Arkansas River navigation set to begin next October
Washington AP reports Arkansas expects the 9 foot navigation channel to open to Little Rock next October, reaching Fort Smith in 1969 and Catoosa Oklahoma in 1970 as part of a 1.2 billion river development. The project aims to boost industry, coal sales, and agricultural and mineral markets along 445 miles of river and canal links.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Muskogee
Okla
Verdigris River
Catoosa
Tulsa
Eufaula Reservoir
Canadian River
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Hutchinson
Kan
Some of the Past Is Recalled By Hal Boyle
A reflection on memories as memory keys to past rooms of the mind. Vignettes recall midcentury habits and social quirks from drinking to jobs, roads, hobbies, and youth, showing how bitterness fades while joyful recollections persist through time.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rural Water District Work In Eastern Woodson County
In eastern Woodson County the Woodson County Rural Water District No. 1 reports extensive activity with about 75 miles of plastic pipe unloaded at Piqua and 25 miles laid. The Neosho River dam at Neosho Falls is remodeled for the district plant with Neosho River supplying water. Two large tanks to be erected at Neosho Falls and Piqua. District has 135 signers. officers include Maurice W. Riley and T. L. McNett as chairs, secretary Webb Dreiling, treasurer Forest Ruse and Rod Quinecy. Also notes a veterans meeting, a Peale lecture on enthusiasm, and a cosmetics demonstration for Color I coursework with 13 women present.
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Yates Center
Woodson County
Woodson County Rural Water Dist
Piqua
Neosho
Neosho Falls
Neosho River
Maurice W. Riley
T. L. McNett
Milton Schornick
Webb. Dreiling
Forest Ruse
Rod Quinecy
Norman Vincent Peale
Mary Lee Edwards
County Extension Home
Carter Ward
Chanute
Peale
Miss Edwards
Mrs. Ward
Community notices from Turkey Creek Church gathering and local obituaries
The WSWS of Turkey Creek Church met at Marian Mulson's home with 14 members two visitors and three children present. A memorial service for Paul E Peterson 47 was held at Smith Funeral Home with Rev. Buttermore and soloist Rev. George Almquist officiating. Peterson who coached school transportation and athletic programs in Yates Center is survived by his widow Doris two daughters Elizabeth Hatch Kathleen Schuster and three sons John Thomas Michael. Weather allowed farmers to plow and plant early garden work. Ray Stoll was taken to KU Medical Center Kansas City Kan and Mrs Stoll returned home Car Stoll drove to Kansas City with Mrs Ray Stoll on Saturday.
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WSWS
Turkey Creek
Marian Mulson
Anna Bacon
Paul E. Peterson
W. C. Buttermore
George Almquist
Smith Funeral Home
Peterson
Yates Center
Doris
Elizebeth Hatch
Leon
Kathleen Schuster
Long Beach
Calif
John
Topeka
Thomas
Michael
Ray V. Stoll
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Gold in Trees and Other Oddities in a Mailbag World
A column of curious notes highlights gold found in willow fir and aspen trees but warns against cutting for metal. It notes educational gaps in elementary libraries, spider-mothering, aging workers’ income gaps, Swiss romance via flowerpots, and a Ziggy of quotes. It also mentions sleep habits, the fangufan gu bamboo flute, smoking patterns, and rural-urban shifts with a Twain quip.
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Hal Boyle
New York
National Geographic
Woodsman
Humphrey to Speak at Coast Guard Academy Commencement
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey accepted an invitation to address the Coast Guard Academy at its 82nd annual commencement on June 4 in New London Connecticut. A Soviet space scientist reported Pravda that the weather satellite system located over 1000 atmospheric fronts and tracked 500 typhoons in its first six months of operation.
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New London
Moscow
Ivan Andronov
Pravda
Chanute Tribune Briefs Roundup March 11 1968
Local page notes various briefs from Chanute and surrounding area. Highlights include civic meetings, school events, and community notices with the day’s timetable and key participants.
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The
Chanute Tribune
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Mexico City
Congress
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Dardanelle
Kerr
Webber Falls
Keystone
Oogalah
Ft. Gibson
Tenkiller
McClellan
Army
Chicago
St. Paul
Sioux City
Pittsburgh
Knoxville
New Orleans
Mobile
Panama City
Texas Coast
Rotary
Kiwanis Club
Edgar Guest
R.O.T.C
Rural Water District
Veterans of
Auxiliary
George Pickering
Fleming
Peggy Fleming
Colorado Springs
Colo
U.S
Geneva
Switzerland
Peggy
Motorola
Rollow TV
Santa Fe
America
Earth
George Bernard Shaw
Tonga Islands
Pacific
Mark Twain
Lenneys
Lor Ie
Tea Lee
Troy
Scandia
Penney's Fashion Manor
Gaymode
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