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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1969
Page
9
Joyful chaos fills 1969 as Chase's Calendar lists 1 471 occasions from Pearl Day to Decency Week. National Wildlife Week runs March 16 22 and a year full of quirky observances includes Sandy Shoes Festival in Florida and National Laugh Week in April.
The AP reports British and American women largely favor men as bosses. Respondents say men are easier to work for and less bossy, while a minority prefer or tolerate women bosses, citing preferences shaped by personal experience and beliefs about superiority and practicality.
In Washington Union Station a MetroLiner inaugural run introduces a 160 mph electric bullet train aimed at rivaling air travel between Washington and New York. The six hour ceremonial trip features VIPs and stops, with full service by day two and MetroLiner fare of 12.75 one way. A parallel Turbo turbine train will soon link Boston to New York, also at 160 mph.
In Baltimore an official from the Arthritis Foundation and a member of the President's Commission on Hiring the Handicapped warned that moon mud will be the next cure all promoted by quacks. He recalled past faddish cures tied to oceanography and atomic tests.
Egyptian nomads ate camel flesh when necessary. They erected tents of camel hair and drank the animal's milk. The skin made tough leather and the bones served as useful tools.
Philadelphia undertaker Stanley Wisnoff asked the Zoning Board of Adjustment to allow a $100,000 funeral parlor near a cemetery, arguing the trip from his current home to the burial ground is too long. About 15 residents opposed the location, and the board took the request under advisement.
A 1,200-pound steer figure, 22 feet long and nearly 13 feet high, built from plastic and other materials, blocked a busy street in San Antonio on Friday. Police said vandals pulled the sign on a trailer advertising a nearby steak restaurant, halting traffic until it could be moved.
Instructions urge Tribune readers to call their carrier and provide an alternate contact HE 1 3400 after p.m. if the carrier cannot be reached. The wording implies a public notice guiding readers to use the listed line for post meridiem contact.
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