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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1968
Page
12
The Khe Sanh combat base anchors allied defense below the DMZ as Westmoreland expects a major Hanoi offensive. Marines 5000 strong, reliant on air resupply, aim to blunt North Vietnamese regiments and prevent a coastal push through Laos toward the sea.
The Kansas House, in a party line vote, advanced a Republican highway plan that Gov. Docking said he would veto. The measure would raise gasoline tax by one cent in each of the next two years, sending one cent to cities and counties and financing up to 30 million dollars in bonds annually for a decade to fund expanded highways. Docking favors no tax increase and his bond-focused plan.
President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara were trapped in a Pentagon elevator for 12 minutes as a faulty public address system disrupted the farewell. A failing rain, a canceled flyover, and confused proceedings colored the mood of the veteran defense staff and spectators.
The House approved Johnson's request to extend excise taxes on autos and telephone service by voice vote. The bill moves to the Senate and also aims to accelerate corporate income tax collection.
The unidentified man lay in the back seat of a burned 1962 Ford on a county road northeast of Ottawa. Ottawa hospital X rays and a funeral home next. examination results not yet available. The car bore a 1968 Nebraska plate 280292 and did not show collision damage. sheriff noted the vehicle had been seen in town over two weeks.
Closing averages show the 60 stocks index at 305.6, down 1.4 points. AP reports a modest decline as traders weighed gains and losses across sectors in New York trading.
Adv promotes frequency of prescription delivery and immediate mail service across all Raney Drug Stores, highlighting convenient options for customers seeking timely refills and rapid pharmacy correspondence.
AP reports U S casualties last week reached the second highest toll of the Vietnam War with 470 killed and 2 675 wounded. South Vietnamese losses were 434 killed 1 532 wounded and 135 missing or captured. Hue saw heavy fighting as Communists moved in during their lunar new year offensive.
More than 100 attendees heard Lawrence legislators discuss reapportionment sales tax and highways at an Eggs and Issues breakfast sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in the Virginia Inn. Reps Vogel and Kay and Sen Shultz spoke on measures before the Senate or House and fielded questions. Shultz criticized the reapportionment bill and noted a possible special session.
The county warns that midnight Friday ends the deadline to buy 1968 vehicle license tags and return self-assessment personal property tax forms without penalties. Penalties rise with delays. forms mailed Dec 29 and pickup available at the assessor’s office. This is the first year of self-assessment in Douglas County.
A 13 percent Social Security boost, effective Friday, will cut old age assistance by about $12 000 this year in Douglas County. Welfare payments combine fed eral state and local funds and total monthly benefits stay the same. The county expects roughly 2 760 dollars in county taxpayer savings.
Registration opens Friday for the Lawrence Soap Box Derby with races on July 14 on W. 11th Street. Boys 11 to 15 by Aug 1 may enter from Lawrence and nearby towns. parents must accompany registrants. Grand prize is a $500 savings bond and a trip to Akron for national competition.
The First National Bank will start a six story building this summer at 9th and Mass streets in Lawrence. Construction should finish by January 1, 1970, with bids due in June or July. The city voted 4-1 to lease upper floors and lobby space for five years at about 40 888 annually.
New York stock exchanges will resume standard trading hours from 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Eastern Monday after a period with a 1 p.m. close since January 22. The shorter session was set to help brokerage clerical staff handle record trading volume.
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford voiced doubt that open housing legislation should pass while noting support for a Dirksen backed civil rights bill banning discrimination in housing sales or rentals. The Dirksen measure, a Senate compromise, faces a Friday Senate vote on debating limits, with House prospects uncertain if approved.
A cold front moved into Lawrence bringing snow flurries and strong winds. Temperatures fell from the low 40s to the low teens, with 0.5 to 1 inch of snowfall reported and several non injury accidents as streets slickened. A 4 PM high of 44 degrees at KU dropped to 12 degrees by morning. tonight near 20 and fair, then Friday high around 35 to 40.
Fair and cold tonight then increasing clouds and warmer Friday. Lows near 20 tonight, highs around 35 to 40 Friday. Temperature readings show yesterday’s high 44 and low 30 with morning low 13. Snowfall data and historical extremes noted.
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