27 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1969
Page
1
A Wichita jury awarded Eldon ton 360 dollars in damages after he claimed eye injury from a high heel thrown by dancer Sharon K. Palmer at the Red Garter. Palmer testified the shoe struck Seaton after he taunted her during her routine. The 11 jurors deliberated one day.
New Orleans police lieutenant says key witness Perry Raymond Russo told him he mistaken identity when he named Clay Shaw in the JFK assassination plot. Russo later recanted after a Garrison confrontation, saying he feared perjury charges.
YATES CENTER Weather has slowed progress on the new three program USD 366 elementary facility at Yates Center. Construction remains underway with completion targeted for September 1969 and a June finish for final sections. The project includes kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms, a gym, cafeteria, arts and crafts and science wings. The three-section layout links to the central gym and dining block. General contractor N F English Construction Co. reports wet and thawing conditions slowed work. About 500 students will attend USD 366 centers in Yates Center Piqua Neosho Falls. the new school serves grades K-8.
An intercepted missive laments science’s limits against the common cold. The writer notes progress exists but tempers it with the illness’s persistent reach and mystery.
President Nixon toured West Berlin amid rousing cheers and a few jeers, declaring that freedom unites all Berliners. In Rome he won a pledge of Italian support for talks with Moscow as Saragat urged European unity to shape peace efforts.
Neosho County will launch the food stamp program Tuesday for low income families and others on public assistance. Eligible families pay cash and receive bonus coupons from the US Agriculture Department to buy more food, with roughly 40 percent extra value.
TOPEKA AP A package of resolutions would rewrite the Kansas Constitution and was introduced by the House Rules and Journal Committee. The measures aim to limit elections amendments to five, cut the House to 80 while keeping the Senate at 40, and set four year terms for top state officials.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports NASA postponed the Apollo 9 liftoff from Friday to Monday because all three astronauts are sick with colds. The delay shifts a key milestone in the fledgling space program and raises questions about scheduling and mission readiness.
Erie reports only two days remain to purchase 1969 motor vehicle license tags before a 1 penalty. Don Harding notes a 50 cent penalty since February 18 for tag purchases. Enforcement of new tag display begins at 12 01 a m Tuesday with citations for 1968 tags. Kansas law requires clean and illuminated tags when required.
Erie plan ning commission chair Cleo Dalton led a meeting on future land use for Neosho County with topics including housing, highways, watershed plans, and opinions from a Kansas City consulting firm. Members from Erie Chanute Galesburg St Paul and Thayer attended with county officials present.
Parts of Kansas see rain and snow flurries with little temperature change expected Friday. Skies will be partly cloudy to cloudy today with snow flurries in the northwest east and north central areas. Highs range from the 30s to the 50s and tonight's lows span the teens to lower 30s.
GM announced a record recall affecting about 4.9 million cars and trucks over exhaust fume leakage and carburetor issues. The deaths of four people linked to exhaust prompted replacing exhaust components and Quadra Jet carburetors in 1965 1969 Chevrolets Pontiacs Oldsmobiles Buicks Cadillacs and GMC trucks.
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