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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
10
New York AP reports the CPI has risen for 28 straight months and the dollar has lost purchasing power. Labor Department figures show the average worker with three dependents had $78.23 in buying power in May, signaling a stagnant wage realignment despite pay increases.
The Eagle Springs resort between Troy and Highland in Doniphan County, once a popular 75 year vacation spot with hotels and baths, is abandoned with only springs and a large pool remaining. Locals recall Lookout Mountain views and legends of healing waters, while earlier owner Plank built attractions before capital ran dry and the resort faded. Visitors once rode excursion trains from Burlington and sought Indian arrowheads amid rugged timber. Public notices also report on Lawrence fund shuttling Ballard Center finances and Vanderbilt’s removed suggestion box, plus Kansas tax talks and long term dollar decline through 1969 trends.
A $268 809 HEW grant enables a Wichita station to start channel 8 broadcasts in October or November. Sunflower Educational Television Corp president Thomas J. Morris says four years of effort culminates in the funding to buy transmitting gear and launches a campaign to raise $50,000 for the first year’s operating budget.
Due to the death of my wife I will sell the described property at public auction. Location is the farm 17 miles west and 3 1/2 miles south of 4th and Broadway in Pittsburg Kansas or 2 miles north of McCune Kansas. Auction details follow.
Auction listing for a 160 acre farm with 85 acres native pasture and alfalfa, two 2 bedroom homes, barn and sheds. 62 head Holstein Guernsey Ayrshire and Jersey cattle plus 4 yearlings and calves, farm machinery, hay and household items. Cash on personal property. farm terms 20 percent down with balance on delivery of merchantable title.
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