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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
6
Tee-ball coaches describe players of all sizes learning the game in extreme heat. The six to nine year olds swing on flexible tees, chase wins, and the moms provide steady support, cheering through practices and games.
In Washington AP reports a federal appeals court ruled that draft boards cannot follow Selective Service Director Hershey's directive to strip deferments from antiwar protesters even when protests are illegal. In Moscow AP notes Nicolae Ceausescu warned attacks on Red China threaten the world Communist conference. In Hartford AP an all night curfew and a thunderstorm curbed looting after four nights of vandalism.
Gus Garden notes that daylight saving time makes Southwest Kansas feel like the land of the midnight sun, a tongue in cheek remark reflecting local light and time changes.
President Nixon sails from El Toro to meet South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu for three joint sessions on war aims and a path to peace. Discussions will cover troop levels, possible withdrawals, and the role of the NLF, with advisers at Midway Island and Honolulu before a final two hour session.
In Indianapolis a police special agent and four others were wounded as sniper fire erupted during nights of violence. Police arrested over 100, including many in front of Black Panther headquarters, while officers searched a high rise area under helicopter lights and riot control procedures. Chief Winston Churchill said no sniper leads were found.
Pamela Ann Miller aged nearly four wandered from a Garden City home to visit grandmother Pamela Miller at Fleming Street. Police and family searched as the child, seen as visiting Grandma Miller, was found safe with no one certain how she traveled the long route.
A Japanese fishing boat steamed toward a drift area in the Bering Sea after it believed four or five survivors from a missing air reconnaissance plane were sighted on a liferaft. Authorities said the note possibly caused a misreading and no lifeboat was seen.
Pember Ness County was crowned queen of the eastern Kansas 4-H Rodeo and Horseshow held at the fair grounds this morning. First runner-up Lyudel Schmalaried Wallace County and second runner-up Sherri Lausch Scott County. Junior rodeo competed this afternoon with senior division starting tonight at 7 20. Blue Belles equestrian drill team will perform at the start of tonight's program.
Connie Gail Zenor of Dighton will crown her successor at 8 p.m. in Clifton Hope Auditorium Garden City, ending her year as Miss Garden City. Twelve Southwest Kansas contestants vie in the sixth annual pageant, with Mimi Frank Wickliff and Susan Lillig emceeing.
Partly cloudy and milder tonight with a low near 68 in Garden City. Sunday turns cooler with a high around 71 and a low of about 66. Chance of scattered thundershowers tonight at 4 percent and 30 percent on Sunday. northerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Sunset 9 08 p.m. Precipitation totals and other city data appear on the weather page.
Tokyo reports an unidentified large aircraft crashed into the Bering Sea. The Japanese Maritime Safety Agency says 45 persons were adrift in a liferaft, a report relayed by a Japanese fishing boat via a U S aircraft. No further details available.
A three judge appeals court voids a 1967 Hershey directive allowing reclassification of draft registrants for participating in illegal antiwar protests. It says such actions not violate the draft laws and should not trigger deferment loss, though acts like burning draft cards remain potentially actionable. Picketing boards and blocking recruiters on campuses cited as examples of protected conduct.
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