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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1968
Page
1
AP reports President Johnson and Arthur Okun praise modest steel price increases as a deflationary sign. U.S. Steel leads a smaller hike, while safety council data show higher traffic fatalities in H1 1968 and June. Reagan endorses Nixon at the Republican convention with a nostalgic kick.
In Miami Beach Gov. Nelson Rockefeller answered questions on his political future with a light remark from his son Little Nelson about playing more together if he loses. Happy Rockefeller stood beside him smiling.
The Tribune announces its 3rd Annual Autumn Leaves Tour to the Ozarks on Oct. 12-13. The two day trip visits Pea Ridge National Park Roaring River State Park Eureka Springs Ark Christ of the Ozarks Shepherd of the Hills county Table Rock Beaver dams and lakes and Silver Dollar City. Total cost is 32 dollars with reservations accepted. Details are in an advertisement on page 10.
In northwest Miami, sporadic rock throwing is reported after the city’s first serious racial violence. Police note bands of young Negroes roaming the area where white motorists were stoned, cars burned, and stores looted during the night following a Negro rally.
Area forecast shows fair skies and little temperature change with tonight and Friday highs reaching 100 to 105 and a ten percent rain chance. Topeka notes continuing hot, humid weather with scattered thundershowers mainly in north and east Kansas. In Miami Beach Nixon names Spiro Agnew as running mate in a brief news conference, Agnew reacting with surprise and stressing civil rights without civil disobedience while criticizing the Poor People’s Campaign encampment.
American and South Vietnamese troops launched a second invasion of the A Shau Valley, landing over 3,000 soldiers from the 101st Air Cavalry and the Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division. The operation, aimed at disrupting a major Communist supply base, reported minimal resistance with U.S. losses of two dead and 22 wounded and 15 North Vietnamese killed in four days. Three helicopters were shot down early, one crewman killed.
Rescue teams carried out nine miners killed in a fiery explosion at the River Queen coal mine near Greenville Kentucky. Officials said bodies were found in the shaft area after a blast tied to an accidental detonation of explosives. About 300 onlookers and relatives gathered as rescue work continued.
A ruptured tanker released about 700 to 800 feet of burning gasoline creating a 40 foot wide wall of fire on a quiet Atlanta street. One person died, likely trapped inside a burning car, as six vehicles including a bus burned and seven thousand gallons fueled the blaze. Passengers, including the driver Thomas Walker, escaped moments before the bus was consumed.
Erie Saddle Club sponsors open age shodeo and large team pulling at the 14th Neosho County Fair. Grand entry Thursday. team pulling Friday. stock sale Saturday at 8 p.m. 4-H FFA sale closes fair. Entry fees 50 cents under 17 and $1 over 17.
After a Nixon landslide the colleague at the next desk notes Wallace was nominated on the first ballot in the GOP. The remark reflects party dynamics and early nomination chatter in a contested year.
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