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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
6
An exhibition of paintings by Teamsters members in the New York area opened at a union sponsored art center. Some drivers, says Saul Solomon, art center director, are eager to park their rig and work in the studio. He calls the show therapeutic.
In Nashville Tennessee a battery powered remote controlled mechanical cow takes top billing at the Tennessee State Horse Show opening Monday. The cow is used to train quarter horses in cutting cattle from herds.
Forty percent of the spring graduates at Walla Walla Community College came from the Washington State Penitentiary. Gov. Dan Evans announced that 31 inmates earned associate degrees in applied arts and sciences and some studied with college instructors inside the penitentiary before returning to prison at night.
Rudy Raymond, 14, son of a coal miner from Arcade, Pennsylvania, won the National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood New Jersey. Seeded fourth among eight finalists, he defeated Larry Yakich 14 of Pittsburgh and Glenn Sigman 12 of Wharton West Virginia in the final round to claim the King of Marbles title and a $500 college scholarship.
Albany surgeon Dr Albert VanderVeer II was awarded 473000 by a jury for injuries from a golf cart crash at Albany Country Club. He sued the country club, the club professional, the cart owner, the cart manufacturer, and another Albany surgeon over negligence. He suffered a leg fracture and head injuries.
Portland AP reports Theodore James Blackie Audett bound over to the grand jury at Municipal Criminal Court after a preliminary hearing. Audett, arrested June 2 on burglary charges, is author of Rap Sheet My Life of Crime written in 1954 while jailed for parole violation following a bank robbery at Oregon State Penitentiary.
Saigon notes the Vietnam War becomes six years six months old at midnight, with 535,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam. U.S. divisions push toward Saigon’s outskirts to block infiltration while paratroopers of the 101st Airborne clash northwest of the capital. Civilian casualties climb as shelling by both sides continues and Viet Cong plans larger offensives surface ahead of Paris talks.
AP reports the Poor People's Campaign faces a Sunday deadline to vacate Resurrection City near the Lincoln Memorial as federal officials oppose another permit extension beyond 8 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Ralph Abernathy plans to resign as Atlanta pastor to devote himself to the campaign, while volunteers are being sought nationwide amid growing tensions and violence surrounding the protest.
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