20 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1968
Page
1
The report outlines six hours of vehicle wreck ride confinement and notes Officer Pinned Reports a recommendation. It documents government agencies requesting sixty million dollars in funding from Governor Warren E. Hearnes.
Gary Hutchins, a new Independence police officer, was found after six hours in freezing weather pinned beneath his overturned patrol car. An air and ground search by Independence police, Jackson County sheriff’s patrol air wing, and state highway patrol teams located him west of Spring Branch elementary school along Truman road. Hutchins reported the crash occurred as he chased a speeding vehicle after returning to his car from a building check.
Jefferson City The budget staff of Gov Warren E Hearnes cut 59 million dollars from agency requests and disallowed new facilities to balance next year. Vaughn says total recommendations total 1 397 507 249 with 593 467 664 from general revenue and 804 039 585 from other funds.
Financial officials of West push to stem a rising money crisis as economic pressures mount. Officials report liquidity strain and potential default risks if interventions fail.
Western leaders meet in Bonn to halt a second major monetary crisis this year as markets close to stop speculators attacking the franc pound and dollar. France acts to reduce the budget deficit while Germany and Britain curb trading to calm fears.
Generally fair and warmer through tomorrow with southwest winds 5 to 20 mph. Chance of rain under 5 percent. Low tonight near 30, high tomorrow mid 50s. Humidity 92 percent at 6 am to 47 percent at 1 pm. Barometer 30.27 inches at 6 am and 30.17 at 1 pm. River stage 7.1 feet, up 0.1. Lake of the Ozarks 0.02 feet below full. Overnight low 22 with wind chill 18.
Floyd F. Slusher 74 killed his wife Mary Madeline Slusher 81 then fatally shot himself after using savings to pay nursing home bills. The case cited private care costs versus public facility limits as motive. Mary Madeline Slusher was an invalid confined to bed.
A screwdriver scheme flipped about 15 000 names off the assessor’s Addressograph plates as Jackson County shifts to data processing for tax bills. The missing names appeared mid run of 200 000 bills, leaving only property descriptions on records and triggering address requests to the post office. County officials suspect the act aimed to embarrass officials and disrupt the new system.
South Africa pursues a deep buffer zone against the militant Black North while shifting focus to woo Zambia and its leader Kenneth Kaunda. The piece notes broader international tensions and outlines other items on the Inside Pages including a Greek student trial and a post office funding appeal.
In fog, 28 year old James P. Turley drove into a marsh and became chest high in mud. Deputies in a dinghy reached him after nearly two hours, a half hour before the tide would have swallowed him.
A series of blasts ripped through a coal mine near Mannington West Virginia trapping many miners in smoke filled shafts. As of afternoon 21 had escaped while 70 were missing with rescue efforts hampered by sub freezings temperatures snow and ongoing fires.
Paris reports indicate the United States and North Vietnam again failed to meet for talks. No schedule exists for resuming discussions after six months of negotiations stalled by Saigon over four way talks with the Viet Cong’s National Liberation Front.
A Ft Carson spokesman said 534 more members of the 69th Infantry Brigade will be sent to Vietnam in December and January. After the moves total brigade personnel in Vietnam will reach 738. The unit is largely made up of Kansas and Iowa National Guardsmen.
In New York, angry parents ended overnight sit ins as union teachers returned to three Ocean Hill Brownsville schools. A state trustee issued letters removing the three principals and barring unauthorized people from buildings before student entry. No incidents were reported.
A gun fight near a police station wounded three officers two critically amid a service station robbery probe. Eight suspects were arrested as Mayor Alioto called for a grand jury investigation into groups advocating police shootings. Creedon Flynn critical. officer O Mahoney wounded in the hand.
The piece explains shifts in weather terminology from discomfort index to comfort index and introduces the chill index. It notes the weather bureau uses the chill index to measure how cold a person feels when temperature and wind combine, such as 20 degrees with 20 mph wind feeling like 29 below zero.
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