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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
2
The piece argues changes in Washington administrations will affect the First Lady role. It praises Lady Bird Johnson for redefining the position as a supportive partner during tragedy and national troubles, noting Patricia Nixon faces a difficult act to follow.
A White House gathering highlights Lady Bird Johnson’s temperate leadership and influence in conservation. The piece lauds her eight years of service as a wife and conservationist while urging recognition for her public-spirited efforts.
John P. Harris writes of avoiding New Year Eve revelry in 1969 preferring quiet mornings and Bowl games. He notes lingering Christmas bills and tax installments, suggesting spring as the time for resolutions and imagining an April celebration mood.
Twenty five years ago a wolf drive shifts to four legged marauders as farmers and townspeople plan a coyote roundup southwest of Chanute led by A E Kepley with an 11 am start Saturday.
Washington debate centers on the Rural Electrification Administration loaning two percent money to Louisiana co op s to build generating facilities for Dow Chemical. Senator Ellender and REA head Norman Clapp push funding amid a court challenge by local utilities. Hoover’s FBI tenure noted as effective in crime fighting.
Terry Murphy opines on 1969 progress in agriculture education housing and governance. He urges higher farm prices through better marketing, education, and an industrial push in Chanute and Southeast Kansas, plus rental housing to spur growth and a more inclusive candidate pool for local office.
AP Television writer reviews NBCs two hour treatment of urban racial tensions focusing on Boston and other cities. The piece notes the programs careful approach may fail to engage viewers seeking solutions and questions whether whites will view dissension as healthy or as mere outcry.
India to publish a national biographical series featuring 1300 prominent personalities. Based on the British model, Institute of Historical Studies in New Delhi will release first three volumes by 1970 covering 1300 to 1947 across the subcontinent, with a post-independence volume from 1947 to 1970 and supplementary volumes every ten years.
Prime time listing covers ABC NBC CBS and channels 4 5 6 9 13. Highlights include Come Back Little Sheba and Birth of the Blues movies on NBC and CBS hits It Takes a Thief and Doris Day Show with guest stars and year end specials.
Channels present 6:30 to 10:00 with parade bowls and sports specials. Programs include Orange Bowl Parade, Lancer, Mod Squad, Blue Bonnett Bowl, Red Skelton, It Takes a Thief, Doris Day, N Y P D, That's Life, Chiefs Sports Spec, Ripcord, and News.
Tribune publishes a weekday daytime lineup for Monday to Friday featuring daytime soap operas game shows and talk formats. The grid lists show titles times and channel placements across the week with emphasis on popular daytime staples.
A concise rundown of TV airings with Bewitched Ironside That Girl King Family Dragnet Dean Martin Go To Races Twilight Zone News Tonight Show Joey Bishop Sunrise Semester and related programs across channels and time slots.
Actor Robert Taylor released from St John hospital after lung cancer surgery and seclusion on his Mandeville Canyon ranch. Nancy Sinatra to wed Jack Haley Jr after six months of dating. Haley Emmy winner, directing TV specials. Ohio State President Novice W Fawcett to miss Rose Bowl trip due to flu. Judy Garland opens London cabaret after High Court ruling. two New Jersey businessmen claimed exclusive contract.
Belle B. McMahan 65 says she is alive after a government computer error misregistered her as dead following a September Medicare foot operation. The mistaken death status triggered an estate notice and payments to her doctor but she remains persistent in declaring she is living.
Burlington Wisconsin reports Charles V. Wilson of Ethel Louisiana named World’s Champion Ltar of 1968 after describing his hometown as so small it needed extended limits to fit a phone booth. Wilson received the honor Monday by the association.
Subscriptions listed by mail and carrier with varying terms and prices. The text also notes Associated Press use rights for local news and AP dispatches, with an editor and staff credits line.
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