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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1968
Page
4
City faces a conflict between a privately operated golf course and a campers area in the south part of Santa Fe park. Golfers block the camping site with cars, while campers want preserved access. Officials consider a fence and relocated parking as probable solutions amid strong lobbying from both groups.
The piece notes Satch Page and other public figures shifting from fame to office. It cites Satchel Page running for Kansas City state representative and points to George Murphy and Ronald Reagan as precedents. It surveys entertainers leaping into governance and remarks on public figures as natural politicians.
Twenty five years ago a 3 inch rain swelled the Neosho river bursting levees across the valley. Evacuations of trapped bottom land farmers began and rescue workers pulled a man from a tree. No injuries reported by noon as trains and highways faced severe disruption.
Reverend Ralph Abernathy, leader of the Poor People's march, told senators and representatives behind closed doors that he would turn the system upside down not Washington. He urged three million jobs in five years, one million new houses, guaranteed annual wages, and urgent medical care while saying no to broad welfare. Andrew Young cautioned that blocking bridges would be civil disobedience only as a last resort if all else fails.
Dr Molner advises gradual introduction of soft solids to a two year old, mixing in mashed and ground foods with strained meals, using a bone with meat as a chewing aid, and keeping praise over scolding to encourage chewing progress. A later note covers back pain from degenerating disks and traction versus surgery, and a reader asks about butter for seniors.
A reader urges parents to never leave children in locked cars during shopping season and shares a near fatal incident of children playing with a cigarette lighter that caused a car fire. The letter endorses taking kids into stores or leaving them at home to prevent tragedy. Copyright 1967.
CBS presents Gunsmoke at 6 30 p m with Kitty Russell and a young East gun smith abducted and held in a border lair. ABC offers One Nation Indivisible at 6 30 p m, a four part special on race and crisis. NBC airs The Carol Burnett Show at 8 p m with Lucille Ball Tim Conway and Gloria Loring. CBS has The Zero Man with Danny Thomas Red Buttons and Stephen McNally notations.
In a meeting Abernathy saluted Mayor John Lindsay of New York for preventing wholesale rioting after Martin Luther King Jr's murder. He credited Lindsay for walking Harlem streets to calm tensions, reduce damage, and urged Congress to act similarly.
Evening grid lists Gunsmoke and Cowboy in Africa at 5 6 13 slots, The Monkees and Lucy Shaw at 7, Danny Thomas and Andy Griffith at 8, Peyton Place and Family Affair at 9, I Spy at 9, In the Name of God at 9, and News at 10. Channel numbers include 2 4 7 12 13 5 6 9.
Television schedule listing programs across KVOO WDAF KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KODE WIBW stations for Tuesday May 21 with morning shows news seminars cartoons game shows and prime time lineup including Captain Kangaroo Jeopardy Andy of Mayberry Merv Griffin and The Tonight Show snippets
The Humboldt area reports the wedding of Donna Noorayi and Thomas Mayfield in Lawrence with attendants Frankie Williams and Robert Hotchkiss. Residents hosted Mother’s Day gatherings and Presbyterian Circle meetings planning a May 26 dinner. The Groves HDU held an all day sewing event aiding Allen County Hospital. Fourth grade concert at Humboldt Elementary featured flute-o-phones. Community groups met at Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Caldwell homes with devotions, lessons, and 13 or nine members present.
Three University of Hawaii researchers will join an international meeting on toxic fish in August at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Sponsored by the French Polynesian government and the South Pacific Commission, the session will feature a report on tests of ciguatera toxin, the common fish poison.
Fire drove about 60 patrons from tables at a Phoenix restaurant during a noon blaze. Manager A V Knox said patrons headed to the bar and ordered drinks as smoke filled the dining room.
A Pueblo incident reports a 22-year-old college student driving a vehicle that struck two no parking signs after he claimed to be using a battery powered shaver and lost control of the car.
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