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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
1
Russell Davidson reports the first arrival of purple martins in Chanute signaling spring. His 16-family, 24 foot martin house welcomes scouts ahead of others and helps control insects including mosquitoes, gnats and roaches.
The Interior Department reports the Aransas flock of whooping cranes is leaving Texas for summer nesting near the Arctic. Four birds departed from Aransas Refuge in Texas en route to Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada with the rest to follow by May. The fall count reached 48, a record since 1988. one crane was killed in January by a hunter.
The Topeka AP traffic death log shows 3 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday, 25 for March, 125 for 1968, and 110 for the comparable 1967 period. The record includes two previously unreported fatalities.
Mrs. Elva Idell Overman 78 mother of five and wife of a Baptist minister is Kansas Mother of the Year. She will represent Kansas at the national meeting May 5 through May 9 where the National Mother of the Year will be chosen. She has painted since 1964 with over 60 paintings donated, teaches organ, and serves as assistant organist at First Baptist Church. Her children hold nine degrees including Cecil Jr. a minister, Ralph a nuclear scientist, and Marion an ammunition inspector.
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm through tonight and Wednesday with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunder showers. Lows around 50 tonight, highs 70 to 75 on Wednesday, with cooler air later. Temperatures near seasonal norms remain possible as cloudiness increases. Highs ranged 70 at Goodland to 80 at Hutchinson. overnight lows 36 at Ft. Riley to 52 at Dodge City.
The Crossing Gates Project started installation of traffic flow type automatic gates and flashing lights at the Santa Fe Railway tracks on Main Street. Trainmaster Lester Lawrence said gates will block only the right hand lanes and be in operation in about ten days. Safety is improved as gates stop on slightest touch and lights flash before gates lower nine seconds later.
A New York judge reserved ruling on revoking parole and forcing Adam Clayton Powell to serve 30 days for criminal contempt. Powell did not attend the hearing and has not appeared in public since returning to Harlem after 18 months in exile. The session before Justice Arthur Markewich was one of three related hearings.
About 1,000 North Vietnamese troops attacked a U.S. artillery base 19 miles west of Kontum, overrunning a gun position before being repelled after four hours. U.S. Command reported 135 NVA and 19 Americans killed, 51 Americans wounded. Across near Saigon, Viet Cong losses were 264 killed as U.S. and allied forces pursued battered Viet Cong units.
The city commission approved plans for a new FAA flight service facility at Martin Johnson airport with bids set for April 8 funded by a bond issue and FAA lease payments. They also approved relocating the Santa Fe Park zoo, ordered steps to widen East Main Street with public protests raised over costs, and directed steps for street improvements and traffic controls near the new junior college. Additionally, the panel annexed land along 7th and began plotting a future post home site for the Veterans of Foreign Wars with about three acres to be annexed.
A Treasury undersecretary told the Senate the nation cannot finance both Vietnam War efforts and domestic programs. Joseph W. Barr outlined deficits of about 20 billion dollars without a surtax, and said tax increases plus spending cuts could reduce the 1969 deficit to around 8 billion. President Johnson sought support for the war, taxes, and law and order amid AFL CIO backing.
France calls for a conference to establish a monetary system ruled by real gold with currencies juridically equal and gold supreme. Debre argues against IMF drawing rights as a solution, while Italy and West Germany advocate the two price gold market as workable.
The excerpt presents a playful note from a correspondent addressing Cha about wartime gardening as a symbol of quiet resolve. It hints at humor and nostalgia for spring while reflecting on home front ideas during the Vietnam era.
Erie-Neosho county commissioners accepted bids for a new pickup to haul a mobile welding unit replacing a 1951 model and for a year of liability insurance on trucks and equipment. Whitley-Morris of Chanute won the truck bid at 1773.90, Ebur Schultz of Chanute won the insurance at 758.63, with other Chanute bids noted.
Three Wichita men Lyle Weber Paul Atherton and Robert Mcgee were sentenced in Hutchinson to the reformatory for up to seven years each after being charged with grand larceny for stealing four head of cattle from the Marvin Poland farm near Junction City on February 9.
About 150 people attended a severe weather preparedness meeting at the Central Park Community Building. The Wichita Weather Bureau organized the sessions to inform residents about actions during tornadoes and severe storms. Civil defense efforts include law enforcement from four counties, highway patrol, civilian band radio operators, and watch points around the city. The system relies on fire department sirens, airhorns, vehicle sirens, and voice announcements, with broadcasts as available and an all clear via public address.
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