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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
4
A House Un-American Activities committee report urges suspending civil liberties and creating detention centers to fight riots. Critics say the panel inflames tensions, ignores poverty and policing issues, and echoes unfounded rumors of concentration camps while mislabeling dissent as un American.
A voter expressed clear disdain for Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, mixed feelings on Robert Kennedy, and preference for Gene McCarthy. She praised McCarthy as kind and college professorlike, though she wished for a stronger character, noting he would not energize crowds. She likened Kennedy to a youth image and Johnson's influence to his own. She ended by admitting she is late for an appointment.
Twenty five years ago the Royster service corps collected waste fats silk and nylon hose in a city drive to support munition production. Campaigns earlier gathered grease for munitions and discarded hose for powder bags, with items sorted and sent to war plants. Local residents Lou Zastrow and Midshipman Seth B Gray were mentioned among visiting individuals and service members.
The piece reports that the FBI has compiled extensive evidence linking James Earl Ray to the MLK assassination. It questions why Ray remains at large, cites Hoover’s past denigration of King, and notes Ray’s 1967 escape from prison and alleged $1 million bounty.
Inquiries about occasional extra heartbeats followed by pauses explain these skips can occur from fatigue nerves stimulants like coffee or tobacco or high blood pressure. If frequency increases an ECG is advised. Other topics cover long term cortisone use for allergies and risks of plastic surgery outcomes. Readers ask about menopause and ear ringing with Dr Molner providing cautions and guidance.
Dear Ann Landers notes warn readers about computer mate matching scams and advise caution. A frustrated caller recalls losing money to a fake service that sent monthly misfit notices and promises of finding a match. The letter urges legal action to stop such cons.
A fugitive, Ray, after escaping a Missouri prison, spent about $10,000 in seven months on cars, courses, and pursuit of a new identity as Eric Starvoalt. He amassed weapons and a planned hit on Dr King, shifting from Memphis to Atlanta and then Memphis, with map clues and a probe by the FBI into possible extremist involvement.
Prime time listings show 7: Flying Nun and Ironside followed by Bewitched and That Girl. At 8:00 broadcast films on channels 5 6 and 13. 9: D Martin Untouchables Suspense. late news wraps at 10: News.
A Friday log lists KVOO Ch 2 Chanute and others with morning lineups including Sunrise Semester Today Show Farm Facts and Captain Kangaroo. Afternoon features Jeopardy Love of Life Bewitched and The Andy Griffith Show plus soap schedules and game shows.
NBC airs a 6 30 p m special about the Serengeti Mara region East Africa the last vast migratory zone with more than a million animals. Fairbanks Jr narrates and guides viewers through the wildlife spectacle.
The Chanute Tribune prints a 1967 Ann Landers column offering practical tips for a teen facing stress. Readers are instructed to mail questions with a stamped self-addressed envelope for guidance.
Instructions urge readers to reach Tribune by phone or dial HE 1 3400 after 6 pm if the primary contact cannot be reached. The brief emphasizes alternate communications and after hours reachability.
TOPEKA AP The state budget director said Tuesday that appropriations voted by the legislature for fiscal 1969 and approved by Gov. Docking were 1,289,111 more than the 663,248,690 Docking originally recommended. The fiscal year begins July 1. The increase included 568,507 in state and federal aid to local units and 781,604 in state operations. Budget Director James Bibb said the budget provides 310.1 million for operating costs, 231.2 million for aid to local units, and 123.2 million for capital improvements. The approved 1969 budget is 24.7 million or 3.9 percent above the revised 1968 expenditure estimate. The budget includes 280.1 million from the general fund, 12.2 million or 4.5 percent above the 1968 general fund expenditure.
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