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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
1
Kansas State University selects Steve Honeycutt as the Ahearn Man of the Year for contributing most to athletics in the past year. The Humboldt guard led the team in scoring with 402 points and a 14.4 average, earning All-Big Eight honors as the sole junior on the team.
General fund receipts for the year ending June 30 totaled 254.8 million dollars, about 9.38 million above December budget estimates, with income tax declines smaller than expected and other taxes exceeding forecasts, offset by a year-to-year rise.
Area forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and little temperature change through Friday with possible showers or thunderstorms tonight and Friday morning. Southwest Kansas rains caused minor flooding along the Solomon River at Lenora and Sappa Creek near Oberlin. rainfall one half to over one inch with higher totals listed for Dodge City, Kingman, Peabody, Hillsboro, and McPherson.
U S Ambassador John Gordon Mein was assassinated in Guatemala City when gunmen fired on his limousine. Guatemala's President Mendez declared a 30 day state of siege and three days of mourning as authorities hunted the killers. A State Department spokesman said Presidents Johnson and Rusk were shocked and grieved by the slaying.
Hubert Humphrey discussed possible running mates with associates amid victory celebrations after securing the Democratic nomination. Speculation centered on Edmund Muskie of Maine or Sargent Shriver as a future vice president. He praised Johnson and urged party unity while critics cited convention tensions and security concerns.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey condemned police stormtrooper tactics and dissident delegates' rowdy conduct at the Democratic National Convention. He defended security measures, noting threats against his family, while dissenters planned a late afternoon march to test Chicago’s openness. A candlelit lakefront protest followed gatherings at the Conrad Hilton.
U S command tallies 308 Americans killed and 1 144 wounded last week the highest weekly toll since mid June while 4 755 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were slain the largest weekly total since May 18 South Vietnamese losses reach 495 dead in their heaviest since May 11 battles include a major clash 32 miles northwest of Saigon with 101st Air Cavalry forcing a Vietnamese battalion to surrender after a daylong fight.
In Beverly Hills police eased their pursuit of four year old Stanley Stalford Jr. after his parents urged restraint while awaiting ransom contact. A man posing as an electrician abducted the boy, taking him in the Stafford car before abandoning it seven hours later. Police noted similarities to a 1967 case involving Kenneth Young.
Erie indicated corn yields in Neosho county range from poor to excellent. Vernon Lohmann, the county extension agent, says many fields should exceed 100 bushels per acre while some will produce little or nothing. Root worm damage explains many poor fields. harvest has not begun. Greenbug threat to sorghums has dissipated.
An intercepted letter laments that full camera coverage of the Democratic Convention provides no relief from the ongoing violence program fare on television. The note closes with the casual sign off Yours.
Preliminary report on future water and sewer needs was delivered to the Neosho county planning commission by Burgwin and Martin. The submission included a map of existing and proposed water districts and the commission set another meeting for September 25 to continue its goals and objectives discussion.
Prague leaders of the Czechoslovak Communist party advance a slow liberal reform program amid mixed public reaction. Premier Oldrich Cernik says temporary measures will restrict press freedom as Moscow labels an earlier liberal election illegal. In Manhattan Kansas, Susan Hunter, 18, dies when an auto overturns on a county road.
Labor Day observance will halt most business and postal services in Chanute and surrounding areas. City, county and state offices close. schools pause until Tuesday morning. Travel is expected to rise, with drivers urged to observe traffic safety as outdoor activities hinge on variable late summer weather.
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