10 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1969
Page
1
San Bernardino California reports twenty years of yellowing needles on Ponderosa pines after smog ozone exposure from Los Angeles. Foresters warn 75 percent of about 1.7 million trees in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains are dying, harming forests and wildlife.
The 8th Circuit overturned Ronald F. Levy of St. Louis convicting him for failing to report for induction. The court ruled beliefs based on logic, not faith, can qualify as conscientious objection and remanded the case after finding denial by Selective Service boards improper.
AP report from Topeka states a 1969 holiday blood donor drive is sponsored by the American Legion and the Red Cross. Lyle Seymour, Kansas Legion commander, urged Legionnaires auxiliary members and citizens to donate through Jan 7. He noted holidays raise accident cases while normal demand continues and that 45 states have Legion departments in the program.
Government sources say Dr. Herbert L. Ley Jr will be dismissed soon as head of the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Charles C. Edwards will replace him, amid a broad FDA shakeup ordered by Health Secretary Robert H. Finch. At least five other top FDA officials are expected to be fired.
The Senate backed a Nixon opposed amendment to the tax reform bill authorizing the President to impose wide import quotas. Sponsors privately expected it would be dropped in conference with the House, but the 65 to 30 vote showed rising protectionist sentiment amid stronger foreign competition.
An emergency shipment of 32 000 doses of serum arrived from Philadelphia to curb a diphtheria outbreak in Miami where two children have died. Six medical teams prepare to inoculate about 41 000 school pupils in the northwest section as seven cases arise since October. An antitoxin is often given and provides protection.
Gov. Robert Docking commends the 69th Infantry Brigade of the Kansas National Guard for enduring hardships during active duty in South Vietnam. About 2,000 of the 3,500 members served in the war zone since activation in May 1968, with ceremonies also held in Hays and planned for Hiawatha Wichita and Kansas City.
The White House directs a study of loopholes in the new draft lottery system. A tax reform bill faced a Senate delay amid disputes over curbing imports. The foreign aid bill barely passed the House and heads to the Senate for possible trimming. The White House and Pentagon were asked to bar the Army from shipping poison gas through the Pacific Northwest.
Kansas Governor Robert Docking argues that fixing big city woes requires economic growth in rural towns and a stronger metropolitan role. He cites Taylor Forge's expansion in Paola as evidence that industry is moving to rural areas to reduce urban congestion and poverty.
An intercepted missive addresses a recipient nicknamed Cha. The note echoes a sentiment about giving versus receiving and ends with a cordial sign-off.
The Pentagon announced a reduction of about 30 B52 bombers in Southeast Asia with a full pull planned by mid-1970, leaving three squadrons in theater. Remaining B52s could exceed 1,800 sorties if needed, while overall missions were scaled back to save money amid declining enemy activity.
A Pennsylvania judge refused to order exhumation and autopsy for Mary Jo Kopechne, allowing a Massachusetts inquest into her 1969 drowning linked death after Sen Edward M. Kennedy. Kopechne and her parents oppose autopsy. Kennedy welcomed the ruling.
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight and Thursday with light snow ending Thursday. Low tonight in the 30s, high Thursday in the upper 30s and a 60 percent chance of precipitation tonight. Snow mixed with rain was falling in eastern Kansas and drizzling in the southwest early today. The Weather Bureau expects precipitation to continue with little accumulation.
Extra hours will extend four hours this Saturday to assist Christmas mailers. The window hours will run from 8 30 a m to 5 p m, announced postmaster Mrs Florence Kelley. Regular Saturday closing was noon.
United Mine Workers President W A Tony Boyle declared a landslide victory over Joseph A Yablonski in a bitter contest seen as the federation's greatest internal feud in decades. Yablonski rejected the results from Washington and vowed to heal rifts while alleging prior irregularities and attacks during the campaign.
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