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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
4
President Johnson delivers a state of the union proposing a $10.4 billion spending rise funded by inflation, wage hikes, and debt costs. He argues for guns and butter while Congress vows to curb spending, likely rejecting a 10 percent surtax, risking higher prices.
The author recalls thick river ice used for skating near Forest Park, with six to eight inch slabs cut and hauled to an icehouse. Ice costs 15 cents per 100 pounds, skates cost about 2.25, and children played shinny, tag, and crack the whip before bonfires on the riverbank. Parents skated as well, sharing cold winters of the past.
Tribune files note a five day chamber of commerce business clinic will explain OPA and ODT rules to business men. Officials dispute a Kansas City Star claim of statewide vice while Chanute reports no public gambling or liquor law violations and notes beer joints adhere to closing hours. Erie officials reappoint Chanute Tribune as county paper for two years.
The Pearson and Anderson column details a bitter rift between President Johnson and Senator Kennedy over FBI wiretaps. It notes no memorandum authorizing Kennedy's wiretap nor Baker probe, and cites Ramsey Clark confirming the absence of Kennedy authorization, shaping party unity and 1964 election implications.
In a reader exchange, Dr. Molner emphasizes medical evaluation for a boy nearly ten who weighs 100 pounds. He warns against starvation, notes fat intake, exercise, and meal planning, and suggests high fiber foods and bulk for fullness while maintaining nutrition.
Local news brief round up from Chanute Kansas detailing community events, school notes, and city notices dated Monday January 22 1968. Highlights include civic updates and upcoming local happenings for residents.
In this panel of Ann Landers guidance from 1967, a reader asks if skipping graveside visits harms respect for deceased parents while another questions mail etiquette and postage free service. Landers clarifies visits to cemeteries are for the living, condemns postage free mail inboxes, and urges professional grounding for electrical work to prevent electrocution hazards.
Detective Joseph C. Folio Sr. won the 1967 Baltimore Sunpapers Policeman of the Year award, receiving a $1,000 check he planned to give to Patrolman Joseph Huffman who was blinded in the arrest. Folio credited his partner Detective Vincent J. Dicarlo for vital work on the nurse's aide murder case.
The country hosts over 240000 buses with more than half designated as school buses, highlighting a vast student transport fleet and its reliance on school service vehicles.
In 1871 the United States used 23 different railroad gauges across tracks and cars, with widths ranging from 3 to 6 feet. This notable diversity reflected regional practices before standardization efforts aligned gauges nationwide.
Prime time features Gunsmoke Cowboy in Africa and The Monkees. Rowan and Martin Lucy Shaw Rat Patrol and Andy Griffith air across channels with Family Affair Peyton Place Felony Squad and I Spy. Detailing late news from Dirksen Washington and Carol Barnett.
Tuesday schedule from KVOO TV line up lists daytime and evening programs across channels 2 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 24. Entries include Today Show Jack LaLanne The Fugitive The Beverly Hillbillies Jeopardy Love of Life News Hour Merv Griffin Merv, Tonight Show Joey Bishop and World events segments with multiple soap operas and cartoons.
NBC airs The Monkees at 6 30 p m followed by Rowan and Martin Laugh In at 7 p m. CBS has Family Affair at 8 30 p m while ABC presents a senator’s Capitol Hill reminiscence at 9 p m. NBC clocks 9 p m with I Spy as trainees face danger in a simulated dragnet starring Culp Cosby and Smith.
Instructions urge readers to call their Tribune phone number for carrier help and provide an after hours contact at HE 1 3400 after 6 pm for unavailable reach.
New York actor Arthur Reardon, 31, of Manhattan, paid 1000 in Traffic Court and posted 500 bail after being fined 3545 by Criminal Court Judge Walter Bayer for failing to answer 141 traffic summonses. The sum was the largest in a six week enforcement campaign.
A provincial collection of witty lines cites money as a dandy down payment and jokes about a golfing wife needing more practice with two irons. The quips reflect lighthearted, local humor as printed in the era.
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