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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
1
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower turns 78 while remaining at Walter Reed General Hospital after a miraculous recovery from a heart attack. Lt Gen Heaton calls his comeback remarkable as the nation notes the milestone with limited hospital plans.
Bea Benaderet, matriarch of Petticoat Junction, dies at 62 from pneumonia and lung cancer after starting her sixth season as Kate Bradley. She had radiation therapy last year for a lung tumor at Stanford Medical Clinic in Palo Alto.
A one car crash at the US 169 corner in Earlton early Sunday left the driver McKinley C. Burns 18 of Kansas City seriously injured with head injuries and four other occupants with cuts and bruises. Burns was transported to Neosho Memorial Hospital and later flown to Kansas University Medical Center.
Martha Allen twenty five joins The Chanute Tribune news staff after KU political science honors degree and Europe tours. She studied at Columbia journalism school 1965 nine month program and worked in KU relations before later travels to Africa and Kenya.
A fragment notes an intercepted letter and unusually muggy October weather as Indian summer lingers, hinting at unreliable autumn days. The readable text centers on atmospheric mood rather than a clear action.
The Apollo 7 crew aired the first live television from a U.S. manned spacecraft as Dan Eisele Walter Schirra and Walter Cunningham showed signs and Earth's features over the southern U.S. and Texas coast. Slayton reported the signal improving after a warmup, with the Gulf Coast view and mission control reacting to the transmission. A fund drive update lists Chanute United Fund reaching 4379.06 toward a 23900 goal with new partners J C Penney Stevensons Grocery and Montgomery Ward.
American infantrymen aboard Navy river assault boats raided a swamp base camp 38 miles southeast of Saigon and killed 25 Viet Cong. In two Mekong Delta clashes 65 Viet Cong were killed and 12 captured, with four suspected Viet Cong seized. South Vietnamese forces reported 40 Viet Cong killed and 12 captured farther south. Most enemy casualties were by American helicopter gunships. A Thuong Duc camp fight left 76 North Vietnamese dead in Da Nang region.
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart denounced the Soviet Socialists commonwealth doctrine in a U.N. General Assembly speech. He called its claim to send military forces into bloc states wholly repugnant to the U.N. charter and rejected the concept as a perversion of language. Stewart framed the policy as the Soviet Union judging others' interests and acting militarily beyond its borders.
Richard S. Keenan, 57, of Chanute, died after a 12 gauge shotgun discharged during a hunting trip southeast of town. The weapon discharged when a live round was chambered after an empty shell was removed. Survived by six daughters and three sons, rosary tonight, funeral Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church. Burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
A barn and 30 to 35 tons of hay at G. Merlin Welch’s rural lease near Mission burned late Saturday night. Property owned by Charles Reaves was lost. the structure was not insured. Fire trucks from Pleasant Valley arrived as the building collapsed. arson is being considered as a possible cause. Sheriff Don Armstrong investigated footprints and nearby car lights reported near the scene.
Joe Genn and Raymond Salzwedel tied for first in the Inland Daily Press Association contest sponsored by The Tribune for its 48 carriers. Third place went to Scott West, fourth to Tim Allen, fifth to Wesley Wilson. Awards were presented by Tribune circulation manager Mrs. Richard Markham at Elks Lake picnic after judging by Tribune subscribers.
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