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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1998

Page

4

Amarillo Considers Voluntary Water Conservation Plan

City commissioners weigh a voluntary outdoor watering plan to confront a severe heat wave and drought. An odd even watering schedule could guide residents on watering days, with Mayor Kel Seliger backing a simple, enforceable approach while urging broad media outreach.

Amarillo Kel Seliger

Massachusetts teachers test curved to pass many failing candidates

More than half of Massachusetts basic reading and writing test takers for aspiring teachers failed. The score curve reduced failure from 56 to 44 percent. Critics call for reversing the curve, arguing teaching demands higher standards, better pay, and urgent reforms.

Massachusetts U.S Thomas Finneran Paul Cellucci Board of Education

Amarillo Daily News Editorial Page Overview

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Verse of the Day on Guidance and Sustenance

A devotional verse promises divine guidance in drought and fulfillment of needs in a sun scorched land. It compares encouragement to a well-watered pardon and a spring whose waters never fail, highlighting spiritual resilience.

Raid Threatens Mexico Sovereignty in Mexican American Row

A columnist argues that U S justice agents crossed into Mexico to investigate alleged drug money laundering, claiming the action violates Article XVI of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and mocks U S policy as a form of covert invasion. The piece likens the incident to a modern moral crisis over sovereignty.

EL Paso Hidalgo United States Mexico U.S. Justice Department Rio Grande Rio Bravo Justice Department Las Vegas Nore Lucre Taco Bell Chihuahua US Justice Department

Peanut price and campaign finance votes split in Congress

The record notes June 1926 roll calls on peanut price supports held to 550 a ton with 181 voting for and 244 against, sugar price supports cut rejected 167 to 258, and campaign finance Shays Meehan amendment defeated 155 to 254. Commission addition passed 325 to 78. Senate mixed-gender training approved 56 to 37, ESA expansion 59 to 36 with no voting Domenici.

House Department of Agriculture Mac Thornberry Texas Larry Combest Rtexas Bill Redmond R-N.m Frank Lucas Treasury Thornberry Combest Redmond Lucas Christopher Shays R- Conn Martin Meehan D-Mass Shays-Meehan Meehan Shays- Meehan Commission R-Conn Martin Mechan Senate Congress Pete Domenici RNM Jeff Bingaman D-N.m White House Hutchison, Gramm Inhofe Nickles Bingaman Domenici

Nixon China visit memory mix reflects era and change

A reflective flashback recounts Nixon's 1972 China trip with mixed tone on openness and human rights. It contrasts Nixon era diplomacy with later events, noting reactions, cultural signals, and the enduring push for reform led by Zhao Ziyang amid Tiananmen memories.

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