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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1969
Page
8
Kansas farm prices showed gains in mid May with higher livestock product prices and mixed crop prices from April and last May. Wheat at 1.22 a bushel, corn at 1.15, oats 0.07, barley 0.91, soybeans 2.47, hogs 23 per hundredweight, beef cattle 28.70, milk price index 312 percent, egg price 25 cents a dozen.
Paris AP report notes Georges Pompidou gaining certainty of the presidency after the Communist Party refused to back provisional President Alain Poher. Poher trails in the first round with 23.13 percent to Pompidou's 44.46. Duclos urged abstention in the June 16 runoff, while Poher faces pressure from centrists and Gaullists amid newspaper editorials calling Poher to withdraw.
President Nixon travels west for a Midway Island meeting with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu to seek unity on his eight point peace plan. He will address moral values and the rule of law at General Beadle College and discuss the role of the military in society at the Air Force Academy.
CARACAS Venezuela AP Many Latin Americans and U S citizens south of the border question the value of Gov Nelson A Rockefeller s violence plagued tour The New York governor is to form and observe how Nixon can shape a new U S policy toward Latin America The tour is seen as a goodwill mission creating ill will Venezuelan government warned Rockefeller not to visit Caracas due to violence threats The tour has sparked concerns that U S Latin American relations could suffer In countries visited by the president s emissary contrasts with the Eisenhower trip of 1958 are noted People see mounting violence and note Rockefeller s visits to Argentina Brazil Chile and the Dominican Republic may trigger more incidents Some argue most trouble stems from hostile minorities while others fear explosive social economic and political conditions across Latin America nationalism anti U S sentiment and distrust of big business grow The Nixon era is viewed as conservative and pro oligarchy amid demands from businessmen and investors feeling squeezed by U S consortiums
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urges a moratorium on public war criticism until after President Nixon meets South Vietnamese leader Thieu on Midway Island. He says unity strengthens Nixon’s hand in negotiations while acknowledging unease about Thieu’s stance. Kennedy remains vocal, drawing Mansfield’s concern over Thieu’s coalition stance and U S policy amid Paris talks.
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