Weather Outlook Slightly Cooler With Warm Ends
Today's forecast calls for cooler but still warm conditions with highs in the lower 80s to mid-80s and a chance of showers in the east. No rain expected in New Mexico or most of the Panhandle. Winds from the west at 14 to 20 mph with low humidity. Amarillo expects near 90 under sunny skies with Lake Meredith water at 72 and dam depth at 83 feet. Saturday brings sunny skies with cooler highs in the 80s and a low around 64. Little or no rain anticipated.
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Amarillo Area Weather Forecast and Temperatures
Weather brief for Amarillo and vicinity notes clear to partly cloudy skies through tonight with morning low in the 60s and highs in the middle 90s. Southerly winds shift to northerly at 10 to 20 mph with hourly temps shown for Thursday and a max of 95. Precipitation for the 24 hour period ending 6 pm Thursday shows none. Sunrise 4 30 and sunset 8 59. Data supplied by the U S Weather Bureau Amarillo.
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Willkie Voted Record for GOP in 1940 Election
Wendell Willkie led Republican voters with 22,305,198 ballots in the 1940 race against Franklin D. Roosevelt. The record stood until Dwight D. Eisenhower surpassed it in 1952 by about 10 million votes.
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Obituary Notices for Floyd Parsley Shuey and Wahl in Balko Area
Joe Albert Floyd 72 of 132 East 16th had a service at 4 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Parsley 71 of 823 North Manhattan is listed with services pending. Fred Ezra Shuey 73 at 4007 Polk has services set for 2 p.m. Friday at United Pentecostal Church. Alexander F. Wahl 79 of Balko Oklahoma has services 2 p.m. Friday at Balko Baptist Church.
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United Pentecostal Church
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Oklahoma
Balko Baptist Church
Amarillo Daily News Details Publication and Rates
The Amarillo Daily News announces its independence and daily morning and special editions from Amarillo Texas. It lists staff including S B Whittenburg Jim Walker Wesley Shizz ard Paul Timmons Don Boyett Jim Clark and Grady Camp. Rates for various delivery options are shown with discounts for longer terms. Copyright 1968 Globe-News Publishing Company.
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Paris talks continue as Saigon battles worsen
U S officials report rising casualties amid Paris peace talks. Saigon shelling kills civilians and hospital damage noted as American deaths climb to weekly highs. In May, U S and South Vietnamese forces press offensives near the DMZ and central highlands while air base sites face rocket strikes.
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Last Rites for RFK Scheduled Saturday
The Kennedy family prepared for Robert F Kennedy's funeral as his death at 3 44 a m PDT was confirmed after an eight shot wound at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. A 50 car motorcade carried his body to the airport for an overseas flight to New York with services planned at St. Patrick's Cathedral and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Autopsy detail reveals trajectory in Kennedy shooting
Dr. Noguchi outlined that fragments were removed and a second bullet likely entered behind the neck with the gunman’s arm raised. He noted brain damage including a severed cerebellar artery and brain stem injury, with X ray evidence of fragments in the cerebrum. Three foreign pathologists assisted, and the official report will give complete findings.
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Labor Day dates worldwide and U S legal holiday origin
Labor Day is observed on May 1 in most industrial nations, while the United States and Canada celebrate it on the first Monday in September. In the United States a legal holiday was established by an act of Congress on June 28, 1894.
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Armbruster Hill Strickland Obituaries
Obituary notes list Helen Louise Armbruster 39 of 616 St Francis with rosary Friday and Mass Saturday at St Lawrence Church. James LeRoy Hill 1900 Alice Strickland and Gussie Strickland 98 of 3115 Tee receive services Friday at Black Barn Shaw Memorial Chapel.
Texas Begins Drink Study Moves Toward Conference Drafts
Legislation to raise college tuition and tax miniature liquor bottles gains momentum as Rep. Barnes favors a 10 member joint conference committee. Study cites open LCB records and parental fines for underage drinking while bills seek new taxes and higher fees to fund state college aid.
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Lilies Wither at Kennedy Grave as Mourning Deepens
Visitors in Arlington National Cemetery recall the tragedy of John F. Kennedy's death as they view the grave site. Swiss visitors Pia Mugglin and Verena Stocker express shock at such an event in a free nation while others reflect on loss. The lilies at the grave wither overnight, symbolizing the lingering sorrow.
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United States
John Kennedy
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Laffite Refuses British Offer Aids Jackson at New Orleans
Jean Laffite, famed privateer, declined a 30000 dollar bribe from the British Navy to seize New Orleans. He instead aided General Andrew Jackson and helped defend the port, contributing to a pivotal War of 1812 victory.
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