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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1964
Page
2
Amarillo and vicinity shows continued mild temperature changes through tonight with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Northwest Texas reports highs 90 to 97 and little change, while northern New Mexico sees cloudiness and scattered thundershowers mainly in the mountains with highs 80 to 95.
Authorities abandoned efforts to find Judge Joseph Crater after digging a large 50 by 85 foot trench to the depth of 245 feet along a roadside. The dig, ordered under Sheriff John F. Hoy, followed clairvoyant Gerard Croiset whose ESP indicated Crater was buried there before being moved from a yard in 1959. Crater disappeared in August 1930, remaining Yonkers most famous missing person.
Monterrey Mexico UP I reports Dykes Askew Simmons Jr Fort Worth the only American ever sentenced to the firing squad in modern Mexico will not wed in prison his mother denying reports he plans to marry a Cleveland nurse Beatrice Bragg though he hopes to wed someday not while in the clinic. He awaits a decision from the Supreme Court of Mexico after appealing the death sentence for killing three members of a Monterrey dentist family. Mexico has not executed since 1906 and 1928 respectively.
Four Norman teenagers 16 or 17 were charged with injuring a house of worship after vandalizing four churches and seizing a case containing daggers and papers on a cult linked to resurrecting the late actor Peter Lorre. Their counselor, OU zoology student McLean, denied being the head demon as police pursued motive and mental health evaluation.
Phoenix Senator Barry Goldwater directs last arrangements for his daughter Peggy’s wedding to Richard Arlen Holt, 26, with 800 guests at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. He plans to arrive by 7 p.m. for the 8:30 p.m. ceremony amid pool mishap recovery and post nuptial talks before a Hawaii honeymoon.
Several blasts rocked Saigon within minutes injuring two soldiers at the airport hangar, damaging the Central Intelligence Agency building, and killing a child in a slum. A grenade attack wounded three children in a nearby house amid a police rush to detain suspects awaiting identification.
Ricky Virgil and his father Ray Virgil along with Ocana were passengers when their car struck the rear of Olin Findley 47 of 906 Louisiana. Findley says he was making a right onto Williams. The Virgil car was severed by the bumper and stopped in a filling station driveway. Police say the Virgil car was traveling about 80 mph. Findley’s truck carried watermelons and the driver was unhurt.
Roscoe Bates, 78, of 5534 Morningside Avenue Dallas, brother of Marcellus Bates and uncle of Mrs. David Dodge, funeral services 2:30 P.M. Saturday graveside at Claude Cemetery Texas. Daniel Dee Davis, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Davis, brother of several siblings, service 11:00 A.M. Saturday Boxwell's Ivy Chapel, Llano Cemetery burial.
The Amarillo Daily News lists its publishing details, staff names, and subscription rates. Rates cover home delivery within 300 miles, outside 400 miles, and Sunday options. contact and office locations are noted. The paper, established November 4, 1909, operates in Amarillo, Texas with Globe News Publishing Company as publisher.
Vietnamese troops and airmen defeated a Viet Cong force of 1000 to 1500 guerrillas near Saigon, killing at least 200. U.S. advisers were ambushed nearby with one killed and two missing. Government losses stood at 3 dead and 24 wounded with 11 Viet Cong captured.
Eric Shinkel, a Miami bookkeeper for Calvin Kovens, testified for 12 minutes in the Hoffa fraud and conspiracy case. He identified ledgers from Kovens companies as prosecutors seek to prove a $25 million pension fraud and $1.7 million diversion. A warrant had been issued for Shinkel's arrest but was canceled after he was found in a Miami hospital for medical evaluation.
United Press International reports President Johnson told a Democratic fundraising dinner at Cobo Hall Detroit that nothing will stop the Democrats this year. He urged unity against Republicans while noting a lighter security plane arrangement and multiple Michigan politicians in attendance. Johnson vowed the party would march forward despite GOP opposition.
UPI reports a US Navy Hercules skiplane completed the first midwinter landing in Antarctic history to evacuate Bethel McMullen, injured after a fall at McMurdo Sound. Lt Cmdr Robert D. Mayer piloted 15 aboard, including a 4 man medical team, from Quonset Point Rhode Island, 12 522 miles away. Burns marked runway as the plane landed in darkness 2 100 miles from McMurdo.
Western officials said the Soviet Union aims to advance disarmament this year but no firm accords are likely before 1965. With elections in the United States and Britain upcoming, a pause until after the UN General Assembly is expected, while summer talks seek progress on bomber destruction and curbing nuclear spread.
A summary of military spending lists amounts for Army and Navy facilities and multiple Air Force bases across Texas. Notable figures include Fort Worth Carswell and Dyess gaps, San Antonio installations like Lackland and Kelly, and bases such as Brooks and Bergstrom with varied allocations ranging from hundreds of thousands to over 11 million dollars.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Grover Castleberry of 1919 East 10th listed with relatives and services later Horace Emerson Helton age 65 of 916 North Carolina husband of Grace father of Horace Henry Helton brother of Mrs Ope Claybrook services at 2 00 p m Saturday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel burial Memorial Park Emmett F Rittenberry of 2003 Travis husband of Effie father of James F Rittenberry sister Mrs James C Sherrill brother of C B Rittenberry six great grandchildren services 1100 a m Saturday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel burial Liano Cemetery Amy Jo Warsaw Wardlaw age 60 of 751 East Bonita wife of John RK Wardlaw sister of Robert F Eugene H and N G Allen Mrs Florence Bibles services at 4 00 p m Chapel burial Liano Cemetery
In Oxford Mississippi authorities intensify the search for three missing civil rights workers last seen leaving a service station near Philadelphia. Officials report a burned station wagon found northeast of town and Gov. Johnson appeals for public help as sailors join the statewide effort.
Paesch tried mouth to mouth resuscitation on his wife but she died on arrival at the hospital from an apparent concussion. Firemen Francis Millur 50 Leonard Mosier 48 Edward Hines 48 killed. Also dead were John Regina 23 of Marshalls Creek owner’s son and Joseph Horvath Scranton coal truck driver.
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton said he has lured Republican National Convention delegates previously pledged to Barry Goldwater in seven states. He cited Iowa and Minnesota among the changes and planned further talks after returning to Harrisburg. Scranton favored not seeking commitments from Michigan delegates and said he would respect Romney’s lead as a favorite son. He asserted his campaign is gaining momentum and aims to recruit Goldwater delegates while avoiding pledges from national delegates to preserve party unity.
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