Viewers Name TV Favorites In Survey Here
Public apathy toward the question about Vietnam peace talks prompted the reporter to ask about favorite TV shows. Over a dozen people suggested sites for talks, while responses focused on programs such as As the World Turns, Mission Impossible, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Lawrence Welk, Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, Wagon Train, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Kenneth Simmons
N. Western
James Kensinger
Neodesha
Rowan and Martin
Jacqueline Litteer
Iola
Lawrence Welk
Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched
George Carnes
Weather Summary And Rainfall In Southwestern Kansas
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy and mild conditions tonight and Sunday with light variable winds. Low tonight 45 to 50 and a high Sunday 65 to 70 with a 20 percent precipitation chance. Heaviest rainfall occurred overnight in southwestern Kansas with totals including Syracuse .72, Garden .67, Cimarron .53, Eminence .44, Liberal .20 inches.
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Syracuse
Garden
Cimarron
Eminence
City
Liberal
Thieves Break Into Cantrell Motor Co And Armory
Friday morning the Cantrell Motor Co reported its safe opened and $650 stolen. Tear gas bombs exploded. four blocks away the National Guard Armory reported a break in and theft of two gas masks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates Center
Cantrell Motor Co
National Guard
Cantrell
Strange Bird Visits Here In Pat Legge Yard
A blue wading bird appeared at 6:45 a.m. in the front yard of 507 N Evergreen, Pat Legge. It stayed through 10:30 a.m., standing like a yard ornament and possibly unwell from a bad fish. The Tribune bird editor doubted a precise ID, likening it to a shitepoke or shikepoke, commonly known as a heron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Legge
N. Evergreen
Legge
Tribune
Webster
Cattle mixup at Chanute Livestock Auction causes police report
At Chanute Livestock Auction on East 14th street a cattle mixup by vandals or pranksters required staff to spend significant time and effort to straighten pens. Manager reported the incident to police around 12:40 a.m.
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Chanute
East 14Th Street
Traffic Fatalities Report From Topeka Logs Apr 1968
AP records show a 24 hour figure ending 9 am Saturday listing 43 traffic deaths for April, 183 for 1968, and 157 for the comparable 1967 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kanas
Nigeria open to talks on Biafra cease-fire
Foreign Affairs Commissioner Okoi Arikpo said the military government is willing to hold negotiations with Biafra to end the 10 month civil war. The move signals possible talks to halt fighting and restore order in the region.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Biafra
Okoi Arikpo
Students Protest Across Universities Over War and Racism
Students at about 20 American universities join a two day antiwar and anti racism protest led by the Student Mobilization Committee. Loy alty Day parades in New York and protests in Chicago Detroit Columbus and Osu campuses unfold with walkouts and sit ins. International scenes include Prague and Paris demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Martin Luther King Jr
Sheep Meadow
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brooklyn
Student Mobilization Committee
Student Committee
Chicago
National Mobilization Coalition
Detroit
Columbus
Ohio
Atlanta
California
Louisiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Paris
Arch of Triumph
Eiffel Tower
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Ohio State University
OSU
No Valid License For Pest Control Case
R. W. Smith of Iola pleaded guilty in city court to acting as a pest control operator without a license. He was fined 100 dollars plus 6.50 costs and must restitution 283.15 within 30 days. The case arose after Smith sprayed for termites and weeds and charged 83.15 for work and 200 for a loan. An agent of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture assisted in the investigation.
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R. W. Smith
Iola
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Smith
White
State Board of Agriculture
Chipman Campaigns In Chanute For GOP Attorney General Bid
Marion W. Chipman of Olathe campaigned in Chanute to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general. He flew in yesterday, attended the Neosho County Republican dinner at the Masonic Temple, and flew on to Topeka this morning.
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Marion W. Chipman
Olathe
Chanute
Neosho County
Masonic Temple
Topeka
Dale Sneeringer
Tom Blancett
Republican Central Committee
Blancett
Skubitz
John Crutcher
Hutchinson
Raymond van Skiver
Wichita
Candiate
Marion Chipman
Kent Frizzel
Charles McAtee
Richard Seaton
Kansas
L. W. Thurman
Ken Casper
Ray Coder
George Donaldson
John White
Doris Shellhorn
Virgil Lowe
Alberta Gough
Dick Ashley
Car Damages From Evening City Accidents
A 1965 Ford station wagon driven by Kathy Lawrence, 15, of 106 S Plummer, sustained $150 damage after losing control at Cherry and Plummer. The car crossed yards and into a ditch near the Dale Ratliff home, a gas meter was broken, and Lawrence faces a possible charge of driving without a license. Other police reports noted minor scrapes between vehicles at the junior college lot and on South Central and East Main, plus a parking lot collision involving Duane Clum’s car.
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Kathy Lawrence
S. Plummer
Cherry
Plummer
Dale Ratliff
Nancy L. Bryant
E. 12Th
Duane V. Clum
N. Forest
Mabel A. Peters
S. Malcolm
Oda M. Fields
N. Washington
South Central
Rick Dillon
S. Lincoln
Dennis Shultz
S. Ashby
East Main
Comet Gift Honors 1968 Senior Class at CHS
A comet with a flaming tail and gold CHS initials was presented to CHS by the 1968 senior class in ceremonies. It is built from welted trigonometric circles forming a sphere, painted black, and mounted on a brick backdrop with a concrete base on campus. Paul Collins designed and helped engineer the project with help from Chuck Fisher Jim Stemple and Ronald Matlock and student shop classes assisted.
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Paul Collins
Chuck, Fisher
Jim Stemple
Ronald Matlock
Bune
Shriver Blames Bureaucracy At Wichita Republican Dinner
U S Congressman Garner Shriver urged the Wichita fundraising crowd to oppose a bloated bureaucracy and costly policy. He cited debt and lawlessness, warned against “guns and butter,” and criticized administration economics while touting Republican candidates at a Masonic Temple event attended by about 200. The Neosho County event included a reception at the Tioga Hotel hosted by Young Republicans and Bob Dole’s wife Mrs. Dole.
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Tribune
Garner Shriver
Wichita
Neosho County
U.S
Alto
Néo Shriver
Tioga Hotel
Shriver
Bob Dole
Russell
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Areas Near Saigon
US Air Force B52s attacked Viet Cong sanctuaries on two sides of Saigon in a bid to hit troop concentrations near the capital. The largest clash occurred near Con Thien with 72 NVA killed as Marines supported by tanks and artillery fought across the DMZ. Casualties and strikes followed at Camp Carroll and Khe Sanh, with raids in the A Shau Valley and east of the valley stronghold, while an F4 Phantom was lost in North Vietnam casualties.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
North
Vietnau Eslevy
Camp Carroll
U.S
Khe Sanh
Quang Tri
A Shau
North Vietnam
Air Force
Vinh
Daylight Saving Time Reminder Across United States
The notice urges turning clocks ahead one hour before bed, with DST starting Sunday. Hawaii and Arizona do not observe DST. Congress adopted the system in 1966, overseen by the Transportation Department, requiring states to follow DST from 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in April to 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October.
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Associated Press
Hawaii
Arizona
Congress
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Paul Murphy
Loren Jensen
Independence
Linda Lopez
Shirley Shultz
J.T. Ames
Carrie Copeland
S. Rutter
Andy Griffith
Peyton Place
A.m
the Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay
Civic Center
Informatin
Charg
Topsy
Washington, D.C
Joe Shubitz
Pittsburg
St. Cecilia Music Club
Margaret Hollenshead
Cha
Chanute High School
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