Not for Licking A Privy Stamp Proposal
The Chanute Tribune criticizes a Portland fish farm designer’s bid to have the Postal Service issue a stamp commemorating “the passing of the privy.” Easley C. Weatherall’s design shows an outdoor toilet with half moon and wasps, framed by corn cobs, weeds, and a path. The piece suggests memorializing indoor plumbing instead.
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Portland
Ore
Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
U.S. Postal Service
Easley C. Weatherall
Privy
Negative Approach at NCCJC Dormitory Policy Sparks Editorial
An editorial condemns Neosho County Community Junior College for mandating campus dorm residency to boost dorm revenue. The piece argues compulsory housing infringes student freedom and questions the rationale behind bond payments, urging appealing dorm life instead of coercion. It suggests limited housing options in town and predicts poor reception to imperious policy.
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Neosho County
Chickens Keep Proving That They're Good Eggs
A humorous Kansas county column surveys egg production in October, noting 1.907 eggs per 100 layers and 1.767 per 100 in 1971, with 3.16 million hens in the population. The piece muses on eggs’ culinary versatility and chickens’ stubborn vitality and occasional mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Broken Treaties Papers Reveal Indian Rights Bureaucracy Scandals
Washington discovery shows thousands of documents smuggled from the Bureau of Indian Affairs exposing multifront abuses. The reports detail Black Hills land deals, political manipulation, and a wounded Indian woman left in jail as a symbol of federal indifference. The collection is presented with a call to educate tribes nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States
Canada
South Dakota
Black Hills
White House
Whitten
Indians Break Silence On Long Battle Over Broken Treatise Papers
A lengthy exposé describes Indians feuding with bureaucrats over stolen documents claimed to prove land and water rights theft. FBI searches yield scattered caches across the United States and Canada as reporter Les Whitten travels to secretive meetings and hidden archives to unveil the heist.
Warren interview highlights a longtime Chief Justice
AP reports a one hour televised interview with Earl Warren conducted by Dr. Abram Sachar. Warren discusses criticism of the Supreme Court, the Kennedy assassination inquiry, and his cautious stance on judicial decisions while head of the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Public Broadcasting System
Earl Warren
Wgbh-Tv
Boston
Mass
Warren
Abram Sachar
Brandeis University
Supreme Court
Presidential Commission
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
This Day in History December 11 1972 Events and Birthdays
Highlights include Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States in 1941, Indiana's 1816 statehood, Edward VIII abdication in 1936, and Rockefeller offering Manhattan land for the UN in 1946. Birthdays noted for Fred Seaton and George Sauer. Thought for today by Samuel Johnson.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Italy
United States
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Fred Seaton
George Sauer
Local Newspaper Rates and Subscriptions List
Published daily with rates for mail subscribers in trade territory outside trade area and area towns with carrier delivery. Includes prices for Chanute Pow Office Boxholders and Chanute carrier options. Notes sales tax details and member affiliations.
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Neosha
Chanute Pow
Chanute
Television Schedule Snippet With Classic Sitcom Tributes
A fragmentary listing shows 1960s era programs and guests across channels. Highlights include Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In with Steve Lawrence as Santa, Gunsmoke plots, Doris Day film moments, and various game shows and dramas in a studio broadcast tableau.
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Rowan and Martin
Steve Lawrence
Santa
Jack Frost
Electric Company
Apollo
Green Acres
the Rockies
Porter Waggoner
Wilburn Bros
Lucy
Doris Day
Bill Cosby
Television Log Highlights Seasonal Daytime Schedule
Monday to Friday listings for KTEW through KMBC and others show morning cartoons news and public affairs. Notable programs include Today Show Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Bonanza Jeopardy Family dramas and late night game shows across stations in Chanute WDAF KCMO KUHI KOAM and more.
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Ktew-Tv
Chanute
Wdaf.tv
Kcmo.tv
Kuhi-Tv
Koam.tv
Kbma.tv
Kmbc.tv
Ktwu.tv
Kode-Tv
Wibw.tv
Sesame Street
Jeannie
Plans for a new Neosho county hospital outlined
Twenty five years ago sponsors outlined the need for a county hospital after Mercy hospital at Parsons planned to curtail services. Erie county commissioners said signature checks on hospital petitions continued as high school leaders and sponsors attended a regional delegates meeting in Burlington. Fifty years ago rural Neosho county mail carriers met in Pune with L A Wooster elected president and the note ends with a biblical verse.
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Neosho County
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Erie
Sor
Burlington
Pune
L. A. Wooster
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Chanute Tribune
George Washington
College
Chickens
Wright
Cory
By Keith Wright
By Jack Anderson
Nixon
America
FBI
Oklahoma
United Stats
Les Whitten
Phoenix
Dian
Broken Trails
Charles the 12Th of
Sweden
Norway
Indiana
Britain
Edward VIII
George VI
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Roer River
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Manhattan
United Nations
Great Falls
Mont
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Arogjam
South Vietnam
East Pakistan
Samuel Johnson
rHeGuapn
Ee Reed
Small Society
Brickman
L Brickmpew
Dial
Highland Dwight McCreight
Keith Wright
F. M
Mike) Harris
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Kitty
Santa Claus
Peter
Doris
Tribune
Dick van Dyke
Gambitll—Electric Co
Government of the
U.S
Paul Harvey
All My Children
Somerset
Toni Holt
Joanne Carson
Gen. Hospital
Peyton Place
Bozo
George Kirby
Bill Moyers
Bold Ones
Black Journal
Don Rickles
Marcus Welby
News
Jonathan Winters
Weather
Dick Cavett
Morgan's Creek
Christ Unlimited
Faith
Felony Squad
Jesus
Monty McCune
Wilbur Goodseal
Loren Krone
Paul Haight
Paul Pankratz
Cecil Pankratz
Spon
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