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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
1
The Neosho County Taxpayers Association voted to become permanent. Don Sailors Eric Rash chairman and Harry Rush secretary head the group with Charles Bruner added. Directors represent cities and townships across the county and plan by laws with John White to file them.
Intercepted letter describes cool winds from southern snowfields and ends with a sign off. It includes guidance to call a Tribune contact if the carrier can be reached, with a phone number provided after 6 p.m.
Three Chanute juniors at Chanute Senior High School were chosen to attend the 26th annual Sunflower Girls State at Kansas University Lawrence from June 9 to 16. Selected were Janie Corbitt Linda Ford and Susan Kensett with alternates Joyce Baldwin Cathy Erickson and Vicki Kidwell.
Neosho county commissioners approved purchasing a 10 yard diesel dump truck from Ewen Motor Co of Erie for 11848 to replace a traded 1961 unit. They also bought an addressograph machine at 9208 with state aid of 4044 for welfare records tax rolls payroll and other uses with expected time savings to recoup cost in two years.
Police arrested Irene Sinclair in Iola yesterday on shoplifting charges at the Farmers Discount Center. In police court she was found guilty and fined 25 dollars.
Gov. Robert Docking vetoed the 115 million school aid measure saying it lacks long term finance, relief for taxpayers, and raising funds. He will appoint a non partisan citizens committee to study teachers economic status and report by December 1. Docking also said he signed 79 bills into law.
The Area Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with windy and warm conditions tonight. Friday brings cooler temperatures with a low in the upper 40s and highs in the 50s, while widespread rain is possible with a cold front. Winds from the south reach 35 to 63 mph, with fire danger noted in dry eastern regions.
U S soldiers report 12 dead and eight wounded after a midday ambush on Route 14 in the central highlands nine miles north of Pleiku. The clash left 48 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead, with heavy enemy rockets and weapons used. U S tanks helicopters and armor fought back, then cleared the road.
FBI data show a 23 percent increase in major city crime in 1967, led by a 27 percent jump in robbery and 12 percent more murders. Violent crimes rose 15 percent, with gun use rising and armed robbery up 30 percent. arrests of youths up 8 percent, overall clearance down 7 percent from 1966.
A New York housewife discovers appliances were not in her deed and a neighbor grocer overcharges after a blank check. Prof Henry Sellin, 61, says the Woman's Law Course at NYU teaches practical rights awareness to women aged 18 to 75, from purchasing to divorce. The aim is to empower without turning housewives into lawyers.
At the Erie courthouse steps a foreclosed property at 507 S Central sold yesterday. The mortgage holder Railroad Building Loan and Savings Assn bid $5,575.41 and was the lone bid in the sheriff s sale.
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log totaling 10 for March and 105 for 1968 in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. comparison period, with 90 deaths for the same span in 1967.
Kansas Clean Air Will Be Promoted TO PEKA AP The state Economic Development Commission will stress clean air and central location in upcoming national advertising. Director Jack Lacy said surveys show these two points most influence people to visit Kansas.
The Thompson Pediatrics Wing at Neosho Memorial Hospital is free of encumbrance after bond payments totaling 77,225.26 in stocks and bonds funded the retirement. The county bond issue of 75,000 aided construction, with the hospital reimbursing the county from Thompson estate proceeds. The 1965 wing opened in October 1965 and features four bed rooms, a two-bed room, isolation capacity, a nurses station, play area, and waiting room. A memorial plaque honors C. D. and Nora E. Thompson.
Europe faces an unprecedented gold rush with Paris, London, Zurich, and Frankfurt buyers flooding markets. Banks struggle to meet demand as confidence in paper money collapses and officials debate foreign payments deficits and potential gold pool curtailments.
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