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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
2
Weather forecast notes hot conditions with sunny periods and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Highs reach the 80s to mid 90s, southerly winds 12 to 18 mph, a weak cold front moves in Friday night and Saturday outlook shows cloudiness and cooler temperatures.
Weather summary shows widely scattered thunderstorms tonight with cooler temperatures. Today’s high near 64 with southerly winds around 15 mph and a 20 percent chance of rain. hours indicate warm afternoon and mild conditions with variable readings.
Ernest Clifton Brown aged 63 of 4642 Bowie. Services Friday morning at Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel. McDaniel Margh Jewell 38 of Perryton. Services pending. Newton Steward 46 of Holly Colorado. Services to be held Sunday afternoon in Holly Colorado.
The Amarillo Daily News announces its establishment November 4 1909 as an independent paper publishing news impartially in Amarillo Texas The Globe News Publishing Company Inc lists offices at Ninth and Harrison P O Box 91 79105 with staff including WHITTENBURG JIM WALKER WESLEY JEZARD PAUL TIMMONS DON BOYETT JIM CLARK GRADY CAMP LOWELL BROWN TRENTON T DAVIS and HARRY BARTLETT as production and editorial leadership.
Weather observations show thundershower activity limited to southern and eastern Panhandle South Plains on Thursday evening while season record highs appeared on the region’s edge. Floydada logged 1.50 inches moisture in an hour Happy Union Cotton Gin near Plainview measured 1 inch in 30 minutes with pea hail. Quitaque 0.20 inch, Lockney 0.10 inch, Borger trace Amarillo 0.08 inch. Lubbock reports 0.25 to 1.0 inch in about 30 minutes. Regional highs included Tucumcari NM 100, Clayton NM 98, Guymon OK 99. Amarillo 93.
A Tracy Minnesota tornado killed at least seven people and damaged the Armory hospital and local businesses. Gov. LeVander mobilized 150 National Guardsmen from Tracy and Marshall to secure the area as rescue efforts continued.
Rescuers carried several seriously hurt passengers through heavy rain after a Pan American World Airways flight diverted to Dum Dum. The pilot Captain Jarion K Monroe and 25 people, including Hafi of Ottawa and Barbara W McDowell of New York, were treated. 25 remained at Woodland Nursing Home in satisfactory condition. Weather worsened approach with overcast skies and high runway lights. Pan Am cited good weather equipment and instrument landing system at the airport.
The piece notes Blaiberg as a surviving second heart transplant patient, lists other survivors including Thomas and Boulogne, and mentions the 1964 chimpanzee heart transplant in Jackson Mississippi. It contrasts with a Houston spokesman on size and duration advantages of a sheep heart over a heart-lung machine for longer support.
West Berlin imposes identity checks and road fees as the Fast German demand passports by July 15. Kiesinger says talks with the US Britain and France touched differing views on East German travel and Western measures. Allies plan to raise the East German restrictions with the Russians directly. The Soviet stance rejects protests over prior East German travel limits.
William Kenneth Harris aged 41 of Fayetteville Arkansas dies. Services 11:00 am Friday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Kennedy Nicholson William W. Nicholson 46 of 3913 West 7th graveside services 10 AM Friday Memorial Park Cemetery. Sneed Mrs Brad Love Sneed of Austin services 2 pm Friday Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel.
Witnesses recount chaos as Sirhan Sirhan is taken into custody after the Kennedy shooting. Dr. Thomas Noguchi testifies about autopsy findings noting possible three wounds with two bullets and the fatal bullet entering near the right ear.
Johnson and allies clash with bill supporters over a composite liquor measure drawn from Connally’s and a 32 month study. Changes include watering down private club restrictions and lowering food sales to 33 1 3 percent. Amendments seek annual licensee debt reports and room service rules. the clerk notes complex ownership and control questions. Elmer J Winters of Amarillo is listed among service notices.
The French newspaper Humanite reports a Viet Cong National Liberation Front communique saying the South Front may accept aid from the North in any form including arms and volunteers. The dispatch notes Hanoi debates North troop presence and a potential shift toward easing a deadlock in U S backed talks. The North warns of intensified bombardment on Saigon as Hariman presses for reciprocity.
The article describes Kandu the killer whale replying to Jerry with a nod to a held fish and obeying hand signals. As Kandu grew 1100 pounds in a year she began pushing for more fish, while Jerry finds the daily routine rough yet not fearsome.
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