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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
2
Editorial reflects on the Christmas season as a time for charity and decency toward others, emphasizing that belief in each person’s worth motivates acts of kindness that may be overlooked in other seasons. It highlights the calendar’s magic to prompt humane behavior and goodwill.
A reflection on celebrating birth and the need to show humanitarian expression for the less fortunate. The central birthday figure is acknowledged, urging unity and recognition of charitable efforts beyond worldly aims.
John P Harris reports on a $2 million hyperbaric treatment chamber at St Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston New Jersey. The unit pumps air to three times normal density and uses pure oxygen to accelerate tissue oxygenation. Proponents say fractures heal faster and cancers respond to radiation better while heart attack and stroke victims feel relief. Critics warn extended lifespans may keep bodies young but minds age with time and social change.
Random reflections after a flu outbreak describe household disruption and protective notes for wives and mothers. The piece blends comic asides about illness symptoms and family antics, noting how sickness humbles yet brings Christmas hope.
NBC expands its half hour Huntley Brinkley program to a full hour to replay Apollo 8 earth pictures from 190 000 nautical miles distance and show Pueblo crew footage. Captain Bucher reports mistreatment while the Navy men face post captivity emotions. Tiny Tim appearance on Laugh-In draws mixed reactions amid holiday programming notes.
Washington report notes Presidential Secretary Stephen Early says New Deal is dated after 1982 and Roosevelt favors a wartime slogan like win the war. Local items mention family visits in Petrolia Ottawa Topeka and New York City, a white Christmas storm and travel plans for T. F. Morrison and wife in Newton.
Two year old Giuseppina Grassi wandered from her family and slipped onto railroad tracks near Benevento. A passenger train roared over her as her father rushed to the scene and was treated for shock. The child escaped with shock and minor injuries.
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes that citizens like Agnes Meyer and many volunteers push for better public schools and aid to refugees. It highlights Mrs. Johnson’s personal outreach to children, Quaker relief work, and the rehabilitation program in HEW, plus a touching letter from a blind campaign worker thanking Vice President Humphrey.
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Billed programs include Christ is Born on ABC at 6 30 p m a Nativity story filmed in the Holy Land and Rome the World of Christmas on NBC at 6 30 p m a child centered musical about Christmas in many lands Lancer on CBS at 6 30 p m a Civil War officer seeks revenge Julia on NBC at 7 30 p m a Santa Claus debate Red Skelton special on CBS at 7 30 p m NBC 8 p m The Smugglers world premiere based on Elizabeth Hely novel Horowitz Concert on CBS at 6 30 p m Chopin and Scarlatti works The Virginian on NBC 6 30 p m Mitzi Gaynor Yuletide guests Beverly Hillbillies on CBS 8 p m Granny pursues marriage with Sam Drucker The Outsider on NBC 9 p m a destitute woman asks 50 000 for information on a 12 year old kidnapping case injury or loss of life not mentioned
Color 6:30 starts with World of Christmas followed by Christ is Barn and Lancer at 7:30. Julia, King Family, It Takes a Thief and Red Skelton fill early primes with Doris Day and N Y P D later. Then That's Life and 60 Minutes capped by Ray Conniff Spotlight and News at 10.
The Tribune releases a daytime schedule for Monday through Friday featuring popular soap operas talk shows game shows and news programs. Viewers can expect morning lifestyle segments afternoons with reruns and local news updates exclusive to the paper's weekday listings.
Evening lineup lists Blondie Daniel Boone Bewitched Hawaii Five-O and That Girl across stations KVOO WDAF KMBC KOAM KUHI KODE WIBW plus sports and specials. Notable items include Hawaii Five-O and Bewitched at 7 PM and the Orange Bowl special for KU.
Armed Forces FN Mike Morgan son of Mr and Mrs Harry Morgan 524 W Walnut moved from Alameda Naval Air Station to Long Beach California assigned to repair ship USS Hector Navy service 15 months Marine Lance Cpl Terry L Beck 18 serves with First Marine Division in South Vietnam engaged in combat duty and civic action program Beck and his parents former Chanute residents now from Woodward Oklahoma
Pvt Rudolph J Aguilar aged 28 completed an 11 week welding course at the Army Ordnance Center and School Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland on November 20 He received training in oxyacetylene and inert gas welding His wife Sara resides at 1135 North Forest and his mother Mrs Rafielda G Aguilar lives in Kansas City Kansas
Basic Training report shows Pvt Lloyd E Webber from Emporia Kansas sworn in Kansas City November 5 and accepted for officer training after graduating spring from Emporia State Teachers College with a bachelor of arts degree.
Maj. Howard D. Stitt, son of Mrs. Howard Stitt and the late Howard A. Stitt, has completed a 60 day duty tour at U Tapao Airfield in Thailand. A navigator on a KC 135 Stratotanker, his mission supported Pacific Air Forces air refueling and SAC bombing missions. He is now assigned to the 22nd Bomb Wing at March Air Force Base California.
Fireman William F. Matlock USN son of Mr and Mrs Paul Matlock participated in Operation Beef Trust aboard the heavy cruiser St Paul off Southern California. The eight day exercise involved 28 ships and 31 air squadrons including four Canadian units.
Philip W Serpan USN a fireman apprentice was aboard the destroyer USS Rogers during the Beef Trust exercise off He designed to ready U S units for conditions in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific He is the son of Mrs Bonnie Serpan 1729 S Central
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