01 May 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1969
Page
1
The Denver Mint operates two 12 hour shifts seven days a week to stamp pennies for banks, with the San Francisco mint also producing overtime. Betty Higby, the mint superintendent, notes pennies are leaving production as fast as possible despite bank shortages.
New York State Supreme Court Justice signed a warrant today for the arrest of students occupying two buildings at Columbia University. At Stanford University more than 100 antiwar demonstrators ended a sit in after about 100 police officers were deployed in front of the building. No arrests were made. Four other New York City campuses faced trouble in the ongoing student unrest. The justice said the students will get a lesson.
European May Day reduces military parades with Moscow dropping displays in Red Square while Czechoslovakia tightens security in Prague. Western capitals brace for protests as Britain, France, and Portugal encounter strikes and bans amid student and worker demonstrations.
Garden City may operate on Central Daylight Time while Finney County observes Mountain Daylight Time. Art Stone says federal orders could resolve the issue as a regional daylight saving dispute involves 20 counties and parts of six others. In Neodesha, Oregon journalists Donald Reed and Edward Piel buy the Neodesha Daily Sun from Paul A. Guess, a 63 year old paper.
Police probe the double homicide of Barbara Coughlin 22 and Mary Ann Adler 20 found in a bloodied ground floor apartment. No motive or suspects named. a third resident Glenda Burton 21 is hospitalized and a neighbor reports no sounds before dawn.
Mississippi River towns in Iowa and Missouri guard against rising waters as flood crests push 700 miles of river into flood stage. Army Corps warns of possible levee breaches upstream. precautionary levee work has limited damage since prior 1960s floods, though farmers homeowners and businesses report millions in losses, with peak flooding from Burlington Iowa to Clarksville Missouri.
A cool front moves into western Kansas with possible showers this afternoon. scattered showers may reach eastern Kansas by Friday. Southerly winds to 35 mph. Tonight lows mid 30s to 60s, highs 60s to mid 80s. Area forecast calls for fair, windy and warm through Friday with highs 80 to 85 and a 60s to 80s Friday across regions.
A letter intercepted from Cha notes U S mints operating extra shifts to produce pennies as the one cent piece loses buying power. The item’s new use is questioned in the era of inflation.
Five of ten Americans climbing Mount Dhaulagiri in western Nepal have died along the icy southeast slopes. Two native guides also perished in the accident as a rescue team reached the remote site two days from helicopter access. The expedition was sponsored by the American Alpine Club of New York.
Neosho County Sheriff George Neely investigates a break-in at the Hays Brothers Service station two miles north of Stark on US 59. The thieves took four tires four cigarette cartons and $15 from the register, with entry at about 1 50 a.m. after cutting power. door damage tallies about 75 and the pop machine was tampered with but cash remained. Owners are John L and Norman Hays of Savonburg.
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