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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1969
Page
13
The forecast calls for a risk of frost overnight in northeast Kansas with lows in the middle to lower 30s. Tuesday highs reach the 60s with generally fair conditions and little precipitation expected before Thursday. Weekend notes list high 64 and low 46 for Sunday, with a morning low of 42 and reference to prior year records and sunrise at 6:28 am.
About 4,700 United Auto Workers walked out today on strike against the General Motors Chevrolet plant in suburban Leeds. Wages were described as the main issue. No new talks scheduled after unions rejected a contract proposal. several other strikes and labor actions involve Teamsters and iron workers.
Former professor Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas became Bolivia's interim leader after President Rene Barrientos died in a helicopter crash. Gen Alfredo Ovando, absent from consultations, returns from Washington as the military backs Siles Salinas. Barrientos won 62 percent in 1966 and his 1964 coup-era ally faced uncertain fate.
A baby girl born at General Hospital was found in a restroom minutes after birth. Police say the mother entered through the main entrance, gave birth, and left. The infant weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces and was wrapped in white and blue blankets.
A 27 year old ex convict Austin Ward killed his father Walter Ward 62 and wounded his stepmother Fleta Ward 42 then barricaded himself with his 4 year old half sister Dana Ward hostage for about two hours before police persuaded him to surrender. Ward was taken to a psychiatric center after officers carried him out. His estranged wife Lorene who lives in Hot Springs Ark spoke with him during the standoff and overheard police urging surrender.
Biafran novelist Chinua Achebe spoke at Kansas University on The African Writer and the African Cause. He argued writers cannot detach from their people and history, outlining three African European relations: slave, colonial, and post or neo colonial. He appeared in Lawrence with the local Coalition to Feed Biafra.
Missouri pathologist Dr. Victor Buhler told the House Commerce Committee that the cause of cancer including lung cancer remains unknown. He cited his autopsy experience and 1964 surgeon general’s report while warning against bias from pressure to find answers.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes refutes Life magazine claims that he used slush funds from campaign contributions for personal expenses. The piece centers on Rhodes' decision to consider parole for Thomas Licavoli, convict in a 1934 murder, a move the governor says is misrepresented and unfounded.
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