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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1972
Page
8
City workers finished moving emergency Civil Defense hospital gear from the water plant to the Santa Fe depot this morning. Civil Defense director Lige Matlock credited multiple city departments with cutting the job from three days to about one day and an hour and a half, as more than 2,000 boxes were relocated.
City Manager Kenneth Sanborn spoke at a Blue Cross Blue Shield meeting about pending federal hospitalization legislation. Proposals discussed could require all employers including cities to provide hospitalization programs and cover preventive medical steps.
City officials completed a final inspection of the pool project on Tuesday and gave tentative approval. Davis Waterproofing finished pool surface work while City Engineer Floyd Heath measures units for cost estimates. City Manager Kenneth Sanborn noted progress in bathhouse improvements and expected completion before Memorial Day May 29, the season opening.
Seaman Alan G. Thornton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Thornton of Thayer, is home on leave until April 26 after nine weeks of recruit training in San Diego. He will attend six weeks of basic electronics at the Navy Service School Command in San Diego and then pursue fire control technician training in Vallejo, California. High schools Altoona-Midway St Paul and Thayer compete in the state music festival at Pittsburg State College Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe K. Anderson of Sandpoint Idaho welcomed daughter Michelle Lea born today. grandparents Harold and Mrs. Anderson of 420 S Rutter. Chanute High sophomore Teri Thompson attended Blue Comet Track Queen Peggy North crown night at the 18th Chanute Invitational.
A District 101 school bus with 49 passengers struck a parked car on Steuben south of Main during parking procedures. The bus driven by Glenn Hawthorne 53 Stark caused about 10 dollars in damage to the bus and 75 dollars to Patricia Atkinson’s car at 308% N Grant. Neighbors seek aid for the Jerry Young family after a Monday fire damaged their home and belongings. contributions are being collected at 702 N Highland.
Freddie Cannon of Memphis drove a 1971 Ford Hertz truck south on US59 about 8:50 am eight miles south of Erie. A right front tire blew, the driver lost control, and the vehicle left the road, ripping 165 feet of fence, snapping a utility pole, and overturning into a field. Truck damage estimated at $2,500.
Recent obituary notices from Chanute and vicinity record the deaths of Maude A. Winfree 81 Warsaw Indiana Wiley R. Winfree husband died 1950 Graveside rites Saturday Memorial Park Cemetery. Also listed Guy Everly 102 N Steuben died at daughter’s home arrangements by Johnson Mortuary Ollie Hersh funeral Friday Gibson Koch Chapel Wallace C. Johnson 69 Chanute death Neosho Memorial Hospital service Saturday First United Methodist Church Elmwood Cemetery death details provided.
The Characterization III class will stage a one act play Riders to the Sea at 8 and 10 a.m. Friday in the high school auditorium. Admission is free. Mrs. Douglas McDonald directs with performers Debi Wilson Judy Ellison Dwayne Stipp and Claudette Winder.
A Kus tom Electronics terminal shown by John Aker at the Tioga Hotel enables patrol officers to query data bases and receive answers in about 15 seconds via radio with results printed on tape or shown on an electronic panel. Also listed are hospital visiting hours, patient census, and local court and marriage license notices.
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