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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2000
Page
1
June 8, 1950 Amarillo Daily News 1C carries continued local news and briefs. Readers see ongoing updates, public notices, and small items from the community, all framed in the paper’s late 1940s to 1950s style.
Angelina Jolie garners awards and praise from gossip columnists who hail her as a mother lode of talent. Her latest film Gone in 60 Seconds opened Friday while Amarillo Daily News notes a forecast of partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of afternoon rain and highs in the upper 80s.
Gov George W Bush rejects criticism of Texas executions amid a Chicago Tribune review that 40 of 131 cases used minimal defense in sentencing and that jailhouse informants influenced juries. He asserts Texans had full access to fair trials and sees no moratorium.
Fort Worth Bell Helicopter Textron workers in Local 218 of the United Aerospace Workers overwhelmingly approved a new contract 1 946 to 225 to avert a midnight strike. The pact, covering the V 22 Osprey and H 1 upgrade programs, gives 3 percent annual wage raises through 2002, a $1 700 signing bonus, and a pension rise to 46 dollars per year of service.
CORPUS CHRISTI AP A female guard Irene Fonseca 35 was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital after a convicted rapist Bryan Thomas 40 assaulted her at the Connally Unit in Karnes County during a routine search. The former warden Terry Pelz questioned search procedures and training saying inmates should be secured elsewhere before searches.
A Pew Research Center poll finds younger and better educated Americans increasingly rely on the Internet for news and financial information. One third go online for news weekly, 15 percent read daily online, and 45 percent of active traders use the Internet for stock updates. More than half go online or email, up from 23 percent five years earlier. About 30 percent feel overwhelmed by information online.
Amarillo pastor Ty Jones of Cowboy Church spoke at a tent gathering near the Tri-State Fairgrounds about daily choices shaping fate. He warned that bad paths, like riding with a drunken driver, affect others and cited the Columbine impact while stressing God offers a perfect path but lets people decide.
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