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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1968
Page
1
U S Command introduces currency control plates for converting military script to cash and buying high priced goods in Vietnam. Troops are paid in script or MPC instead of dollars to curb black market profits and dollar profiteering.
Eugene Zeller Ferichs received a divorce from his wife after a 10 minute hearing in St. Louis County Circuit Court Clayton. Judge George W. Cloyd noted the $500000 lump sum settlement as the largest he had seen. Ferichs conveyed the home title to his wife and agreed to pay $600 monthly child support for two of their five children. Ferichs, married in 1945, is president of American Tool Sale Inc.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States cannot further curtail bombing in North Vietnam until Hanoi offers a realistic response to peace moves. He dismissed claims of North Vietnamese restraint and urged a tangible step before progress.
A bill to exempt the Post Office from government manpower reductions moves to a House Senate conference committee before Friday to avoid postal service reductions. The House passed the bill as the Senate adds exemptions noting FBI agents and assistant US attorneys amid broader cutback debates.
Ten scouts from Boy Scouts troop No 100 of Otterbein United Methodist Church completed a five day journey on Missouri’s Niangua River from Cha nute to Windville with stops at Guthrie Bluff Sand Springs and Berry Bluff. Eight hand made canoes carried gear and fishing gear for meals cooked over campfires. Four canoes capsized in rapids and loss of rods reels and small items occurred. A 50 mile canoeing badge will be awarded. Participants included Nick Allen Keith Moffitt John Lea Edwin Aday Richard Hansen Mike Bright Steve Brotton John Brotton Scott Allen and Rick Rush. Scoutmasters were Bill Allen Buford Allen Walter Aday and Wayne Lea.
U S forces suffered ground setbacks with 24 Americans killed as Marines from the 7th Regiment incurred heavy fire about 25 miles south of Da Nang. In another ambush near Hue, four air cavalrymen died and 25 wounded as enemy forces engaged U S probing base camps. Across the line, a five minute dogfight over North Vietnam saw Lt Cmdr Guy Cane shoot down a MIG17.
An intercepted letter to Cha discusses the U S deficit totaling 25 4 billion dollars in the past fiscal year and compares the situation to riding rough rapids, signaling high fiscal strain and urgency.
In Mexico City police and paratroopers used a bazooka shell and bayonet charges to quell student protests at the National University No 1 preparatory school. The dawn crackdown left one dead and nearly 400 injured with about 300 arrested as tanks supported the operation.
NCC JC registrar Eldon Penner warned of a looming housing shortage for out of town students this fall. Pre enrollment shows 325 fulltime students with a larger increase expected, and few nearby apartments exist near the new campus prompting appeals for local residents to rent rooms.
Area forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with showers or storms tonight and Wednesday morning. Temperatures rise to near 85 on Wednesday with 50 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday precipitation chances. Topeka reports heavy rain with 1.48 inches in 20 minutes, part of a streak of frequent rains across the state.
Washington officials report the fiscal year ending June shows a 425.4 billion deficit, 5.6 billion above January estimates and 3.1 billion above March revisions. They credit delayed tax surcharge and note Vietnam spending modestly higher. Martin Marietta of Baltimore named by Air Transport Association to manage a joint test and evaluate collision avoidance devices.
Thayer mayor George Reece and St Paul mayor Jim Carter led a 22 member delegation asking Neosho county to provide a full time deputy sheriff for each town. Commissioners said the cost would be about 20000 dollars annually, with no current county funds for such expenditure.
Police blame the demonstra tion on Communist agitation. They arrested 76 and singled out 16 as the core agitators including Mika Seeger age 20, daughter of Pete Seeger.
Reports describe violence and unrest in Peoria Seattle Gary and Muncie with police shot at or wounded, snipers silenced, curfews extended and arrests made. Incidents involve rock throwing gunfire firebombing and gas bombs amid racial tensions not detailing severe injuries.
A straw poll across 14 western Kansas counties shows Harman leading Crutcher 36 to 34 percent for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Van Skiver has 4 percent, with 24 percent undecided. Bob Dole leads the Republican senate race with 63 percent to Avery's 20 percent.
The United Steelworkers Union decided to hold out to the last moment on a contract offer reportedly 78 cents. A district director suggested the pot could be sweetened, after an executive board meeting was delayed two hours as negotiators worked on language.
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