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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2000
Page
1
A designer channels a painful experience into a collection of miniaturized floral purses. Each bag blends delicate petals and structured silhouettes, transforming personal struggle into wearable art with a hopeful, resilient message.
In the Aug 17 1935 Amarillo Daily News a 7 foot clutch putt by Don Bowen secures the partnership with Steve Rogers. They defeat Judd Burket and Clay Leverett by a single stroke to win a key golf contest.
Amarillo Daily News notes the two season TV series Christy remains popular with an annual three day Christy Fest. Weather forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today with highs in the upper 90s and tonight partly cloudy with lows around the upper 60s. Tuesday again mostly sunny with highs in the mid 90s.
President Clinton rallies party loyalists in Los Angeles as Al Gore campaigns from Cleveland pledging to uphold the highest values if elected. Delegates flood toward Hollywood for a four day pageant amid security tightness and political tensions across Philadelphia area and House races.
More than 8 600 volunteers offer services across festival roles with about 300 ushers each night. An usher corps and security team will staff events, wear green and gray shirts, and communicate by radios. Training sessions were held at three churches in July. Guidance and counseling volunteers, plus professional staff, are available for emergencies and support.
Festival 2000 organizers expect about 20,000 attendees each night with 8,600 volunteers aiding operations. The event will proceed despite rain and aims to transport and seat thousands of adults and children from the Panhandle for Friday Sunday and Saturday Kidz Fest. Organizers address parking and transportation to ensure rides for all children attending the festival.
The festival offers nacnos for purchase at concessions with no popcorn or peanuts. Sign language and closed captioning will be available for deaf participants. The Globe-News writer who covered Billy Gra ams 1953 Amarillo visit was once titled the Christ and Crime reporter.
A Randall County deputy shot and killed Kenneth Scott Green, 22, after a Sunday chase in south Amarillo. The release says Green advanced toward deputy Marcos Fabela without a weapon. Green died at Northwest Texas Hospital at 4:20 am. Deputy Fabela and Melvin Seymour were searching 4400 block of South Georgia Street for underage alcohol sales when the incident occurred.
Camarillo California AP reports the national average price per gallon fell 7.5 cents over three weeks to 1.53 dollars. Lundberg notes continued decline from June highs, with Chicago down 17 cents Cincinnati 13 Detroit 31. If crude stays near 31 dollars a barrel the easing may stall.
Documents obtained by former workers at the Thule air base indicate an unarmed hydrogen device, lost after a 1968 B 52 crash, might still rest on the seabed off Greenland. The report notes U S searchers recovered debris from three bombs but did not find the fourth, serial 78252, and says Denmark was not informed of continued searches in 1968.
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