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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1966
Page
6
About 200 parents and friends attended the Erie eighth grade graduation. The Rev Wayne Newlin gave the invocation Angela Yarnell and the Teen Tones sang while the class performed its song W J Han spoke Han now of Spring Hill will be superintendent of schools here next year.
Oliva Minnesota leads batting at .364 with 51 hits and 48 total after 75 at bats. B Robinson Baltimore tops RBIs with 39 and runs with 29, while Yastrzemski Boston has 31 RBIs and 48 hits. Scha al California leads triples with 5, Reichardt California 11 home runs. ODonoghue Cleveland has 40 decisions for pitching leaders, with McDowell Cleveland 76 strikeouts and Watt Baltimore among others.
Knoxville's City Council weighs selling or giving away the portly zoo elephant Diamond after noting his daily diet of five bales of hay five gallons of oats a stalk of bananas 14 loaves of bread and crates of lettuce. The city may not be able to continue funding the elephant's care and asks who would take him.
In Melbourne the Reserve Bank note issue branch is burning Australia’s obsolete one pound notes in five million bundles as the currency shifts to the Australian dollar.
AP reports for Kansas City covering a 24 hour period ending at 6 am. The summary notes high and low temperatures along with precipitation reports for the area.
A kitchen tip advises rolling cookie dough extremely thin for crisper cookies. The guidance emphasizes a thinner sheet yields a firmer bite and quicker edge browning.
A heat intensified swarm of aggressive bees terrorized South Africa over six months. Five people died from stings and hundreds were injured, while pets and wildlife perished. Notable incidents included golfers Nicklaus and Player fleeing a Pre toria course and a man stung saving his dog.
The reason a gentleman wears a vest with two small watch pockets is that early watches were so inaccurate that a miniature sun dial was carried as a backup. Researchers at Bulova Watch Company explain wrist timepieces today are far more accurate than sun dials.
The Tribune encourages wedding notices and photos from families. Reports should be submitted promptly to the woman's page editor, ideally the day after the ceremony and within two days, with a closing photo option from studios. Include sender name and phone in the submission.
Vacation church school at the First Christian Church will begin Tuesday morning and run for two weeks. Kindergarten through sixth grade children will meet daily from 9 to 11 a.m. Mrs. Bert Sutton and Mrs. Lillard Parks serve as co chairmen.
Cub scouts met Wednesday afternoon with den mother Mrs Ronald Fleming. Jeff Cox presented a transportation scrapbook and stamp collection while Mickey Ratliff delivered a book report. Ratliff provided refreshments as Norman Howes led the cub scout promise and living circle followed by volleyball.
The sewing class met Thursday with leader Mrs Merle Summersville. She demonstrated zipper installation and finishing shoulder seams on a sleeveless dress. Members altered patterns for garments for the 4 H fair. Eleven members attended.
The Interstate Highway System is described as the largest public works project in history requiring 1,800,000 man-years of labor to complete by 1972.
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