26 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
1
Washington AP report notes Mrs Obie Ogone gave birth to her second pair of twins on Christmas Day. Her first twins arrived Thanksgiving Day 1968. Each holiday yielded a girl and a boy. The obstetrician quipped that next time they may aim for Easter.
Kansas City stockyards see resumed picketing by Local 576 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen after a Christmas pause. Union contends a lockout and seeks wage parity with St. Louis and St. Joseph. no negotiations scheduled. Embargo on shipments remained in place a week after failing to seal a deal.
Heavy snow sleet and rain lash the East with gale winds. New England totals approach two feet as traffic crawls and some areas halt. In Parsons Kansas a Requiem Mass will honor seven Moler family members killed in a home fire with a scholarship fund later announced.
Authorities report eight to ten cars of a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight train derailed near Parker in Linn County. No injuries were reported and the cause of the accident was not known.
The government will begin on Monday mailing over 3.5 million questionnaires to farmers and ranchers to detail agricultural developments in the past five years. The census, conducted twice per decade, covers 1969 farming operations and is legally mandatory to complete.
Seismologists report a major earthquake and strong aftershocks in the Caribbean Sea about 350 miles southeast of San Juan on Christmas Day. No immediate casualties or damage reported, though tremors were felt in Martinique. The quake registered 7.8 with aftershocks to 6.4. the 1964 Alaska quake was 8.4.
The Agriculture Department reports 1969 per capita cigarette consumption at 4034 cigarettes, about 7 packs less than 1968 and 202 packs fewer than 1968. Peak was 4345 in 1963 before the surgeon general report. Officials expect further decreases possible next year.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew launches a 37,000 mile ten nation Asian tour from Andrews AFB aboard Air Force 2. The journey includes a fueling stop at Travis AFB California before continuing to Honolulu as the first leg of the trip with a possible visit to Vietnam.
Six year old Kathy Adams, missing since Christmas Day, was found alive in a furnished but unoccupied farm home northwest of Little River Kansas. Temperatures were in the 60s inside the house and authorities say she was picked up in a red car with white interior. She walked two miles to a lighted farmhouse, slept on a couch, and was taken to Little River Hospital in apparently good condition.
A brief fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha reflects on Christmas spirit and gifts. The note ends with a sign off Yours, leaving the meaning and reader takeaway minimal and unclear.
Saigon report details a 51 hour rescue of Lt. Woodrow Bergeron Jr. from an enemy-held area but omits country of location, crash cause, fate of the pilot, helicopter origins, and pilot identities. The six-page release notes the attempt, the peril, and near-misses despite 16 rescue helicopter missions under fighter-bomber cover.
Pentagon officials projected budget reductions through the 1970 71 fiscal year would leave about one million fewer Americans serving in the nation’s defenses. The finding comes amid broader defense spending reviews shaping future force levels and readiness.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson tells CBS in an interview that he did not seek the presidency and would have stepped aside from the Democratic nomination if given the choice. The remarks reflect on his decision to stay in the race despite pressure from party leaders.
Israeli aircraft struck Arab guerrilla bases in Jordan and missile facilities in Egypt, marking a significant widening of aerial operations in the region. The strikes targeted several suspected launch sites while regional officials reported limited collateral damage and no immediate casualties.
President Nixon, refining the 1971 budget, cites a potential 2.5 billion dollar revenue shortfall from Congress tax reform. He postpones California trip to work on budgets and aims for a State of the Union on January 22 after reconvening Congress. Weather forecasts warn of heavy snow in Kansas as a storm moves eastward across the region.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Dean Burch says he will continue to seek transcripts of television news commentaries. He insists he has no plan to muzzle commentators after taking office and he contacted TV network heads for transcripts of coverage of President Nixon's Vietnam speech.
H Ross Perot proposed flying 1400 canned dinners and medical supplies to Hanoi for North Vietnamese children and POW families. He urged using his chartered planes to bypass Moscow channels and meet a December 31 deadline, and he offered humanitarian aid to both sides’ families while inspecting POW camps in South Vietnam.
Amid Christmas rules and ceasefires, U S and South Vietnamese forces fought after a 24 hour truce. Pope Paul VI urged longer truces. In the Middle East Israeli jets attacked Egypt across the Suez Canal while Bethlehem saw smaller crowds. Odumegwu Ojukwu called for peace in Biafra as families await loved ones. Queen Juliana mentions the Dutch royal birth.
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