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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
8
Adam Clayton Powell told about 6,000 UCLA students on Wednesday that Black Power could save the United States and urged them to move out and create a new society. He paced as he spoke during the appearance.
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy campaigns in Los Angeles for the Democratic nomination arguing the Vietnam War has created a nationwide mood of joylessness and fear. He says the war worsens the frustrations of the poor and the unpleasantness of urban life, tying domestic hardship to the conflict.
Washington AP reports Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon says New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller could unify Republicans on Vietnam if he becomes the party's nominee. Hatfield, critical of President Johnson's Vietnam policies, says Rockefeller's support for Johnson's Asia course would not prevent him from offering alternatives.
U S troops of the 9th Infantry Division struck ashore in the Mekong Delta and fought the Viet Cong 261st Battalion in a 10 hour battle. The clash 54 miles southwest of Saigon left 46 Viet Cong and 18 Americans dead and 50 Americans wounded. A U S spokesman said the Viet Cong began a withdrawal around midnight under heavy bombardment by fighter bombers artillery and helicopter gunships.
Saigon AP reports heavy fighting in the first week of 1968 kept allied casualties near average while enemy fatalities surged. U S Command's weekly summary states 2,868 enemy killed in the week ending Jan 6.
CAPE TOWN AP Fluid around Dr Philip Blaiberg's transplanted heart was removed but doctors do not see the complication as serious. The bulletin said his condition today is not as good as yesterday though he feels better after tapping the fluid. Dr Christiaan Barnard said he is not strongly interested in offers from the United States. Blaiberg, 58, also has a slight throat infection treated with a gargle. He is in better shape than the first transplant patient, Louis Washkansky, who died 18 days after his operation.
Gov Docking backs funding for a state executive reorganization study and a committee to improve job opportunities through recruitment and training. He urges standards for mental health centers, expanded treatment for children, and reforms in delinquency procedures, plus aid to working mothers and wider voter rules. He cites facility construction, law enforcement training, and tax relief, with budget projections stirring Republican concern over deficits and taxes.
The New York AP report says Dwight D. Eisenhower was named the man Americans most admire worldwide in 1967, edging out President Johnson who slipped to second. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy fell from third in 1966 to fourth, behind Billy Graham, with George Gallup cited as head of the polling group after surveying 1,526 adults.
Health Department and state hospitals report current year expenditures and agency requests for 1969. Gov Docking recommends funding with Neurological Institute listed at 4.11 four point one one million and 3.26 million in alternate figures. The document shows multiple totals including 7.37, 8.50, 7.93 and 5.80 million for various agency lines.
The agency requests and Gov. Docking's recommendations outline penal expenditures for Kansas in the year. State Penitentiary budgets listed as 3.12 million, 3.85 million, and 3.20 million dollars. State Reformatory budgets show 2.06 million, 2.45 million, and 2.07 million. State Firm for Women figures include 443,622, 463,467, 411, and 98 dollars.
Gov. Robert Docking's proposed budget allocates 298.5 million to education research and libraries, 1153.8 million to highways, and smaller amounts to public welfare 98.7 million health and hospitals 41.4 million public safety 12.2 million conservation and agriculture 3.5 million and recreational and historical 1.9 million.
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