08 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1969
Page
1
Vancouver teachers discuss a reform proposed by Lloyd Dennis of the Ontario Royal Commission on Education. He argues schools are punitive when pupils must seek permission, urging a system that respects individual needs.
The second full dress meeting of the Czechoslovakian Communist party Presidium opens in Prague today as Ludvik Svoboda attends and reportedly refuses further talks with the Soviet defense minister, citing protocol violations by state chiefs accepting dictates. The issue dominates the crisis in relations with the Soviet Union.
Seven Kansas and Missouri lawmakers and area officials meet to discuss halting the transfer of federal offices to Denver. They warn the move would shrink regional influence and threaten jobs, while planning hearings and bipartisan pressure to preserve the offices.
Saigon endures renewed mortar and rocket fire as the city suffers new damage in ongoing communist offensives. Residential areas report strikes, with casualties and structural damage noted amid tense urban warfare.
Five rounds of rocket or mortar fire struck Gia Dinh and two Dong Nhut Dong Nhi hamlets on Saigon’s northern fringe wounding several including a army officer his wife and son. In bamboo jungles 40 miles northwest US fighters and tanks pounded North Vietnamese positions for seven hours. US 25th Division troops found 33 enemy dead, nine rocket launchers and 16 rifles, with three Americans killed and seven wounded.
President Nixon welcomes Jordan's King Hussein at the White House praising him as a leader of courage wisdom and moderation Hussein on his third visit since 1967 says he bears great responsibility to address Middle East dangers and hopes for a just peaceful path The king flew in by helicopter from Williamsburg Virginia at Colonial Williamsburg.
Haskell Karp the man who survived 65 hours with a mechanical heart has developed pneumonia after receiving a human heart at St. Luke's Episcopal hospital Houston. The hospital said he has a patch of pneumonia in the right lung and his kidney function is depressed.
A Washington HEW official addressed skeptical Kansas City staff about relocating the regional office to Denver. John Grupenhoff, director of field co-ordination, stressed the move stems from presidential order and aims to consolidate with Denver. He acknowledged many questions remain and said White House and Budget officials are pressing to make the decision stick. The crowded Federal Office Building audience heard the cautious message.
Moderate job gains lifted employment to 77.7 million in March, the smallest rise in six months. Unemployment stood at 3.4 percent, up from 3.3 percent, with teenagers mainly driving the rise. Construction added to gains, reaching 3.1 million jobs, the highest March level since 1966.
In a new move at the 17 nation disarmament conference the United States drops demand for on site inspection of Soviet facilities and offers to exchange enriched uranium for peaceful use if the Soviet Union matches. Adrian Fisher proposes IAEA guardianship in Vienna with on site inspections still required for an underground test ban. He notes seismic proof limits in distinguishing earthquakes from tests up to tens of kilotons.
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Gusty southerly winds up to 35 mph diminish late tonight. Rain chances 30 percent today 40 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow. Low tonight 50 to 55 high tomorrow in the 60s. Humidity 90 percent at 6 am 71 percent at 1 pm. Barometer 29.81 inches at 6 am 29.77 inches at 1 pm. River stage 14.4 feet rising .6. Lake of the Ozarks 3.1 feet below full reservoir at 6 am.
Missouri Governor Warren E Hearnes criticized the Supreme Court for discarding the 1967 congressional redistricting law. He warned the Legislature faces a herculean task when it resumes work Monday and said Sen Robert A Young plans to offer a bill to meet the decree. He doubted reaching the 431 000 one man one vote target and noted the court ignored arguments from the St Louis disenfranchisement dispute.
The Kansas House approved by 81 to 28 a bill to raise bank interest rates and authorize bank credit card and revolving credit in Kansas. Senate already passed it. governor Docking, a banker, urged signature. A companion appropriations bill and welfare funding were also approved.
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