Warmer today with humidity and scattered storms
Weather report shows highs from 82 to 91 across New Mexico Texas Oklahoma with a cold front bringing north winds and cooler conditions tonight Amarillo poolside warmth 87 with thunderstorms around 2 pm lasting to evening and clearing after 8 pm Friday outlook suggests fair cooler highs in 70s to low 80s and drier air
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New Mexico
Texas
Panhandle
West Oklahoma
Amarillo
Poolside
Jess
Amarillo Weather Forecast Tonight And Tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions continue into tonight with a few isolated afternoon and night thunder storms possible. Warmer today with highs in the mid 80s and southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances are about 10 percent tonight. Precipitation data provided by the US Weather Bureau in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
US Weather Bureau
Illinois Lawyers Will Petition Supreme Court
Chicago prosecutors will seek a rehearing from the US Supreme Court after the ruling that the hanging jury was unconstitutional. If not granted, they will ask the Illinois Supreme Court for directives on William Witherspoon’s case. The death sentence for a 1959 Chicago policeman slaying was deemed unconstitutional due to jury exclusion of anti capital punishment veniremen.
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UPT
Chicagea
US Supreme Court
Illinois Supreme Court
William Witherspoon
Witherspoon
High Court
Veniremen
Cook County
Atty John Stamos
Illinois
Obituary notices list local residents with services pending
Joe Albert Floyd 72 of 132 East 1st Street has service pending. James Preston OQUIN 44 of Hooker Oklahoma. Fred Eira Shuey 88 of Polk Street has services pending. Alexander F Wahl 79 of Baiko Oklahoma has services pending. Body mentioned for Boxwell Morrison Funeral Home Stratford for service and burial.
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Floyd Joe Albert Floyd
East
O'Quin James Preston
Hooker
Oklahome
Boxwell-Morrison Funeral Home
Stratford
Fred Eira
Polk
Wahl Alexander F
Baiko
Oklahoma
Amarillo Daily News Publishing Details 1968
The Amarillo Daily News outlines staff roles and contact details for The Globe News Publishing Company in Amarillo Texas. It lists executives editors and managers and provides subscription prices for various regions and delivery options. Includes copyright notice 1968 by Globe-News Publishing Company Inc. All rights reserved.
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Daily News
Globe News Publishing Company, Inc
Ninth and Harrison
P.O
Amarillo
Texas
RB. Whittenburg
Jim Walker
Wesley S$ Izzard
Paul Timmons
Don Boyett
Jim Clark
Pope
Grady Camp
Lowell Brown
Trenton T Davis
Harry Bartlett
Ameriks
Sun
Globe-News Publishing Company, Inc
Garrison Charged In Shaw Case
A UPI report says a federal three judge panel will hear charges that Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison led a reign of terror against Clay L. Shaw who is charged with conspiracy in the JFK death. The panel includes Judge Frederick Heebe James Comiskey and Robert Ainsworth. No date set. a temp restraining order blocks Shaw's trial until panel rules. Shaw's trial had been set for June 11.
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New Orleans
UPI
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Joe Brown
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Frederick Heebe
James Comiskey
Robert Ainsworth
Theebe
Heebe
Garrison
Shaw
Prime Meridian Center at U S Naval Observatory
Washington reports that the dome center of the U S Naval Observatory at 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue served as the world’s prime meridian from 1850 to 1912.
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U. S. Naval Observatory
23Rd Street
Constitution Avenue
U. S Prime Meridian
Kennedy Shot In Cali Amid Wave Of Political Turmoil
Trainer John Shear recalled Sirhan Sirhan as a former groom who grew inflamed by Middle East tensions and aligned pro Jordan. Witness Marcus Mebroom said Sirhan cried I did it for my country after the Kennedy shooting, as doctors assessed Kennedy’s prognosis and gun details surfaced.
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Los Angeles
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Blair Clack
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Senate bill vote on crime control faces delays
Gunsis may vote Thursday to accept the broader Senate bill and send it to the White House. Anderson urged committee action, noting the country awaits action on crime control. The panel acted as the House prepared to debate sending the measure to conference amid concerns of delays and possible defeat.
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Texas Legislature Prays for Kennedy Recovery
The Texas Legislature, a conservative group with little support for Sen. Robert Kennedy, offered prayers for his recovery. The House met 40 minutes and adjourned early in sympathy with the Kennedy family after his shooting. The Senate briefly stood for a moment of silent prayer led by Sen. Barbara Jordan.
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UPL
Texas
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House
Kennedy
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Senate
Navy Declares Scorpion Lost After Atlantic Search
The Navy announced the nuclear submarine Scorpion and its 99 crew are presumed lost in the Atlantic. A Norfolk court of inquiry blamed possible collision with underwater peaks as the search continues and the vessel remains missing since May, after last reporting 27 miles off course south of the Azores.
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Azores
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Naval Operations
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How Candidates Stand in Votes
Washington reports standings for Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Democrats require 1,312 to nominate Humphrey with 561 for Kennedy 493 for Kennedy and 255 for McCarthy 96 uncommitted 310 favorite sons and others. Republicans need 667 to nominate Nixon with 392 for Nixon 110 for Reagan 0 for Rockefeller 24 uncommitted 319 favorite sons and three New Jersey delegate votes undecided between McCarthy and Hughes.
