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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1968
Page
5
Firemen saved five children aged one to eight and their grandmother from the third floor of a burning home in St. Louis on Monday night. The grandmother, Beulah Albright, awakened by the children's screams, led them to windows for fresh air as neighbors alerted firefighters. The mother, Ruth Pierce, was away, and the cause of the basement fire was undeclared.
Jenks Oklahoma city council rejected a third time in three months to repeal the occupation tax amid a stormy session with 35 merchants present. Nine merchants pleaded guilty to failing to pay the tax and were fined by Justice A L Gregg, part of 17 arrested March 8 for nonpayment.
Oklahoma City National Committeeman Jim Arrington and Duncan National Committeewoman Daphfine Shear said President Johnson would win if the election were held now in Oklahoma. They endorsed him but noted opinions could change in coming months and said Kennedy supporters are seeking Oklahoma friends.
London reports Labour government plans a tightened budget with wage and income freezes and higher taxes to curb imports. Roy Jenkins to unveil measures including 1.2 billion dollars in purchasing power cuts, 10 percent sales tax rise, higher auto licenses, and selective price controls to aid exports amid a record foreign payments deficit.
A New Orleans Chamber of Commerce group held a Monday lunch signaling the start of Louisiana Beef Week. The menu featured fried chicken as part of the event.
In Troy New York Arthur H Hoffman urged a prospective buyer to take a test drive the customer complied and then disappeared investigators treat the case as a missing person or possible foul play with Hoffman cited as the seller involved in the incident
Washington AP report states RFK ally Sargent Shriver is not expected to join Kennedy's campaign against President Johnson. Shriver may be serving as ambassador to France, a post vacant since Bohlen's 1965 promotion. Shriver led anti poverty and Peace Corps work, with past ties to Kennedy campaigns.
Tony Malta, who used a muzzle loader as a prop for Utica’s sesquicentennial, discovered a live double charge in the flintlock when restoring the antique. He recalled years of using the gun in plays and as a child in cowboy and Indian games.
Blackie the seal, a beloved Stanley Park Zoo figure, died last weekend in Vancouver. An autopsy revealed a stomach filled with 120 pennies, 10 nickels, 12 dimes, and six quarters.
Six North Vietnamese defectors testified at a Saigon press conference that Hanoi's sources provide up to 24 hours notice and approximate coordinates for U S B52 bombing raids in South Vietnam. They said foreign agents and Hanoi security services supply the advance warning, with targets mapped from Guam and Thailand flights.
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