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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1968
Page
2
Today a mostly cloudy sky with scattered showers across the South Plains and New Mexico. Highs reach upper 70s to upper 80s with a cooler trend, then thundershowers this evening. Amarillo sees a cloudy morning, clearing to sunny afternoon with a high near 83. Sunday's outlook shows morning clouds, afternoon sun, and possible scattered thundershowers.
Weather service briefing for Amarillo and vicinity. Partly cloudy night with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Cooler today with low in upper 50s and high mid 80s. Easterly winds around 10 mph, stronger near storms. 20 percent rain chance. Daytime temperatures shown for Friday range from mid 70s to upper 80s with overnight lows near 65. Sunrise and sunset times listed.
The Water River Project for Sanford Dam and Lake Meredith in the Texas Panhandle was reduced to 190 000 in the bill. It funds testing operations and corrections of deficiencies on completed facilities. All appropriations cover the new fiscal year starting July 1 and may change as Congress negotiates. The Mahon committee notes the cuts are deep and urges further reductions, while Congress aims to trim 6 billion overall amid fiscal pressure before sending the measure to President Johnson.
The Amarillo Daily News provides its independent stance with staff listings including B Whittenburg president and general manager Jim Walker assistant to the president Wesley Izzard publisher and editor Paul Timmons associate editor Don Boyett managing editor Jim Clark editor of editorial page Grady Camp business manager Lowell Brown advertising director Trenton TDavis circulation manager Harry Bartlett production supervisor and home delivery by carrier.
A 1968 Globe News pricing page lists morning and evening travel rates with various options by distance and day. It notes service distinctions for malls within 300 miles of Amarillo and outside radius, with multiple fare figures and time slots.
Deputy chief Ahlers said West German ambassador Helmut Allardt would return to Bonn to report. The allied protest was seen to have little effect as East Germans pursue economic and traffic action with Soviet approval and likely backing from Moscow.
A proposed tax measure would let a student qualify for state scholarships if demonstrating advanced tuition causes financial hardship. The bill has not been numbered or assigned to a House committee yet. committee action is expected Monday or Tuesday.
The verdict finds Spock and co defendants guilty for draft era protest actions. Coffin’s legal comments frame the case as about legality and constitutionality rather than morality. Judge Ford instructs jurors to judge only the legal agreement to violate federal law, not motives.
Senate debate centers on a proposed ban on mail order sales of long guns and nationwide registration. Sen Magnuson pledges action to bring the measure from committee, while Sen Fastland chairs the Judiciary panel and signals no opposition to gun controls in principle. The plan would extend handgun rules to long guns and impose age and residency limits, with White House timing tied to a June deadline. In parallel, effects on border and interstate commerce and foreign policy context appear in brief notes about Berlin visa rules and East German taxation shifts.
Rockefeller widens public appearances as he mulls a possible boost from the Pennsylvania delegation. Governor Shafer declines to confirm support on Meet the Press while polling shows Rockefeller near Nixon and Humphrey amid a heavy Minnesota North Dakota campaign push.
Saigon endured renewed shelling with reports of rocket and mortar attacks by Viet Cong. U.S. and Vietnamese forces tightened control downtown while talks in Paris aimed to shape a peace process. Casualties included helicopter losses and multiple clashes across the countryside.
Mexico Brazil and Argentina together account for nearly two thirds of the region's population, highlighting the concentration of people in these three nations within Latin America.
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