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UPID
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Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
George C. Wallace
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Harold FB. Stassen
New Jersey
McCarthy
Richard Hughes
Britain to repay IMF loan tied to pound devaluation
Britain will borrow 1.4 billion dollars from the IMF to repay loans incurred after the pound’s devaluation last November. The three year drawing extends repayment time but does not alter reserve strength or immediate market reaction.
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London
Britain
International Monetary Fund
Wallace To Speak At 11th Party Convention
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace will address the American party state convention in Fort Worth. Marvin Griffin could be Wallace’s running mate, and about 8 000 people attend the event at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium. Dan Smoot will speak at the afternoon session starting 2 pm.
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Bryan
Dan Smoot
Ex City Man Nabs Suspect In Kennedy Shooting
Former Amarillo man Travis RK White now with the Los Angeles Police Department took Sirhan Sirhan into custody after the attempted assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy. White, 23, reported he was first on the scene and his family watched him on television. Sirhan Sirhan faces assault with intent to murder charges. White attended Tascosa High School and served in the Marines before joining the LAPD.
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Amarillo
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Marine Corps
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Farr's
Super Markets
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The
Marines
Clara Webb
Milam
Ex tra Ex tra continued from Page 1 dramatic alerts in 20th century
The excerpt notes an early morning extra edition in Los Angeles rolling at 4 23 am and sent 49 minutes later. It recalls a prior extra on Dec 20 1950 tied to Amarillo Air Force Base reopening and contrasts passably with large events like the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963 and the 1949 Amarillo tornado not needing an extra.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
John F. Kennedy
Amarillo
Planepilotless spy plane search spans vast area
The search area for the other plane lies more than 1000 miles east of Vietnam as the Air Force reports last contact at 1 42 a m EDT Tuesday. Kyodo notes the YF12A SR71 was one of two reconnaissance planes based on Okinawa.
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Kyodo News Service
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Dallas Firm Low Bidder for Lubbock Courthouse Demolition
John W. Vilbig of Dallas was named the apparent low bidder for clearing two downtown blocks in Lubbock for a courthouse and federal office building. His bid of 57 thousand dollars topped 12 submissions. runner up bids were Gosset Demolition Co. of Houston at 59,185 and Hobbs Demolition of Austin at 59,741. The contract will be awarded within 30 days with work likely to start in July.
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John W. Vilbig
Dallas
Lubbock
General Services Administration
Wilbig
GSA
Gosset Demolition Co
Houston
Hobbs Demolition
Austin
Kennedy Shooting Clouds Kennedy Campaign Prospects
After Kennedy was wounded the effect on state conventions and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was unclear. Humphrey pushed to win over uncommitted delegates in Michigan and Pennsylvania while questions rose about whether Robert Kennedy's campaign could continue or if Edward Kennedy would carry the banner if John Kennedy could not resume. Politicians said prayers rather than discussing contingency plans.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Reagan Blasts RFK Attack From Sacramento Press Conference
Governor Ronald Reagan assailed what he called demagogic leaders who helped create a climate behind RFK’s assassination attempt. He refused to name individuals, saying reporters must draw their own conclusions, and he promised California would not tolerate such rhetoric.
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Copley News Service
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Calif
Ronald Reagan
Robert F. Kennedy
D.-N.y
Los Angeles
California
Reagan
Lynn Nofziger
Kennedy
Paul Beck
Beck
Texas Cities Cited In Riot Control
Maj Gen Thomas S Bishop adjutant general of the Texas National Guard named Dallas Houston Fort Worth and San Antonio as especially sensitive for riot control He said the guard will contain isolate and disperse rioters and use only force reasonably necessary to restore law and order during any call to quell disturbances He spoke at an American Legion post dinner.
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Thomas S. Bishop
Texas National Guard
Texas
Bishop
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Houston
Fort Worth
American Legion
Obituaries from Blackburna Shaw and Strickland services
Cora Bell Marshall 75 of 4939 Con cho and Gussie Strickland 98 of 3115 Tre Ancho have funeral services listed. Services set for 2 p.m. on Thursday at Industrial Baptist Church and 2 p.m. Friday at Burn Shaw Memorial Chapel.
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Marshall Cora Bell Marshall
Concho
Industrial Baptist Church
Strickland
Gussie Strickland
Tre Ancho
Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chonel
Water bill paves Palmetto Bend project in Texas
The House Interior Committee approved a $34 million Palmetto Bend water project for the Lavaca and Navidad rivers to supply growing Gulf Coast communities in Jackson and Calhoun counties. It also authorizes land acquisition for a second stage estimated at $2.7 million.
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Washington
House Interior Committee
Palmetto Bend
Texas
Bureau of Reclamation
Lavaca
Navidad
Jackson
Calhoun
Gulf Coast
Houston
Corpus Christi
Johnson names violence commission to study national crisis
President Johnson announced a commission of distinguished Americans to investigate the violent phenomena plaguing the nation. Members include Dr. Milton Eisenhower Archbishop Terence Cooke former Ambassador Patricia Harris Senator Philip Hart Representative Hale Boggs and other lawmakers.
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Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Milton Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower
Commission
Terence Cooke
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
New York
Patricia Harris Longshoreman
Eric Hoffer
San Francisco
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D-Midh
Hale Boggs
D-La
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