21 Mar 1964
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1964
Page
1
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Judge Gilliam told Classroom Teachers of Amarillo and guests that the era’s curse is easy mediocrity and that extraordinary, angry Americans are needed to combat corruption, indifference, and misconduct. He urged parents to discipline children, teachers to inspire growth, and teens to clip the lesson for life.
President Charles de Gaulle urged France and its allies to adapt to French independence in world affairs, calling the new status satisfying. He spoke in Basse-Terre Guadeloupe after a Mexico visit, praising a leap of confidence abroad and warning against being small or always asking others.
Hundreds of University of Tennessee medical unit students face exposure to infectious hepatitis after eating in Gaston Hospital cafeteria. Dr. Marsh urged gamma globulin inoculations for those exposed as Memphis officials race to secure vaccine doses for over 2,000 people. No patients were exposed.
A page one note observes surveyor activity and sprinkles of shamrock imagery among residents in the East Panhandle, highlighting transit eye sightings and local interest.
An American piloted spotter plane was shot down over South Viet Nam. U S sources say a Cambodian fighter may have fired the fatal shot from a plane supplied by the United States. The crash killed the Vietnamese observer and left the American pilot severely wounded.
Police seized a 3000 year old Egyptian mummy offered at a Brussels auction claiming sale of corpses is illegal. A judge ordered its release deeming the mummy an antique rather than a corpse.
Cuban Air Force deflectors seized a Russian helicopter in a sky battle and flew to Key West Florida with the fallen pilot Jose Arecadio Garcia. The sole 17 year old passenger fled the scene as authorities pursued. Two other pilots were aboard.
Solid Sugar, a foal owned by Heber Stewart of Clovis, NCM, waits outside as mama competes in the Golden Spread Quarter Horse Association two day show at the Tri-State Fairgrounds. Today is the final day of competition with results expected.
Blizzard blankets the Great Plains and Midwest with heavy snow and high winds halting travel and school closures. Snow totals include 10 inches at Winner South Dakota 9 inches at Hull Iowa and 5 inches at Sioux City and Superior Wisconsin. Roads iced, lines snapped, and phone service disrupted for hundreds of rural subscribers while farmers welcome moisture after a dry winter.
Senator Wayne Morse denounces Secretary Dean Rusk for labeling Viet Nam critics as quitters. He rebukes McCarthyism tactics, warns that equating dissent with treason damages trust and questions U.S. aim in South Vietnam while promising to challenge the administration on foreign aid.
Treasury officials report a historic silver dollar rush across from the White House as prospectors haul 200000 to 500000 dollars in coins daily. Virginia City and Leadville compare the scene. 600000 to 700000 silver dollars remain loose in circulation while buyers carry 1000 coin bags to waiting cars amid enforcement at the treasury.
AP reports Gov. John Connally was subpoenaed to testify next Friday before three federal judges in Houston regarding the Texas congressional redistricting dispute. Democratic candidate Bob Looney sought intervention and questions whether Connally delayed a special session to redraw districts. The case challenges the at large districting statute which the court found unconstitutional for urban bias.
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