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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1969
Page
2
A critical editorial rejects Senator Dirksen proposal to set one house of state legislatures by nonpopulation criteria. It warns against concentrating power in a few experts and argues that history shows people revolt when a small elite rules. The piece asserts Dirksen doubts popular judgment and notes his discomfort with current arrangements.
A critical defense of stricter income disclosure rails against private influence on lawmakers. The speaker blasts Illinois Senators for hiding earnings from votes and urges maintaining the Kansas document while praising the White House AMA alliance and Thurmond as key to the current political climate.
Lincoln, Brickman, and community leaders discuss forming a compact civic group. Meetings outline goals for local improvement, fundraising, and outreach to residents. The initiative seeks inclusive participation and sustainable projects.
AP writer Jerry Buck surveys Los Angeles studios as carpenters assemble elaborate sets for The New Doctors on NBC and Mission Impossible at Paramount. Leonard Nimoy works a Che Guevara look while Gunsmoke shoots on CBS backlot. actors share memories of Republic Studios and old ranches between takes.
Twenty five years ago Tribune Files notes that local residents largely expect unconditional Nazi defeat, with war news casting a quick end to World War II. Lt George Donaldson visits from Quonset Point while several residents join a Pittsburg dance revue and others update on local life. A newborn arrives at Johnson Hospital and aviation optimism grows for postwar air travel. Creel Tom Mix and William S Hart films show at Hetrick theater with 10 and 15 cent prices.
A Salina Kansas supermarket posted a sign addressing complaints about grocery prices. The placard reads If you think beef is high, cigarettes are $6.59 a pound. The quip aims to highlight price disparity and grab attention.
In a reader column, Dr. Thosteson explains that long term use of a tranquilizer at low dose rarely causes side effects, and that bone meal is unlikely to affect kidney stones. He emphasizes hydration to reduce stone risk and notes he cannot answer every letter due to volume.
Washington post analyzes the clash between President Nixon and Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois. It cites Dirksen blocking appointments, pressing for a constitutional convention, and steering policy against liberal GOP aims, while urging a renewal of the party in northern cities.
The piece argues elders faulting the New Left for lacking a sense of history finds little traction with dissidents. It claims revolution is pursued as a cure for social ills without heed to historical outcomes and labels certain nihilists as disregarding consequences of disorder.
Terry Murphy argues that elders neglect today’s injustices and hypocrisy erodes youths faith in due process. He notes wars stain a Christian nation and cites voting rights denial as example, urging present awareness to restore interest in history.
About 2,300 fans filled Ottawa's National Arts Center to hear Duke Ellington and his 16 piece orchestra. The 70 year old pianist composer performed his old classics and one of his latest compositions Belle Africaine written for a trip to Senegal.
TV schedule listing multiple channels tonight includes a 6:50 ABC special Summer Focus Breedbasket about a Chicago self help project, a 8:00 film Trial Run with a lawyer’s aide, 9:00 Angel Baby with George Hamilton, and classics Operation Secret Tunes of Glory. Daytime programs also noted.
TV log lists daytime and evening lineups across KVOO TV channels detailing shows from 6:25 a.m. to midnight. Entries include cartoons, soap operas, game shows, news, talk shows, and sports events featuring hosts and series such as Today Show, Guiding Light, Love of Life, Jeopardy, Perry Mason, Gun shows, and Royals baseball listings for July 8.
Chanute public librarian Jean Gray reports 1969 midyear circulation up from 1968 with interlibrary loans rising as SEK Library System links expand. Loans received reach 225 of last year and loans sent 712. total six month circulation is 31,808. Budget cuts threaten K I C and local buildings. new titles include Seven Conquests and 100 Years of Science Fiction. Vatican Empire, After College What, and The Third Half noted.
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