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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
1
Washington AP report says a nationwide Bell telephone workers strike may occur next Thursday unless a miracle averts it. President Joseph A. Beirne of the AFL-CIO Communications Workers warns the 200000 workers could walk out after a seven hour meeting.
The National Farmers Organization says hog slaughter will continue unless its price demands are met. Oren Lee Staley reports about 14 000 hogs killed across multiple states to press for three cents a pound for hogs and sheep and seven cents for cattle amid union strikes affecting Bell telephone workers in New Jersey and beyond.
A brief note from an intercepted letter jokes that the man at the next desk needs only one tip on income tax: how to pay all of it on time each year.
Larry David Thrift, 23, of Hutchinson, accused in the August 1967 slaying of a three year old girl, was moved from Reno County jail to the Menninger Clinic in Topeka for psychiatric examination under a court order by District Judge James Rexroad. The arrest followed the January discovery of Renee Talbot's body outside a warehouse near Thrift's apartment in downtown Hutchinson.
Today at 1 pm temperatures reach 72 with a high near 86 possible and a low around 37 yesterday's high 73. Southerly winds 25 to 35 mph. Partly cloudy windy warmer tonight scattered thunderstorms possible. cooler Wednesday with low middle 50s and high near 70.
Joe Keller of Pittsburg was elected president of Mid-America Inc a nine county southeast Kansas development group at its 11th annual meeting. Fred Harris of Chanute moves to chairman of the board of trustees. New vice presidents are Charles F Scanlan Fredonia Robert D Hartley Baxter Springs and C J Hoke Parsons. Leo McKernan of Fort Scott is elected as a new trustee.
IRS still relies on tips to catch tax cheats though rewards are shrinking after the April deadline. About 100000 tips are filed yearly, but only around 624 rewards issued last year, with typical rewards at 4 to 6 percent of recovered taxes. The system now often detects errors before tipsters act, and rewards are paid only when tips materially aid collection.
In Honolulu Johnson urges early serious talks with North Vietnam. He meets Adm. Sharp and Adm. McCain to review military strategy and discuss peace options while inviting neutral sites for talks. Park to visit, Kaiser estate hosts the president.
Police investigated two traffic accidents yesterday. At 1 30 p m at 2nd and Gretchen Kathryn Malson and Haskell Thompson caused about 50 dollars damage to Malson 1966 Buick and Thompson 1956 Studebaker. At 5 30 p m at Main and Washington Linda Typer and James Long collided the Typer Plymouth and Long Plymouth suffered front damage and all involved were shaken but not treated.
The United States reports four aircraft losses in the North Vietnam air war. Two Air Force F105s shot down near Dong Hoi with one pilot rescued and the other missing. Two Navy F4 Phantoms from Tonkin Gulf carrier groups collided southeast of Vinh. all four crew members parachuted and were rescued by helicopters.
The Kansas traffic death log reports 33 fatalities for April, 173 for 1968, and 142 for the comparable 1967 period, covering 24 hours to 9 a.m. Tuesday.
In St Louis a group of Democratic governors declined to back any presidential candidate now, opting to wait and see. Some had voiced choices, but no unified pledge emerged as Johnson signaled he would not seek the nomination, with abstentions and objections from Southern officials noted.
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