokey cigarette advertising and labeling faces FTC scrutiny. Gray says industry opposes a patchwork of state and local rules and would welcome a federal law only if it ensures fair and factual warnings. He notes Congress must decide on mandatory labels.

Gray Willard S. Curtin Congress

Youth Flees Court Escape From Amarillo Courtroom

An Amarillo youth was brought to Corporation Court at 3:30 p.m. Thursday to face two traffic tickets. When the bailiff went to summon the judge, bystanders gestured toward the backdoor. The prisoner fled the courtroom in a lope, escaping before judgment.

Amarillo Corporation Court

Amarillo aims Levi Strauss pilot plant expansion details

Garment firms Hannon and Daniel of Amarillo collaborate with Schubart and Friedman on new facilities. Financing by Amarillo Industrial Plan, First National Bank, and Amarillo National Bank. E. H. Klein predicts substantial Levi Strauss employment. pilot plant on South Washington to open in 30 days, housed with 13 regional Levi Strauss plants for distribution, with three Texas centers in El Paso, Wichita Falls, and Denison.

Kermit Albertson Western Builders Levi Strauss & Co Amarillo Albertson Are R. G. Mills Hannon and Daniel Schubart and Friedman Amarillo Industrial Plan, Inc First National Bank Amarillo National Bank E. H Gene) Klein Sr AIP Levi Strauss Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development and Expansion of IDEA Washington Stanley Blackburn Texas el Paso Wichita Falls Denison

Lockheed Wins Navy Submarine Training Device Contract

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. won a Navy contract worth 6,832,054 dollars for delivery of submarine warfare training devices. The award was announced in New York by United Press International.

New York UPI Lockheed Aircraft Corp

Police intervene as race integration clash erupts on beach

In a violent confront at the beach segregationists assaulted demonstrators as they attempted to enter the water. A deputy sheriff shouted that one man was a policeman. Fifty segregationists charged a crowd of about 100 demonstrators, resulting in seventeen arrests including ten whites and seven Negroes. Earlier, 55 integrationists sought to enter the water.

Integrated pool ordered in Hobbs New Mexico

Assistant District Attorney Jack Love ordered the Aqua Marine Pool to integrate after a Black family sought Red Cross swimming lessons. The pool owners faced possible fines and jail, but Love cited New Mexico Public Accommodations Law of 1955, with violations misdemeanor fine up to 150, as the mayoral committee and Mrs. Jackson attended.

Hobbs N.M Asst. Dist Atty Jack Love Aqua Marine Pool Cecil Ray Jackson American Red Cross Love Committee On Human Relations Jackson New Mexico

Enka Corp raises yarn price to 80 cents per lb

American Enka Corp announced a five cent per pound price increase on its 300 denier 120 filament high tenacity rayon yarn to 80 cents per pound. The yarn is used in making webbing braids and pressure sensitive tapes.

New York UPI American Enka Corp

Senate mulls tax cuts on pens phones and sports gear

The Senate backed removing the 10 percent excise on fountain pens and pencils, with a $6.5 million annual impact, and debated halving the local telephone tax, a $300 million year cost. Lausche condemned the move as fiscal folly while Long noted the price tag. Boggs won approval to drop taxes on ping pong and tennis gear. Javits failed to delete the admissions tax. The bill keeps major excise rates for another year, preserving $1.9 billion in revenue unless Johnson signs.

Senate Abraham A. Ribicoff D-Conn Bourke B. Hickenlooper Rtown George A. Smathers Dfla Florida Frank J. Lausche Dohio Lausche Ohio Russell B. Long D-La John S. Cooper R-Ky Thruston B. Morton J. Caleb Boggs R-Del Jacob K. Javits R-N. Y Living Theater Johnson

Aluminum can test marketed for soft drinks in Florida

Reynolds Metals Co and Royal Crown Cola Co began test marketing on Thursday an all aluminum can for soft drinks in Orlando Florida. Royal Crown said it plans to expand distribution of the 12 ounce units soon. Reynolds said the can competes with the tinplated can and weighs half as much.

Orlando, Fla UPI Reynolds Metals Co Royal Crown Cola Co Royal Crown Reynolds

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