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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1968
Page
2
Analysis from Weather Forecast Inc shows a sunny hot day for Amarillo with highs from 82 to 94 and strong southwest winds 14 to 22 mph gusting to 28. Little rainfall expected and evening remains mild. Today's high around 88 with a Tuesday low near 57 and humidity around 25 percent then 75 percent. Outlook Tuesday remains sunny and hot with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
Weather outlook for Amarillo and vicinity notes continued fair skies with warmer conditions today and tonight. Highs expected in the mid 80s with southerly winds 8 to 12 mph today and light variable winds tonight. U S Weather Bureau data from Amarillo lists 24 hour precipitation to 6 p m Sunday, year totals 8 07 inches, last year 34 4 28 inches, normal 7 06 inches.
A report notes the first movie production occurred in Los Angeles in 1908, marking an early milestone in cinema history and the city’s developing industry.
Amarillo Daily News established November 4 1909 presents its publishing profile. It notes ownership by The Globe-News Publishing Company Inc and lists key personnel including S B Whittenburg president and general manager Jim Walker assistant to president Wesley Zizzard publisher and editor Paul Simmons associate editor Don Hoyett managing editor Jim Clark editor of editorial page Grady Camp business manager Lowell Brown advertising director Trenton Tavys circulation manager Harry Bartlett production superintendent.
In a San Francisco broadcast Kennedy backs jobs programs and treating welfare reform as a goal with private sector tax incentives, while McCarthy urges federal aid to state and local authorities and mass housing for low income people. On Vietnam, McCarthy favors de escalation with retained strength and cautions against coalition government rhetoric from Paris talks.
The dialogue covers Vietnam coalition questions and Saigon negotiations, debates over a coalition with the National Liberation Front, and tax reforms including a suggested 6 to 8 percent surtax. Kennedy advocates private and public hard line on corruption, while McCarthy supports targeted surtax and expenditure cuts.
Debate will be handed Tuesday with Kennedy and McCarthy plus an unpledged delegation led by Atty. Gen. Thomas Lynch. The winner gains 172 of California’s 174 national convention votes, signaling a major boost toward Chicago. The loser risks ending his campaign.
France weighs a return to work as Tuesday votes loom for department clerks and major unions. Rail and Paris transit leaders meet with Transport Minister Chamant while depots stay occupied and settlements ripple through auto, building, and teaching sectors. Dover Calais ferry resumes and steel work returns as gambling, racing, and opera press on. Archbishop Marty pleads for peace at Notre Dame as Sorbonne occupiers thin to about 1500 from 20,000.
Ups Travel Editor notes that live aboard cruises offer hotelless vacations to islands like Nassau Bermuda with ships serving as floating hotels. The Olympia on a weekly Bermuda run from New York provides meals, activities, and evening dress guidance, with trips lasting about 36 hours to Bermuda and three days to Nassau.
For two weeks in Paris diplomacy continues at the Hotel Majestic on Avenue Kleber as American and North Vietnamese delegates speak, bow, and toast to French cuisine amid a war that costs more lives daily. The scene remains orderly, patient, and far from combat despite mounting casualties.
Amid sporadic fighting around Saigon since May 5, senior officers report heavy casualties on both sides. Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan was seriously wounded. Col. Dam Van Quy and Col. Lau Kim Cuong were killed. U S and allied forces claim large enemy losses in Saigon and surrounding provinces during Operation Complete Victory.
Open air cafe style Olympia operates weekly Bermuda cruises through Oct 18. Rates range 175 to 485 dollars per person double occupancy, with most cabins featuring private showers and toilets. The ship ties up near Front Street shopping and serves diverse meals from breakfast to midnight buffets.
Mrs Liliian Lea Bemis aged 56 of 2113 Buchanan. Services held at 10 p.m. Monday at Blackburne Shaw Memorial Chapel.
Sir Edmund Hillary plans a 25 mile Sun Kosi run from the Indian border to Kathmandu using two New Zealand made jet boats. He has assessed 90 miles from a helicopter and found rapids every two miles. If approved by Nepal, the venture could demonstrate jet boats opening Nepal's economy while easing isolation for residents near the river. He aims to start in August or early September.
North Vietnam insists on unconditional American bombing end before talks progress while Moscow backed Paris talks and hinted Hanoi openness to a broader settlement. Tho met Kosygin and Harriman’s delegation pressed on seven sessions as Nhan Dan urged U.S. responsibility to stop all war actions in North Vietnam.
District absentee balloting continued into the election day as voters decided local races. Al Whitaker won Potter County treasurer with 4,852 votes to 3,874 for R Wendell Henry. Randall County Democratic nominee for county commissioner Precinct 1 was J S Fletcher who defeated Honest Jess Williams 1,303 to 617. Moore County incumbents earned new terms with Bill Jones at 856 to A B Carnes 649. Bailey County saw Matt Dudley 622 to Sherman Inman 327 for county commissioner Precinct 1 while W H Eubanks led Way with 123 to 100.
Flags flew across Britain on the 15th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation as she and her family marked Whitsun at Windsor Castle over a holiday weekend.
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