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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1968
Page
1
Maurice Chevalier, age 80, concluded an eight year stage career with a triumphant performance at Theatre des Champs-Elysee Paris. He wore a tuxedo and straw hat and included contemporary nods to Sammy Davis Jr. and a Beatle wig, earning a standing ovation.
A 36 hour cease-fire along the North Vietnamese coast accompanied the release of 14 seamen captured over two years ago. The move follows the New Jersey withdrawal and ongoing ground war lull, stoking talk of progress in Paris talks. US planes and a helicopter crew were lost in North Vietnam with 24 Americans dead in a C47 crash. The Chanute United Fund raised 15049.66 toward a 23000 goal, with Ellis Dodge and Ranz Motor Co. as 100 percent firms.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Aristotle Onassis began a yacht honeymoon aboard the Christina in Scorpios Port amid icy rain and gale winds. The simple ceremony at the Little Virgin Chapel united the pair, witnessed by relatives, with the couple offering no public travel plans. Coast guards kept crowds at the beach as the yacht remained moored under stormy skies.
Buffalo hosts a sunny homecoming with a morning parade along Main Street featuring floats bands and horses. After the bean feed at the school grounds attendees enjoyed games a horse pulling contest a talent show and prize awards including oldest and youngest attendees and top parade floats.
Two Kansas State Prison escapees James Roach and James Ford were captured at an eastern New Mexico ranch near Santa Rosa after a lengthy chase and gun battle. They released four hostages including a neighbor and two hitchhikers and were identified by police, while a third inmate, Robert Lynch, remained at large.
Intercepted letter reports the Onassises starting their honeymoon at a port, choosing calm waters over a rough sea to mark their marriage.
A two bedroom property on North Garfield offers an enclosed porch and wired 220 volt service plus provisions for an automatic washer. Inquiries directed to North Grant.
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In his memoir on the 1962 Cuba crisis, Robert F. Kennedy says President Kennedy pondered a 250000 man invasion if the naval blockade failed. The account notes initial calls for air strikes before a quarantine and eventual Khrushchev missile withdrawal.
Police report a weekend burglary at the Merle Kelly Ford service department at 15 N Evergreen with tools missing including two socket sets a half inch drill and assorted wrenches. An attempted break in at Chanute Auto Parts at 11 N Central was also reported with a broken restroom window pane but entry blocked by a bolted lever.
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham near the end of a 11 day mission show calm during flight plan changes. They plan to parachute into the Atlantic near Bermuda at 7 12 a m EDT Tuesday and end a mission seen as a step toward the moon.
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