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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1968
Page
6
Madison AP reports inspectors found longer sentences would answer the coffee problem at Dane County Jail. A board committee that toured the jail during a routine study said complaints about the coffee were justified, noting inmates rarely perfect their brew before their sentences end.
Hawaii lawmakers approve shift of over 50 hula dancers from the Hawaii Visitors Bureau to state civil service. The change grants retirement income and job protections after years of hosting visiting dignitaries in Honolulu. The measure passes as part of civil service reforms.
Alaska State Sen. Robert R. Blodgett, 47, who began a liquid fast on March 18 to protest school lunch funding, said the first five days were the worst and he would not eat until rural schools receive hot lunches or the legislature adjourns. He has lost 15 of his 210 pounds as debate remains uncertain and adjournment looms next week.
Touring through Gainesville Powell speaks at the University of Florida invited by the Afro American Student Association. His schedule includes Tallahassee Florida A&M Duke University Howard University Amherst with possible engagements in Oxford Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
On Location Hollywood AP Gordon Parks photographer and author will film his autobiographical novel The Learning Tree in Fort Scott Kansas. Parks 53 will be the first Negro to direct a major motion picture for a major studio Warner Brothers Seven Arts has an option for three more productions. Parks will seek a boy lead actor in New York next week and will write the music for the picture. He describes the movie as hard violent and hungry.
Washington AP reports eighty eight House members who backed the 1964 Tonkin Gulf resolution are among 147 lawmakers now urging repeal or revision. The move reflects ongoing scrutiny of the long debated measure and its legacy in U S foreign policy.
US Air Force Maj. Charlie Arnet of New Richmond Ohio says the F111A fighter bomber proved reliable and easy to maintain in first combat missions over North Vietnam. He notes its all weather level bombing capabilities, high resolution radar, and inertial navigator as major advantages while acknowledging early maintenance and safety concerns.
In Milwaukee, Johnson and Nixon strategists say McCarthy would rely on Republican crossovers to win Wisconsin's primary. McCarthy appeals to independents and Republicans disaffected with their party to vote for him over President Johnson. Analysts say crossover voting could decide the outcome as voters switch parties. A separate note reports Capt. Dennis L. Graham, 26, among two crewmen aboard an overdue F111A in Vietnam, with North Vietnam claiming the plane was shot down.
TOPEKA AP The 24 new one senator districts created by a federal court in Kansas vary in population from 52,136 to 60,252 based on the Jan 1 1967 count. The smallest is McPherson-Harvey and the largest is Wilson Neosho and Labette. Sedgwick has six seats for 346,461 population, Johnson four for 50,712 each, Wyandotte three for 171,661 total, and Shawnee Wabaunsee three for 154,739. Each seat considered separate. multi-seat districts run at large.
Ten of the world's leading non communist nations prepared to endorse a plan for Special Drawing Rights as a "paper gold" role to back international trade. France remained opposed, arguing against immediate SDR implementation and seeking US balance of payments reform. Delegates from Sweden Britain West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands Canada and Japan were close to a unanimous decision with Switzerland observing.
A 71-year-old Butler farmer and contractor, Henry Luck, was killed when his pickup drove onto U S 71 and was struck by three cars in succession. The crash occurred Friday night a mile south of Butler. no other injuries were reported.
South Viet Namese civilian irregulars and U S Green Beret advisers used four prisoners including a woman to trap Viet Cong forces in Phu Yen Province. In two ambushes near central South Vietnam the irregulars killed 21 enemy troops and wounded one ally, securing suspected Viet Cong province and hamlet chiefs.
In Topeka AP report Democratic state chairman Norbert Dresling accuses Republican leaders of arrogance over reapportionment. He challenges Lt Gov Crutcher, Sen Glee Smith, and Rep John Conard to own the record after a third federal court ruled the state's redistricting unconstitutional. Dresling urges Kansans to treat them as three strikes and out.
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