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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1963
Page
1
Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu announced she will not depart for Rome now and will arrange to bring her three younger children to the United States. She plans to speak by phone with Archbishop Thuc in Rome and wants the children in the U S as soon as possible.
Soviet forces yield after Allied unity pressure allowing a U S convoy to move through East Germany toward Berlin. French and British convoys also proceed, Kennedy notified, no concessions claimed.
A second Randall County election judge told city officials on Tuesday he will not handle the Amarillo Hospital District election. The notice raises questions about staffing for the upcoming poll and may affect voter access and processing in the district.
Archaeologists report a buried Norse settlement near the fishing village of T'Amse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland with five rooms a great hall and a smithy. Scientists say the site predates Columbus and may be linked to Leif Erikson, though proof remains debated.
The report lists 1963 wind and visibility conditions for Amarillo and other cities. It notes clear skies, light winds from north to northwest, with speeds around 6 to 7 MPH. Comparisons taken at 3 pm on a Tuesday indicate consistent calm weather across the listed locations.
State Department dismisses Otto F. Otepka a 27 year veteran after the internal security charges filed Sept 23 were sustained. Senator Thomas J Dodd denounces the action calling it an affront and plans an emergency session of the Senate Judiciary Committee to probe the department. Otepka 48 will appeal within 10 days while continuing to receive a 316 900 salary as chief of the security evaluation division.
At White Sands New Mexico on November 5 AP reports a full scale test of the Apollo command module escape system. A 55 000 pound thrust solid rocket will lift a 9 000 pound module to about 5 500 feet before deployment of three 8 foot parachutes and a drogue chute. Five NASA objectives include pad abort stability tower release and parachute recovery. Later tests will assess if thrust can lift the module away from a pad explosion.
Police say the Phillips Petroleum Co warehouse at 415 N Grand was broken into after midnight. Thieves used a pickup, cut a lock, and loaded nearly 15 000 spark plugs worth about 15000 dollars, leaving only a weak safe attempt and a damaged door. Detectives suspect two men. the crime mirrors six similar thefts across Oklahoma City Tulsa Denver Houston Salt Lake City and Lincoln Nebraska over two years.
In a 42 to 40 vote the Senate cut the foreign aid bill again, lowering total authorization to 3.792 billion. Morse and Ellender offered amendments. Morse won a 25 million cut eliminating development loans for two years, while Ellender's 75 million cut failed. The House already approved 3.5 billion.
The Agriculture Secretary Freeman reportedly called dissenting farmers nuts provoking remarks about his tone. The item notes criticism that an official should avoid insults and references a parallel with past remarks by distinguished figures and business leaders.
Surveyor follows the line of work across the Golden Spread tracing land use and development. The piece notes wide-ranging surveying projects and the role of field crews in mapping territory.
The semiannual York Rite Festival of the Amarillo Bodies will run Saturday at the Masonic Temple. An intensive traffic survey to project highway needs for 20 years is to be the topic of a meeting between Amarillo City Commissioners and Potter and Randall County officials. Formation of a T-Bone Club in the Panhandle won approval from about 100 cattle feeders and businessmen across four states.
A $3,566 breach of contract suit has been filed against a Lubbock building company by the Dumas Independent School District. The item is listed in the High Plains Capsules section with page references and various features such as movies, radio and TV classifieds, and weather.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will rise today with highs near 70 in the north and 80 in the south. Winds remain breezy in western sections with increasing cloudiness tonight, and colder mornings expected tomorrow with patchy frost possible.
Los Angeles reports two bespectacled businessmen arrested on bank robbery charges. Paul Rosenbluth 38 and John K Jennings 12 counted about 100000 dollars from a string of 13 heists totaling 111218 dollars in 13 months. Police linked them to the Van Nuys Bank of America raid and noted Jennings had managed a teenage baseball team.
Democrat Edward Breathitt defeats Republican Louie Nunn in a tight race with 437,384 to 421,928 votes in 2,845 of 2,982 precincts. Nunn concedes amid reports of voting irregularities and calls to monitor machines and ballot boxes as results linger.
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