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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1968
Page
1
The striking teachers union says no current plans to meet the community board, dampening hopes for talks to restore classes for New York City public school pupils. The Board of Education had met with the board and sought talks with the union amid growing parental concern.
The United States angers at U Thant as the U N General Assembly opens its 23rd annual session. Thant proposed a resolution on a Vietnam bombing halt while Washington doubts it can win a two thirds vote. The agenda includes disarmament and the Arab Israeli situation as U N elects a new president.
Army troops seized the Santo Tomas Vocational School on the northwest side of Mexico City after an all night gun battle that left at least three dead and 50 students and riot police wounded. The Red Cross reported the deaths of an 18 year old science student and a riot policeman, with other sources listing a 25 year old medical student killed earlier.
The 31st annual Southeast Kansas Life Underwriters Association sales congress will be at Chanute Country Club October 10 11. About 75 life insurance men from southeast Kansas and elsewhere are expected Thursday with Friday attendance around 135. Speakers include Madison M Letts Ted F Bilyeu and local officers. R D Bob Wilson is general chairman with Chanute hosts guiding planning.
In Port Arthur Texas a refinery blast and subsequent fires injure three workers and prompt evacuation of two nearby housing developments. Flames spread to four houses across the street and three cars are destroyed while the blaze is brought under control by morning. Police warn of possible chlorine gas release prompting community evacuations.
South Vietnam's 3rd Corps commander Lt. Gen. Do Cao Tri said 105mm howitzer shells were fired into Cambodia to silence Viet Cong gunners across the frontier. American strategic bombers then dropped 730 tons of bombs in saturation.
Dr A F Bramble independent candidate for Congress from the 5th District spoke at a noon luncheon at the Orchid Buffet. He urged industry growth and six measures to boost Southeast Kansas including a regional research center, long term loans, improved roads, water and sewer projects, a vocational school, and cooperation with Mid-America Inc. and Ozarka.
Police investigated a overnight break-in at the Rolco Manufacturing Co. in Port Arthur with items stolen from offices. A powerful gas explosion followed, injuring three workers and forcing about a thousand residents to evacuate as flames spread through tanks at the refinery near Port Arthur and Groves.
The annual meeting of the Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association will be held Saturday at the National Guard armory. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour 6 to 7 30 and dinner 7 30 to 9. Sponsors guests and new officers will be introduced. Dancing follows the dinner.
A brief item notes that student attitudes have shifted from resisting school to trying to control it, contrasting past refusals to attend with current efforts to influence schooling policies.
The Weather Bureau predicts cool nights and warm days for Kansas with a high pressure system dominating. Daytime highs in the 70s and overnight lows from the 40s to 60s mark the shift after showers and thunderstorms across the state. Rain totals over 24 hours include Humboldt 2.35, Independence 2.10, Cherryvale 2.36, and Trading Post 2.00 inches. overnight lows ranged from 38 at Goodland to 67 at Pittsburgh.
The Tribune has entered its carriers in the Inland Daily Press Assn outstanding carrier contest running through Oct 10. Subscribers will complete a service rating form on page 6. Winners reported at a Chanute Elks Club picnic on Oct 12 at Elks Lake. notify by Oct 5.
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