Weather Summary for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
Weather bulletin shows partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with afternoon and evening thunderstorms and a 36 percent chance of showers. North to northwest Texas expected clearing to cloudy through Saturday with scattered storms in the west and over the state tonight into Saturday. highs in the lower 80s. Northern New Mexico sees widely scattered thundershowers today and Saturday with mountains favored. highs mainly in the 70s to 80s.
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Amarillo
Witely
Texas
Witey
Seturdey
Mexico
Charles de Gaulle
France
French Indochina
Viet Nam
Precipitation Totals Reported For The Year
Weather Bureau reports rainfall data with totals for the year to date. The entry notes a period ending Thursday with little to no precipitation and a year-to-date total of 1377 units, mentioning losses and a nominal value.
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Weether Bureau
Ct & P. Rm
Naval Reserve recruiters visit Amarillo for reserve program
A recruiting team from the U S Naval Air Station Grand Prairie will be in Amarillo today through Saturday to contact potential applicants for the reserve program. Men and women who sign will be flown to Grand Prairie one weekend each month for training. They may also train two weeks each summer in places such as Spain North Africa Hawaii California or Florida.
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U.S. Naval Air Station
Grand Prairie
Amarillo
James C. Estes
Spain
North Africa
Hawaii
California
Florida
Estes
Aetua
Warmer Air Predicted Across Golden Spread
A cold front moved into the Golden Spread late Wednesday and lingered into Thursday morning. Lows reached the upper 40s in several cities, with Amarillo at 48 and Clayton, New Mexico at 42, the region's coldest. Highs included Clovis New Mexico 81 and Clayton 81, while other readings ranged from 74 to 80 across nearby towns.
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Golden
Amarillo
Clayton
N.M
Childress
Dalhart
Guymon
Okla
Gage
Tucumcari
Clovis N.M
Pampa
Viet Buddhist manifesto signals tensions in Saigon
Viet Cong losses were reported at about 902 for the week while allied deaths fell to 244 across late May. The Buddhist leadership called for neutrality in a manifesto while dawn Hue unrest continued as Thich Tri Quang ordered streets cleared for military movements.
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U.S
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Johnson
Chau
Lodge
Thich Tri Quang
Hue
Quang
Dumas Dogie Days Draws Big Crowd With Pageants and Rodeos
The Dumas Dogie Days celebration drew about 5,500 people for the barbecue, with 300 gallons of beans and 5,000 pounds of beef served. Miss Moore County 1966 Jan Harbert crowned, with runners up Patty Amos and Linda Keisling. Rodeos, parades, dances, and a beauty pageant linked to Wheatheart of the Nation were planned, with Senator John Tower attending Saturday events.
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Moore County
Jan Harbert
Tom Harbert
Dumas
LaVada
Dumas Jarcees
Perryton
Patty Amos
Linda Keisling
Sunray
Court House
Rodeo
Glenn Green
Amarillo
Moore County Sheriff's Posse
First Street
Dumas Ave
Jameson
Sen
John Tower
Don Anthony
Dumas Noon Lions Club
Patsy Kempson
Patricia Joann Herzog Infant Gravesite Services
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John B Herzog of 82 Madison. Gravesite services held at Memorial Park Cemetery at 4 am Friday afternoon.
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Herzog Patricia Joann Herzog
John B Herzog
Madison
Memorial Park Cemetery
Fire in Santa Fe refrigerated car causes damage
About $2,500 in damages from a blaze in a refrigerated boxcar at the Santa Fe Railway Eith yards. The fire started late Wednesday and rekindled early Thursday with firefighters extinguishing the second flare-up after 1 a.m. The car, loaded with potatoes, had some damage while the goods were removed.
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Santa Fe Railway
Eith
Santa Fe
Marchers face threats as King stops to mourn Phipps
Dr King led a roadside memorial for Phipps in Mississippi amid a tense march toward Jackson. He lamented violence, defended nonviolence, and noted leaders would return to New York as gunfire briefly disturbed the line eight miles north of Senatobia.
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Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Phipps
Viola Liuzze
Detroit
Selma
Ala
Chicago
Floyd Me. Kissick
Congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer
New York
Senatobia
Here
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
SLCL
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Memphis
Alma Strikes Florida Coast Leaving High Tides and Missing Sailors
As Hurricane Alma moved northward tides were forecast seven to ten feet above normal, washing many low beaches. Cedar Key Streets flooded, residents evacuated, and rescue teams searched for missing boaters while Florida toll rose with five deaths including Irene Winters.
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Alma
Cedar Key
Alligator Point
Walter Murphy
Northern
Florida
Civil Defense
Apalachicola
James Daly
Irene Winters
Sunshine Skyway
Tampa Bay
St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Ashbrook Walter Ivy Ashcrook Memorial Service Details
Walter Ivy Ashcrook age 70 of Blackburn address 112 Milom Services 1 cm Soturcey to be laid to rest at Show Memoria Chapel with services 4 pm Friday. Core C Linderholm 79 of Raleigh area to have memorial pending at Park Service. Raleigh services pending for Ann Raleigh 79 and George Dole Weeks MM of Jan Northeast Lath with Blackburs Show Memoria.
