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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
7
HYRUM Utah AP An automobile accident two years ago led 82 year old Dalt Reid to give up driving. He now travels to the town square in a burro drawn cart. Reid chose not to renew his license citing limited vision. The eight block trip takes about 30 minutes by burro power.
In Rome the charges that Swedish film star Anita Ekberg failed to declare 91000 in 1961 income were dropped under a presidential amnesty. The state tax office had pressed for a conviction and two months in jail, but the court accepted the defense claim that the act fell under the amnesty and that the income report was incorrect.
Cambridge AP reports Nobel Prize winner Dr James Watson 40 of Harvard marries 19 year old Elizabeth Lewis of Providence Rhode Island. The ceremony occurred last Thursday in La Jolla California where Watson spoke at an American Cancer Society seminar for science writers.
In Kansas City, firefighters rushed to a reported alarm but found no fire. On returning to station they interrupted two men carrying a color television set. The TV was recovered and one man was apprehended, police said.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey wins labor backing for his presidential bid and aides say fresh signals on Viet Nam war negotiations have improved his prospects.
Saigon reports show last week US deaths fell to 330 from 349 while wounded surged to 3,886, the highest seven day total. US troop strength rose to 516,000. Enem y casualties were 3,289 killed. South Vietnamese losses 2,872 killed and 1,160 wounded. Total US deaths since Jan 1, 1961 reach 20,775 with 127,868 wounded.
President Johnson names two veteran diplomats Harriman and Thompson as special envoys for Vietnam peace talks. Harriman, with long service dating to FDR, and Thompson, a 63-year-old Moscow expert, are poised to engage Reds when called. New topic shifts to Kennedy gaining momentum after Johnson's withdrawal, with Indiana, Oregon, Nebraska and California primaries shaping delegate contests.
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