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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
1
A 55-foot white spruce is delivered by truck from Vermont to the Rockfeller Center ice rink. Electricians and carpenters praise its fullness and appeal as the 6,000 lights are planned to be lit on December 12.
Four students from Bangkok, Nantana Burapavong Nan Kho Judy Chen Chuck Chen and Somsuk Phoyomratana phjit visit Chanute for English study at Neosho County Community Junior College. They praise friendly locals, note cultural differences, and look forward to snow and continued education.
A 15-year-old boy was arraigned in Lyon County juvenile court on a first degree murder charge in the death of LaDena Sanders, 26, a secretary. The body was found in her Emporia apartment and the suspect is in custody pending further hearings. time of death is tentatively set between 7:55 and 8:15 p.m. Friday.
President elect Richard Nixon announces Harvard professor Henry Kissinger will oversee the White House foreign and defense policy machinery. Kissinger, 45, will revamp security planning to prevent crises, with Richard Allen as principal associate. Rostow to cooperate during transition as Kissinger heads to Washington immediately.
Report to a presidential commission labels Chicago street violence a police riot fueled by obscene antiwar protests. It says officers used indiscriminate force, injuring bystanders and press, amid 10,000 demonstrators and National Guardsmen. Daley defends the police while urging accountability.
In Topeka Rep Calvin Strowig R Abilene won the Kansas House speakership caucus by 44 to 43 over Rep Jack Euler R Wathena. The election awaits ratification and follows a new organizational law geared to prepare committees and ready the legislature for January. Other leadership results include Rep Jess Taylor as speaker pro tem, Rep Donald A Bell as floor leader, and Rep W R Brown as caucus chairman.
David A. German 58 of 601 S Larson died yesterday morning of a heart attack at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a two hour stay. He was a partner in the accounting firm Knight German and Williams and served as secretary of the Neosho Memorial Hospital board. He was active in church and school circles, born August 8 1910 at Fort Scott, married Euphemia Malle, and survived by his wife a son Bob German of Bowie Maryland two grandchildren and two brothers Harry German of Chula Vista California and Frank German of Pittsburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Johnson Mortuary.
Jordanian military spokesman reports Israeli air strikes commando raids and artillery on Sunday and today. Israeli claims say commandos blew bridges near Amman and Aqaba and a highway and rail line were disrupted. Two soldiers were killed and one wounded in the village of Kfar Yuba. Civilians casualties include two dead and four wounded.
Intercepted note echoes a blunt claim that blame for any fight rests with the other party. The line repeats in a casual tone suggesting a personal dispute or social confrontation between correspondents.
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