City Dads Approve Paving Sewer Resolutions
The city commission adopted three resolutions approving prior paving and sewer work. Paving projects include between Tennessee and Larson on 10th and Santa Fe and Granton Mul berry. Allen between 10th and 11th paving was submitted by Jack Colburn and accepted. A 12th Street project faced delay due to residents favoring grading and blotter oil surfacing to control costs.
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City Commission
Tennessee
Larson
10Th
Santa Fe
Granton Mulberry
Allen
11Th
Jack Colburn
12Th
Highland
Gerald Turner
Orville Nickerson
John Sherman
R. J. Burkman
M. E. McGregor
B&m Seed and Feed
E. Main
Morris Pack
Chanute Iron and Metal
N. Malcolm
Harold Kimble
7Th Street
Plummer
Kimble
Weiner Killed in Humboldt Truck Line Accident
Joseph P. Weiner 37 died yesterday afternoon in Humboldt when a steel rim flew from a truck wheel while he worked on a mounted tire. He was a partner in Weiner Brothers Truck Line and farmed. born Chanute 1931, survived by wife Anna Marie, five children, sister and three brothers. Funeral arrangements pending. memorial fund set with the Leukemia Foundation.
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Humboldt
Joseph P. Weiner
Weiner Brothers
Weiner
Allen County Sheriff's Office
Chanute
Allen County
Anna Marie Nelson
Wichita
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Chanute American Legion
Humboldt Jaycees
Mary JoAnn
Joseph Edward
Richard Alan
John Frederick
Patrick David
Jane Yocom
Kansas City
Billy
U.S. Air Force
Ethiopia
Dale
Frank
Iola
Price Funeral Home
Leukemia Foundation
Humboldt National Bank
Kansas City Fire Fatality Reports 55 Year Old Resident Dead
A second floor closet blaze in a rooming house in Kansas City killed Leonard Barlow, 55, found by firefighters on the third floor. Two elderly women were rescued. a firefighter was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Cause blamed on defective wiring with $5,000 in damage.
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Kansas City
Leonard Barlow
Oil Slick Spotted On Scorpion's Last Route
The Navy reported an oil slick along the suspected return course of the missing submarine Scorpion and its 99 crew. Search ships crisscross the area while officials caution the sighting may be routine and not indicative of surface evidence.
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Washington
Navy
Norfolk
Atlantic
Pentagon
Cau
Monrovia
Mediterranean
Azores
Three Seniors to Speak at Chanute High Class of 1968 Commencement
Three seniors will deliver commencement addresses at Chanute High School for the Class of 1968 in the Memorial Building auditorium at eight o'clock. Speakers include Patrick Magill, Ann Casey, and Marks who will discuss This Is Your Life Graduate of 1968.
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Chanute High School
Memorial Building
Patrick Lynn G. Magill
Ann Casey
Marks
Webb Marks
S. Lincoln
Phil Franks
John Cole
Stormy protests persist at Resurrection City with two marches
Rain soaked activists from the Poor People’s Campaign braved a cold wet day in Washington. About 150 marchers waded from the mired camp to the Agriculture Department to press for surplus food aid, then ate uncharged lunch. Reverend Abernathy plans a Capitol meeting while Jesse Jackson leads a second rainbound rally outside Wilbur Mills’ apartment.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Ers
Agriculture Department
America
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Memorial Day Observances As Area Offices Close
Memorial Day closures affect nearly all offices and stores Thursday with no mail deliveries and Tribune publication halted. State offices also close Friday. local offices and businesses close Thursday only. The American Legion sponsors Elmwood cemetery service at 10 30 a m with Henshall giving the address and wreaths laid by Legion VFW and auxiliaries.
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the Tribune
American Legion Post
Elmwood Cemetery
Charles Henshall
Chanute
Hoyt Wilhite
Buffalo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Legion
VFW
Weather summary and Kansas forecast through Wednesday
Area forecast calls for generally fair conditions with little temperature change through Wednesday. Tonight's low near 50, Wednesday's high near 80. Topeka reports partly cloudy and warmer, with 70 to 75 degree highs in the north and east and 75 to 80 in the southwest. Overnight lows range 40 to 45 in the northwest and 45 to 50 in the east and south. Monday highs 66 at Chanute to 76 at Dodge City. lows 43 at Abilene to 51 at Dodge City and Lawrence.
