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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
2
Weather across Amarillo and surrounding areas shows fair conditions with no significant temperature changes tonight. Highs today are in the mid 90s with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Northwest Texas remains fair with similar temperatures, while northern New Mexico expects mostly fair skies with afternoon clouds and isolated thunderstorms near the mountains.
Precipitation data provided by the U S Weather Bureau Amarillo shows 24 hour total ending at 6 am yesterday. To date totals compare with last year and all time averages with figures 1.90 and 59 for this year and 3.60 and 9.49 for last year.
The Public Works Committee approved GSA plans for new San Antonio federal buildings including a Post Office costing 10.111 million, a courthouse and federal office building at 7.074 million, and a post office courthouse alteration of 0.74 million.
Branche demands an independent public hearing into violent actions by Pennsylvania state police and Chester police on March 28, April 22 and April 24. He urges discipline for officials and resignation of the police commissioner if hearings expose brutality, denying demonstrator violence and calling Chester the Birmingham of the North.
The Department of Commerce reports state and local governments collected 47.3 billion dollars in the year ending March 1964, up 3.8 billion or 8.8 percent from the prior year. Property taxes reached 21.3 billion, up eight percent, while other taxes totaled 26 billion, rising 9.4 percent with gains in sales, motor fuel, income, vehicle licenses, and corporate taxes.
An American firm will design several supermarkets for a German retail chain. The project involves architectural planning and interior layout across multiple store locations in Germany.
Henry Cabot Lodge left South Vietnam after a hero’s sendoff at Tan Son Nhut Airport. A crowd of about 10 000 cheered as he donned a maroon turban and blue silken robes and received honorary citizenship. Deputy Ambassador A Alexis Johnson and Gen Maxwell D Taylor orchestrated a quiet exit amid pledges to work with Premier Nguyen Khanh.
Haxwell Brothers Funeral Directors report Homer Beach aged 55 of Dumas Texas husband of Pat and father of Katherine Burnett. He is survived by siblings Nelse Robinson J W Offe and O L Beach with three grandchildren. Service pending. Levy Daniel Howard Levy 62830 James Lewis Drive son of Dr and Mrs Maurice N Levy Jr brother of Maurice N Levy 3rd Andrew Bernard Levy and Elizabeth Anne Levy grandson of Dr and Mrs Maurice Levy Sr and Mrs Louis L Shapiro service 10 am Monday graveside Liono Cemetery.
The Amarillo Daily News publishes information about the Globe News Publishing Company staff and contact details. It lists roles including Publisher Editor and various department heads. Subscription rates are detailed for home delivery and mail, with daily and Sunday options and regional pricing.
Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma said the Communists massed 17 battalions near Muong Soui to strike from four or five directions toward the last neutralist strongholds in north central Laos. He noted 105 mm howitzers and 85 mm guns facing Muong Soui and said U.S. air forces, including T28 fighters, were hampered by weather while reconnaissance flights show troop movements from north Vietnam into Laos.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower debuts a 14 foot bronze statue of Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's poet laureate, with an inscription urging liberation of captive nations and opposing foreign imperial rule. He calls tyranny today like that in Shevchenko's era and supports freeing nations within Soviet borders.
Philadelphia Mississippi hosts a broad manhunt for three civil rights workers. FBI roadblocks surround Emerson Electric and Wells Lamont plants as families and investigators await new clues. Local wardens and Navy personnel broaden river and swamp searches around Pearl River and nearby lakes.
An 18 member Mexican mission ends a two week tour of Soviet industrial facilities and indicates it will recommend increased purchases of Soviet industrial equipment. The mission also visited Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Poland and included specialists in oil and petrochemical industries mining machine tools building equipment agricultural machinery electric power and railroads.
SAN FRANCISCO RP The Republican presidential nomination remains wide open says party chairman Rep William E Miller He notes Goldwater may not be nominated and Scranton remains a strong challenger Miller points to pre convention delegate alignments and polls suggesting Goldwater leads but delegates are legally bound to him unless delegates switch plans before the convention South Viet Nam policy looms over November politics with the nominee’s stance likely to influence voter views.
