Fatal car overturns kill Boswells near Groom Texas
Mr and Mrs Cole Boswell of Turkey were fatally injured when their car overturned several times on Farm Road 294 near Lark between Groom and Panhandle. Boswell 61 died at hospital after the wreck and his wife 61 died en route. Survived by two daughters and several grandchildren.
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Posten Funeral Home
Panhandle
Maurine Forbis
Phillips
Mildred Twilla
Richland, Wash
Shackleton Research Ship Struck Ice Off Antarctica
The British 1100 ton Shackleton struck an iceberg about 400 miles north of Antarctica, taking on water but remaining seaworthy. With 60 aboard to relieve two years of Antarctic scientists, the vessel aimed for South Georgia after attempting to beach at Laurie Island. Leaks were reported under control as weather eased and rescue plans continued.
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Associated Press
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Norman Brown
Uruguay Cove
Discovery of Blighs Bounty shipwreck near Pitcairn Island
National Geographic reports the finding of the Bounty wreck about 30 feet down in Bounty Bay. Luis Marden led a six week search aided by Pitcairners Tom Christian and Len Brown, identifying hull fittings an oarlock and copper fragments along the keel.
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Rocket Sputters Toward Doom Over Pacific after Sputnik Flight
The first Soviet sputnik rocket, likely doomed, is said to be losing altitude and burning up as it arcs toward the Pacific. Smithsonian observers report rapid orbital changes, with radar at Stanford and Jordrell Bank tracking it. moonwatchers note bright skies but uncertainty remains.
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Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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California
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Indonesian President Survives Grenade Attack in Jakarta
President Sukarno escaped unharmed after four grenades were thrown at his car as he left a Jakarta elementary school. Seven people, five children and two police officers, were killed, with seven more children seriously wounded. Sukarno urged calm in a radio address, noting injuries to mothers and bodyguards. Rebels in several regions have opposed his guided democracy and civil inclusion of Communists.
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Bombing damages residence. no injuries reported
Amarillo police sought leads after a crude homemade bomb shattered a front window at 4815 West 9th, injuring no one as Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson watched TV. Patrolman Keeney found friction tape fragments. the blast likely came from a speeding car, with no threats or witness vehicle activity evident.
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Amarillo
Jack Johnson
W. 9Th
Dale C. Keeney
Keeney
Amarillo Christmas Parade Set for December 7
Amarillo will stage a Christmas parade on Polk Street at 10 30 a m Saturday December 7 sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the retail merchants committee. Nine floats and seven bands already signed up with a deadline of Monday at 5 p m to enter. The theme A Childs Storybook allows religious or other Christmas floats. Floats may be entered by individuals organizations churches schools or businesses. Trophies will be awarded for best elementary and secondary school floats and best general float. Funds exist to aid float construction with extra trucks lined up. Jaycee parade chairman Dick Brooks urges interested entrants to contact the Jaycee Office in the Amarillo Building.
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Polk Street
Brooks
Dick Brooks
Jaycee Parade
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Weather record notes for Amarillo in 1957
Sun shone 291 of 334 days in Amarillo during 1957. A 3 PM Saturday snapshot lists readings for Houston, Dallas and Oklahoma City with wind speeds from 16 to 18 MPH and visibility of 15 miles, all clear conditions for Amarillo and others.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallag
Okla
Weather looks mild for Tri-State weekend
The Tri-State area is forecast to stay clear and mild for the second weekend in a row. Highs near the 60s, with Amarillo around 61 after a 25 degree morning, following upper 50s Friday.
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Tri-State
U.S
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Skeleton find deepens Plainfield killing case
Plainfield Wisconsin November 30 officers from three counties confronted Edward Gein after a new skeleton unearthed in a garbage pit raised fears of further slayings. Officials say a second body found yesterday by Portage County Sheriff Wanserskd may match a money flashing stranger linked to an Adams County disappearance. Authorities in Waushara reported satisfaction with Gein's confession of two killings while noting he claimed some body parts came from graves dug after deaths.
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Frank Serles
Adams County
Portage County
Herb Wanserskd
Stewart Honeck
Vernon Thomson
Gein
Madison
County
Waushara
Waushara County
Earl Eileen
Wisconsin killer Gein linked to graves and grisly remains
Nine graves are named by Gein though officials say more bodies may be involved in the Worden case. He was arrested after Mrs. Bernice Worden was found murdered in his woodshed and has been examined to determine his fitness for trial. He also confessed to killing Mrs. Mary Hogan in 1954. The district attorney opened two graves from Gein’s list for inquest.
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State Crime Laboratory
Bernice Worden
Wisconsin
Central State Hospital
Worden
Mary Hogan
Portage County
Skeleton found in trench near Gein farm
Deputies followed tips to a weed grown farmstead near Plainfield and uncovered a near complete skeleton in a 40 foot trench. The skull bore a gold tooth linking the remains to a man described to authorities as Ray Burgess who hunted with Victor Travis on November 1 1952.
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Serles
Ray Burgess
Victor
Bunk) Travis
Gein Place
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