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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
1
Police department year end report shows bonds and fines totaling 10,796 in 1967, up from 8,191 in 1966. Parking-meter penalties brought 5,105.50, with 20,112 overtime parking tickets issued and 3,376 calls for service. Officers made 19 felonies and 629 misdemeanors.
Area forecast calls for generally fair and cold tonight, with slightly warmer conditions Saturday. Topeka notes freezing rain and sleet overnight turning to snow, with accumulations from one inch at Emporia to three inches in the northeast. Highs in the 20s, lows 5 above northwest to 10–15 southeast. Ice under snow makes driving hazardous. Overnight lows 12 at Concordia to 31 at Pittsburg.
The intercepted note suggests President Johnson dedicates substantial time to his State of the Union message, implying the Union may be in a strong or troubling state depending on the context.
Ralph Bockover of Humboldt was seriously burned in a tank explosion on the Harold Whitaker farm southeast of Humboldt. The blast occurred while workers were burning under a tank in a seven-tank battery owned by Speller and Moore. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital by city ambulance. A second tank exploded and a new Ford truck was destroyed.
US Ambassador Chester Bowles pledges Washington will do everything possible to avoid acts of aggression against Cambodia in a joint communique issued after his five day Phnom Penh mission. The Soviet Union quickly opposes any accord restricting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese use of Cambodian territory. The communique gives no ironclad guarantee the United States will rule out hot pursuit if attacks continue from Vietnamese forces using Cambodia as sanctuary.
Kansas traffic death log reports 3 fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Friday. The entry also lists 22 deaths for January and 22 for 1968, with a comparison to the same period in 1967.
A flatbed semi truck ruptured a diesel line on US 169 in Chanute, spilling fuel along Lincoln to Main. Elton Sanders of Tyler Texas reported engine failure and the police and fire department coordinated traffic. The Wales Truck Line hauls flat steel to Paola and crews cleaned the gutter and sewer area.
The Kansas Senate Reapportionment Committee backed a plan to create 40 districts with populations between 53 449 and 57 847 to meet a federal court order by April 1. Sen. William Bowers led the Republican drive with Democratic critics.
Scientists at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory activated Surveyor 7's soil tester, enabling chemical analysis by radiation. The device, about the size of a shoebox, was positioned on the moon to commence trenches and data transmission to Earth, with full analysis to follow in about ten days.
Military and civilian teams worked to recover 19 Marines killed in a transport plane crash on 9,978 foot Mt Tobin. Three helicopters were in the area with ground crews ready to remove bodies as dawn approached, while a 20th man had left the plane earlier in Denver.
U S Marines relocate the 5th Marine Regiment from south of Da Nang to Thua Thien near the DMZ amid a predicted spring North Vietnamese offensive. The action boosts allied infantry to par with Communist forces, supports Highway 1 lines, and extends Marine reach toward the Laotian border. North of the DMZ, Hanoi combat actions include SAM missiles against B52 bombers and allied raids on missile sites in the central highlands.
Investigators cited a stuck switch as the collision caused by two New York bound PATH trains near Journal Square in Jersey City. Eighteen people were hospitalized. most victims were treated and released. Passengers described a sudden crash and darkness as the trains derailed yet stayed upright.
TOPEKA AP The two Parsons private clubs Post 5 of the American Legion and the Tropics Club had their liquor licenses suspended for 16 days by John Ivan head of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Violations cited include membership rules and sale of liquor by the drink. Each club may appeal within 15 days to a review board.
Chanute resident Jim Baylor reported a new battery charger left on his back porch during the day. He found the charger after arriving home from work and learned his wife heard a noise on the porch. Officers will hold it for possible claim. if unclaimed it will be given to Baylor.
The Nuclear Energy Advisory Council urged the Kansas House Industrial Development Committee to establish a nuclear park to spur industry. Dr. Walter Meyer of Kansas State University argued suitable plant sites are needed to attract users and that Kansas could host facilities for steps in the nuclear fuel cycle.
TOPEKA AP Storage of corn on Kansas farms was up 6 per cent in January compared with a year ago, the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said Thursday. Stocks of wheat sorghum oats barley and soybeans were down from a year ago, the service said.
Two of the world’s five heart transplant survivors are reported improved. Soviet scientists announce progress on transplantation techniques while Health Minister Petrovsky criticizes safety and South Africa’s Christiaan Barnard.
The Kansas House Agriculture Committee killed a Senate bill to remove restrictions on corporate farming. The 22 to 0 vote halted the proposal opposed by Gov. Robert Docking and the National Farmers Union. Senators Jack Barr and Claud Bell authored the bill, with opposition voiced in letters to the committee.
Kansas City AP reports Gov. Robert Docking plans a decision in April on running for governor, seeking the U.S. Senate, or returning to banking. He has not decided and will wait until after the legislative session. He rejected Coffin's idea of a favorite son nomination at the national convention.
Three men died in a two car crash on icy US 50 about 60 miles east of Emporia. Charles H. Burch 54 of Emporia died in the westbound car. Lyle E. Hastings 35 of Augusta and Sylvan Hastings of Burlington were killed in the other vehicle.
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