03 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1969
Page
1
In Shreveport Mrs. E A Barkett fought a wall hive after smoke failed. Firemen needed 39 minutes to control the blaze causing about 1000 dollars in damage. Bees evacuated and left the scene.
President Nixon at his bayside Florida home for Easter relaxation will spend part of the weekend reviewing domestic policy problems. John D. Ehrlichman Bryce N. Harlow accompany him from Kansas and Kissinger may join from Washington.
Rescue teams labor in Barroteran Mexico as the death toll rises to 33 with four more bodies found near the mine mouth. Officials estimate 150 to 155 may be trapped, citing shifts and borrowed equipment complicating totals. A rescue worker died from gas exposure. In Geneva, Nicolae Ecobescu urges respect for nations’ right to self determination amid a disarmament conference.
Observances for the anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr are planned in cities across the United States led by schools churches civic groups and civil rights organizations In Memphis up to 18000 people were expected to march to the motel to city hall where Ralph David Abernathy would speak and Coretta King planned to stay with her children In Washington Mayor Walter Washington proclaimed a day of memoriam and urged observances In Cleveland a combined service honored King and Kennedy while a housing project was renamed In New York five Harlem activists will represent the city in Memphis Others include Detroit Chicago St Louis New Orleans Kansas City Los Angeles Houston and more with services rallies and teachins scheduled nationwide and a forecast of rain.
Police backed by reinforcements from as far as San Diego moved to control two days of violent youth gatherings in Palm Springs. Nearly 300 arrests, mostly for drunkenness and disorder, filled the jail as 146 youths were treated at Desert Hospital for narcotics overdoses and burns from walking on hot coals under LSD influence.
The 10th annual District 413 science fair at Murray Hill School drew 65 entries from grades K-12. Gold medalists included Alex Mih in elementary with The Greedy Dandelion, Jim Benton in junior high with Mouse Control, and Steve Small in senior high with The Effects of a Protein-Deficient Diet.
Dwight McCreight reports Pack St Clair of Cobalt Marine Inc outlines a major Chanute fiberglass pipe project. The venture, led by St Clair and Bud Ross Electronics, expands fiberglass products from slides and boats to pipe amid steel cost rise and fiberglass material declines.
Edna Scribner and Mrs. Mable Fox urge retaining the Earlton sub station of Chanute, citing 29 occupied dwellings, convenience for mail, and community identity. Chanute postmaster Florence Kelley says the visit was routine, with a rural route option possible if the office closes.
Intercepted note to Cha mocks a science fair scene with a joke about a glue sniffing mouse escaping to spread the habit. The light humor tone mirrors a gossiping column and includes playful wordplay about science fair mishaps.
At 1 p.m. today temperatures reached 67 with yesterday at 70 and a high of 83 on the record date. The AREA FORECAST calls for cloudy skies and increasing southerly winds with heavy rainfall possible. highs Friday in the middle 60s and tonight’s low around 45 to 50. Probability of precipitation stands at 90 percent tonight and Friday.
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