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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
1
In Austin Texas Mrs Roy Drybread shares practical tips for staying cool. She advises slow steady work and plain common sense to endure hot weather.
Generally fair and warm weather is forecast for Kansas through Sunday. Highs 90 to 95 this date and again Sunday, with tonight’s low 65 to 70. Scattered thundershowers possible in the west Sunday. cooler air moved into the northwest but expected to shift northward. Wheat harvest aided by sun and warmth across the state.
Vietnam War becomes the longest U S war as thousands of troops shift to protect Saigon. U S forces report a daylong battle near the capital with 35 enemy killed and 36 wounded. Viet Cong plans a third offensive in July amid Paris talks.
Hugo Vihlen, in a tiny tub, completes about 4,600 miles from Casablanca to Miami and reaches Fort Lauderdale after being carried by the Gulf Stream and storms. A Coast Guard rescue brings him ashore aboard Sea Wolf II with his wife and son awaiting.
Kenneth Chestnut reported theft at 12 30 a m from his 1968 Cadillac parked at Walnut and Evergreen. Missing were spare tire and wheel plus three fishing rods and reels a tackle box wading boots a .22 caliber automatic rifle and a thermos bottle set in a carrying case.
City of Hope Medical Center researcher Dr. Riojun Kinosita reports a breakthrough in how macrophages trap and analyze invaders and instruct lymphocytes to produce targeted antibodies. The finding could advance cancer recognition and improve organ transplant compatibility.
AP survey shows 140 gun deaths in the United States from Sunday to Sunday. Of these 74 were homicides, 55 self inflicted or personal crisis cases, and 11 accidental shootings. FBI records indicate about 6,500 gun deaths in 1966 and 10,290 homicides in that year. The piece notes calls for tighter gun control after Kennedys and King assassinations.
Los Angeles police said there never was a girl in a white polka dot dress sought for questioning after the Kennedy shooting. An AP bulletin was canceled after investigators found no such person with knowledge of the slaying. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, is charged with Kennedy's murder.
Intercepted letter titled Dear Cha notes that their first war was the longest yet. The message reflects on ongoing conflict and compares timelines to prior engagements, highlighting endurance and strategic strain amid hostilities.
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In Pittsburg Kansas two 17 year olds in a pickup were struck by a blast from five cases of M 80 high powered firecrackers. Patricia Stanford was killed and James Cutburth was seriously injured and taken to the KU Medical Center. Police say one lit a cracker and tried to throw it out the window but failed. The blast shattered 15 windows and hurled a truck part 90 feet away.
Washington AP. A bill to authorize a three year study of increasing metric usage in the United States heads to the House floor with a $500000 ceiling for year one. Backers led by Rep George P Miller cite world trade needs while Rep H R Gross questions studying a system adopted by France in 1795.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk departed for Iceland to attend the midyear meeting of NATO ministers.
Topeka report records 37 traffic fatalities in June 1968 over 24 hours to 9 am Saturday. The figure compares with 281 deaths for the 1967 period and 281 for the 1968 comparable span.
In Denver two people were hurt after a Saturday night shooting at Holly Shopping Center. Officer Moravek was grazed, Nathan Jones, 19, was taken to a hospital in serious condition with neck and abdomen wounds. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds after looters and rock throwers emerged.
The unemployment rate among those covered by the unemployment compensation program held at one percent for the week ending June 8, unchanged from the prior week. It was down from 1.2 percent a year earlier.
U S authorities said a North Korean radio report of a U S spy ship sinking off the west coast of Korea appears erroneous after a hurried review. Officials noted many possibilities and stressed no confirmation of a ship sinking was issued.
Allan Irvine and his wife Francis welcomed four baby boys at Home Hospital in Lafayette after Francis delivered quads in 92 minutes. Doctors say mother and infants, A through D, are doing well as incubators and special diets aid the newborns. The family, from Wheatfield, learns names Allan Scott Bryan Williams Corey James Dale Walter may be chosen.
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