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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1968
Page
3
Heloise shares thrifty tips for repurposing worn nylon nightgowns. Cut off the top to reuse the skirt as a bath rag and scrub sink and tub, while the remaining underlayer can become a near new nightgown. Also suggests a rainy day game with bubble bath soaps and a DIY gift-wrapped hamper from a cereal box for small items.
Anna Marie Sale and Robert D. Hoopes announce their engagement. Miss Sale, Chanute High and Southwestern College biology graduate, teaches science at Mount Hope Junior High. Hoopes, Edison High and Southwestern College math major, is active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Sutton Hall. The wedding is May 31 at the First United Methodist Church in Chanute.
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court overturned Larry D. Pinchot’s $332 municipal conviction for distributing and possessing obscene material after two inspectors testified his San Francisco bookstore window displayed unclothed young women. The court held the nude body in a nonsexual context does not violate the penal code.
Anita Grace Harvey of Erie plans a summer wedding to Tommy Arthur McDaniel of Erie. Both are 1965 Erie High School graduates and 1967 Neosho County Community Junior College graduates. They attend Kansas State College of Pittsburg. Anita majors in sociology and secondary education while Tom majors in commercial art.
The Commerce Department said efforts to slow inflation will not prevent a sizable rise in the gross national product in the fourth quarter this year. The estimate tops about 18.1 billion dollars, mirroring the third quarter gain after the 10 percent income tax increase.
A strike by about 60,000 dock workers halted hundreds of ocean freighters from Maine to Texas. The disruption was costed at roughly 15 million dollars daily with losses rising daily. Steel output and prices fluctuated with production up 0.8 percent to 2,388,000 tons weekly, year to date 127,603,000 tons. U.S. Steel and National Steel cut hot rolled and high strength sheet prices from 125 to 117 dollars per ton, Bethlehem followed with pricing. Railroad product prices rose five dollars per ton. Auto production fell sharply due to Christmas holidays.
Milton Freewater Oregon AP Veteran Justice of the Peace Sam K Dodds recalls a woman explaining why she did not surrender her out of state license and instead bought an Oregon one. She said the color photo on her old license was the only good photo she ever had taken.
Three bandits robbed Phillip Maxwell as he walked to the Tyson and Meek accountants computer room. They took a bulky bag containing 2 million in non negotiable checks that were later revealed as harmless microfilmed bank documents with no real cash loss.
Shirley Ann Dillow and Loren Lee Showalter wed December 21 at the First Church of the Nazarene in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore a lace satin gown, carried red roses on a white Bible, and the couple resides at 1524 S. Edith.
James Frazier, Detroit music director and teacher, composed a King Requiem Mass blending sermon language with classical music. He sought nonviolent peace themes from Dr. King’s sermons and speeches and aimed to unite church and orchestra, premiering with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The notice instructs readers to contact their Tribune by phone or call HE 1 3400 after 6 PM if the primary number is unreachable. It emphasizes using the after hours line for urgent communication with the carrier or relevant official.
M. Sgt. and Mrs. Gene Willis announce the engagement of their daughter Nanci Theresa Willis to W. Les Brod Jr. of Missoula Montana. Willis, a Chanute native, is a St Patrick School of Nursing senior in Missoula and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs F C Haworth and Mr and Mrs Reuben Willis. Brod Jr. is the son of Mr and Mrs W L Brod Sr. of Missoula, Montana, and Brad is a senior at the University of Montana. An August wedding is planned.
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose four tenths of one percent in November marking the sharpest rise since 1951. Despite a 0.5 percent drop in grocery prices housing clothing transportation and medical care pushed the index to 123.4 meaning 12.34 dollars buys 10 dollars of typical 1957 59 base period purchases.
Four correct. Three correct. See Bible. Question set asks about Holy Innocents Herod prophets and covenants with patriarchs and rib. Includes references to Matthew Exodus Genesis and Job.
In Boise Idaho a woman entered a store with a fistful of twenty dollar bills and offered the money to her employer. Noland Theobald said the exchange was only a holiday greeting and he alerted police after the woman left behind a bill. Police confirmed the bill appeared authentic.
Dear Ann Landers counsels parents to abolish classroom seating based on academic standing. A committee of mothers should meet with the teacher, then the principal if needed. The column endorses addressing the issue to stop social rank in classes.
Past officers of the Golden Shrine Charles Leavitt of 925 S Western are listed for a social calendar dialing 17:30 p.m. at the HE 14100 venue on December 31.
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