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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
2
A railing against motorists favoring routes through town centers. The piece argues such demands amount to a state financed privilege harming road improvements and recalls a Chanute by pass proposal canceled after opposition by local business interests.
The piece argues that highway by passes around Chanute and Southeast Kansas will be blocked by some groups and warns that no new state or federal funds will be spent on road improvements through towns. It urges responsible groups to counterbalance objections and press for timely routing to ensure roads come to the region.
John P Harris argues in 1967 that cable television could diversify offerings beyond three channels. He urges FCC relaxation to allow 20 to 50 channels with networks, independents, education, up-to-date news, and even home-delivered newspapers via CATV.
Tribune Files notes soldiers in training here won’t be confined to barracks on New Year’s Eve allowing night clubs to stock up and theaters to plan special midnight programs. The piece also recounts Holiday visits and local births as well as a Biblical verse.
Washington column notes Atlantic Richfield chair Robert O Anderson urged Nixon to choose Wally Hickel as Interior Secretary. Anderson, a major donor and New Mexico oil power, helped swing Nixon on the Alaska oil land policy ahead of Hickel's expected rise. The piece cites Udall and Hickel statements testing pre inauguration policy rules.
Terry Murphy critiques bystander indifference in the Genovese case and Biafra famine, urging action. He cites Norman Cousins, Sen. James Pearson, and Ted Kennedy, noting U.S. unmoved by hunger while funding space programs and recalling Robert Kennedy.
The 1968 television year brought drama through news coverage of assassinations city disturbances and moon missions. Viewers shared Dr. King’s funeral RFK’s hospital vigil and the presidential transition while entertainment offered Laugh-In Julia Horowitz Streisand and notable specials.
Tonight on CBS and NBC the lineup includes Gunsmoke at 7:30 with a dirt farmer’s children causing trouble, Here’s Lucy on 7:30, NBC’s two hour White Paper on urban crisis, May berry R.F.C. Peach Bowl at 9, Family Affair at 8:30 with care for Uncle Bill, and late film Flight Nurse followed by No Room for the Groom on Ch 5.
Color broadcasts from 6:30 to 10:00 feature Avengers Gunsmoke Jeannie Rowan & Martin Laugh In Peyton Place Here's Lucy Ordeal of The American City Peach Bowl The Outcasts Mayberry Family Affair Big Valley Carol Burnett and News with multiple channels and time slots listed.
A dense listing of daytime and evening TV programming across multiple stations Ch 2 Chanute Ch 3 WDAF Ch 4 KCMO Ch 5 KUHI Ch 6 KOAM Ch 7 KMBC Ch 9 KODE Ch 12 WIBW Ch 13 for December 31 into New Year’s Day. Includes cartoons dramas game shows news sports parades and major bowl broadcasts with repeated references to specific programs and time slots.
CHICAGO AP This may be the IRS’s most prolific year for revenue rulings. Commerce Clearing House reports about 500 rulings already issued with a year end projection surpassing 750. The 1954 code overhaul and house cleaning to replace obsolete rulings drive the increase.
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