03 May 1969
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1969
Page
1
Republican governors attending a Kentucky parley pressed for state led management of welfare and related programs. They argued reforms should be crafted at the state level to fit local needs and budgets.
Republican governors at their spring conference urged the Nixon administration to route all war on poverty efforts through state run agencies and abolish regional OEO offices. They demanded notification and consultation when talks address major city programs and criticized welfare eligibility rules as contributing to rising welfare rolls. A small protest outside a Lexington hotel witnessed jeers from fewer than 100 demonstrators as officials arrived for a dinner.
Des Moines firemen resumed duties after negotiations. The city warned they would be fired for not reporting by 7 45 a m. By 8 a m the fire department was fully manned, according to Fire Chief Lee Williams.
Rip Torn remains slated to perform in Tropic of Cancer even with a full leg cast after a motorcycle crash. He is hospitalized at Mount Sinai with the cast from ankle to thigh. filming in Paris was delayed two days for the accident but will proceed once he can walk.
The Queen Elizabeth 2 left for New York on her maiden voyage after a 7 hour crossing from England. She stopped at Le Havre for 3 hours to pick up 40 passengers before continuing at 28 knots toward New York, aiming to recoup 5 to 7 million in lost Cunard revenue.
A Mingo County school bus was severely damaged by a dynamite blast placed in the driver’s compartment outside Don Kinder’s Newtown home near Williamson. Kinder planned to use the bus for the state high school band festival in Huntington. The incident follows a budget dispute with the county school board and part of a recent driver strike.
The Toronto Construction Association shut down 2 billion dollars of office and commercial building projects in Toronto, putting 25,000 construction workers out of work in a retaliation for a Thursday strike by the 2,800 member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
A violent storm in Bihar and Calcutta left 16 dead and several injured. Reports say a train derailed in Gaya, a newly married couple perished in a flooded ditch, four electrocuted, and three mine workers including the Kari Sugua Mica mine manager died as rainwater flooded the mine.
Union members at Bendix will vote at noon tomorrow in the Arena of Municipal Auditorium on a new contract offer. About 3,500 of the 3,800 striking workers from seven locals are expected to attend as terms are explained and the vote is held. James Malott, grand lodge representative of the International Association of Machinists, notes the turnout is anticipated.
David Deeds, 15, from Independence, fell from a Northeast Industrial overpass while playing with David Flowers 16. He suffered a head injury and is listed in fair condition at Independence hospital after being found on a Santa Fe freight car seven miles from the scene.
Thirty three of nearly one thousand UT students dancing in a street party in Austin were injured when a car rammed the crowd last night. Police charged Robinson H Parsons Jr 19 of Houston with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle after rescuing two Negro students from the car as an angry crowd gathered. Hospital reports cited two broken legs as the most serious injuries while officials had forbidden the block party earlier for traffic disruption.
Three firms American Standard Borg-Warner Kohler and three executives were convicted in federal court of conspiring to fix prices on about 1 billion dollars worth of plumbing fixtures. The verdict followed 16 weeks of trial with appeals planned and potential fines up to 50 000 per defendant and up to one year in prison for individuals.
Pravda reports the Soviet Union suggests reviving the Soviet Chinese joint commission on border river shipping to bring border problems to talks. The panel has not met since July 1967.
A reflective column discusses the bullhorn as a wartime and modern tool for public addresses. It weighs free speech rights against potential regulation to curb noise, noting Lyndon Johnson and Nixon references and imagining licensing or mail restrictions amid debates on obscenity and aesthetics.
In the Plain of Reeds west of Saigon Cambodian authorities said two American helicopter gunships were shot down, while U S commands questioned the cause amid Viet Cong ground fire. Four Americans were killed and four wounded as a third chopper was damaged. border status remains unclear. Separately, the American Jewish Congress and the American Farm Bureau urged Congress to oppose direct popular voting for president, seeking an electoral college or district method instead.
Mrs Mayme Kuehn, who lost her wallet with $21 en route to unemployment compensation after a wartime factory layoff, received the wallet contents this week. Included were her social security card a 1946 driver's license and photos of deceased relatives. An unsigned note said an old man found the wallet on the street and mailed it in.
The weather bureau calling for clear to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Low tonight 55 to 60, high tomorrow mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 19 percent tonight and 26 percent Sunday. Humidity 70 percent at 6 am, 42 percent at 1 pm. Barometer 29.98 inches at 6 am, steady at 1 pm. 24 hours ending 6 am shows no precipitation. River stage today 109 feet, down 1.3 feet.
Unconfirmed reports from Lagos say Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu urged meaningful talks with Nigeria without preconditions ending his push for a cease-fire first. The speech from Owerri omits the earlier demand, aligning with the Monrovia delegation’s stance during abortive peace talks.
High ranking U S military official meets President Thieu and discusses possible actions amid ongoing Vietnam War tensions. The confidential 11 2 hour briefing centers on military strategy and future American involvement.
A top U S deputy met President Thieu to discuss troop withdrawals linked to Paris talks. Thieu offered private talks with the Viet Cong but warned progress depends on their stance on a five point plan. Shaefer met Thieu and ambassador Bunker to map withdrawal strategies.
Le Duc Tho, Hanoi strategist for the North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris peace talks, returned to Paris after nearly three months away. He spoke briefly to reporters, declining to discuss the negotiations, and said he had met with Premier Kosygin in Moscow and visited Peking.
The Wawona Tunnel Tree, a 234 foot 2000 year old giant in Mariposa Grove south of Yosemite Valley, toppled early winter. Ranger Lynn Thompson recalled the moment as a loss like a child. the vast sequoia left a large ground hole after falling from its roots.
An explosion at a three story warehouse in El Molinito, 10 miles northeast of Mexico City, killed six people and injured about 110, mostly children from a nearby school. The Red Cross reported most injuries minor from flying glass, with at least 25 hospitalized. The building, a former chemical plant, was being torn down and was storing butane gas tanks and explosives when the blast occurred.
Martin Hand died today in Durban six days after receiving a new heart in South Africa's sixth transplant. The patient had undergone the operation at a Durban hospital and his death marks a somber milestone in the country's transplant program.
An unknown assailant hurled a bag of corrosive acid at Ludwig Erhard in Santiago but missed. The container landed yards away as the attacker fled. Witnesses and police offered few details, while former Chilean ambassador Sergio Gutierrez Olivo blamed an extreme leftist student group.
A large gas main was severed by construction work on I 435 near Bannister as a bulldozer hit it. The main caused fumes to drift toward downtown Kansas City. No injuries were reported and gas service crews shut the line within an hour while repairs continued.
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