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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1969
Page
10
The House voted 251 to 160 to seat Adam Clayton Powell while imposing a 25 000 dollar fine and docking permanent salary from his 30 000 annual pay. Powell had been excluded for misusing more than 40 000 in public funds.
In New York Nixon returns to finalize his cabinet team choices and suggests vacancies will exist when he takes office January 20. He may appoint Elliot Richardson as undersecretary of state and U Alexis Johnson as undersecretary for political affairs. He praised Johnson at a Chicago dinner and lauded his successor.
A sequence of explosions on Manhattan's Lower East Side evacuated over 300 residents from 13 tenements as crews searched for a gas leak. Five people were injured, including two firefighters, with no serious injuries reported. Pavement buckled, cars caught fire, and disaster teams, ambulances, and Red Cross shelters aided evacuees.
State fire marshal Art Ramey says fiberboard ceiling tiles fueled the Osawatomie State Hospital fire on December 27, aiding rapid spread and smoke production. Two patients died from inhalation while 83 residents were rescued. reconstruction costs are pegged at about 100,000 dollars for interior work and 10,000 dollars for fixtures. An arraignment for Lester Grazier Jr. was postponed due to flu as hearings loom for two other juvenile suspects.
The House Tuesday seated and fined Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Democrats favored the action with several names including Boiling Clay Hungate Ichord Edmondson Mills Pryor Burlison Hull Randall Jarman Alexander Halleck Skuhitz Winn and others listed as voting for or against. Republicans also voted for and against with Kansas members Shriver Hall Mize Sebelius Skuhitz Winn and Hammerschridt named among the yes and no sides.
A Kansas study finds many reform school youths had undetected hearing loss. Parents describe affected children as stubborn and withdrawn while some fail or drop out of school. About 10 percent of children are believed to have hearing disability. screening lags, especially after early years.
Pvt. Robert J. Hinkle 21, with mental retardation, is slated for tests as his father pursues a seven month drive to have him discharged from the Army. Hinkle was to ship to Vietnam from Ft. Lewis after a delay and testing.
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