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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1967
Page
1
Roving reporters gathered views on public health habits. Answers praise brushing teeth washing hands bathing cleanliness and diet while noting room for improvement in nutrition and exercise.
Topeka AP reports considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures across Kansas through the weekend. Rain in central and northern Kansas moving south tonight. Highs today forecast upper 50s to 60s north and 70s to 75 south. tonight lows 40s northwest to lower 60s southeast.
In War Zone C near Saigon a 2,500 strong Communist regiment failed to break American lines, leaving about 581 dead and many wounded. U S. forces reported 87 combined casualties and 57 Viet Cong bodies within U S. positions. Air strikes by B 52s targeted the escape route toward Cambodia. The clash began Friday with an initial U S. force of about 200.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey met Pope Paul VI in private audience at the Vatican to discuss hopes for peace in Vietnam. The visit drew large crowds in St. Peter's Square but no demonstrations as his motorcade entered the basilica. He toured the Sistine Chapel before departing by train for Florence amid Rome's antiwar protests.
Kansas traffic death log shows 32 deaths in March and 0 in April for 1967, with 106 deaths in the comparable 1966 period and 144 in 1966. The report covers Topeka and surrounding area fatalities within 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday.
A fragment from an intercepted letter suggests concern as weekending legislators consider overtime bill action. It hints at political timing and potential legislative response.
The 1967 Kansas Legislature opens its first weekend with a formal House session to push toward adjournment while the Senate plans Monday meetings. Senate votes on air quality and police fire retirement bills as House considers Amish schooling exemptions and tax, budget, and gas tax reforms.
A federal grand jury indicted 20 persons on charges of conspiring to burglarize post offices in 10 states with 41 burglaries listed. Losses were estimated at 250000 dollars. The case centers on James Harvey Bradley and adds nine counts of receiving and concealing stolen property. New defendants include David Sanders Murray and Jack Lee Conway among others, with several named conspirators from Missouri and Kansas.
Darryl L. Ulrich pleaded guilty in El Dorado Kaw to converting government funds for personal use while a postal worker. Sentencing deferred. faces up to one year prison and $1000 fine on each of two charges. He is 35.
Washington AP reports the Teamsters move toward a nationwide strike by starting a strike vote. Industry officials warn a lockout of about 200000 workers if key firms halt operations. Mediation intervenes as a 19 cent hourly gap remains between Teamsters demands and industry offers.
The House through special counsel asks the U S District Court to dismiss Adam Clayton Powell's suit seeking reinstatement to his Harlem seat. Bruce Bromley argues the ruling rests with Congress and could split constitutional powers. Powell vows to press to the Supreme Court if needed.
Richard Edward Kendrick, 20, an inmate at the U S Medical Center, was stabbed to death Friday. Inmate William O. Johnson, 23, was wounded. he is serving a four year term for automobile theft and has no permanent address.
President Johnson entertains 29 Latin American diplomats in the Texas hill country with a ranch barbecue and a pageant as a warmup for Punta del Este talks. The envoys, accredited to the U S government or the OAS, join in a family style weekend prior to the April meeting with regional leaders. Narrowed attendance excludes Communist Cuba.
Palm Beach notes quoting Dr. Ashbel C. Williams of Jacksonville who warned in Florida at the Cancer Society science writers seminar that with filters and lower tar and nicotine, the dangerous cigarette could become extinct. He cautioned about rising youth smoking and future cancer risk.
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