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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1967
Page
4
Editorial says Governor Avery’s Highway Advisory Committee finds current user revenues insufficient to curb highway obsolescence and urges immediate bond financing. The piece warns delaying action raises costs from construction to accidents and recommends issuing hundreds of millions in highway bonds to speed improvements.
The era’s enthusiasm for new TV ideas fades as pilots dwindle and more series are canceled than launched. Executives warn fall premieres flopped amid a glut of reruns, while only a few original programs survive to avoid mediocrity and fill 330 weekly hours.
Tribune Files recalls the war year with Hitler’s propaganda shift and Russian advances. Japanese troops in Malaya near Kuala Lumpur, within 240 miles of Singapore, are reported by Tokyo. Chanute's Panthers drop a conference game to Iola JC, 31 to 20, while Danforth joins Temple Bowling Drives as full time instructor. Local officials travel to Emporia for a VFW council meeting.
Washington reports reveal mounting tension between the Kennedy and Johnson camps after the assassination. Kennedy aides criticized Johnson and questioned the Texas trip, while plans formed to shift headlines and rebuild Kennedy’s image. Johnson remained largely private, with tensions spilling into the White House as Mrs Kennedy moved in and public questions arose.
Dr. Thomas L. Petty argues against assuming dry air aids emphysema patients and notes the need to humidify indoor air. Smog, cold, dust hurt breathing. climate choice should suit the individual. Molner urges cautious moves, home humidity, and offers a booklet on controlling emphysema.
A reader laments a 40 year marriage to a crude husband and weighs divorce at 62 while seeking travel and refinement. Ann Landers advises staying married, noting lack of gentility, then shifts to safety tips for a Vietnam letter issue, and suggests setting boundaries with a possessive mother in law to preserve peace.
The article recounts Lyndon B. Johnson using home and White House spaces to manage nation affairs and condolence mail after Kennedy's assassination. He recruited volunteers to handle correspondence and hosted Kennedy staff with offers of new posts. Johnson approved naming Cape Canaveral for Kennedy and funded a John F. Kennedy Cultural Center, while boosting Mrs. Kennedy's public relations staff. The piece notes Kennedy widow's pension and later use of the office by William Manchester for a critical book.
Local newspaper notes events on January 12 1967 including community updates and notices from Chanute Kansas. Readers are informed of upcoming meetings and public announcements affecting residents and area organizations.
A historical TV guide fragment lists programs across time slots including Daniel Boone Jericho Batman F Troop Star Trek My Three Sons Bewitched That Girl Love on a Rooftop Pistols and Petticoats Dragnet 1967 D Martin Stage 67 and News.
Television listings show morning blocks from Sunrise Semester to The Beverly Hillbillies and Captain Kangaroo. Afternoon and prime time feature game shows, soaps, talk and variety programs, plus movies and news headlines throughout the day across stations KVOO WDAF KCMO KOAM KMBC KODE WIBW and regional Chanute listings.
NBC presents Daniel Boone at 6 30 led by Governor's request with Mingo to deliver a cannon to the Western frontier. My Three Sons at 7 30 features Jackie DeShannon as the neighbor amid a family feud with the Douglases. Dragnet 1967 debuts at 8 30 with Sgt. Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon pursuing an LSD party and teen drug supplier. Dean Martin Show follows at 9 with Leslie Uggams Allen Rossi Mason and Foy Jr. on NBC.
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