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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
4
Manuel and Mary Perez of Wellington praise Chanute for its hospitality during the spring Kansas Campers convention. They commend city officials and volunteers for their cooperation and generous donation of time and funds, expressing gratitude and a wish for the city’s continued growth.
Mrs. C. J. Hall of Council Grove thanks NCHA visitors for a weeklong stay praising Chanute merchants and city residents for their kindness and hospitality. She invites future travelers to fish camp or drive through and be welcomed as warmly.
The essay notes a spring trend where men discard shirts and ties for turtle necks and Nehru jackets with tight pants. Madison Avenue types experiment with medallions and beads, while cosmetics for men surge and handbags emerge as everyday accessories. Henry VIII is cited to question gendered style rules.
O E Dickerhoof Flying Service plans convert 160 acres north of the municipal field into an airport for CAA flight training. Hangar moved from Jefferson City to the new site with more space sought. Local births and promotions noted. families visiting Chanute and military moves include Raymond Jordan in France. I Timothy biblical verse quoted.
The Senate Small Business Committee opens hearings on loan-sharking ties to organized crime. Witnesses from New York and Chicago will describe extortionate rates and violent collection methods that ruin borrowers. A Chicago widow and a threatening case of child kidnapping are cited as dramatizations of the danger.
A health column warns readers that many home arthritis remedies are ineffective or harmlessly useless. It cites a $300 million annual market for quack cures and urges education, referencing a booklet and Arthritis Foundation resources. It also includes reader questions on thyroid treatment and fetal hiccups, with medical guidance.
In a 1967 column, Ann Landers counsels a Boston reader to address parental favoritism toward an adopted child with professional help, notes a drunken driving risk with a man the writer may date, and suggests hiring help after a birth to avoid maternal conflict. The piece underscores practical guidance and safety.
A Senate memo outlines indictments and subpoenas targeting mob loan shark operations in New York and Chicago. Key figures Fiore Buccieri and Mason Sackin are named, with witnesses set to describe how businessmen and employees are drawn into usurious lending, often via banks or friends, with interest up to 50 percent weekly.
Chanute news brief reports community events across county including school activities, civic announcements, and upcoming meetings. Notable items highlight local figures and scheduled services in Chanute and surrounding areas with concise notices.
A schedule listing color 6:30 to 10:00 program blocks across channels 2 4 7 9 12 13. Highlights include Jeannie Daktari Garrison's Gorillas Password It Takes a Thief Red Skelton The Invaders CBS News Hour N Y P D and Cardinal Cushing segments.
TV schedule fragment lists morning to late night shows on KVYOO TV Chan 2 and other stations. Notable entries include Sunrise Semester Today Show Captain Kangaroo Jack LaLanne Batman Morning programs and game shows such as Match Game Let’s Make a Deal and The Dukes of Hazzard style line-up across channels with varying times.
TV listings include Daktari at 6:30 p.m. on CBS and Big Cats on NBC at 7 p.m. A Red Skelton Hour special with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans airs 7:30 p.m. CBS. An NBC movie Incident at Phantom Hill stars Fuller Duryea Lane at 8 p.m. Good Morning World 8:30 p.m. CBS. CBS News Hour 9 p.m. features Prince of the Church about Cardinal Cushing.
The Golden Gate Bridge has collected 125 million dollars in tolls since opening in 1937 and will turn 31 on May 27. In Pawtucket a 1916 law bars animals from Slater Park the site of the city dog pound and zoo. University Hall at Ohio State University will be razed for a five million dollar replacement building despite alumni objections. In Junction City Kansas Richard Wolters watched authorities search Milford Reservoir for his body after his sailboat overturned. he swam ashore and later returned as drag operations began.
Excerpts joke about education from mis taken life lessons and social miscues. A Gardens City Telegram quip mocks a husband awaiting car part replacements while his wife’s parents are teased about cooking. Peggy of the Flint Hills notes a misdirected recall. Family Weekly jokes about fire calls. Coffeyville Journal skewers office clocks and work breaks.
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