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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1968
Page
3
A reader praises her snoring husband while another asks about psychiatric help and disclosure to the draft board. Ann Landers advises therapy for depression and endorses honesty, noting varied outcomes from professional help and urging readers to seek support when needed.
A reader shares practical crowd warmers for football games using paper bags as windbreaks and foot warmers. Other tips include substituting crunchy peanut butter for nuts in fudge, using cornstarch in diaper rash care, reviving dried ballpoint ink with heat, and using vanilla to reduce cabbage odor while cooking.
Laurel Mothers Club met with Mrs. John Akers on Friday afternoon. Seth Gray gave the lesson on dry cleaning clothes. Mrs. Buford Allen won the door prize. Ten members attended. The Nov 8 meeting will be with Mrs. Allen at 1202 S. Edith.
A fragment from a reader quiz by Lavina Ross Fowler lists Bible verses and questions. It notes Solomon's warning on thoughts about rulers and the phrase a little bird told me. It asks about Jesus statements and a host of biblical figures.
Neosho Valley Extension Home Unit met Friday afternoon with Mrs Hattie Larson hostess. Twelve members four children and two guests attended including Mrs Rebecca Danner of Tacoma Wash and Mrs Clyde Tunnel. Officers were re elected and will be installed at the December meeting.
The USS command announced a conversion of military payment certificates to deter their flow on the black market. Introduced in Vietnam in August 1965 the new MPC series makes certificates worthless to unauthorized personnel and should reduce future acceptance.
Mr and Mrs Hurley Heaton will celebrate their golden anniversary with a 2 to 5 p m reception in Central Park Community building. They married October 30 1918 in Iola. Heaton, a lifelong farmer, is joined by five children and families including Robert Heaton Charles Heaton Loren Heaton Floyd Heaton and LeVeta Heaton. No gifts requested.
Edwards AFB Calif AP reports a wingless HL-10 lifting body making its first rocket powered flight this week. Maj J R Gentry will ignite a rocket to reach 600 mph then circle and glide to a 200 mph wheeled landing. The craft, 22 feet long, aims to replace Apollo capsules by providing lift without wings.
Historic note on the University of Louisville established in 1798 as one of the oldest municipal universities in the United States.
In San Francisco the 9th Circuit weighs a case over a letter sent special delivery from May 1966. engineer Riley Hughes seeks $125 in court costs plus a $2 filing fee and 3 cents in postage, arguing the letter was not promptly delivered.
A squirrel shorted high tension lines at a substation causing 41,370 customers to lose electricity for 90 minutes in the Bridgeport area. United Illuminating Co. reported the outage and restoration timeline.
Dial HE 1 4100 Quest Club at 1005 W Main hosts 2 p.m. gathering. First Baptist Church hosts BPW with Anna Mae Lowe at 7 30 p.m. Vasthi chapter meets. OES at Community Center 7 30 p.m. Sweet Adelines at 910 W Elm. Chanute Textile Paint Club at North Malcolm Center 9 a m to 4 p m. Duplicate Bridge Club at Home Savings lounge 7 15 p.m. Sorosis Club with Mrs Ernest Stemple 202 N Garfield 2 p.m. Art and Literature Club with Mrs Robert Reynolds 1020 S Larson 1 30 p.m. Athenaeum with Mrs Nellie Sloman 313 S Wilson 2 p.m. Wednesday Oct 23 Sunflower chapter CES Masonic Temple 8 p.m. BPW Tioga Hotel dinner 6 45 p.m. Executive committee CWF First Christian Church 1 30 p.m.
Five of 69 entries in the 16th Kansas Rural-Urban Art Show were invited to the state exhibition at Kansas State University Manhattan January 17 to 31. District exhibitors included Mrs Kirke C Veeder Independence and Lin coln Robinson Cedar Vale with works cited. honorable mentions awarded to Chanute Iola Garnett and Garnett.
Mrs. H. O. Turner will discuss the Christian basis for human rights as related to living standards during World Community Day at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church. New World A Coming will be studied. Church Women United leads the event with St. Cecilia Music Club performing and funds aiding Intercontinental Mission. Tea and nursery services provided.
The Golden Shrine in the Masonic Temple held a Friday friendship meeting with 120 attendees from Topeka El Dorado Wichita Coffeyville Pittsburg Fort Scott Parsons Neodesha Lawrence and Nevada Mo. Mrs Earl Peterson and Harry Kennedy presided. Mrs Vernie Steele led the covered dish dinner, attended by eighty guests.
Eight year old David DeMeritt son of Mr and Mrs Dennis DeMeritt was honored with a birthday party picnic at Highland Park Friday evening hosted by his parents. Attendees included Brian Olson Jay and Jeff Fowler Dan Mitchell Greg Christiansen Ted Eskridge and Mark Watts. After the picnic the group attended a football game.
The two groups met in Carpenters Hall on Thursday for a covered dish dinner with Halloween decor. Mrs. H M Wilmoth and Mrs. George Wilson led the event in charge of setup, with Claudia Morris presiding the Trainmen meeting and Mrs. Wilmoth the Auxiliary. Morris won the drawing and Ray Walker the door prize. the November 21 meeting at 7:30 p.m. will include officer elections.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Storck observed their 25th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs James Ranabargar in Wichita. Guests included Omer Storck, Phil Wolford and families, Henry Storck, Ralph Debler group, and Seaman Darrell Storck serving on a river patrol boat in Vietnam.
The list notes animals at risk including the giant panda, whooping crane, bald eagle, polar bear, timber wolf, giant tortoise, and bison as endangered in coming decades.
Chanute Tribune presents subscription rates for in territory and outside territory including one year ten dollars inside and fifteen dollars outside. Chanute carrier plan costs one dollar seventy per month. AP rights apply to local news and dispatches.
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