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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1967
Page
6
A reader urges the city and Santa Fe officials to install signals at a Main Street railroad crossing. She cites two recent auto crashes, argues four lanes hide flagmen, and says drivers treat flagmen as a statue. She requests visible signals before a serious injury occurs.
The piece argues for a 40 hour war week as a provocative idea while noting Vietnam war brutality and civilian suffering. It cites two day Christmas and New Year truces and a possible Buddhist New Year pause, suggesting limited negotiations and faith in noncombatant time. It cites 21 000 Viet Cong defections and 120 000 South Vietnamese desertions last year.
Tribune Files notes that the Chanute post office will begin selling 3000 federal auto stamps next week for legal vehicle operation beginning February 1. A $2.09 stamp covers through July, with a $5 stamp set for the following year as part of war era civil defense staffing updates and local assignments.
A devotional quotation from 1 Samuel 12 22 emphasizes God’s commitment to his people and his great name as the basis for his care and support.
In this health column Dr Molner explains hypochondria as excessive illness anxiety and advises seeking psychiatric help in extreme cases. He answers questions on candle safety, early plastic-surgery referrals after severe burns, verifying a surgeon as board certified, irregular teen menstruation and possible gland issues, and warns against routine douching while offering a Mayo Clinic aligned note.
Local page notes events in Chanute and surrounding areas including city meetings and community notices. Highlights cover civic happenings, upcoming schedules, and brief reports from area organizations with emphasis on local people and institutions.
In Washington, Senate wrangling over Tom Dodd escalates amid protests by his Wall Street law firm Cahill Gordon Reindel and Ohl. Dodd faces charges over vacation expenses and double billing, while ethics review clashes with his legal team and past TV network investigations.
Ann Landers presents reader letters on family meals and selfish adult children. A nurse recalls cooking multiple dishes for four picky kids, urging a single family menu and no special requests. A separate letter discusses a widower whose children oppose remarriage and a woman who remains with him.
President Johnson calls for a 6 percent surtax on current tax figures. The example shows a $500 tax adding $30 yearly, $1,000 adding $60, and $2,000 adding $120. Exemptions apply for low income families including a four person family under $5,000 and a single person under $1,900. The surtax would start July 1, 1967, affecting six months of 1967 and a full year later would raise liability by about 3 percent.
The 40 foot high Puya raimondii grows on barren Bolivian highlands and blooms only once every 150 years before dying after sending a 30 foot flower stalk skyward.
Friday evening TV guide notes Jackie Gleason Flipper and Lawrence Welk at 7 30. Prime time features Death Valley Days Get Smart Mission Impossible Gunsmoke and Rat Patrol with Moody Campus Talent and Grand Ole Opry also listed.
TV listings across stations KVOO WDAF KCMO KOAM KMBC KODE WIBW Chanute outline morning to late night programs. Notable items include Today Show, Jack LaLanne, Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room, Jeopardy, Love of Life, Guiding Light, The Doctors, To Tell The Truth, Match Game, The Monkees, Gilligan's Island, The Twilight Zone and Naked City.
Tonight at 6 30 p m Campus Talent ’67 on Channel 7 features college acts and campus scenes with a repeat on Channels 12 13 at 9 p m Monday and Channel 9 at 9 p m Thursday NBC airs Sabrina at 8 p m with Hepburn Bogart and Holden Gunsmoke on CBS at 9 p m a trio of brothers chase a chauffeur s daughter Sunday AFL NFL championship game Chiefs vs Packers 2 30 p m on CBS NBC Ed Sullivan Show guests include Allan Sherman Sisters 67 Rolling Stones Alan King Petula Clark Carol Plus Two stars Carol Burnett Lucille Ball Zero Mostel
President Johnson proposed Social Security changes to Congress with improved benefits for 23 million recipients averaging 20 percent and increases in minimum payments from 44 to 70 dollars monthly. Under the plan any 25 years of coverage would yield a 100 dollar minimum. medical care would extend to 1.5 million disabled Americans under 65. Effective date is July 1, with tax funding delayed until January 1, 1968.
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