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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1969
Page
4
Washington AP government experts revise the prior forecast for the year’s food price increase from 2–2.5 percent toward as much as 3 percent, still easing from last year’s 4.3 percent rise. May 1 summary report will include the revised outlook, with farming costs up while consumer prices climb.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew predicts rising public support for Nixon's Safeguard missile defense deployment and says Senate approval will not be close. He cites steady backing before a likely $900 million initial authorization, while critics warn the outcome could shift.
Pulitzer Prize winner Leon Edel, teaching at the University of Hawaii, criticizes American authors for a word binge. He says writers focus on physical and sexual detail, neglecting deeper themes as prose becomes overinflated and overly extended.
Opera baritone William Justus and Swiss-born wife Romilda end a two month, two continent separation in Charity Hospital New Orleans after he slashed wrists, despondent over career upheaval. She describes plans to restart life in the United States and cancel their Düsseldorf contract.
The Mississippi River neared crest in eastern Iowa with forecast peaks at 18.2 feet in Burlington and 18 feet in Keokuk as Wisconsin counties report 1.8 million dollars in flood damage. National Guardsmen patrol Dubuque fortifications while Army engineers note projects to prevent further losses along the Mississippi.
National Guard troops and police enforced 9 PM to 6 AM curfews in Winston-Salem and Cairo amid recent clashes between Negro and white youths. In Cairo, 18 guardsmen protected key sites at gas works, power station, hospital, and housing complex while state troopers and local police patrolled. In Winston-Salem 150 guardsmen and local officers supervised the 10 PM to 6 AM curfew with few arrests for curfew violations. Unrest began Sunday after a Negro was wounded by a Negro officer initiating days of tension and violence in Illinois and New Jersey also reported disturbances.
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