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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1966
Page
2
In West Texas and New Mexico showers are forecast with scattered coverage tonight. Temperatures range from the upper 40s to mid 80s across the region with varying humidity and wind. Daybreak and afternoon highs are projected with a mix of clouds and clearing skies.
Tran Van Do would go to Seoul to represent his country. In Hue about 1,000 Buddhists tried to block the transfer of a battalion of the 1st Army Division to another city area. The Buddhists ringed the encampment and blocked departure for nine minutes, but troops moved single file and left without incident.
The fragment lists staff roles at the Amarillo Daily News including Wesley Izard as publisher and editor and Paul Timmons as associate editor. It provides subscription rates, addresses in Amarillo Texas, and copyright notice for 1966 by Globe-News Publishing Company Inc.
Weather outlook shows a 10 percent moisture chance today in the Amarillo area with cloudy skies. Tuesday could bring scattered afternoon and nighttime thunder showers as warmer temperatures reach the mid 80s after Sundays high in the low 80s.
Ruby faces a sanity hearing as part of his appeal after being sentenced to die for the Oswald slaying. His lawyers may seek postponement and indicate they will not participate. Judge Holland orders the immediate sanity hearing to proceed.
A funnel was observed touching down near Possum Kingdom about 20 miles west of Mineral Wells in Central Texas as residents faced possible severe weather Sunday. Heavy showers moved over the Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas with Del Rio recording 2.43 inches of rain in six hours. The state forecast called for scattered thunderstorms except in the Panhandle.
Reporting on a Soviet election pattern voters show turnout above 99 percent with universal yes votes for both houses. Polling places distribute agitators pressure to vote while identity checks ensure ballots mark no deviations. Khrushchev supports Kosygin as representative for Moscow amidst ceremonial decor and music. annual Suez Canal traffic totals about 12,000 ships.
The Santa Fe argues against Mopac and Mississippi River plans to acquire or control Santa Fe, claiming Mopac lacks financial capacity and bears heavy debt. They seek consolidation with rival bids from Union Pacific and Chicago and North Western over the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific routes.
Alma, weakened to tropical storm strength, moved northeast over the Atlantic with winds 55 to 60 mph. Gale warnings extended from Cape Lookout to the Virginia capes as seas remained rough from North Carolina to New Jersey and then south of Cape Cod. The storm caused 47 deaths in Central America and Cuba and Florida landfall was avoided.
Dr. Roy Menninger, codirector at the Menninger Foundation, says there is no escape from executive stress. He notes stress is not all bad but excess stress must be addressed, speaking at a New York University sponsored conference on executive stress.
Graveside services are planned for Willem Olson Monday at Ligny Cemetery. Jerry Rodgers, 28, is listed with body sent to Farmington, New Mexico for services and burial.
Dallas 17-year-old Lynn Thompson won the Texas teen road-e-o at Coronado Shopping Center, earning a spot to represent Texas in the national safe driving contest in Washington, D C. James Haynie and Allan Dundas finished second and third, with Janet Oliver of Waco as high scoring girl. Texas official John L. Hill urged reforms to curb teen accidents, signaling possible driver law modernization and expanded driver education. Road-e-o directed by Larry Wingert with Jaycees support.
In St Louis a ten year old girl named Charlotte Murray walked seven miles to school after missing her bus. Her mother Mrs Murray recalled telling her children that going to school matters and quoted that the child herself compared the long walk to daily tasks once done by Abraham Lincoln.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi urged hard work and discipline in a radio address as India faces its deepest crisis since independence. She defended the 36.5 percent currency devaluation, warned against anti social practices, and vowed merit based promotions while outlining steps to stabilize food supplies with foreign aid and emergency imports.
Justice of the Peace James Brennan in Las Vegas jokes about the Marrying Sam nickname while noting he has officiated about 15 000 marriages in 17 months and handled vast civil and criminal cases. He jokes about unusual weddings and dog witnesses, while saying he may seek other office after his term.
The heaviest June rainfall in over a century triggered massive landslides in Hong Kong. At least 30 people killed and about 600 homeless, with 33 injured and 35 missing. 2,500 evacuated to emergency housing as communications failed and floods spread. Royal Observatory logged 12 inches in 12 hours starting Saturday.
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