Manhattan Mercury, The (Newspaper) - October 16, 1972, Manhattan, Kansas f POW families hear Nixon W Political roundup McGovern zeroes in on Texas as drive nears critical period deserters will pay a price for their After claiming that Nixons people President Nixon today used one of the most sensitive issues of the fate of POWs and a stroke of upsmanship on challenger George The President made an unexpected appearance in Washington at a gathering of families of war prisoners where Adviser Henry Kissinger was supposed to He promised the families he will never let you in efforts to obtain release of the men and declared that draft dodgers and While the President stayed in McGovern was in Los Angeles charging that the Nixon are scaremongers for contending that his economic proposals will cost jobs when his conversion plan is designed to insure jobs for those laid administration has hired 50 people to McGovern left for He is sabotage and corrupt our political still hoping he can match Hubert process but only 13 to develop Humphreys feat of 1968 of winning peacetime Apparently buoyed by results of one poll showing hes gained nine points on but still trailing by McGovern was on the West Coast for a major speech on how to convert defense and aerospace plants to peacetime the biggest of all states of the Old It was to be McGoverns fourth campaign trip into Texas where polls show Nixon well The Gallup published Sunday per cent as being best able to handle the Vietnam In campaigning President Nixon said in a paid political broadcast that his administration has See related stories on page A5 fought the frightening trend of crime and anarchy to a in his radio pledged more more manpower and tough new laws to maintain our momentum in the war against drugs and showed Nixon was preferred 58 to 26 In his surprise appearance at the gathering of prisoners families Nixon drew cheers when he said It would be the most immoral thing I could think of to give amnesty to draft dodgers and those His unannounced visit was to the meeting of the annual convention of the League of Families of POWS MIAs where about delegates jammed a hotel Nixon said he could not comment about the very intensive negotiations that had been un derway in an allout effort to find peace in South He said he did not want to raise false hopes or to make any comment that could jeopardize the But he told the delegates that he will insist upon two main conditions There will be no settlement that imposes a Communist government on the people of South Vietnam and under no conditions will we abandon our prisoners of war and our missing in There were tears in the eyes of some of the women when Nixon made his surprise The Manhattan 28 Pages Three Sections 10 Cents Mercury 62nd YEAR OCTOBER 1972 216 Two highways from Saigon are unsafe What about it IT GETS coach Vince Gibsons facial expression progresses from happy left to jubilant and finally downright ecstatic this morning as he relates the details of the Kansas football Dazed ask game before a Kat Pack Chat at the KSU The Governors Cup was not on he because it is at the Mercury Staff Photo n By MARK EDWARDS Mercury Staff Writer One more such victory and I am undone Those famous words were uttered by the ancient Greek Pyrrhus of 318 to 272 who was distinguished for winning costly But they just as well could have been voiced by merchants Sunday witnessing the pile of debris left by a chaotic celebration staged by thousands of delirious students who Saturday afternoon had watched first home football victory over the University of Kansas since A milling crowd roughly estimated to be strong left a carpeting of beer the charred remains of laundry chairs and trash cans used to feed bonfires and thousands of glass shards from smashed whiskey bottles glittering near the intersection of 12th and A street sign at the corner was twisted out of shape by the high spirited Two men were arrested for publicly smoking One arrested for assaulting an was the focus of a rescue attempt by drunken friends and full beer cans were tossed at The fans started milling early in the afternoon near 12th and About 100 persons comprised the initial group to gather Others QUO hard to tell if you were following a twisted street sign like this in Saturday Mercury Staff Photo Mercury reporting wins second in Inland tests Mercury News Service The Manhattan Mercury was back in the winners circle again today among papers entered in the Inland Daily Press Associations annual competition for local news reporting and Competing in a higher circulation bracket than it did in 1970 when The Mercury won first place in the Inland The Mercury today was named at the associations awards luncheon for coverage of community governmental affairs other local news events and for relating state and national matters to Manhattan and Winner of first place in The Mer curys bracket of to daily circulation was the Bloom ing ton while third place for newspapers of to circulation went to the Waukesha The annual contest is sponsored for Inland Press by the University of Wisconsin School of The Inland association also spon sors a yearly contest of newspaper and the Manhattan winner of the Kansas Press Associations competition this year for overall excellence in the highest circulation has been on two previous occasions for its makeup and There are nearly 200 newspapers in the United States and Canada that are members of Inland in The circulation In there were 24 winners an at todays luncheon in the five categories of with Harold director of the Wisconsin journalism school making the Prizewinning papers were on display at the Inland convent ion headquarters in the Drake There were no other Kansas winners besides The In commenting on the Manhattan papers the judges said This newspaper is marked by The front pages have excellent ap with outstanding photos used plenty of white and sharply defined Many leads are hard with the concise See back page this section drove up and down Manhattan streets in their An endless caravan of vehicles slowly made its way through As evening deepened the crowd near Kites began to grow and impede the flow of cars bound north and south on Evidence of intoxication was Many were openly drinking not only but wine and Not only students had Some of the most vociferous in making up songs extolling and denouncing KU were married men and their wives in their even A group of burly young men of college led by a tall youth in a yellow were weaving in the middle of the street and stopping When one driver attempted to bull his way through the milling the young man in the yellow sweater and his friends kicked and pounded the passing By 7 only two officers were on The crowd was The officers were offered drinks by See back page this section Weather At 3 today the unofficial temperature was 72 Tuttle Creek Reservoir elevation