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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
2
Brief notices share practical camping, fishing and household tips. Eggs stored in jars prevent breakage for picnics, nylon net baiting aids fishing, pockets iron smoother with paper, embroider initials on quilts, stamps regain glue by dampening another stamp, and using kitchen space efficiently with designated bins.
On June 11 1966 the day notes the 162nd day of the year and lists past milestones including the 1776 appointment of a committee to draft a declaration of independence with Jefferson Franklin Adams Livingston and Sherman. It recalls a 1956 AMA meeting where Salk and Scheele discussed polio vaccine progress and a 1961 KLM turboprop crash at Cairo killing 20 of 36 aboard with additional Iran context.
Tonight the schedule features men's softball Highland Park i Gl Forum versus St. Paul at 6:30, adult archery at Santa Fe Park, and tennis at Highland Park at 7. Major League games include Consolidated Oil against Merle Kelly Ford at 7, First National Bank versus Bank of Commerce at 9, and American Legion baseball Chanute at Columbus at 9. Sunday's lineup lists Chanute Gray Lumber at Nowata at 2, Chanute American Legion at Garnett doubleheader, and Chanute softball: Highland Park Chanute girls versus St. Paul girls at 7:30.
Two recent marriages are recorded Mr and Mrs Alvin Smith and Mr and Mrs John Walters. Mrs Smith is Verna Shook and Mrs Walters is Karen Herbert. The Smiths will live in Yates Center and Mrs Walters in Wichita. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Richard Winder of Erie. Various social visits are noted including Bible school in Lavonburg and a hospital observation for Eben Claus. The article also mentions a home products party hosted by Karen Shook and a Venus list of venomous ocean fish.
An earthquake rocked a small city killing 50 people. A year earlier about 225 individuals were arrested in civil rights protests sweeping Chicago. Among the arrestees were James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, and comedian Dick Gregory.
Grades three through six held a class party on the Methodist church lawn with teachers Mines Harold Becannon Follmer and Calvin Clinesmith assisted by Naomi Becannon. Guests included Connie Summerville moving to Neodesha and Kathryn Engstrom Independence Missouri. Several families hosted and visited, with special music by Rev. Ron Bumstead and ushers Calvin Clinesmith and Fred Whitney.
Chanute Tribune details staff positions including publisher Dwight McCreight news editor John Hovorka and ad/mail staff. It lists subscription options by mail and carrier, in and outside trade territory, with monthly and quarterly rates and post office boxholder terms. It notes Association privileges for local news and dispatches.
Yesterday and current readings show John Redmond and Fall River reservoirs with normal pools listed in feet above sea level. Discharge figures are provided in cubic feet per second, with partial data for Fall River and Toronto.
A fragment notes individuals visiting their aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Charles Costello in Wichita, highlighting family ties and travel plans amid a larger local social scene.
Chanute Tribune notes that Gaatama Buddha prophesied monks would leave monasteries 2,500 years after his death to spread teachings. The article recalls that anniversary was observed in 1956.
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