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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1969
Page
4
Alaska to South Korea shipments will airlift 240 reindeer from Anchorage to Seoul aboard a Boeing 707. South Korean investors back the project to test adaptation for food and medicine uses, with rancher John Zumstein supervising and extra stock planned if successful.
Detroit AP says auto production climbed to 197 821 cars this week from 194 455 last week with seven plants operating Saturday versus eight prior. Year to date output reaches 473 259, below 1968's pace. truck output falls to 30 395 from last week.
Labette County will implement a 30 percent rise in real estate assessments this year after an order from state valuation director Ronald F. Dwyer. County Clerk Quincy Greer said taxes for 1969 will reflect the change, with notices to property owners around March 1 and payment due November 1. The prior suit to block the 1968 changes was dropped.
Three Chanute High School graduates Rita Moore Wayne Benson and Laird Leverenz attending Kansas State College of Pittsburg will meet with prospective KSC students at the high school during semester break. They were chosen on recommendations from former principals KSC faculty and the Student Educational Affairs Commission.
Police investigated a break-in at McKenzies filling station 1701 Santa Fe yesterday. A window was pried open to gain entry and two batteries six volt and twelve volt were taken. Some oil was reported missing pending inventory.
Chris Golay reported a theft from his 1958 Chevrolet in the city lot beside the public library. A stereo tape player nine tapes and two speakers were taken after a side window was broken. Estimated value about eighty dollars.
John Paten Davies Jr. 60 wins a renewed security clearance after 14 years to work as a consultant for MIT led study on arms control policy in developing nations for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He was formerly dismissed from the Foreign Service in the 1950s over alleged lack of judgment based on China reports.
Ro land Sackrider received life imprisonment for his role in the August murders of Sally Giles and Patricia Ortega near Westmoreland Kansas. Dennis Hoffman and James Keating, both 22, also pleaded guilty to first degree murder and await sentences.
Daily census lists 77 adults and pediatrics and six babies. Names and locations for patients and their medical statuses appear, with one visitor allowed per immediate family. A birth is noted for Wendell Allen at 619 West 14th.
Building permits issued for L H Kensinger 1102 N Rutter cost 16000 Berthot Construction 903 S Western cost 10000 and 901 S Western cost 10000 Dale Pierce 302 N Highland utility building cost 150 A R Hudspeth 1206 S Highland house cost 13000 Police summons issued Friday 11 05 p m Robert R Bockover R 3 charged with driving without a license and careless driving held at city jail Bond posted or disposition Today 1 20 a m Gerald Maxor 1718 S Evergreen careless driving failure to stop at stop sign Police Court Actions Roy Hawes 3 E Elm posted 25 bond intoxication arrest Thursday
The notice states regular classified ads are accepted until 10 am on publication day or 9 am Saturday. Display classifieds require a Noon deadline the day before publication.
Jan Wilkinson 26, son of Bud Wilkinson, leads a small team to pack and code Nixon preinaugural records at the Hotel Pierre. Two truck loads with Yellow Stickers for the White House and red for the Executive Office Building depart from 450 Park Avenue as the operation continues.
Infant Lori Ilene Matlock daughter of Cecil and Mrs Matlock of R 3 died at KU Medical Center Kansas City born Chanute January 12 Survived by parents maternal grandmother Lois Ping 1018 N Steuben maternal great grandparents Gus Carlb ur g 509 N Central paternal grandparents Daniel Matlock 1017 N Steuben paternal great grandfather Ole Ball 1711 S Central graveside service 11 a.m. Monday Elmwood Cemetery Rev E M Pearson officiating Johnson Mortuary in charge.
Biologist Thangart Colvin of Fitzgerald studied red jungle fowl in Fort Valley using radio collars. The first collar lasted three months but he tracked the bird only five days before finding only feathers and the collar. He mourned that something caught and ate the bird.
Sidney Seidenberg, Maryland's first heart transplant patient, leaves Johns Hopkins Hospital after 55 days. The 56 year old former real estate broker underwent the world’s 93rd heart transplant, receiving a donor heart from a 26 year old man. He says he must take it easy and cannot play baseball. Pearl Seidenberg remarks on the constraint.
Chanute Tribune publishes daily except Sunday with staff including Dwight MecCreight as publisher Jerry Murphy editor and Keith Wright managing editor The paper lists subscription rates for trade territory and Chanute postal customers and notes AP membership with exclusive local news rights.
ST. PAUL The Exchange State Bank will begin construction soon of a new 60 by 60 foot building for its operations. President Ralph A. Gouvion said the site is half a block south of the current structure and the facility should be ready for occupancy by late summer. Construction will start as soon as weather cooperates.
Bill Herman of Piqua was named chairman of the Woodson County Board of Commissioners. Other members named to the board include Virgil Winfrey and Edwin Mike Fulhage at the reorganization meeting.
Yates Center High School band performed the winter concert Tuesday in the high school auditorium. A trumpet trio featuring John Kunkel Langley Martin and Joe Grisier highlighted the program. Richard Honish directs the band.
Classified notices express gratitude to Rev. C F Rains Bryant Nursing Home and others for sympathy after Mary Jane Grady's passing. Community ads promote Electrolux vacuum supplies, Alcoholics Anonymous, a free weekly cash drawing, and local events. Job ads seek truck operator warehouse supervisor and licensed practical nurse positions in Fort Scott area.
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