10 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
1
Special moon flight menus mark National School Lunch Week in Jefferson City School District. Menu samples feature space themed items like Launch pad loaf and Rendezvous rollup to guide parents on meals or lunch money days.
Robert Hansen plans to close his West Main gas station on Oct 15 after 14 months of operation. He says the business is too big for one and not enough to support two, and he will take a factory job in Chanute. The station's daily routine and the fate of its little office end with Hansen's decision.
Public officials governors congressmen mayors and students join a planned Wednesday moratorium to press for peace in Vietnam with demonstrations across all states. Universities colleges school systems and civic leaders prepare events as lawmakers urge peaceful action and communities plan memorials and discussions.
The Kentucky National Guard's 2nd Battalion 138th Artillery left Da Nang Air Base for Louisville with Army confirmation. Called to duty May 16, 1968, the unit arrived in Vietnam in mid October last year after a federal judge in Austin denied a suit to halt deployment.
Reno County Extension Council announces a search and destroy effort to locate marijuana fields across the county. County Agent Otis Griggs says the program will run this winter with a nationwide campaign next summer and include guidance on growth habits and weed appearance. He estimates a five year eradication campaign may be needed.
In Tulsa the Amalgamated Transit Union workers at the Union Bus Terminal unanimously rejected a management proposal to end a month long walkout. Drivers for the Southern Kansas Greyhound system also remain on strike, about the same duration, with the union charging MK&O coach lines with unfair labor practices.
Wilkes Barre Pa judge refuses to dismiss Mary Jo Kopechne autopsy petition. A full hearing set for Oct 20 to decide if exhumation is needed to determine how she died in Kennedy’s car on Charpaquiddick Island.
W A Bill Brazil a 1966 Pontiac driver and grain dealer was injured in a one car crash on a county road four miles south and two and three quarters miles east of here at 6 30 a m. A railing collision left him with a fractured jaw nose and rib and multiple cuts. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital by city ambulance. Sheriff George Neely investigated the scene.
An intercepted letter to Cha expresses that wage one hour laws offer little aid to small business owners and questions the impact of such regulations.
In Washington AP reports the nomination battle shifts to the Senate cloakroom where about two dozen wavering senators may decide Haynsworth. The piece notes potential shifts away from the all deliberate speed desegregation doctrine and new court order prospects. Also mentions a Mafia like syndicate of sergeants demanding kickbacks for Army nightclub operations in Vietnam and expected new Vietnam command instructions reducing pursuit of enemy troops.
A fall Camporee for Boy Scouts from the Mission Trails District will be held this weekend north of Erie. About 200 scouts from Allen and Neosho counties are expected to participate. They will arrive Friday afternoon and camp until Sunday afternoon with events and meals cooked over open fires in tents.
Senate opponents of strict gun limits celebrate a crushing victory and appear to bypass the House obstacle by stripping key provisions from the 198 Gun Control Act.
Police investigated two break-ins last night. At Bill Schupbach Texaco Service 319 E Elm thieves pried a window, opened a hidden cash cabinet and took 58.44 dollars before exiting by a roll up door. At G W Tractor and Tire Co 1815 S Santa Fe suspects pried the west door, damaged the case and emptied a coin box.
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