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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 2000
Page
1
The 23rd annual Fun test wraps up its three day run in Thompson Park with noon to 8 p.m. hours. Supporters say student run enterprises teach valuable job skills and foster excitement and involvement among participants and visitors.
Sierra Leonean rebels freed the last of about 500 U.N. personnel held this month near the Liberia border. 85 captives were airlifted to Monrovia and 23 Indian peacekeepers remained near Quiver as negotiations continued. U.N. spokesman Wimhurst called the release a positive shift by the RUF.
John H. Doherty, 83, remembers Memorial Day 1944 when his B-17 near London was hit over Berlin. After bailouts, eight crew members parachuted. main pilot killed, engineer missing. Doherty landed in a village and was taken to a jail by a German officer. He recounts days of questioning and survival behind enemy lines.
In campaign ads Al Gore features a Vietnam era photo in fatigues with an M-16 and asks how many veterans are present. Gore touts his service as part of his biography while Bush emphasizes restoring morale and a plan to boost military funding and veterans health care.
Veterans from Amarillo and Canyon honor fallen service members with ceremonies at Llano Cemetery Veterans Park and other sites across the Panhandle. Events include a 1 p.m. unveiling at Veterans Park and 10:30 a.m. program at Llano Cemetery. A Gold Star Mothers wreath lay by, Civil Air Patrol guard changes, and 6:30 p.m. ceremony mark Llano East. Additional services at Dreamland, Memorial Park, and Memory Gardens run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. with speakers, wreaths, and flags marking graves. For details call numbers listed at each site.
Shuttle service for Funfest runs 11 30 am to 8 30 pm with buses every 30 minutes. Departures occur from the south door of JCPenney in Westgate Mall, Bank of America at Ninth Avenue and Taylor Street, and the south end of Hamiet Shopping Center at Northeast 24th Avenue and US 287 North.
In Aiken South Carolina teacher Pattison promotes courtesy as respect in East Aiken Elementary students are urged to say yes sir and no ma am and hold doors. The movement inspired bills in Louisiana Alabama South Carolina and elsewhere but most states rejected formal courtesy laws citing fluff and deeper social issues. Louisiana remains the only state to enact such a law with supporters arguing civility aids learning while critics call it government overreach.
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