19 May 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1969
Page
1
A Dallas couple wed in a 2000 foot ceremony as Justice of the Peace Joe B. Brown Jr. officiated. Sue Ann Kohler and Bryce Lank exchanged rings and descended by parachute, with Kohler wearing a light blue veil dress and jump gear.
Chanute High School recognized over 75 seniors at the spring honors assembly led by Student Council president Don Noland. The ceremony honored outstanding members with multiple awards including Outstanding Teenager, Readers Digest, and various scholarship and music prizes, with gifts presented to staff and sponsors.
Washington report shows graduate student draft figures far below earlier projections. Deferments for graduate study were cut, yet enrollments slowed. experts cite slow reclassification, occupational deferments, and term-based postponements as key factors while offices guess at where missing students have gone.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird urged Hanoi to release all American servicemen held in North Vietnamese camps. If not, he demanded humane treatment for the several hundred Americans remaining, noting over 200 would be listed as POW or MIA for more than 62 years by next month.
Apollo 10 reporters a flawless pre lunar run as the crew noted two minor complaints including dull rocket thuds and chlorine tasted water. The astronauts described a good sleep and maintained readiness for the July moon landing with weather reports and a light ground dispute over rechlorination.
Today edition of the Tri bune features more than 500 graduation photos from Chanute and area high schools including Midway Thayer Yates Center Humboldt Erie Moran-Elsmore Altoona and St Paul. Single copy price is 25 cents.
Intercepted letter argues education goes beyond books and emphasizes learning as a broader process. It frames schooling as personal growth and lifelong development beyond classroom walls.
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with southerly winds. Mostly cloudy Tuesday with showers and a few thunderstorms beginning late tonight. Turning cooler Tuesday. Low tonight around 60. High Tuesday 70 to 75. Precipitation chance 30 percent tonight 50 percent Tuesday. TOPEKA AP Variable cloudiness forecast for Kansas through Tuesday with showers and thundershowers. Highs Sunday ranged 61 to 83 across Leavenworth Olathe Garden City. morning lows 45 to 61 across Leavenworth Pittsburg.
United Presbyterian Church officials seek to raise at least 50 million for the poor while 60 Negro clergy in New Orleans denounce the Black Manifesto as racism in reverse. Spokesman James Forman pressed funds at a San Antonio gathering as sermons and statements reflect a church divide.
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