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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1968
Page
1
Inquiries turn up varied plans as spring nears. Emma Sharp of Yates Center loves to fish if she can catch something while Sherry Richwine of Erie Area 3 enjoys water skiing as the season opens.
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions with highs near 50 and lows in the 20s. Precipitation chances are minimal tonight, while Friday night brings a sharp cold snap with 15 to 25 degrees below Friday highs and variable regional highs in the 40s to 50s.
Army Spec. 4 Barton W. Brooks of Clayton Kansas was moved from missing to dead in action on the Viet Nam casualty list released by the Defense Department.
Gov Robert Docking plans to veto a Republican backed highway construction bill that would raise two cent gasoline taxes. The Kansas House voted 250 to override, short of the 83 needed for a veto override, amid partisan tension and calls for Docking to approve the measure.
Allied forces report heavy fighting at Khe Sanh and Cua Viet areas. U S B 52 bombers and fighters strike North Vietnamese targets with multiple air raids. Government says 533 enemy dead for the day and 87 Marines wounded.
More than 2 million Americans start receiving higher Social Security checks today with a 13 percent average increase and an expanded beneficiary base. The law adds about 465,000 people to the rolls, raises maximums for couples and singles, and boosts payments to older and disabled workers, with Medicare changes taking effect April 1.
The Kansas House on Friday sent back to the Senate the second reapportionment bill of the current session after amending it to fix language. The first bill had been ruled invalid by a federal court, and Docking’s action on the new measure remains uncertain.
Kansas traffic accident death log for 24 hours to 9 am lists figures by month and year. The Topeka AP summary notes March fatalities and compares 1968 totals to the comparable period in 1967.
Prague AP report says Maj. Gen. Jan Sejna vanished after crossing the Czechoslovak Hungarian border on Feb 25. Prosecutor Jan Samek cited unconfirmed rumors of missing documents and large sums of public money, noting a criminal investigation and total damage above 300 000 crowns.
President Johnson spoke at Rep. Jack Brooks’s Beaumont testimonial dinner while touring Houston and Beaumont. He forecast all Democratic strays will return when the party’s presidential nominee is chosen and defended Vietnam policy. He then planned a trip to Marietta to view Lockheed’s C 5 A jet as his budget trims NASA.
Neosho County Sheriff George Neely investigated a one car crash on the Labette Neosho county line near Parsons involving a 1962 ERIE A Pontiac driven by 17 year old Robert E Lockwood. The vehicle skidded into a ditch and through a woven wire fence causing 150 in damage to the car and 40 to the fence. No injuries were reported for Lockwood or two fellow Parsons youths. The crash occurred about 12 50 am but was not reported until 3 50 am.
Police cited two drivers after midnight for not displaying 1968 license tags. Enforcement began at midnight. Cited are Andrew A. Weygint of 502 S Ashby and Merritt J Criss of 111 Denman. Weygint posted a $10 bond.
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha presents a nonpolitical journey note with a remark on how politics can be crowded into travel, ending with a closing Yours.
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