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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1968
Page
1
Ottawa AP reports Canada's three week mail strike ended as 24,000 postal workers return to jobs after voting to accept a contract offering 21 cents an hour retroactive to Aug 1 1967 and 18 cents more through Sept 1969, far short of the 75 cent demand.
In Sydney the World Medical Assembly adopted a statement of death requiring two doctors to pronounce death before heart surgery or transplants, while avoiding a fixed definition. The 150 doctors from 63 countries cited evolving resuscitation science and offered guidelines for determining death. BEWLINGHAM, Wash. AP: A couple caused a banking error by exchanging a $100 bill for $1,000 at a drive through window. the duo fled with the excess funds after teller Owen Swisher misread the bill.
Mrs Joe Lucas searched for her dog near a mail deposit box in Heilena Montana when the dog barked from inside a mailbox. Postal workers arrived and retrieved the small dog after her call. Ray Anderson of the post office commented that someone may have pushed it through the package slot.
Richard M. Nixon announced he would not visit the Soviet Union before the November election. He will travel to President Johnson's Texas ranch Saturday for briefing on the Vietnam peace talks with Cyrus Vance and be accompanied by his running mate Spiro Agnew.
The Detroit News returns to publication after a nine month shutdown caused by a teamsters strike. The Morning Free Press also resumes, with Saturday editions due tonight after closing two days after the strike began.
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train with about 100 people derailed on the Batten Warren county line four miles north of Middletown. One person, Albert Wills, was killed and 20 injured as two of three passenger cars toppled. The train traveled from Cincinnati to Detroit. Wills, the driver of the car that struck the train at an unmarked crossing, was found in a field nearby.
Jo seph V Schmeltz recalls a weekend crash near Chanute in his 1965 VW bus, crediting a seat belt for saving him and his daughter. He urges others to fasten belts, noting his injuries but full recovery expected and a lesson from the accident. The truck and horse trailer occupants escaped serious harm.
Three Negroes were shot to death and 18 injured during looting and burning in Miami's riot torn black areas. A relief truck driver reported robbery in Liberty City as National Guard troops and police faced sniper fire and rock throwing.
John F. Mott, 55, died when a car rear ended his farm tractor on Kansas 14 near Kiowa. Doris Mitchell, 62, Medicine Lodge, Kan., the driver of the car, escaped injury.
An intercepted letter notes the Republican National Convention on television, praising highlights while remarking that many commercials were more interesting than the events.
Richard Nixon wins the 1968 Republican National Convention endorsement with Agnew as running mate amid scattered protests by liberals and moderates. Delegates show some dissent while Nixon solidifies party control and heads to Mission Bay for rest and strategy.
Viet Cong ambushed two U S river convoys on the Can Tho River near Cai Rang in the Mekong Delta. American forces killed 16 South Vietnamese and wounded 120 in village fire from counterfire. U S troops reported eight wounded and one boat damaged. In the same period, South Vietnamese forces killed 107 North Vietnamese near Gio Linh after five hours of heavy fighting.
A recheck of Harvey County totals shifts the Democratic nomination lead to Reno County attorney Richard Rome over Jerry Muth. The statewide total shows Rome with 67,176 votes to 63,231 for Muth, after correcting an extra digit error that had inflated Muth’s Harvey County tally by 6,000 votes.
Erie Neosho County canvass of the primary results shows small tabulation adjustments. The changes include nine more for Bob Dole and 20 for John Conard, with reductions for John Stewart 70 for Marion Chipman 13 for Garland Ferrell and 1 for Richard Seaton, but no outcome changes.
City power superintendent John Lofthouse reported a series of demand peaks this week with a metered one hour high of 16000 kwh yesterday. He noted July peaks in the mid 14000s and predicted a quick rebound as heat returns.
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with scattered thunderstorms. Tonight lows in mid 70s and highs near 90. Rainfall up to four inches in the Wakarusa basin threatens major flooding south of Lawrence with river flow forecast to rise five to six feet. Clinton Hiawatha Garnett recorded about 4.00 and 3.50 inches.
A Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities meeting explored forming an Eastern Kansas Power Pool to coordinate and possibly jointly purchase electric power from the Southwestern Power Administration. A follow up meeting was set for Sept 12 as cities evaluate participation in an engineering survey to assess factors and base purchase levels.
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