Tropical storm Winnie has intensified into a typhoon with 75 mph winds. It is moving slowly toward the northern Philippines, about 590 miles east southeast of Luzon as of 8 a.m. Sunday, according to the Manila weather bureau.
The Associated Press reports extreme fire danger across southern New Mexico forests and rangelands with very high conditions in the north. Forecasters expect scattered thunderstorms Monday but say precipitation will be brief and not alter danger levels.
A Dallas citizens group reports over $100000 in donations and pledges for a memorial to John F. Kennedy. Dr. Luther Holcomb says employee pools and firms are to be contacted as plans for a downtown Kennedy Plaza near the assassination site proceed, with support for a Kennedy Library in Boston.
Leopoldville reports the Congo government has initiated shipment of frozen tuna. Officials say the move expands exports and supports local fishing ports as fleets ramp up operations.
One of the largest displays in the Southwest, the Globe News Publishing Co. fireworks show draws about 66,000 spectators last year. The free event at Dick Bivins Stadium features a Golden Spread Air Force Band concert at 7 p.m. fireworks begin at 8:45 p.m. About 4,500 youths from Kids, Inc. perform mid display. Police and Highway Department manage traffic and parking.
In Class A and B events, Veazey, Turner, Newbold, Beasley, Holland, Virden, Watts, Waghorn, Archer and Robertson led Round 1 wins. Round 2 and 3 lists show continued victories for Veazey, Turner, Newbold, Bea sley, Holland, Virden, Watts, Waghorn, Archer, Gwin, Griffith, and others across multiple rounds.
A butterfly hunter found the decomposed body of 19 year old Isabella Esquibel of Albuquerque buried about six months ago fourteen miles south of New Mexico 44 in Sandoval County. Autopsy found skull fractures and a puncture from a blunt weapon. A 19 year old male, last person seen with her, was arrested for homicide and questioned.
New York experts advise using peat moss filled clay pots to reduce weight and prevent plants from falling off walls. The Potted Plant Information Center notes this lightweight medium helps ease mounting and upkeep.
Infant Kari Rae Ferguson dies in Northwest Texas Hospital at 3:43 PM. Funeral arrangements are pending. Survivors include parents Frederick and with Sheila Rae as sister. grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Mailer and Mr. and Mrs. Watton of Amarillo. Born August 3, 1940 in Erick Oklahoma. World War I veteran and Masonic Lodge member. Additional notes mention Donley County move in 1904 and relatives in Clarendon Ardmore.
Funeral services for 62 year old Marshall R Garner of 813 North Highland are set for 4 p.m. today at Griggs Pioneer Chapel with Rev. Tom Nelson and Rev. Mayo officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery. Garner, a blacksmith and welder born September 20 1901 in Georgia, died on arrival at Northwest Texas Hospital. He resided in Amarillo for two years and is survived by his wife two sons two daughters his mother three brothers two sisters and nine grandchildren.
Graveside rites for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Erris Douglas Barefield of 1441 NW 17th are held at 11 am in Liano Cemetery. The infant died Sunday at 4 04 pm at St Anthony Hospital. Watford Mortuary directs arrangements. Survivors include the parents and the grandparents.
Funeral services for James M Ivey 23 of 3008 NE 25th are at 10 a m today at Faith Baptist Church with Rev A Tayior officiating. Graveside rites follow at 3 30 p m in Mayfield Cemetery Mayfield Oklahoma. Pallbearers include Don Olson Steve Stack Melvin Smart Tommy Little Gaston Williams Claudie Hinsley. Burial by N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors. Ivey was killed in a two car accident about midnight Friday.
