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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
19
Hazardous driving tonight with scattered showers changing to snow squalls and strong northwest winds. Considerable blowing and drifting of snow. Accumulation of two to four inches by morning. Low tonight in the lower 20s, high Friday in the 30s.
A strong north wind drives the season’s first major storm into Western Kansas with four to six inches of snow and four foot drifts at Goodland airport. Travel hazards rise as visibility drops and traffic nearly stalls. The Weather Bureau warns of hazardous travel tonight in North Central and Northeastern Kansas.
Héthel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, delivered an eight pound four ounce daughter at Georgetown University Hospital by Caesarean section at 8 40 a.m. Her husband was assassinated in June. Edward M. Kennedy, his wife and family friends were present. Mother and child are reported well. This is her fifth Caesarean delivery.
AP reports during the Hong Kong flu outbreak most visitors are barred from six Detroit hospitals to limit transmission. The measure affects all patient areas and remains in effect for the duration of the outbreak.
In Consol No 9, West Virginia, 78 miners died after explosions and fire. 75 widows and 133 children face a bleak holiday. Some mourners vow to salvage Christmas, with widows like Mrs. Hartzel Mayle planning to keep morale by farming, cows, and education for their kids.
U S District Judge Frank Theis heard a labor dispute case delaying Salina’s city county building project. He took the matter under advisement and will rule next week after testimony from about 20 workers including carpenters bricklayers and laborers and one picket appeared.
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