Wild animals move into Chanute area as foxes and bobcat feared
Mrs. Virgil Collins reports two pair of red foxes and a bobcat near Evergreen and Edith on Chanute's southern edge. Farm losses include bantam poultry and fowl raids. Also notes on Judy Orr Womnboldt’s Riviera visit and local memory of old Wherrett druggists. Apollo 10 launch set for Sunday from Cape Kennedy with Stafford Young and Cernan aboard a Saturn V rocket.
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Virgil Collins
S. Evergreen
Chanute
South Evergreen
South Edith
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Apollo 10 mission readies for lunar approach and test flight
NASA reports astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan prepare for a nine day test mission to circle the Moon, practice maneuvers toward a lunar landing, and rehearse rendezvous with the command ship. The crew rests in quarters and monitors countdown as Agnew Paine attend a preflight dinner.
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Moon
Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Young
Cernan
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Moltke
Forecast: Clouds and mild winds in Chanute area
The Chanute Tribune weather page notes clouds moving through the region with mild, breezy conditions. No precipitation is expected and temperatures remain steady through the afternoon.
Fishing Captain Pays Off Peru For Boat Release
Peru released the tuna clipper Western King after captain paid 15000 in fees and fines. The vessel seized 25 miles off Talara amid Peru U S tensions over oil-property seizures last October. Western King is owned by Peter Pan Caribe Inc of Seattle.
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Lima
Peru
U.S
Peter Pan Caribe, Inc
Seattle
Wash
Talera
Washington
International Petroleum Co
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
United States
Nixon
John Irwin
Wall Street
Van Sickle Seeks Brueck Resignation Over Highway Row
Sen. Tom Van Sickle accuses Karl Brueck of intemperate remarks and area politics as he urges Gov. Docking to demand Brueck's immediate resignation as 4th District highway commissioner. Brueck denies intent to abandon projects and cites $200,000 spent toward U.S. 169 improvements.
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Topeka
Tom van Sickle
R-Ft. Scott
Robert Docking
Karl A. Brueck
van Sickle
Brueck
U.S. 169
Osawatomie
Deadman’s Corner
Paola
Docking
Senate
Highway Commission
High Hopes Spoken For Mid-America Dinner
Gov Robert Docking addressed the 12th annual Mid-America Inc dinner urging focus on human needs and regional renewal. Joe Keller cited new industrial parks in Coffeyville Chanute Independence and Pittsburg as pivotal boosts. Charles Scanlan new MA president Fred Harris remains VP with Chanute’s Ken Caldwell as trustee.
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Terry Murphy Parsons
Friends of Mid-America, Inc
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Mid-America, Inc
Joe Keller
Mid- America
Mid-America
Keller
Coffeyville
Chanute
Independence
Pittsburg
Charles Scanlan
Fredonia Herald
Fred Harris
Ken Caldwell
Chicago Teachers Vote for Walkout Beginning Thursday
Chicago Teachers Union members authorized a strike against the city public schools by a 10 944 to 5 438 vote, with walkout slated to start Thursday. President John E. Desmond said the vote reflects teachers’ disgust with the system and that talks with the school board remain possible. The union seeks a $150 monthly raise, smaller class sizes, no staff cuts, and $600 per pupil state aid, against current levels and looming deficits forecast by school officials.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
John E. Desmond
Desmond
Board of Education
House of Representatives
American Federation of Teachers
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
James F. Redmond
Nixon honors Vietnam heroes on Armed Forces Day
President Nixon, amid Armed Forces Day ceremonies, will award the Medal of Honor to Army Chief Warrant Officer Frederick E. Ferguson and Army Spec. 4 Thomas J. Kinsman. He then flies to the carrier Saratoga off Virginia for a naval demonstration before returning to Camp David.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
White House
Army
Frederick E. Ferguson
Thomas J. Kinsman, Ferguson
Fred H. Ferguson
el Centro
Calif
Hue
Kinsman
Thomas R. Kinsman
Onalaska
Wash
Vinh Long
Saratoga
Norfolk
Armely
Camp David
KCC protests Santa Fe train cuts and seeks hearing
The Kansas Corporation Commission announced it protests Santa Fe Railway proposed discontinuance of passenger trains 211 and 212. It asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to hold a hearing in Chanute. The trains would be discontinued effective June 15 and are the only passenger service on the line between Kansas City and Tulsa.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Santa Fe Railway
KCC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chanute
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Tulsa
Weather statistics for today and past readings
Today at 10 am high 64 and low 56. Yesterday 80/63. Year ago 69/52. Highest on this date 91 in 1911. lowest 42 in 1915. Relative humidity 93 percent. Barometer 30.04. Sunrise 6:11, sunset 8:26. Precipitation to date today 0.10 inch, yesterday 0.03 inch.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmented note reads Intercepted Letter Dear Cha. The writer mentions Santa Fe Park and contrasts it with home on the range, signing off as Nute.
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Cha
Santa Fe Park
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Mrs. Collins
Evergreen
Edith
Chanute, Kan
Allen Sherman
French Riviera
W. F. Haines
S. Western
Earl Orr
Yates Center
Orr
Judy Orr Womnboldt
James H. Orr
Orange, Calif
Margaret Haines
Judy
California
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Frank L. Haines
S. Central
Dean H. Haines
James Orr
Orange Calif
Tribune
Elmer Anderson
R. 1
Will V. Wherrett
Harley Rakestraw
Wherrett
Will Wherrett
H. E. Rakestraw
Alice Dutton
Rakestraw
Leverenz
Sunshine Mantle Co
Virgil Allen
Neosho River
Burlington
Tommy Edwards
Loia
Allens
Edwardses
Allen
Arkansas
Neosho
Weller
Sharpe
Burlington Republican
Wainscotts
Oliver Kelly
Max Houser
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Lunar
Spiro T. Agnew
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agnew
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Patrick Air Force Base
Barbara Cernan
Faye Stafford
Barbara Young
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
George Hage
Charles Berry
Chanute Tribune
Ways and Means
Nick Tiutanic
Jerald Fleming
Iola
Fleming
Mid- America, Inc
Zap
WHITE
S.D
N.D
South Dakota State University
Peple
South Dakota State
Brookings
Ervin Singsaar
Art Graslie
Richard J. Daley
Armed Forces
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Vietnam
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