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Weather Bureau
Chanute
Dodge City
Abilene
Lawrence
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Traffic Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 42 fatalities in May 1968 for the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday. The year’s total reaches 234 and the 1967 comparable period reported 229 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Youth Admits Trading Boots At Local Store
The Farmers Discount Center reported a theft of stockman boots at 615 W. Cherry. A 17-year-old Chanute boy admitted the boot trade after officers talked with him, and the case was referred to county juvenile officer Ray Zumalt.
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Farmers Discount Center
W. Cherry
Chanute
Ray Zumalt
Fighting intensifies in Saigon and Central Highlands action
In Saigon a house to house battle raged in western suburbs as Viet Cong shelled a key Southeast Asia satellite facility. U S officials described damage as slight and casualties as light with no Americans harmed. Across the DMZ heavy fighting continued and the U S launched a new drive in the central highlands near Dak To against North Vietnam s 325C Division. Allied reports tallied enemy dead near Saigon and around the DMZ while Soviet rockets joined Viet Cong fire.
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Saigon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Central Highlands
Dak To
North Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Circus Sets Up At Guard Armory In City Flood Shift
The Kelly-Miller Bros circus arrives after a last minute move from City Park to the National Guard armory parking area due to flooding from Friday night rain. An alternate site at 17th and Katy proved too soft for circus vans, so permission was obtained to use the armory under the American Legion post.
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Kelly-Miller Bros
American Legion Post
National Guard
City
17Th
Katy
Armory
Paris Peace Talks Seen Lasting Months in Slow Negotiations
U S negotiators Harriman and Vance plan to move from the Crillon as talks drag on, with Thuy and the North Vietnamese staying in a Paris villa. Officials suggest prolonged discussions could hinge on strikes, violence, and disputed troop numbers in South Vietnam.
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Paris
U.S
Southeast Asia
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Crillon
Xuan Thuy
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thuy
Living Costs Rise in April Across Food and Clothing
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent April rise in consumer prices led by food and apparel with a 4 percent year over year increase. Housing medical care and services also climbed as Arnold Chase notes ongoing inflation risks echo Okun’s warning. Wages of about 45 million workers rose two cents an hour to $2.79, with weekly earnings at a record $104.63.
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Washington
Labor Department
Asst
Arnold Chase
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Bureau
Florence Crash Fatal to Texan
A U S 77 crash near Florence killed Verden C. Suesz 43 of Dallas Texas. The driver Robert Dennis Irving Texas was injured and taken to a Marion hospital.
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Florence
Kan
U.S. 77
Verden C. Suesz
Dallas
Tex
Robert Dennis
Irving
Marion
Car Stolen Then Found Wrecked Near River Dam
Charles Fisher reported his 1961 Chevrolet stolen and later found wrecked near the river dam east of town. He and two youths pursued in a pickup. at 7th and Ashby they discovered the car abandoned with no one inside.
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Charles Fisher
S. Highland
Fisher
Ashby
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Ends Oregon Trail to Polls
An intercepted note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha hints at the end of the road for presidential aspirants as voting day arrives. The writer signs Yours, underscoring a political moment framed around the Oregon trail metaphor and the polls.
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Jordan Tree Service
Jordan’s
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Bonnie Moffatt
American Public Power Assn
J. R. Hale
Grant Venue
7Th
Plummer and
US 169
Kenneth Casper
Neosho County
Soil Conservation Service
Mid- America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Development Organization
Mid-America
Tioga Township
R. J. Hayes
Township Board of Trustees
Joseph Weiner
John F. David
David
Monitor
Future Business Leaders of America
Kays
Kansas State
Pista,majong
Patrick Lynn Marks
Sally Ann Casey
Robert G. Magill
Ralph David Abernathy
Poor People’s Campaign
House-Senate
Jesse Jackson
Laos
Air Force
4Th Division
Ameri
Cans
John R. Hickman
Guard Armory
Harriman
Vance
France
Arthur M. Okun
Cha
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