Hazel Inez Maddox 73, a Miami resident for 52 years, died at 4 a.m. Sunday in Highland General Hospital Pampa after a long illness. Born December 5 1890 in Liberty Center Indiana she married Lawrence A Maddox April 21 1912 in Clovis New Mexico. He was a Hereford breeder and former president of the Top Of Texas Hereford Breeders Association. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church Miami and Order of Eastern Star. Services Tuesday 2 30 p.m. at First Baptist Church officiated by Revs Carver and Boswell with burial in Miami Cemetery. Survived by husband four sons Bruce Wayne Miami Raymond Pampa and L A Jr College Station a sister Edna King Pampa and 12 grandchildren. Preceded by two brothers and two sisters.
The NEA resolutions committee heard calls from 11 southern state teacher groups to integrate or face expulsion. Proposals set deadlines ranging from one year to 1967, with opposition from NEA leadership likely to block action at the upcoming convention.
Daniel Howard Levy son of Dr and Mrs Maurice N Levy Jr drowned Saturday evening in the family pool. Graveside services at 10 a.m. at Llano Cemetery officiated by Rabbi Hyman Solomon of Temple Bnai Israel. Boxwell Bros Funeral Directors. He was born Jan 2 1959 in Amarillo. Survived by two brothers Maurice Noelit and Andrew Bernard and a sister Elizabeth Anne all at home and grandparents Maurice N Levy Sr of Fairfield Conn and Louis L Shapiro of Bridgeport Conn. Memorials to donor's favorite charities.
Memorial service for Homer Beech 55 a retired oiler for the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co will be at 2 p.m. in Boxwell Bros Chapel with Rev. Edwin Rogers officiating. Burial at North Lawn Memorial Gardens. Beech born May 26 1909 in Sadler had lived in Moore County over 20 years. Survived by wife daughter a sister four brothers and three grandchildren.
Donley County rancher Bill Crawford Bromley 67 died at 6:36 am Sunday in Adair Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 10 am Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Baldwin Stribling officiating. Burial in Citizens Cemetery under Murphy Funeral Home. Born November 6 1894 in Wellington.
Congolese army reports evidence that rebels loyal to Pierre Mulele have reverted to cannibalism in parts of the eastern Congo. Kalonji, returned to Leopoldville, declares he will rule as Mulopwe until dethroned, proposing a transitional government with Tshombe Gizenga and himself as vice premiers aided by technician ministers.
The Bureau of Business Research reports May retail sales in Texas rose 7 percent from April’s lows led by auto stores. May sales reached 1,136.2 million, bringing five month total to 5,338.5 million, about 2 percent above the same period in 1963 with city results showing gains in Austin Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio.
Honeywell Co introduces the Adept a DIY computer that lets buyers choose memory units and components and plug them into a shared base roughly the size of a cookie sheet.
An advertisement promotes Sal Hepatica as a complete remedy for stomach discomfort and constipation. It claims quick relief from gas pains heartburn sour stomach and excess acidity with a sparkling fluid action in under two hours.
Elizabeth King Graham 80 of Ashtola died Sunday at Groom Memorial Hospital. Born July 28 1883 in Nashville she moved to Ashtola in 1930 from Estel line and married J M Graham in 1901. Survived by husband three daughters five sons two sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Arrangements pending at Murphy
James Hervey Morris a longtime cotton broker died Sunday in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo. Services set for Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Win gert officiating. Burial in Citizens Cemetery Clarendon. Survived by wife Cassandra Sims Morris a son and daughter six sisters and four grandchildren.
Obituary notes for Garner Buck Garner 62 of 13 North Highland husband of Dora Garner and father of Floyd W Garner Quane Truman and others with many siblings and grandchildren. Services Monday 4 p.m. Grigos Pioneer Chapel burial Memorial Park.
Allen Academy invites applications for Fall term enrollment. Prospective students and parents are urged to visit the independent boarding school offering small classes, ROTC leadership, counseling, and a program from seventh grade through junior college. Early vacancies expected. contact the Director of Admissions for details.
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