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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
2
Cooler air moves across the northern Panhandle with highs from the mid 80s north to mid 90s south. Amarlio area forecast shows near 89 degrees with little rain and southerly winds shifting to northerly 14 to 22 mph. Outlook for Wednesday calls for clearing and cooler conditions.
Parkland Hospital in Dallas has received a 73 million grant from the Public Health Service to expand the facility. Officials say the expansion will add space, 294 new beds, and enlarge enrollment at Southwestern Medical College. The project includes completing the 8th 9th and 10th hour of construction.
In Perryton Texas several obituary notices list individuals including Chase Peat Monel 67 and Jack Jamet Grlbert 43 with service times set for Tuesday. Also mentioned are Thompson Oess Thompson and Tomlinson with addresses in Perryton and links to services at churches or chapels such as First Christier Church and Boxwel Bros Chapel.
The page presents the Amarillo Globe-News masthead with publishing details and franking rates. It lists staff roles including president general manager Jim Walker editor Grady Came and advertising director Trent Bartlett. The notice includes circulation figures and service options for daily morning and evening editions.
The article lists heavy rainfall reports from Austwell to Temple with several stations above two inches, including Austwell 16 inches and Ganado 7.36. It notes numerous reporting points exceeding two inches across cities such as Galveston Richmond Spring Branch Aice Cleveland Lexington and Wharton. It also mentions Chapultepec a park in Mexico City derived from the Aztec word for asshopper.
President Johnson calls for mandatory federal gun registration and licensing with central records and state participation to curb illegal possession. He argues action is needed to reduce murder risk and protect public safety despite opposition and constitutional concerns.
After months of protest in Washington four dozen demonstrators led by Ralph David Abernathy were evicted from the Poor People’s Embassy on Capitol Hill. Tear gas and police in gas masks cleared 14th Street area as authorities refused to extend the camp permit. Abernathy, 42, said the action would not deter aims to expand government aid and jobs for the poor and hinted the campaign would continue in private homes and churches.
The Amarillo College Board of Regents will meet at 7 36 p m to discuss trimming next year’s budget from about 3 15 million to fit an estimated 2 364 million. A spokesman says funds for new programs swelled projected costs, including a School of Bio Medical Arts and Sciences and technical courses, such as police science.
American Field Service students from 17 countries arrive in Pampa for a two night homestay. They travel across the country from the western U S to Washington D C and will depart for their homelands in July. In Pampa they tour local sites and attend a Franklin Ranch picnic and Coronado Inn barbecue events.
A 12 year old Tulia boy suffered an eye injury when a fish hook struck him while fishing at Tulia Lake. He underwent surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital Monday as his family awaited details on the damage.
The Baltimore Police Department, with 13 horses, calls for public donations of American saddle bred geldings up to 14 years old. Donors are asked if their horses could undergo a 30 day trial to determine suitability for police work.
Funeral notices list services at Killburn Funeral Home Clayton New Mexico for Archuleta and others. Beech Street service at 2 PM Tuesday, burial at a local lawn cemetery follows. Additional notices cite Preston Reed and Chooe with 2 AM Wednesday services and Gardens Colonies Chapel burial at Oriat Park.
A reform plan would move federal and DC holidays to Monday observances starting January 1 1971. Washington’s Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day would shift to specific Mondays while Christmas New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving keep original dates. The bill faces mixed public reaction with business backing and concerns over tradition.
Prison officials say convicts returned to cells in orderly fashion as 2750 inmates watched a riot sparked by a work stoppage and fires. Only 40 to 60 participated in rioting and arson, with no mass break out feared. guard force was short by 53, and outside cities violence may have influenced events.
A 2-year-old Amarillo man was arrested Monday in connection with an armed robbery of a Plainview man Saturday. Early Dean Cox of 802 N. Van Buren posted $5,000 bond and remained in Potter County jail. The victim, Kenneth Ollison, said a man with a rifle robbed him in an apartment on North Van Buren.
Police report damage to a vacant house at 60 Lake Street, owned by Mack Scoggins, with eight windows broken and walls torn. A gas light was shattered and a neighbor heard glass breaking while seeing three young boys near the property. Damage estimated at $3.00.
Obituary fragment noting Floyd Waller, 72, of Mangum, requested memorial service details and a remembrance from Tuesday through Snow Memorial in 2005 North Howstom Services.
S F Drerup 32 of Dumas escaped injury in a crash while working for a wholesale gasoline distributor in Dalhart. He lived with his aunt Mrs Charles Harruff in Dalhart and enrolled at Texas Tech last year. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Earl Johnson of the Virgin Islands, a brother Scotty, sisters Miss Jan Johnson and Mrs Ann Williamson. Funeral arrangements are pending with Walker Funeral Home in Dalhart.
East Germany and North Vietnam agreed on a new aid deal reported by the Berlin press. The agreement includes shipment of East German goods to Hanoi and a long term credit line. The approval follows a Sunday signing and signals continued economic backing.
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