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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
11
From Johannesburg South Africa rescuers race to reach a survivor amid a rockfall at the Grootvlei Mine. At least 13 bodies have been recovered including two white men, with seven believed killed and an African worker crying for help fading.
A collision off Gozensaki Cape in Central Honshu sank the Japanese coastal vessel Kobe 1% with 23 crew aboard. one helmsman is missing while 22 others were rescued by a Japanese vessel. The American freighter reportedly sustained no serious damage.
Major General George Gordon Meade is installed to command the Army of the Potomac after Lt. Col. James A. Hardie and War Department officials urge Hooker’s removal. Lincoln and Halleck approve. Meade faces Lee’s Confederate advance as York and Gettysburg loom alert.
United Press International Almanac marks June 20 1963 as the 171st day with 194 to follow. It lists historical items including events in 1782 1887 1898 and 1931, plus a literary quote and celestial details noting Venus Jupiter Saturn Mars.
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