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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
1
Washington AP Navy avoids confirming Newsweek claim that top secret listening devices recorded sounds of the ocean crushing the Scorpion around May 21. Pentagon says no comment while confirming a tape check after the submarine’s cruise delay. Navy uses underwater listening gear to track Soviet submarines.
A Harvard faculty committee argues that brain death or irreversible coma can define death even if the heart still beats. The recommendation appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association noting advances in resuscitation and organ transplantation pressures.
Three people were killed in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Willie Jackson, 21, of Kansas City, died Friday night in a high speed chase near Coffeyville. Kathleen Tubbs, 16, of Kanorado, was killed in a one car wreck on U S 24 east of Brewster Sunday morning. Steven A. Morgan, 19, of rural Junction City, died Sunday night after his motorcycle collided with a car at Kansas highways 18 and U S 77 west of Junction City. Anglican bishops at Lambeth Conference criticized Pope Paul VI over contraception remarks. Bishop Edward R. Welles of West Missouri said contraceptives enhanced his marriage. he is 61 and has four children.
Kansas figures push Carlson as a favorite son with Miss Lahoma Dennis promoting a Swedish victory banner. Nancy Landon Kassebaum aids Rockefeller nomination while Delaware yields roll call to Kansas for Carlson. A Kansas fight against a three added seats rule in convention rules committee is led by Odd Williams.
In two battles near Saigon infantry units report 41 enemy killed and 19 weapons captured. U S losses were 2 killed and 13 wounded including Brig Gen Franklin M Davis Jr whose son was killed in 1967. Davis was shot in the face and returned to the fight.
The proposed platform calls for phasing out U S involvement in Vietnam and pursuing negotiations viewed as not surrender. It urges urban renewal via private ownership, crime and riot prevention, draft limits, voting age reduction, and education support while trimming deficits and taxes. It favors selective foreign aid, limiting Communist trade, aiding Israel, and avoiding a world policeman role.
President Johnson pressures steel firms to avoid broad hikes echoing 1966 moves. U S Steel faces potential probes as Dixon FTC call an emergency session amid Hart inquiry while agencies are told to curb purchases from price boosters. A Wichita homicide closes the day with Jerry D. Faidley identified.
Area voters will go to the polls tomorrow to cast party nomination ballots in the state primary. Contests are light locally with likely low turnout as polls run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Unofficial returns will be compiled by The Tribune tomorrow night from counting boards.
The convention opened at 10 a.m. EDT with Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans delivering the evening keynote. Governors Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan push personal appearances to sway delegates as Nixon consolidates lead. AP tally places Nixon at 572 of 667 needed. Rockefeller 232. Reagan 161 with remaining uncommitted or pledged to favorite sons.
A jet-prop airliner collided with a light Cessna 150 over southern Wisconsin. The light plane’s wreckage and three young victims were found embedded in the airliner. Pilot Rick Stenberg 19 Virginia Johnson 18 and Richard 12 were identified among the dead. Copilot John Mazur 30 of Wheaton Ill suffered serious injuries in the crash.
July activities show 1,360 dollars in court bonds and fines, 471.23 from parking meters, and a year total of 2,837.75. Police logged 1,950 parking tickets, 382 calls for service, 3 felonies and 62 misdemeanors, 22 traffic accidents with 12 injuries, and 31 male drivers among 39 involved.
Nixon enters the 1960s GOP convention as the odds on favorite to win the presidential nomination. Rockefeller and Reagan face long odds as favorite son delegations maneuver to block or delay Nixon with Rhodes and Agnew holding key Ohio and Maryland contingents. Fong withdraws, seven of Hawaii’s delegates back Nixon, and Klein signals Nixon will seek endorsement of his running mate choice.
Kenneth R. Churning a 28 year old Dodge City Kansas truck driver for Shamrock ConstructionCo drowned Saturday night when his truck stalled on a low water bridge over Bull Creek three miles southeast of Paola A witness said he left the vehicle to bleed air from the brakes and was swept away His body was recovered on Sunday
An intercepted letter includes a call to exercise the right to vote tomorrow, signed simply Yours with a personal closing. The fragmentary note references a political action but lacks identifiable names or locations.
Two Seaboard Coast Line passenger trains collided headon near Winter Haven Florida injuring many riders. Deputies report rescuers using crowbars and torches as ambulances rush to the scene and crews battle the wreck with fire equipment. No fatalities reported yet.
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