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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
1
In Gary Indiana a retired plumber Charlie Amos 64 and his wife Nellie 75 headed to a bank with nearly 21000 dollars in life savings when two men robbed them. They planned to buy a chicken farm in Alabama.
In Firebeck England organizers plan a village beauty contest where girls will walk past judges in see through blouses with masks instead of bathing suits to fend off jokes. Local organiser John Banner notes the community hopes to avoid ridicule.
Unified School District 413 will begin the 1968 69 year Friday with an estimated 2,670 students. Enrollment in grades 1 4 will run 8 30 to 11 30 with last name groups. Kindergarten enrollment set for Sept 3 6. birth certificates and immunization records required. Bus transportation planned with a new rural kindergarten route to Alcott, pickup noon.
Army doctors at Walter Reed report President Eisenhower has shown further increase in heart irritability since Sunday and remains in critical condition. They note extra heartbeats with increasing frequency but no new rapid heart action episodes.
Talks between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union stretched into the afternoon with no clear agreement to end the crisis. Prague sources cited possible compromise on Soviet troop pullout within two months in exchange for restrictions on anti-Soviet press, while President Svoboda and liberal leaders were to return home regardless of talks.
The United Nations Security Council postponed and then canceled its planned 11 am meeting on the Czechoslovak crisis to await Moscow talks. The sixth session of the 15 nations was led this month by Brazilian Ambassador Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro as council president.
A fragmentary note appears to show a message titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha with a reference to Labor Day and unfinished summer tasks from a man at a neighboring desk. The text suggests a casual, personal communication context rather than a formal record.
Allied forces report killing more than 1 000 enemy troops over Saturday and Sunday as fighting extends into the ninth day. Near Con Thien Marines seal in over 300 NVA while combat continues along the central highlands and coast. US counts exceed 6 000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead in eight days.
A break-in at the Burlington Mfg. Co. plant on 111 W. 3rd was reported at 5 40 p m. A cigarette machine was pried open with about 20 cartons taken and money from a soft drink machine stolen An attempt to break into a coffee vending machine damaged the unit but did not access the coin box The building was entered by an east window Also reported were 11 used tires stolen from a filling station rack at 306 S Lincoln A white headrest was stolen from a car parked at 1711 S Santa Fe A house on North Steuben was entered while owner vacationed. nothing definite taken A window screen was removed and the window pried open Seth Gray reported a pop machine in a Santa Fe laundry broken into for the past two nights
Walsh, 235, of Tulsa and formerly of Chanute, was severely hurt when his 1960 Ford left US 169 near Earlton, struck a tree, and trapped him. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital then to a specialist facility. Trooper Vogel reported the high speed impact occurred about 9:30 p.m. He was freed after about 10 minutes. In a separate afternoon crash east of Chanute, 17 year old Cynthia Jones sustained a knee cut after her convertible crashed into a westbound 1965 Chevrolet driven by David Johnson. The Austin Healey went into a ditch and turned upside down. Jones was initially trapped but freed herself. Johnson sustained no injuries.
The Kansas forecast calls for sun and warmer temps with 80s in the northeast and mid 90s elsewhere. Southerly winds to 30 mph in the west and 15 to 20 mph in the east. Overnight lows mainly upper 60s to lower 70s, with 58 at Wichita Ft Riley and Topeka and 67 at Hill City.
In Chicago Hubert Humphrey held a heavy lead for the Democratic nomination with two-thirds of the first ballot votes. Johnson and Kennedy backers mount draft efforts while McGovern Hart Levin support Kennedy. Illinois delegates face a Wednesday vote as Maddox resigns as a convention delegate.
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