was Outflow rate was 200 Sunset today at Sunrise Tuesday at Sunset at LOCAL and cool tonight with lows in the lower 40s to 50 light southwest to west winds this afternoon becoming light and variable tonight Tuesday partly sunny and mild with highs in the 70s precipitation probabilities near zero per cent tonight and cloudy and warmer today with southwesterly winds 5 to 15 mph east and south and westerly 10 mph northwest becoming northwesterly 10 to 15 mph during High this afternoon low 70s near 80 Clear to partly cloudy Low near 40 near 50 Partly cloudy High upper 60s 70s Maximum temperature reading for the 24hour period was 62 The minimum temperature for the same period was 44 October to Deficit for Mean for 1972 to Deficit for SAIGON AP Two of the four major highways leading out of Saigon were reported unsafe today due to continued harassment by Communist troops were advised to stay off South Vietnamese police reopened a third highway but so late in the day that only a few vehicles got through before darkness closed it Highway 13 was closed about 21 miles north of Route which goes to the resort town of Vung was reported open only to essential traffic along a 20mile stretch where the enemy sprang two ambushes last Highway goes tp the Central was cut by a culvert the enemy blew up four days Repairs were completed but the road was not reopened until late in the a huge traffic jam built Fighting continued in the im mediate area just before the road was with South Vietnamese attacking enemy positions to the north within sight of the road and troops shelling enemy positions just to the The cutting of Highway 1 stalled vegetable shipments to Saigon from the Scores of vegetable trucks were among the vehicles backed up in the traffic Action also picked up in the Central Highlands with harassing attacks on traffic on Highway 14 north and south of encirclement of a base by an enemy battalion and a rocket attack on Kontum The North Vietnamese began a heavy mortar barrage on Fire Base about 20 miles south of and the attack was continuing at Concerning the pros and cons Consolidation forum set A public forum concerning the pros and cons of the consolidation of the Manhattan Police Department and the Riley County Sheriffs Office will be held at tonight at the Junior High A panel will discuss the topic and then questions will be received from the The panel will consist of Murt mayor of Manhattan Sheriff Wayne Anderson Arnold who is described by Chamber of Commerce manager Lud Fiser as an interested citizen and Donn the state legislator who authored a approved by the legislation last year which will place the matter on the general election ballot as a referendum If the voters approve the present Manhattan and Riley County law enforcement agencies will be phased out of existence by 1973 and replaced by a centrally directed Under Everetts January 1 would be the beginning of a oneyear period in which the con solidation would take Con solidation would not be complete for another The new law enforcement agency would be administered by a board of control and a director who is hired by that The board of control would be composed of one member of the Manhattan City one County Commission the county attorney and two citizens appointed by the other Roger chairman of the Chamber of Commerce crime prevention will act as Riley County Extension Director Robert Newsome will ex plain the law which has made it possible for this Prognosis good for baby rushed to by MAST Mercury News Service KANSAS baby born six weeks prematurely with a congenital abdominal defect is alive and doing well thanks to the recently instituted MAST Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic program utilizing Riley equipment and The born was airlifted by helicopter to Mercy Hospital here from the Mary hospital in and underwent immediate corrective Doctors reported this morning that the infants condition was quite good and the chances of survival Identities of the child and parents were not released by the pending a further report on the childs According to Robert the in the infant was airlifted incubator and all because only immediate surgery could correct the birth but facilities at Mary were inadequate to perform the necessary A helicopter from Riley was utilized for the MAST is a military program len ding emergency transportation aid To civilians in time of when other transportation is not available or considered Heasty said that since the crisis occurred as traffic was building up for the Kansas football game it would have been impossible to evacuate the infant by auto in time to perform the Many persons who were attending the football game Saturday noted a helicopter flying low and apparently landing near KSU The aircraft was returning the nurse who accompanied the baby and an in to the Manhattan hospital By Lynn Pickett Questions Phone us or write The Mercury attended the Manhattan Junior High School football game 5 for the second a player was injured and had to be taken away presumably to the hospital in a passenger Why isnt an am bulance qn hand games Arent these boys as ving as the high and JOS U who have their games Georgia Little 2717 Circle Marvin principal of the junior feels the same concern about the situation that you He says an ambulance will be present at all future I would appreciate it if you could tell me where I can find a listing of available I am par interested in a dietetics or food science Susan Sanborn 1501 Denison no overall listing of scholarships in the reports Sandra reference librarian at the Manhattan Public the library does have several books you will find particularly the College Blue which includes many available fellowships and Margene assistant reference librarian at suggests that you write each college and university that interests you and ask what they specifically offer their Browse through the many college catalogues in the KSU library to find schools offering good programs in dietetics or food The KSU facility also has reference books listing some of the available scholarships designed for future Recently went to the Manhattan Sears Catalogue Department to pick up a copy of the 72 Christmas The lady asked my name three times and looked at me as if I had asked for something I would like to know how they expect you to order without a catalogue and why could not have the copy since she had it right in her hand Peg Schultz Sears store asks you to write or call him and give him your full He will mail you a copy of the Christmas He explains that an unusually large number of Sears customers asked for catalogues this year and the Manhattan store ran out for a He thinks you must have requested a catalogue when they were as rare as polar bears around the They now have a new Why isnt Fremont a through street People dont realize it is not a See back page this section
