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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1968
Page
1
President Johnson marks age sixty with no advance notice of birthday plans while his party in Chicago hosts a nominating convention. Delegates in Minnesota joke about hotel rooms as Humphrey and McCarthy seek support at the Hilton.
Highway patrol credits shoulder harness and collapsible steering column with limiting injuries in a collision between a car driven by Harold Wynn and a diesel locomotive west of Walnut. Wynn escaped with minor injuries and facial cuts. the car was a total loss.
President Ludvik Svoboda affirmed the liberal course in Czechoslovakia after the January ouster of Antonin Novotny. He said Warsaw Pact troops will be withdrawn gradually and the country will persist in developing a socialist order with democratic humanism as outlined by the Communist party and government. The premier stated agreement with the Soviet Union and its allies on a gradual troop withdrawal remains intact.
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital reported at 10 a.m. EDT that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in a critical condition but they now feel cautious optimism about his outlook.
An intercepted letter suggests the one-man one-vote principle is being applied to political conventions, effectively creating a one-party one-ballot system. The remark highlights concerns about uniform voting influence within party processes.
An American artillery base northwest of Saigon endured a heavy 200 round rocket and mortar barrage, repelling a weak infantry attack. US headquarters counted at least 27 enemy soldiers killed while estimating 7,500 Viet Cong deaths in nine days of intensified assaults, with a shift to rocket and mortar tactics noted. Heavy barrages hit camps and towns from the DMZ to the Mekong Delta.
City commissioners deferred quick passage of a proposed minimum structures ordinance. An informational 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 meeting at the Memorial building district courtroom will brief property owners and answer questions. The plan calls for a public officer to enforce substandard conditions and adopts the BOCA basic housing code.
Kansas Republicans endorse higher highway user revenues to speed an accelerated program. The plan cites Kansas ranking last in user revenues per vehicle and proposes returning part of new revenues to cities and counties to ease property tax burdens while keeping the program funded beyond property taxes.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey consolidates support for the Democratic presidential nomination as Kennedy draft efforts fade and Southern resistance wanes. The Platform Committee backs a Vietnam plank aligned with Humphrey calling for continued bombing only with deescalation evidence, potentially prompting President Johnson to attend the convention on his 60th birthday.
The Platform Committee narrowly rejects McCarthy and McGovern proposals for U S withdrawal from Vietnam. It dismisses McCarthy's plan to include Viet Cong's political arm in a Saigon government and instead favors elections open to all major parties to determine the government composition.
The Weather Bureau reports a shift to easterly winds bringing warmer, more humid air to Kansas. Highs reach mid 90s elsewhere, 80s in the northeast. tonight lows upper 60s to low 70s. Overnight lows ranged from 61 at Emporia to 71 at Dodge City.
Living costs rose one half of one percent in July matching June and marking the sharpest two month rise in 11 years. Higher mortgage interest rates and medical care costs drove the increase though food costs rose less than typical for July. The index stood at 121.5, up 4.3 percent from a year earlier. Officials expect costs to taper in August and slow through the rest of the year.
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