This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1963
Page
1
In Erie and nearby towns a reporter asked housewives if too much is expected of them. Responses vary with home duties versus outside work, with many noting balance is key and some urging limits on outside obligations to manage home responsibilities.
Southeast Kansas faces an unusually hot dry autumn with record high temperatures and scarce rainfall. Water shortages force livestock watering from distant sources, threaten winter feed stocks, and push counties to seek federal relief and soil bank grazing to ease forage gaps. County agents warn of looming hay shortages even as some silage stores hold.
Continued generally fair conditions expected tonight and Sunday with little temperature change tonight. Sunday will be a bit warmer with lows 50 to 55 and highs in the middle to upper 80s. In Topeka temperatures cooled slightly today but dry weather continues into the early weekend.
The mechanical department will busy over the weekend readjusting typesetting equipment and the press to give the Tribune a new look Readers are promised a pleasant surprise starting Monday as the newspaper becomes easier to read with the upcoming issue.
Authorities announced that six of 27 teenagers implicated were directly involved in a two month shoplifting surge. Two of the six took more items, with losses estimated over 400 dollars. The teens and their parents met Probate Judge John Young Juvenile Officer Robert Geiger and Chief Lige Matlock as further proceedings were considered.
A brief intercepted letter to Cha questions whether the foreman of the smoking health trial jury will light a cigarette when reading the verdict. The writer signs off with a casual, cheeky remark.
The Vaient dam disaster zone was sealed as helicopters sprayed chlorine to curb epidemics. Officials warned of potential further landslides while mass graves were dug for the 1,700 bodies recovered. An American couple survived the catastrophe, treated for shock before hospital care.
Four-State Federal Procurement and Aerospace Industries Day will be held at the Civic Center in Independence on Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Area firms can receive direct counseling on government contract negotiation with representatives from military and civilian purchasing offices and prime contractors. Displays will feature needed items blueprints and specification sheets. The conference is sponsored by congressmen from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas in cooperation with local chambers of commerce.
The scientific panel hearing the smoking and health link nears final deliberations. The panel is expected to report to the nation by year’s end, with no intent to propose legislation. Spokesmen deny political interference amid delays while considering a growing body of evidence.
In Berlin the Soviet Union backed off after a two day standoff over a U S convoy. About 205 American soldiers and 43 vehicles were involved as the convoy dismounted for a head count at Babelsberg and Marienborn before resuming toward West Berlin. The United States protested the blockade as unwarranted and kept pressure through diplomatic channels.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its annual merchants feed Tuesday at the VFW hall 27 W Main starting at 6 30 p m Fried chicken will be served Tickets may be obtained by calling the clubroom
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.