11 Sep 1964
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1964
Page
1
About 200 people are expected today and Saturday for the Associated Independent Electrical Contractors of America convention at Holiday Inn West. Jack Bickly of Amarillo will preside.
The paper notes West Texas State University enrollment may exceed 3500 as the fall term opens Saturday. Bette Poteet of Grady New Mexico wins Curry County Fair queen. Moore County opens a $75000 exhibition building today. the first cotton bale in Briscoe County earns $138.50. 400 young farmers attend Hereford convention. Also covered are political happenings with the Baker case, Johnson on election timing, Goldwater’s critique of civil rights policies, and Hurricane Dora damage in Florida.
At the High Plains Research Foundation Halfway farm, trustees discuss inter planting to cut cotton use and conserve water. Harold Hinn chairs the board amid field day demos showing new crop varieties and water-saving methods for the Plains region. Dr Earl Collister, foundation director, asserts future water wells will remain in the Plains.
The piece notes Congress could, in minutes, overturn a Supreme Court reapportionment ruling though it has not. It contrasts constitutional power with current restraint and includes a side item about a counter insurgency class at Naval Reserve HQ.
A private Piper plane on a search mission for a missing elderly woman north of McLean crashed into a pickup and a car around 5 15 PM. Pilot Bill Cambaucher and bystander Louis Edward Reynolds were injured Reynolds 53 of Dallas received fractured ribs and was in satisfactory condition. Cambaucher had minor injuries and was listed in good condition. Nearby Wellington resident Mrs W R Orr about 80 was found in McClellan Creek riverbed and sent to Wellington Hospital for observation.
PAMPA M K Brown a prominent Pampa financier philanthropist and rancher died late Thursday from injuries sustained in a one vehicle collision with a car driven by Don Michael Cobb 17 of Pampa at Hobart and Coronado Drive Browns condition worsened after initial improvement and he died at Highland Hospital He came to Pampa in 1903 and helped grow the city Survivors include a brother Funeral arrangements were set with Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home
A refrigerated truck crossed the Berlin wall with 14 people hidden among 170 halves of slaughtered pigs. Erich Ross said the escape was planned for months and involved his wife Betty and relatives, three children, and six others all drugged to quiet them.
Lai Lung wens, touted as the oldest man on record, died Wednesday in northern Miali at age 115. He had lived through a century and a half, with few details on his long life provided by reports.
Hurricane Dora faded after sweeping northern Florida. President Johnson declared a disaster area, unlocking low interest loans for homeowners and businesses. Georgia and Florida also designated disaster zones. Jacksonville and St Augustine faced power outages and widespread flooding along with substantial property damage.
The Dallas News reports James E. Fonville passed a lie detector test on his statement that he saw Billie Sol Estes give $50,000 to Senator Ralph Yarborough. He said he counted the money on November 6, 1950, in the presence of two men, handed it to Estes, who then gave it to the senator.
A surveyor reviews the Panhandle area scene on page 8, examining landscape details and local features. The item notes field observations and notes potential changes or development in the region.
Gov. Connally announces William Hunter McLean will direct the Johnson Humphrey effort in Texas with leave of absence from his state Insurance Board post. Merrill Connally will head the campaign in the fall while Connally handles his own statewide duties and budget. He noted no fixed national role.
The Senate voted 75 to 3 to reopen the Bobby Baker case and direct the rules committee to investigate a $25,000 kickback allegedly funneled through Baker to the Kennedy Johnson campaign in 1960. The move follows partisan debate and a rejected demand for the government operations subcommittee to take over the probe.
In Boston Lt. Gov. Francis X. Bellotti defeats incumbent Endicott Peabody for the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Bellotti leads steadily as 75 percent of precincts report, carrying Boston by about 1,100 votes and widening the margin in large towns as he moves toward the state party nomination.
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