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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1968
Page
1
An inquisitive reporter asks about luck and finds responses from children. Ronda Decker, four, of 201 S Denman, and Don Howell of 919 N Washington say they believe in luck but have not had much.
Area forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Sunday with light winds turning southerly. Low tonight around 40, high Sunday in the lower 70s, highs today near the upper 60s, and lows tonight mid-30s to upper 40s. Dense southeast fog expected to lift by noon. Friday highs ranged from 71 at Hutchinson to 52 at Pittsburg.
The Weather Bureau predicts a mild dry weekend across Kansas with unseasonably warm daytime temperatures. Precipitation is unlikely until Sunday night or Monday.
Kansas traffic accident log for 24 hours to 9 am March 10 1968 records fatalities in Topeka and notes comparatives from 1967. The brief lists the period overviews and totals for the city and state.
Washington hosts six allied central banks for a two day conference to stabilize the dollar amid a severe international money crisis. U S lawmakers push for austerity measures including a 10 percent tax surcharge and a multibillion dollar cut in 1969 spending to bolster confidence in the dollar. Leaders expect a quiet communique at Sunday's close as seven power talks continue.
A door on the south side of the school special services center at 411 S Central was pried open around 8 a.m today. Police reported no apparent loss, noting the damaged door only grants access to a room with heating and air conditioning, not the main building. A passerby who saw the damage notified the police.
Police stopped a trio around 11 PM after reports they exposed themselves from a car in a mooning incident. All three were released after questioning. charges depend on two witnesses signing formal complaints. Ages given as 19, 18, and 17.
Cherie Cloar 18 an Emporia State College student from Liberal Kansas died in an Emporia hospital after being struck by a car while crossing a street. Police said the driver was Jennece L. Cornwell 21 of Emporia.
An intercepted note dated to a club or family circle shows a sender addressing Cha about Bobby's intention to run. The fragment suggests a personal plan rather than a public campaign, with no further context on time or place.
U S infantrymen clash with Viet Cong in rice paddies and sand dunes along the central coast. In the six days of Op Quyet Thang Resolve to Win, the U S Command reports 34 enemy killed and 83 detainees. American losses total 27 dead and 213 wounded.
The Defense Department lists two Kansas soldiers among those killed in Vietnam. Army Pfc. James L. Nufer of Dodge City and Army Pfc. Lawrence W. Scanlan of Shawnee Mission are named as KIA.
A flaming collision between the cargo ship African Star and oil barges on the lower Mississippi River killed four crewmen and badly injured at least 10 others. Rescue crews aided by Coast Guard and Plaquemines Parish authorities treated 16 crewmen in local hospitals as the blazing vessels drifted downstream.
In Topeka Senator Frank Carlson criticizes U S foreign policy as misunderstood while noting massive aid to needy countries. He calls for honest Vietnam war discussion and a peace conference to win hearts and minds of South Vietnamese, at a Washburn University and American Friends Service Committee sponsored event.
Instructions direct readers to contact the Tribune carrier by phone. If unavailable, call HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. The note emphasizes urgent accessibility and specifies evening hours for reach.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York announced his bid for the Democratic nomination in a televised news conference, opposing incumbent President Lyndon Johnson and rival Senator Eugene McCarthy as tensions rise over delegate battles for the Chicago August convention. Kennedy faces long odds and a party wary of a split.
Thayer reports two teen-agers injured in a one car wreck two miles north and a mile west of town around 11:50 pm. Jerry Brant, 15, and Marilyn Umbarger, 16, both of Thayer, sustained head and hip injuries and a mouth injury respectively. The 1959 Ford driven by Brant struck a dead end road embankment in heavy fog. the car was a total loss.
Howard L. Griffin 38 of 702 E. 7th and Evelyn Ellis 31 of 530 S. Grant were in an intersection crash at 6th and Lincoln about 1:50 a.m. Ellis failed to yield, cited by police. Two Ellis children were shaken but uninjured.
Retired dentist Philip Blaiberg 58 was discharged from Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town 74 days after his January heart transplant operation. A full medical exam by the transplant team declared him fit to leave as Dr. Christiaan Barnard had returned from a touring trip to the Americas.
A Chanute boy told police a juvenile, stepping from a car, walked up and struck him in the face near Royster Junior High yesterday. Authorities note both are juveniles and the case is referred to the county juvenile officer.
Annabelle Tolbert of Kansas City and native of Chanute earned the 1967 distinguished service award from Trans World Airlines. She attended the awards dinner at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Tuesday and received a silver bowl and plaque. Tolbert works in the TWA accounting department in Kansas City. her sister Mrs. W. L. Youngbert lives at 702 S. Highland.
The Royster Junior High School staged its sixteenth annual physical education demonstration in the Royster gymnasium drawing packed crowds of 750 each night. About 500 students volunteered to present calisthenics drumming timkling net games cageball scooter games pre class activities hockey and gymnastics under directors Barbara Keller and Lyle Dean.
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