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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1968
Page
8
HAL BOYLE offers a humorous status checklist for adults facing modern social pressure. The piece lists indicators of high status such as a wallet full of credit cards, multiple Christmas cards, travel to exclusive destinations, and luxury conveniences, while contrasting them with changes in family life and spending. It ends with a warning to balance status and avoid being overwhelmed by it.
The report details a series of Sunday visits in Parsons and nearby towns plus a planned First Christian church Chain of Prayer event. The observance runs from January 24 to Easter and aims to cover all brotherhood congregations with continuous prayer for evangelistic witness and church renewal.
Charles Henshall discussed the Keepon-OConnell plan for settling liability claims from traffic accidents at the Kiwanis meeting last night in the Tioga Hotel. Robert Pennington chaired. Ben Barber Jr inducted. Dave Benson was a guest. Wilbur Allison presided as president.
The Methodist Church reports worldwide benevolence contributions up 7.8 percent from last year with 6 102 115 dollars donated in the past six months.
Karl Vollmer and Donald McDonald appointed by Missouri probate court as executors for ancillary administration of Jane Jones Vollmer in Kansas. Robert Pennington named resident agent for service. notices to creditors due within nine months. Attorneys Henshall and Pennington, Chanute, announce probate judge Alberta Gough seals the document.
TOPEKA Kansas State Sen. Steadman Pall R Atchison says his judiciary committee will not trip anyone on the way to marriage plans. Ball noted the panel considered raising the state share of the $3 50 marriage license fee from 1 to 2 dollars but rejected it. The sentiment was that anyone with a buck should be able to marry.
On this date in history notable events include Warsaw’s liberation by Soviet and Polish forces in 1945, Benjamin Franklin born in 1706, James Cook crossing the Antarctic Circle in 1773, the United States taking Wake Island in 1899, US purchase of the Virgin Islands in 1917, Japanese proximity to Singapore in 1942, a Boston armored car heist in 1950 that netted $1.5 million.
TORONTO AP A member of the Ontario legislature Fred M. Young told a church conference that churches can wield very powerful influence on government if their influence is united and insistent in its demands.
Yesterday’s dam pool levels listed in feet above sea level with entries for Normal conservation pool and Fall River. The readable data includes placeholders and lacks precise measurements or locations.
The Junior High BYF at First Baptist Church hosted an afternoon skating event in Humboldt with fine ice. Sponsors are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Newman. Nearby visits included Norman Shannon and family and extended relatives from Wellsville and Kansas City.
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