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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1968
Page
1
Natalie Fifer the missing girl from Wabaunsee County was found hiding in a barn about a mile from home after a daylong search involving about 250 people and local guardians. She was put to bed after a hot meal following rain and resumed vigil the next morning.
Russell Lee Cole, 21, of Wichita, who escaped Wednesday while appearing with a 28 member Kansas State Penitentiary choir in Ottawa, was recaptured near Emporia and returned to Franklin County jail. The escape followed a performance at Ottawa University.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield announced the decision to abandon the equal time bill amid GOP opposition. Nixon favors debates with Humphrey but not with third candidate Wallace, as the House had earlier passed the measure authorizing joint appearances on free television and radio time.
Democratic candidate Hubert H. Humphrey says his net worth is 281 423 dollars with total assets of 377 867 and liabilities of 96 444 including mortgages a bank loan and debts. He lists trust fund assets 166 246 a Washington home 88 360 and a Minnesota home 45 780 and notes retirement fund contributions along with cash and personal property values. The filing outlines his finances as details circulate amid campaign coverage.
A Boy Scouts camporee for Sedan Area scouts will be held Friday Saturday and Sunday with about 150 scouts from surrounding towns and Chanute. They will assemble at the Santa Fe depot at 4 30 p m tomorrow for a parade to Santa Fe Park where they camp overnight Friday and Saturday.
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy warmer weather through Friday with low 40s to 50s tonight and highs in the 70s in western Kansas. Topeka reports sunshine with southerly winds, overnight lows from 33 at Ft Riley to 44 at Concordia, and highs 62 to 68 across the state.
The countdown begins for Apollo 7 with the three astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham awaiting launch aboard the Saturn 1B for an 11 day orbital mission. The team plans to power up the rocket and spacecraft as the 300 man crew prepares for critical final hours. If successful the flight could help reset the U S path toward a lunar landing with Apollo 8 possibly orbiting the moon by December. The Saturn V for Apollo 8 has rolled to the pad for about 40 days of prelaunch preparations.
The Chanute United Fund drive contributions reached 3052.10 dollars toward a 23900 dollar goal. Companies with full participation included Orr's Color Center Nation's Cleanders James Shoes Jay's Barber Shop Alcorn Corporation office and American Legion. Apollo 8 crew members Frank Borman Schirra Cunningham and Eisele train in a spacecraft simulator while watching the World Series.
A ciphered correspondence notes that important measures deserve equal congressional time alongside frivolous bills to better serve the nation. The author argues the public interest hinges on balanced legislative attention.
U S Air Force B52s hit enemy base camps near Saigon in seven missions. The campaign has flown 705 missions in four months, dropping 125000 tons of explosives at a cost of about 250 million dollars. Three brigade realignments involve about 5000 troops as the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions shift to defend Saigon. In Mekong Delta fighting Vietnamese troops killed 44 enemy. U S gunships and Marines reported casualties on Tuesday and Wednesday.
President Johnson announced he will not nominate a new chief justice now and may consider it in ordinary times. He cited emotionalism and partisanship as reasons to wait until the constitutional system is protected. Chief Justice Earl Warren indicated willingness to stay on the bench. Johnson lamented the Senate filibuster that blocked Fortas and Thornberry, noting their qualifications but withdrawing their nominations.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the Soviet move in Eastern Europe is a serious development to be examined soberly by Western allies. He noted the Czechoslovakia invasion clouds East West policy and questioned Moscow's use of doctrine to justify actions as NATO ministers prepare to discuss the issue in Brussels in mid November.
The State Health Department X-ray survey unit will operate at the Memorial building today from 2 to 6 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. It will be in operation tomorrow from 1 to 6 p.m. The unit will not operate Saturday but resumes Monday from 1 to 6 p.m.
Army engineers reduced flow by closing 24 spillway gates at Everglades National Park after heavy rains. Nearly 900,000 acre feet of water had cascaded into the park this year to drain water from conservation area No. 3, delivering three times the park’s wildlife quota.
Wallace running mate Curtis LeMay may tour Vietnam for four days around Oct. 15 to report back before Wallace's Oct. 20 television appearance. The trip aims to assess servicemen views on the war and influence public opinion amid Nixon Humphrey polling debates. Police later arrested Roy Yates for DWI and open bottle charges with bonds set.
Republican incumbents Doris Shellhorn Virgil Lowe Ray Coder highlighted district progress at a Chamber meet the candidates session. Non incumbent Fred Harris pledged to boost regional economic development and road access, supporting higher gas taxes and bonds and aligning vocational training with present industry. The meeting at Tioga Hotel covered incumbents reelection arguments and a constitutional amendment on county treasurer terms.
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