08 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1965
Page
1
A reporter described Cross as not joining a social fraternity and recounts dates with her, noting that they attended plays and cultural events together. The interview highlighted his public persona and private habits during university life.
A twin-engine plane bound for a Niagara Falls reunion with two families crashed in fog at a Lakewood cemetery minutes after takeoff. The craft ripped into gravestones, burst into flames, and debris struck nearby homes as victims' bodies were scattered.
Washington report details Solis Horwitz assistant secretary of defense for administration and his costly Pentagon bathroom upgrade. It notes the administration role and a White House push to curb Viet Nam shortages, plus Horwitz’s expanded duties with a new task force.
Dozens of blondes in Prineville Oregon report hair turning green after a disinfectant used at the municipal pool. Officials say a second chemical will be used and the color should return to blonde in about one to two weeks.
Whitne yville and Northfield evacuated as a nine mile Maine forest fire, the largest in 20 years, burned 11 044 acres. Wind shifts from southwest to north powered the flames aided by 500 firefighters and air drops from four planes as crews fought to stop the advancing fire near Machias and Marshfield.
James C Cross Jr 22 is charged with murdering Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby in July in Austin Texas. He told police he killed the two Dallas women and their bodies were found in a weeded vacant lot with underwear fragments and skirt exposure. One or both victims were strangled. Cross, a Fort Worth store executive's son, was held without bond in Travis County jail as investigators questioned him.
U S and Vietnamese air forces report about 200 Communist guerrillas killed in 24 hours of raids ending Saturday near Saigon. In the North, a US Navy Skyraider downed at Dong Hoi near the border with Hanoi, with pilot presumed dead. Four generals were fired in Saigon amid ongoing political turmoil.
President Johnson urged leaders from New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey to meet at the White House to coordinate action on looming water shortages. Secretary Udall warned a potential water impasse could begin in September with the Delaware River Basin at risk and urged immediate coordinated planning.
The report notes Amarillo experiences sun for 21 of 219 days so far this year with a partly cloudy forecast. Thunderstorms are possible late afternoon and evening affecting about twenty percent of the area and a high near nine.
FBI says a package held $15 700, a .38 revolver, eight rounds, gloves and keys. Vincent Inzerillo 39, Salvatore Palma 40, and Vincent Mangiaracina 59 were held on receiving stolen property charges. Bonds set at 50 000 and 60 000 pending preliminary hearing. case connected to a Lew Houston supermarket robbery.
The Justice Department sued to abolish Mississippi's $2 poll tax as discriminatory and prepared similar suits against Alabama Texas and Virginia. The Census Bureau paused literacy tests in seven Southern states and 26 North Carolina counties. The Civil Service Commission trained prospective federal examiners to register all qualified voters even if illiterate or unsigned. About 75 examiners, many from the South, returned home after training as Justice Department staff mobilized across the region.
In Saigon a news conference announced former Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh is being ousted from his post as roving ambassador. Khanh, living near New York City, was reportedly in Europe while regional politics shifted under Nguyen Cao Ky.
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