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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1968
Page
2
Last Friday night Chanute teenagers were entertained by Tommy James and The Shondells. Mr Bud Ross of Kus tom Electronics Incorporated arranged the group’s flight from New York to perform for his employees. The event was a special treat for workers.
Connie Olson and Glenna Osburn thank the community for a free groovy performance for young people. The event described as the grooviest Christmas present ever offered a wonderful opportunity for all kids to see something great.
A community committee formed with church support plans a local coffee house for teenagers. Activities include dances, special programs, and organized discussions on youth issues and current events. Contact Mary Jo Winkler in Chanute for facility leads.
Zephyr Wright, longtime White House cook for Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, retires on January 20 after 26 years in the White House. She recalls tensions and long hours as she leaves for Europe with her husband, amid hints she may write a memoir about life in the presidency.
The Tribune recalls the heaviest Christmas mail flow at Chanute post office yet staff kept pace with Postmaster Leif Nelson confident mail will be handled next week. Welfare office reports fewer needy families, ending annual list. it will provide names to adopters on request. Local residents visit and travel stories, including Eskridge family, Camp Roberts, and linked community notes. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fees on Saturday evening December 14.
Washington activists press for two stage hearings on future throughways to let residents weigh routes before and after engineers fix plans. The highway lobby resists, while DC protests and a Nashville revolt push for public input and black business protection amid national policy shifts.
Terry Murphy recounts an AA Christmas party noting the openness and candor of members, the emphasis on anonymity, and the group’s non miraculous, one day at a time approach to recovery. He contrasts AA’s decency with other groups and ends with a political question about Strom Thurmond.
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes NBCs made for TV film The Sunshine Patriot uses a standard espionage plot with a secret agent behind the Iron Curtain seeking a coin with microfilm. An American dealer pursues a discreet tryst but becomes entangled in a switch.
A review notes a Monday night film suffers from padding and slow pace with Cliff Robertson in a dual role as Ross and a business rival. Elvis Presley’s recent NBC special tops Nielsen charts. CBS and NBC air holiday specials. CBS plans a pre taped Christmas Eve home segment at Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr.’s residence.
Tonight on CBS and ABC major shows feature Noel Harrison and Kaye Ballard on the Jerry Lewis Show at 6 30. Lancer at 6 30. John ny slips into vengeance after being wronged by a horse trader. Mod Squad at 6 30. Julia at 7 30. Dr Chegley and Nurse Hannah matchmake for Julia while Dale Robertson guests Red Skelton on CBS at 7 30.
Color 6:30 set features Jerry Lewis and Mod Squad with Lancer. At 7:30 Julia and It Takes a Thief lead into Red Skelton. Movie hours at 8:00 and 9:00 present Doris Day N Y P D, Then That's Life and Road to Gettysburg. Evening closes with Christmas in Missouri and Who What When Where Why. News at 10: '245679 12 13'.
The Tribune publishes a five day daytime lineup detailing the week’s TV offerings. Programs span talk shows soap operas game shows and instructional segments with time slots and channel listings for Monday through Friday.
The schedule lists programs across channels including The Virginian King Family Here Come The Brides Daktari Movie Good Guys Sportsman's Friend Music Hall Rev Hillbillies Green Acres The Outsider Jonathan Winters News Joey Bishop Cottin Fitzsimmons Tonight Show Movie Sunrise Semester with assorted time slots and channel numbers.
Ding Dong and Edgar race tobreak the purple three colored thread to end Hesekiah’s spell on Santa Land. They corner Hesekiah at Santa’s shop and devise a plan using corn stored away from magic salt to trap and break the enchantment before Christmas.
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