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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1969
Page
1
Postmaster Blount announced Apollo 11 will carry a special moon letter and an engraved 10 cent airmail stamp die for the first lunar mail. Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin will hand cancel the letter with a Moon Landing U.S.A. postmark dated July 20, 1969.
A three year government study funded by the FDA found two thirds of medicines used in the United States are badly labeled and many are partly or totally ineffective. The $1 million review covered 4000 drug preparations, 85 percent prescription and 15 percent OTC, representing 80 percent of total sales. Seven percent were totally ineffective for all cited claims.
Bonny the astromonk died of a heart attack likely linked to lowered body temperature after a six hour autopsy by a team of scientists. A final autopsy report is pending for months as NASA officials and Dr. W Ross Adey discuss possible causes including immobilization in weightlessness and a too cool capsule during the nine day flight.
Herbert Hoover Jr., longtime State Department deputy under John Foster Dulles, died at Huntington Community Hospital in Pasadena after a week’s illness. He avoided publicity and did not capitalize on his father’s name, valuing the outdoors, travel, and mining engineering.
A New York congressman criticized State Department funding for a University of Kansas theater group touring Eastern Europe after a four letter word sketch titled Chicago was to be performed. The department deleted the sketch, deeming it inappropriate, while insisting the tour proceed. The trip cost about 3000 dollars and involved five students and a professor led by Frederic M. Litto.
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched Cosmos 289 into orbit on an unspecified mission. Earlier informants said a moon probe would try to return moon soil samples, but officials gave no confirmation of a lunar experiment.
A brief weather forecast notes a modest improvement in conditions. Mild temperatures expected with light winds and limited rainfall across the region.
Senate debate over ABM unfolds with Gore and Percy clashing with Stennis and Jackson. Gore accuses ABM supporters of shifting from defending missile deterrence to aiding Nixon in disarmament talks. Percy calls the argument pure hogwash as ABM supporters push for Safeguard to bolster talks with the Soviet Union.
Retail sales in Neosho County for March rise 12.9 percent from a year earlier per Kansas Business Review figures. Labette Allen Bourbon Crawford Cherokee counties show gains, Woodson Wilson Montgomery post losses. estimates rely on tax collections. ABM debate and defense split noted with Stennis Jackson and Laird testimony referenced.
Chanute housing authority moves to gain knowledge on federal programs by meeting weekly for a month. They will hear architectural firms and turn key developers, study projects in other Kansas cities, and wait for HUD speakers until the Chanute application is approved.
The State Department confirmed a secret defense contingency with Thailand but denied any expansion of U S commitments beyond the Southeast Asia treaty. Senator Fulbright claimed a covert agreement enlarged U S military support for Thailand. Bangkok’s Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn said the pact is not a secret agreement.
The initial batch of 9th Regiment Marines departed from Quang Tri en route to Okinawa, as the 8 000 strong unit prepares for arrival. U S. command reported last week’s battle deaths at 153, the lowest in six months, with 1 548 wounded. Civilian weather updates accompany the dispatch.
Kansas officials announce disciplinary action for inmates in a fenced compound at Lansing Penitentiary after fires destroyed two of three temporary 12 by 40 foot buildings. Damages estimated at 10600 dollars. Forty six inmates remain, with stricter prohibitions and reduced outside hospital admissions. Doctor Hugo L Ramirez appointed fulltime prison physician.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the 25th Vietnam peace talks in Paris the United States will negotiate and compromise but will not capitulate. He said North Vietnam and the Viet Cong demand withdrawal of allied forces and reject mutual withdrawal, keeping the deadlock.
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