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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1969
Page
2
Editorial notes confusion and anger sparked by Tommie Smith and John Carlos with fists raised on the podium while a Black U S boxer waved a flag after victory. The piece argues nationalism overshadowed Olympic spirit and highlights racial tensions in sports.
Bob Beamon leaps 29 feet 2 1/2 inches to extend the world record in the long jump during the Mexico City meet. The AAU names omit Beamon from its top amateur athlete award, drawing criticism for fairness while O J Simpson and others also miss the list.
Sixty five years after the Wright brothers first flight the article notes dramatic gains in aircraft speed and range but argues airport terminals lag. It cites Dulles McDonnell airport as the only close example and contrasts long walks and distant gates at O’Hare Paris Rome and London with the ease of Pan American at JFK.
Twenty five years ago Sgt Don C McCune Jr and T Sgt George F Stone received air medals for their roles in the Italy invasion last September. McCune earned the air medal and Stone the oak leaf cluster. Also noted are Red Cross donations from New Year’s Day coyotes and local community updates including Kiwanis leadership installs and a planned restaurant reopening.
Washington insiders say the Johnson administration weighs canceling the sale of 50 Phantom jets to Israel after the Beirut airport raid. Nixon and Humphrey had supported the sale, but Johnson sought to avoid provoking Russia or destabilizing peace moves in the Near East.
A columnist questions Time magazine naming astronauts as Men of the Year. He argues honoring space exploration overlooks real suffering and hunger at home, urging focus on feeding children and urban reform before deeper space ventures. He likens the issue to Columbus and warns neglecting earthly problems could endanger society.
HAL BOYLE profiles Bonita Granville once dubbed a film brat. Now married to Jack Wrather, she works as assistant producer on his Lassie show and recalls a career spanning 55 films from age seven, with early fame, strict upbringing, and a lucrative early earning of 1000 dollars weekly.
A devotional note echoes Isaiah 40 31 promising renewed strength for those who wait upon the Lord. It speaks of soaring like eagles running without weariness and walking without fainting.
Deborah Jean Deerman a 19 year old NMSU sophomore is named the 1969 Fiat Queen. She studies art and physical education at the school and teaches riding dancing piano and trains her own horses.
Jackie Gleason hosts The Honeymooners on CBS with Jan Murray and Nipsey Russell. Adam-12 on NBC features a prowler report, a lost senior citizen, a service-station robbery, and a warehouse burglary brawl. NBC at 7:30 brings a stake with an attractive widow. My Three Sons on CBS and an NBC movie Father Goose with Cary Grant on 80 NBC. Bing Crosby hosts Hollywood Palace with Bob Hope and guests. Sunday hockey from ABC Kansas City Blues vs Memphis South Stars. Lassie on CBS, Ed Sullivan Show with Diana Ross and the Supremes, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini. 8:00 ABC movie That Kind of Woman with Loren, Sanders, Hunter. Smothers Brothers with Nanette Fabray and Steppenwolf. CBS wrap.
Friday night schedule highlights include Jackie Gleason and King Family at 6:30, Newlywed Game and Get Smart at 7, Lawrence Welk and My 3 Sons at 7:30, Hogan's Heroes and Petticoat Junction at 8, Hollywood Palace at 8:30, Mannix and Slim Wilson at 9, Grand Ole Opry at 9, with News at 10. Listings note Sunday’s guide appears in Friday’s paper.
Tribune lists Monday through Friday daytime programming with morning shows, talk blocks, and afternoon serials. Highlights include local talk segments, cooking features, and headlining soaps scheduled across the weekday lineup.
Television listings show programs on channels including KVOO Chan 2 and KCMO Chan 4 with lineups from 7:00 to 12:30, featuring Laugh-In Peyton Place Here's Lucy and various dramas, movies, and news. Big Valley Carol Burnett Tonight Show plus Joey Bishop and Sunrise Semester conclude the schedule.
In Chicago, a makeshift kidney machine built from a washer and funded by the Denise Cohen Memorial Foundation helps a Cook County Hospital patient. Niles Township students raised about 1000 dollars and donated a 650 dollar blood pump. The device aids a 25-year-old awaiting transplant.
In Council Bluffs Iowa sheriff Roy Wichae! found empty cells and a note from an escapee claiming a hole was dug using a steel brace to pry from the wall. Three escapees were later captured in Omaha Nebraska while four remained in jail awaiting trial.
Two white South African businessmen invest 30000 rand to bottle sea water for inland Africans. Sea King Seawater Distributors plans 26 ounce bottles for about 45 cents. Believed to have religious, purgative, and emetic properties. bottles will include a pinch of seabed sand. Project aims to sell over 160000 bottles monthly.
The notice explains that regular classified ads are accepted until 10 am on the publication day and until 9 am Saturday. It states an exception for display classified ads whose deadline is noon the day before publication.
Jean Gray reports the Chanute Public Library saw record book circulation in 1969, surpassing all of 1968. Staff note a noisy spike as patrons checked out large stacks, while a playful hint suggests a future feature on filing, rereading, and unpiling.
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