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Ashbrook
Walter Ivy Ashcrook
Soturcey
Blackburn
Crapel Dunn
Jononie Peart Duns
Sir North Rusk
Bockburn
Linderholm
Core C. Linderholm
Raleigh tArs
Chargret Ann Raleigh
Blackburs
George Dole Weeks
Topeka Tornado Ravages City In 1951 Flood Aftermath
The tornado struck southwest Topeka crossing to Municipal Airport and damaged luxury apartments, Washburn University, the state Capitol, the Santa Fe Hospital, and the Topeka Daily Capital plant. President Johnson offered federal aid as hospitals treated hundreds injured and about 500 houses and 250 commercial buildings were heavily damaged.
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Washburn University
State Capitol
Santa Fe Hospital
Topeka Daily Capital State Journal
Wright
Alma strikes Cuba and Honduras with floods and fatalities
The cyclone Alma pounded Cuba with 17 mile per hour winds causing widespread damage and 12 deaths with 78 injuries. Floodwaters and a 30 inch deluge in Honduras left 30 people dead before Alma intensified to a tropical storm.
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Cuba
Communist Party
Alma
Honduras
Storm hits Topeka area causing millions in damage
Reports place Manhattan and surrounding areas about 50 miles away reporting 3 to 4 million dollars in damage. Estimates from Topeka neighboring regions were not available as Gov William Avery and a federal Office of Emergency Planning official began coordinated efforts to assess damage for potential federal aid.
Tornado victims listed in Topeka area casualties tally
AP report lists 15 dead from a tornado in Topeka with numerous identified victims from funeral homes and hospitals. The piece also notes Washington figures showing over 40 percent of single women and 27 percent of married women employed, per the Labor Department.
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Topeka
Kon
Es Homes
A Wright Jr
Hattie L. Anderson
Jean Delaney Colver
Cavin West
Calvin (Clarice) West
William Robert Crouch
Mary. Beasley
Age Averable
John Wells
Oliver J. Milton
Edward J. Lyons
Bertha M. Whitney
Sterling Tovier
Lissie Graver
Ma. Ghiyford Lee
Williem Bachouss
Santa Fe Hospital
Siathiel George Deem
Farris Derby
Mrs. Park Dick
Alelanor Vaongves
Jill Maumon
Hazel Dole
Effie Moe Hamilten
Sam Komiiten
Mary Doyle
Ruth F. Steube
St. Francis Hespitel
Beulah Burton
Lois Decker
James W. Browning
Betty Hoffsett
Maxine Miles
Sidney Gerber
Coroton Stouffer
Effie Stone
Ellen Allen
Fannie Wilkins
Forbes Air Force Box Hospital
Barbara Simmons
AIC
Stoney Saike
Lawrence Corison
Stormont Var Hospital
Josephine Drew
Rick Douglas
Perl Alexarder
Helen Beamer
Hatheway
Co. Schebal
Marie Miller
Wiley Gavidson Myrtie Gree
Stella Wilson
Clare Petterson
Jeannie Huffman
Dick Cantrell
Hareld Tuttie
Jee Dudtos
Sir Monde Roy
Vernon Anderson
Lee Goreford
Homer Dister
Corel Baorkydote
Craig Beymer
Roy ®Inehart Lieyd Dinen
Hazel Nice
Thornburg
Boyburn
Veterans Administration Hospital
Grace Morti
Evelyr Monroe
Jock Jasper
Mary E. Jasper
Fred
Washington
US Department of Labor
Thompson Jews Lergh Thompson at Amorite Revievers East
Reading appears garbled but notes a religious gathering at St. Lawrence Carmetic Church with a Rosary at 7 30 p.m and a mass at 10 p.m on Saturday. The location given is 6503 Amorite Revievers East and references Griges Pioneer.
Obituary notices for Atchison Bryon and Reis family members
Ella Atchison 58 of 310 South Kentucky Street services pending. Byron Bryon son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Bryon service at 10 30 m Friday graveside in Stratford. Noble Reis 72 of 519 Chestnut Street Stratford services 2 p.m Friday at the First Christen Church in Stratford.
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Atchison Ella Atchison
South
Kentucky Street
Ttan Cetus Rey Bryon
Virgil Bryon
Stratford
Kelp Noble Dennison Reis
Chestnut Street
Christen
Stotford
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Eome
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Mediterranean
Sardinia
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Saigon
Npt
South Viet Nam
Dumas Lions
Lions Club
Moore
Harkriders Band of
Zale
Sranas
Alvin Paussaint
Hosea Williams
Capt
J. David Winters
Bradenton
Capt. Winters
Jim Marratt
Tampa
Neil W. Mills
Key West
Blaskbun Shaw
EM & Percy Blackburn
Deason
Paneral
Riggs
Association
Reclina
Rocker
Itary Ae Brothers
Amarillo Daily News
Daily News
Globe News Publishing Company. Inc
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P.O. Box
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Amerifie
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Paul Timmons
Don Boyett
Louise Evans
Whittenburg
Lowell Browk
Trenton T. Davis
Harry Bartlett
Eastside
Globe News Publishing Company, Inc
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Borger
Papa
America
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Facheg Loungeng
McGee Furniture
Stanley Wolflin
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