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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1969
Page
1
A festive season article celebrates Christmas decorations across four counties. Chanute reports surge in decora tions on homes churches and institutions as towns glow under nightfall. A weekend drive promises cheerful sights and a light heart.
Golf balls vanished from carts at Cherryvale Country Club were found under a table in the clubhouse. Sheriff investigated after players reported losses but E. D. Elliott discovered the culprit when repairing a cart and uncovering a pack rat runway beneath a pile of sticks and leaves.
Erie Record reports a quail hunter who stored dead birds in his coat after a day of hunting. On returning home he began cleaning the kill when a quail suddenly revived and flew away, illustrating the big one that got away motif.
Passengers debarking the Santa Fe streamliner at Independence found luggage missing after the train stop. Three bags recovered by dawn, one broken, one possibly lost in the Verdigris River. A 45-year-old Tulsa man pled guilty to intoxication in police court and was fined $10.
In Wichita this week the death of Dr. W. W. Bass recalls the spring of 1924 when he helped a Cherryvale pupil with a pole vault pole shipment. The pole exceeded baggage limits but Bass arranged its acceptance, aiding the student's pole vault and contributing to Bob Smith taking third place in the meet.
Sesame Street is shown to kindergartners at Murray Hill Hutton and Alcott schools from 9 to 9 30 each weekday. The program funded by an eight million dollar two year grant from Carnegie and L ord Foundations and the U S Office of Education acts as a televised Head Start for twelve million preschoolers nationwide.
Neosho County clerk Virgil Lowe explains a 1969 tax proration rule for outright car sales forces proof of ownership for tax credits. Buyers must show bills of sale. sellers lack official proof unless informed by the assessor. About 2,000 owners were billed with roughly $25,000 in extra taxes since April 28, and legislators may revise the law in 1970.
Today at 10 am the high is 45 and the low 31 with yesterday 45 and 25 and year ago 32 and 19. The record high for this date is 73 and the low 0 with humidity at .76 and barometer 30 08. Sunrise is 7 28 and sunset 5 04. Forecast calls for generally fair tonight and Sunday with lows in the 30s and highs Sunday from 55 to 65.
If you miss your Tribune carrier contact them or call the provided number. If you cannot locate the carrier by 5 30 p m call 431 2300 Do not call 431 3400 today as that number is inoperative until Monday.
TOPEKA AP The joint legislative committee on state tax structure will not recommend an income tax increase and plans to end hearings with a proposed property tax lid discussion. Gov Docking seeks a lid while some leaders press school funding from the income tax. A 4-3 vote backed a 2 percent gross receipts tax on utilities, estimated to raise $20 million.
Six American soldiers died and nine were wounded in three skirmishes with North Vietnamese troops around 28 miles northwest of Saigon. Two ambushes hit night patrols near the Cambodian border while a helicopter assault area was fired upon.
A note mocks television as unable to match the country school in finer points of education, suggesting enduring value in traditional schooling.
The Independence housing authority seeks to overturn a federal decision that frozen conventional method funds and allowed turn-key funds for Chanute public housing. Architect James Blessing will meet with Sen Bob Dole and Rep Joe Skubitz tonight to press the issue.
Debbie Engelman, 19, won the Campus Queen title at Neosho County Junior College Friday night with runnerup Diana Knight, 18. Engelman performed Scarborough Fair My Cup Runneth Over and To Be a Woman and was judged on scholarship personality appearance activities and poise. Carter Ward opened the program with a one woman talent show. Engelman is daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Engelman of Buffalo and Knight is daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Knight of Severy.
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