17 Sep 1964
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1964
Page
1
Amarillo education officials note 35 241 students across public and private schools while about 750 are unaccounted for. The item cites school numbers and raises questions on enrollment.
An editorial essay notes Europe's shift toward a unified market and potential federal framework, citing reduced tariffs, rising wages, new commerce models, and a euro dollar as key drivers. It highlights Hans Puhl as a military figure seen as firm against communism after a Berlin incident.
Six year old Mike returns to his Boys Ranch dorm after two hours on the first day of school. He says he left because he could not read or write and was not allowed to speak. Pic Larmour notes Russian highway beer can distribution joke. Formal dedication of the Edward Abraham Memorial Home in Canadian set for Sunday at 2 p.m. with tours until 5 p.m. The facility serves seniors in the Northeast Panhandle and houses 37 residents.
Weslaco Texas faces a long running mystery of 22 million gallons of water lost each month since 1962. City officials consult engineers within 30 days for a conclusive finding after testing meters and unmetered homes. The problem spans parks plugs and multi meter commercial users with possible bookkeeping errors and missing allocations.
President Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Pearson discussed a joint approach to the Columbia River Basin aiming at a better life for all. Ford and UAW pushed for a contract covering 125000 workers with a new union deadline as talks continued.
Heavy rains stretched across Texas after storms in South Texas rained up to 11 inches in two villages late Tuesday and early Wednesday. The weather caused two deaths, displaced more than twenty families, and snarled traffic as air travel slowed. Rain totals from Weather Bureau show widespread gains, with Dallas recording 1.04 inches and Fort Worth 1.67 inches. Temperatures cooled from the prior heat wave, though highs still reached the 90s in spots.
The 1964 Democratic platform approved in Atlantic City begins its serial publication today on the Daily News editorial page and the Sunday News-Globe. Page 38 carries the first installment.
Washington AP reports threatened strike talk Wednesday could disrupt rail operations, challenging the uneasy labor peace since last April's White House settlement. A different union group is involved, yet core issues of wage and work conditions persist.
The United Auto Workers issued a 10 a.m. Friday deadline to Ford Motor Co. to seal a contract or face a strike. The move follows an extended contract dating and signals possible action amid rising industry resistance to job losses due to automation and decline in employment.
Richard Duckett a 73 year old veteran who lost hearing from a World War I head wound in France in 1918 suddenly heard again after 46 years. He woke to ticking clocks and later heard his footsteps on a concrete path proving the recovery. Doctors call it inexplicable and he values his wife's voice the wind in trees and children's laughter as the sweetest sounds.
In 1958 Amarillo, praised as a safe city in its population bracket, logged 3 328 traffic accidents and 29 562 citations with two deaths. By 1959 deaths rose to 10 as enforcement waned, then 1960 saw 4 337 accidents and 21 856 tickets. A local group proposed an eight point plan to restore strict enforcement.
The House Rules Committee plans a raid to force a vote on a constitutional amendment nullifying the Supreme Court one man and one vote ruling. Chairman Howard W. Smith faces judiciary friction as he seeks to advance the Tuck bill, previously blocked in Senate, by removing it to the Rules panel for a House vote.
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