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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1968
Page
1
AP report notes Saigon military spokesman says there is no change in the status of the $6-million swing wing F111 despite a third crash in a month. U.S. and North Vietnamese lines conflict over whether the aircraft were used in raids, with crews rescued from two earlier losses and new aircraft replacing failed ones.
A dinner meeting of 240 bankers from 19 southeast Kansas counties was held at St. Patrick's school gym. Bob Conklin of Minneapolis spoke on The Dynamics of Attitudes, urging risk in decisions as world conditions change. Color slides illustrated the talk. Kenneth Streets presided and the Altar Society provided the meal.
At the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant east of Parsons a strike by operating engineers paused construction. About 500 workers stayed off the job as Local 128 protested the firing of a shop foreman for insubordination, while production of ammunition continued.
President Johnson said the United States is in frequent contact with North Vietnam about choosing a site for peace talks. He noted uncertainty if Hanoi is serious or using the move for propaganda, and confirmed ongoing diplomatic outreach through Laos and Vienna contacts to gauge North Vietnamese intent.
The Democrats push farm labor support for Humphrey with Kennedy pledging help for the elderly. McCarthy says actions by the administration misstate policy. South Vietnamese will take on more fighting. Nixon campaigns in Oregon, Reagan undecided on campaigning. In Pennsylvania McCarthy leads Kennedy 10 to 1 as Humphrey trails. Nixon outpolls Rockefeller 3 to 1.
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D Ark, urged that any income tax rise accompany reductions in already authorized future spending, not just current-year cuts. He cited $222.3 billion unspent authority by July 1, rising to $236.4 billion next year. Mills spoke at the Illinois Retail Merchants Association meeting in Chicago and signaled willingness to consider a tax increase if reform includes effective spending cuts.
A Kansas man who fled the United States to avoid the draft says he will return home to face charges. David Michael Schwartz 21 of Prairie Village near Kansas City left for Toronto 15 months ago just before his draft notice. He has been indicted by a grand jury and will decide soon with his father urging him to come back. He attended the University of Kansas and Pomona College California.
Edith Stern age sixteen from Florida Atlantic University will teach two hour algebra lectures weekly at Michigan State University while taking three graduate courses and serving as student consultant and tester. She aims for a two year PhD and notes life feels normal despite early advancement.
The tally rose to 13 dead with 207 injured as tornadoes struck communities in Kentucky and Ohio. Four dead in Falmouth Kentucky, six in Wheelersburg Ohio, plus victims in Cler mont and Brown counties. Over 700 homes left homeless, and damages exceed 2 million dollars. Governor Nunn visited the stricken area as rescue crews searched for survivors.
Charles C. Winfrey III was elected president of the Chanute Jaycees at the annual election meeting held at the Orchid Buffet. He succeeds John Willcott who finishes his term June 1. New officers include Dean Denning as 1st vice president Ed Ranz Jr as 2nd vice president John Carder secretary and Buzz Schaberg treasurer. Donat at Getter and others named as members. Robert McGregor named state director John Settle Fredonia speaker and regional Jaycees VP. Miss Chanute Pageant reported for May state convention May 10 12 and inaugural banquet.
James Earl Ray was quoted by Raymond Curtis, a former inmate, saying he would kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for a $1 million bounty. Curtis, 40, now in Whitfield County jail, said the talk arose at Missouri State Penitentiary after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
A Parsons man was stabbed to death after an altercation at a rooming house. The suspect, a 32-year-old woman, was held for questioning by Parsons police. The stabbing occurred after the accused became abusive in her rooming house, and the victim McKinnis died on arrival at Labette County Medical Center.
Russell Kansas reports that Darrel P Ballance a 42 year old inhalation therapist at Russell City Hospital was jailed on forged prescription signatures. He allegedly forged doctors names to prescription blanks for amphetamine tablets and took them to drug stores in Russell and Hays.
Intercepted note titled Dear Cha reveals concerns that child labor laws do not apply to university faculty. The item suggests debate over work standards and campus policies affecting students and staff.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 6 to ban interstate mail order sales of handguns as part of a broad anticrime bill. Three absentees may tilt the final tally to 9 to 7 for the firearms control section.
Temperatures today at 1 p.m. 65 with yesterday 61 and year ago 60. Highest on this date 1917, lowest 1967. Relative humidity 1 p.m. 3B, barometer 28.97 falling. Sunrise 5:37, sunset 7:05. Forecast calls for general fair and warmer tonight, partly cloudy and warm Thursday. Low tonight over 40s, high Thursday 75 to 76.
Six gunmen robbed a London street today and escaped with thirty nine thousand pounds about ninety three thousand six hundred dollars. One guard was beaten and hospitalized as the others fled the scene amid scattered shots.
Princeton teen Jimmy New, 17, was fatally injured in a one car crash on U S Highway 59 three and a half miles south of Ottawa. The car went out of control and rolled into a ditch, according to the highway patrol.
Industrialist Henry Ford and financier David Rockefeller rejected Whitney Young Jr. idea of a Washington white march to prove white commitment to racial equality. They favor concrete action on jobs and urban issues through organizations and programs rather than public demonstrations. Meany declined to comment.
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