4 County Notes by Dwight Wallingford
Dwight Wallingford presents four county happenings from the district beat. Local updates cover governance, community events, public works and school matters with brief notes on dates and involved officials.
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29 Nov 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1969
Page
1
Community pets and trains mark a Pittsburg day
A family buries their Pekinese Sambo after a park ditch discovery by neighbors young and old. Separately the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe line out of Pittsburg runs a daily mixed train to Chanute with fare and crew details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe
Pittsburg
Chanute
O. B. Stowell
B. G. Allen
K. E. Summers
C. A. Morris
Santa Fe
Erie
Walnut
Brazilion
Girard
Frontenac
Fredonia
Four Year Study in Africa Seeks Rural Family Changes
George Jones, a deputy chief in Colorado, will spend four years in Africa studying how rapid urbanization affects rural families. He will travel with his wife Carole and children Tami and Greg, attends a final Washington meeting of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, and will be funded by the Institute of Current World Affairs. His work begins in East Africa near Nairobi, then moves to Ghana or Nigeria, with a focus on preventive care and PKU testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones
Africa
Jones
Chanute
Washington
Robert Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Hubert Humphrey
Tami
Greg
Carole
New York Foundation
The
Institute of Current World Affairs
East Africa
Nairobi
West Africa
Ghana
Nigeria
Colorado
Kansas
J. T. Johnson
Apollo 12 Moon Explorers Return Home From
Apollo 12 crew members Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean arrived at Ellington Air Force Base after their Hawaii flight home. They praised the mission calling it a blast and prepared for 11 more days of quarantine in a spacious Lunar Receiving Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manned Spacecraft Center
Conrad
Gordon
Bean
Robert Gilruth
Moon rocks and astronauts mark Apollo 14 tie in
In a trailer scene the astronauts kept moon rock samples and clipped pieces from Surveyor while a Pensacola NAS band played to celebrate three newly promoted Navy captains. Shepard, slated to command Apollo 14 next July, joked with wives and space officials before the truck to the Lunar Receiving Lab. The report also notes the recovery of Conrad and Bean after a 10 day Pacific mission aboard USS Hornet and a funeral notice for William Gough Sr. with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Navy
Shepard
Conrad
Christopher
Lunar
Gordon
Bean
Pacific
Bargain County Buys Missile Site in Auburn
Placer County purchased a 52 acre above ground area and 30 acre underground complex near Auburn for 25000, down from 70 million, with potential uses including a park, state records depository, industrial waste disposal, or an emergency communications center. Access via a 60 foot ladder complicates potential uses and officials plan further study. District 413 board meets Monday to discuss insurance and census planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Calif
Placer County
Mother Lode
Air Force
General Services Administration
Richard Heikka
Heikka
Capitol
Sacramento
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Still Unexplained
An intercepted letter titled Dear Cha questions the wide spread in aspirin prices across different brands. The text notes unclear factors behind the price variation and hints at economic tensions influencing consumer costs.
UN seeks 73 million expansion of its New York HQ
U Thant announced a 73 million dollar plan to expand the United Nations headquarters in New York. The effort envisions a new eight story building south of 42nd Street, a three acre East River park, and expanded space for 4000 staff plus UN affiliates. Funding would come from multiple sources with a US congressional request and city matches under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
U.N
New York
Nixon
Congress
John V. Lindsay
Thant
Harrison & Abramovitz
Orginal Headquarters
42Nd Street
East River
U.N. Children’s Fund
U.S
Rockefeller
New York City
Pilot shot twice in thwarted abduction at Kansas City air terminal
Kansas City pilot David A. Rowell, 35, was shot in the abdomen and left wrist while stopping a gunman from abducting his wife at the Executive Beechcraft office. The suspect, described as a well dressed Black man, fled toward heavy brush near the Missouri River. police hunted with helicopter and dogs but found no trace. Mrs Rowell and their child were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Municipal Air Terminal
David A. Rowell
Rowell
Missouri River
Mary Rowell
Beechcraft
United Telephone System
Charles McKinnie
Price Variations Across Cha nute Drug Stores Highlight Welfare Bills
An analysis of Neosho County welfare drug bills shows Zip Drug Store often undercuts other Cha nute pharmacies on items like Sigtab and Donnatol while hospital and clinic pharmacies vary. Prices differ by pharmacy, with Zip open long hours and offering deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Pharmacies
Martha Allen
Congress
Chanute
Neosho County
Girard
Parsons
Parish Pharmacy
Reynolds
Parish
Ashley
Darvon
Zip
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Forrest Evans
Danny McCue
Crown Drugs
Kansas City
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Dwight Wallingford
Sambo
Central
Southern Belle
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Tribune
Miss Allen
Jane Conrad
Barbara Gordon
Sue Bean
Surveyor
Alan B. Shepard Jr
America
William Gough Sr
N. Steuben
Oak Valley
Thomas Gough
Myrtle E. Baker
Ottawa
Gough
Bank of Commerce
Murray Hill
First United Methodist Church
Elks and
Eastern Star
William Gough Jr
Topeka
James D. Gough
W. B. McFarland
J. A. Blunk
Duff D. Wagoner
Elmwood Cemetery
Johnson Chapel
First United Methodist Memorial Fund
Board of Education
Fourth
Evergreen
Kansas Association of School Boards
Cha
Ashley Pharmacy
Byron Marshall
Reuben J. Burkman
Henry Baker
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