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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
4
A national map in U.S. News and World Report highlights hunger in three unnamed Southeast Kansas communities. A Citizens' Board of Inquiry urges expanded emergency food programs financed by federal funds amid rising unemployment and stagnant retail business.
A traveler recounts arriving early, facing baggage delays, losing a large bag and a hanging bag, and receiving a hopeful airline promise. The next morning the bags are reunited though a damaged hanger is found. The piece ends with a wry remark that such mishaps justify staying home.
Thirty border fence along Chanute Municipal airport will be torn down and grading on the abandoned Fourteenth Street road will extend the landing field nearly three quarters of a mile south. City Engineer Ralph Reeves says work starts immediately to expand the airport for growing air traffic at the CAA war training service school.
The transcript records Stokely Carmichael speaking with Mike Laguardia of Radio Havana Cuba about Martin Luther King Jr. being assassinated. Carmichael links the murder to Black unrest, saying revolution looms as black leaders are jailed or killed and urging calm to prevent riots.
A fashion quip notes that every few years the industry rechecks the female kneecap for improvement. The columnist, Parsons Sua, skeptical that progress is often apparent.
Medical column reviews when dark or tarry stools indicate possible upper GI bleeding and urges immediate medical evaluation. Dr. Mother explains causes from ulcers to medications and discusses diagnostic paths from labs to X rays, stressing early diagnosis.
Chanute Tribune reports from May 4 1968 cover local events, civic notes and community updates. Readers see brief items on town meetings, school news and upcoming events with emphasis on local people and places.
A reader asks about dumping decades of love letters from exes as moving harms. Ann Landers urges patience and long tolerance, predicting a future where ego crutches may be discarded, and vows a golden anniversary. She also counsel on reconciling estranged son and future daughter in law, urging action. A parent worries over a rebellious stepdaughter seeking summer with grandmother and a costly trip.
Friday’s paper lists Jackie Gleason Dating Game and The Saint at early slots. Newlywed Game and My Three Sons follow, with Get Smart, Lawrence Welk, Hogan’s Heroes and Petticoat Junction in prime time. Hollywood Palace, Mannix and Grand Ole Opry cap the night.
Channel schedule fragment outlines morning to late night programs across stations KVOO WDAF KMBC KUHI KOAM KODE WIBW and more, noting show names like Today Show Jack LaLanne Bugs Bunny Perry Mason The Tonight Show and regional airings with local time blocks and interruptions.
NBC offers Get Smart at 7 30 p m and The Chalk Garden at 6 p m with John Mills Hayley Mills and Deborah Kerr. CBS features Ed Sullivan at 6 30 p m with guests Diana Ross and the Supremes Fred Waring and his Glee Club and Robert Goulet. Pernell Roberts stars in a Smothers Brothers episode followed by Mission Impossible at 9 p m.
Jay Plowman a 29 year old Washington high school teacher who worked part time as a trailer homes mover was crushed when a 10 by 60 foot unit slipped from a concrete block while he unhooked a gas hose beneath it He was freed after hydraulic jacks lifted the trailer and died at the University of Kansas Medical Center Plowman taught business education and mathematics in Washington and taught night courses in Kansas City Kansas Community Junior College and at Leavenworth federal penitentiary.
A reader asks if a girl should stay or be allowed to leave for a vacation to improve behavior. The response: let her go, advise a vacation apart for both, and write Ann Landers for further help.
In Pittsburg Kansas Omaha and Emporia State reached the finals of the Central Conference baseball tournament. Omaha is 2-0 and Emporia 2-1 in the double elimination format with a possible second game at 5 30 p m if Emporia wins. Omaha defeated Fort Hays 5 3 and Emporia eliminated Pittsburg State 4 2.
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