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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1968
Page
6
Jewel thief Murph the Surf and three companions battle police at the Pine Tree One mansion. They raid a 19 room home, bind two women, threaten violence, and flee after a silent alarm triggers police response. Bond set high. later canceled.
President Johnson sent Congress a 76.7 billion defense appropriation for fiscal 1969 aiming to preserve Vietnam independence and secure nuclear and conventional forces. Vietnam would account for about one third of the total and total armed forces would number around 3.477 million by June 1969 with about 517 thousand in Vietnam. The plan depends on course of the Vietnam War and the Pueblo incident.
Humboldt reports the Ruby Wright Circle of the Baptist Church met at Mrs. Lawrence Rinehart’s home with 13 members and a guest Evelyn Pullman. Virginia Circle plans Family Night for Feb 15 and lunch for Grace Hill Associational Meeting on Feb 4. Local visits and hospital news also noted along with Jan 22 teaching update in Topeka schools and a defense budget boost for Sentinel antimissile work in the early 1970s.
Craven and family attended the wedding of his nephew Stanley Eugene Craven to Maria Kay Thompson at the First Methodist church in Medicine Lodge. Craven is the son of Gene and (unnamed) Craven of Laurel Maryland and will graduate from the University of Kansas in spring.
Phillip W. Markham calls from Thailand to say he serves in Vietnam as a cook in the army. A birthday dinner honors Gerda Offenbacker and R. E. Mannen at the Roy Mannen and Dixie Offenbacker home. Various locals visit friends and family across Iola Emporia Yates Center Chanute Neodesha and Leon as weekly church and social gatherings are noted.
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