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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1968
Page
1
Milwaukee area search intensifies for three Kansas State Prison escapees after a stolen car tied to their flight was located in Mequon. Federal and state agents suspect the trio broke into a Mequon restaurant and a summer home near Hubertus.
President Johnson said ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty is vital to national security and warned he may call the Senate into a special session. He warned that without ratification new nuclear powers could emerge and US influence in vital areas could be withdrawn or lead to a nuclear conflict involving the United States.
The area forecast predicts partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions through Saturday with a high in the upper seventies to lower eighties regionwide. A ten percent chance of rain tonight and Saturday is noted, with southerly winds of 10 to 25 mph. Overnight lows range from 42 at Goodland and Topeka to 54 at Liberal, and Saturday highs around 70.
Facts about the Apollo 7 mission list astronauts Walter M. Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. Duration ten days twenty hours nine minutes. Saturn 1B rocket two stage, 225 feet tall, thrust 1.6 million pounds. Orbital path 105 to 262 miles high, latitude 31.59 degrees N/S. Craft dimensions and mass before and after separation. Estimated mission cost 145 million dollars.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie reports total net worth of 106 468 with real estate and securities the bulk. His Bethesda Maryland home valued at 65 000 and Kennebunk Maine home at 30 000 carry mortgages of 36 026 and 12 621 respectively. He lists securities at 14 940 and assets including 11 000 in household goods 4 780 in vehicles and 12 930 cash surrender value of life policies plus 18 550 contributed to the Civil Service Retirement Fund. Liabilities total 48 647 in mortgages 2 250 loan and 2 370 miscellaneous.
Apollo 7 crew led by Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham reported a clean launch and a smooth ride after liftoff from Cape Kennedy on an 11 day mission. Mission Control approved two orbits and the crew described conditions as fine with windows crystal clear.
In Cham province northwest of Saigon American infantrymen failed to trap about 300 enemy troops after a heavy bombardment by jet bombers helicopters and artillery killed 26. U S casualties were six killed and 16 wounded as fighting spread through rice paddies and hedgerows near Trang Bang.
Jim Herndon, an experimental test mechanic for Boeing, helped build the Saturn 5 first stage at the Mississippi Test Site near Bay St. Louis. He is among about 1000 technicians on the Apollo 7 launch and recently received an Apollo-Saturn V Honor Roll medal for outstanding service.
The States Health Department mobil chest X-ray unit is back in operation today at the Memorial Building from 1 to 6 p.m. The unit will be closed tomorrow but resume Monday 1 to 6 p.m. at the Memorial Building. Wichita youth Terrill A. Horn, 16, was killed Thursday night in an exit ramp crash on a Wichita highway interchange.
The strongest gun control measure yet passes Congress as a House Senate compromise. It bans mail order rifle shotgun and ammunition sales and bars youth and certain classes from purchasing firearms. It lacks owner licensing and registration provisions urged by Johnson.
Charles F. Smith, 23, of Earlton, pleaded guilty in Chanute city court to leaving the scene of an accident and driving while intoxicated after a chase ending behind a house in Earlton. He received 100 and 200 dollar fines plus costs totaling 306.50. The incident damaged a patrol cruiser and involved a 1953 Ford driven by Smith and a 1958 Ford pickup and a calf. the cruiser damage was 350 dollars and the calf's value 94 dollars.
Thousands flooded downtown Detroit after the Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 to win the World Series. revelers danced hugged and fired ticker tape and streamers as youths climbed flagpoles and water fountains became a playground for the crowd.
City clerk Mrs. Bonnie Moffatt said voter registration is light for the November general election. Eligible voters have through October 25 to register to vote on November 5, with hours 8 am to 5 pm five days a week and extended to 9 pm during the final five days October 21 to 25. The clerk noted the typical rush occurs on the last two days.
A playful note imagines a radio from Apollo 7 astronauts saying they sight swarms of Detroit Tiger fans in space. The fragment frames a light interstellar communication as a humorous tease about sports crowds.
President Johnson urged a nationwide audience that a Democratic ballot means progress for education housing health and prosperity. He criticized Republicans led by Nixon and Agnew saying they would dismantle gains and pull America downward in a partisan first 1968 campaign speech. He did not forecast future partisan appearances.
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