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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
4
The Amarillo Weather Bureau staff receive a certificate for competence and decisive action in issuing a tornado warning about 54 minutes before a destructive storm. W. L. Thompson of the Fort Worth regional HQ praises advance warnings for lives saved and stresses community preparedness.
Marvin Watson Jr, praised as economical, clashes with Johnson aides over Post Office cuts and lavish renovations at taxpayer expense. He docked liquor at home yet hosted civil servants on the Sequoia cruise, provoking criticism. A disrupted pouch of Vietnam talks in Paris raises security concerns as officials monitor possible site changes to Geneva.
The piece surveys Paris during social unrest sparked by De Gaulle’s era, with unions and students driving change. It notes widespread talk and protest, ongoing demonstrations, and daily life under shortages, while pondering police morale, militant wage defiance, and provincial attitudes.
A Reader's Digest inspired column argues for a universal standard to determine death amid rising transplant interests. It cites cases of revival after death declarations, including a plane crash victim later identified as Ted Kennedy, and patients revived from apparent dead states.
A University of Kansas student ends a 63-hour phone talk and plans to keep chatting until classmates push the record beyond 550 hours held by a Kansas State group. The piece comments on campus pranks, militant student protests, and fears of campus shutdowns renewing calls for the “good old days.”
Julien C. Hyer cites Proverbs and Shakespeare to show thinking shapes character. He notes Hamlet's clause that thinking makes it so and urges meditation that aligns with God accepted wisdom as the Psalmist suggests.
A reflective column argues Western decline mirrors France and Britain, warning that civil disobedience and campus sit ins erode law and order. It contrasts sanctions on Rhodesia with Russia, praises PTA stance on academic freedom, and critiques permissive parenting amid protests.
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