03 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1969
Page
1
Patrolman Bruce Powell comforts Mrs. Roy F. Webb of 2914 Apache after her car was struck by a train Saturday near 3rd on N Grand. Despite a demolished vehicle, Mrs Webb and her two year old daughter Dana escaped serious injuries. See story on page 0-18.
President Nixon plans a briefing with Prime Minister Harold Wilson during a refueling stop in Britain on his world tour. The move triggers political uproar as Wilson seeks headlines and opposition Conservatives accuse him of courting publicity.
President Nixon arrived in Bucharest for a state visit, greeted by Nicolae Ceausescu as thousands shouted Nix on and Hoo rah. At Otopeni airport flags waved as Nixon spoke of peaceful coexistence and set off in an open limousine for a 12 mile ride through the city.
Washington notes the nations largest welfare programAid to Families with Dependent Children supports 1 554 000 families totaling 6 215 000 people including 4 646 000 children Average payment 171 60 monthly per family 42 90 monthly for recipient Recipients up 14 2 percent year over year Payments up 23 6 percent in same period Details on Page B 12 Copyright 1967 Congressional Quarterly Inc
In Festus Missouri an 18 year old high school graduate carried a pipe bound burden for 10 hours on a football field after four men secured it around his neck. Demolition experts later found no explosives just wood and a screw. The incident involved his former teacher and drew police and spectators.
The daily forecast reports cloudy skies and hot conditions with temperatures near the 90s. Southerly winds are expected around 10 mph with a 20 percent chance of a night thunderstorm and rain.
Texans go to the polls Tuesday to decide nine proposed constitutional changes from water policy to legislator salaries and student loans. Potter County polls run 7 am to 7 pm, Randall County 7 am to 7 pm in Amarillo and 8 am to 7 pm in Canyon and rural areas. Voters should bring registration certificates and vote locations include Amarillo police, public school admin, Am arillo High, College, Wolflin, Austin Jr High, St Marys Parish Hall, Bivins School, and Tascosa High School.
Five of six people in a two car collision at East Amarillo Boulevard and Lakeside were treated at Northwest Texas Hospital. Driver Lee Robert Lockwood 34 and his wife Diane 20 were pinned for minutes with serious injuries including a head laceration possible skull fracture and possible hip fracture. Others Linda McCormick 18 Kenneth Holt 27 John Hirschlein 38 and Beulah Hirschlein 34 were also treated with injuries of varying certainty. The crash occurred near East Amarillo Boulevard and Lakeside.
The three major networks will air coverage of President Nixon returning from his world tour tonight from Andrews Air Force Base. No time was released.
Texas plates will shift from black and white to blue on white in 1970 to suit reflectorized material. The reflectorized plates began in 1969 and the blue on white choice may be changed to red in 1971.
In Austin Texas jury selection stalled with three jurors remaining to be chosen for the murder trial of Clyde Durin Jr 22 of Dallas. Judge Tom Blackwell planned to resume at 9 a m Monday with testimony to begin. The trial recessed at noon on Saturday pending completion of juror panels.
A 2,700-pound Air Force research balloon instrument package ricocheted off a Roswell roof Saturday, missing a sleeping woman by 10 feet and her husband by 20 feet at breakfast. It skimmed the roof, tore a 10 by 12 foot hole, and crashed into a neighbor’s garage. The craft was launched from the city’s old municipal airport. no injuries were reported.
In Bucharest the welcome for President Nixon was dampened by the Soviet bloc. Tass, the official Soviet news agency, set a cool tone across press and radio in Europe’s Communist world. Forty five minutes after Nixon arrived in Bucharest, Tass reported his arrival.
United States President Richard Nixon received the warmest welcome of his world tour in Communist Romania. Government leaders mobilized a large turnout by allowing workers to cut their Saturday half day and fill streets into a throng estimated at 500,000. Crowds forced repeated stops for the motorcade as Nixon and Ceausescu emerged smiling, with Romanians chanting Nixon's name and bouquets tossed toward the limousines.
Two Florida teenagers were reported in satisfactory condition after shark attacks. John Wilson, 15, of Jacksonville, was severely bitten on a leg while surfing about 40 feet from New Beach shoreline, but reached shallow water. Robert Wamser, 13, was bitten Friday in the Gulf of Mexico, suffering lacerations to a leg and arm and underwent an operation.
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