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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1968
Page
1
Dorothy F. M. Passanante returned home with newborn William while her husband Pfc. William J. Passanante was killed by enemy fire in Vietnam. Married January before his induction, the couple faced tragedy as she adjusts to life after his death.
New York City braced during a historic municipal labor crisis as the public schools with 1.1 million pupils shut down by a teachers strike while police and fire units planned slowdowns. Talks were set for the day as police sickness rose from Monday’s 2,949 reports.
Shoshone Indians in full war paint with rifles frighten white hunters from the Ruby Valley reservation near Elko. John Pope Rolling Thunder describes a raid as five groups have been run off, with plans to close eastern Nevada lands to whites to feed their people.
An intercepted letter depicts a reversal of frontier dynamics with Indians pursuing white hunters back to their reservation, signaling a dramatic shift in tension. The vivid scene contrasts traditional roles and hints at broader conflicts over land and safety.
Weather data show highs around 70 and lows near 40 with a cool front dropping temperatures across the state. Overnight rainfall totals include Altoona around .80 inch and statewide precipitation yesterday at .69 inch.
Apollo 7 reentry ends with a near perfect splashdown in the Atlantic. Astronauts Schirra Eisele and Cunningham are picked up by helicopter and ferried to the USS Essex in high spirits and good health. They abandoned helmets to ease ear pressure after a head cold. The 11 day mission marks a major step toward the moon and concludes with the capsule sinking briefly before righting itself.
Saigon reports renewed shelling of the U S 3rd Marine Division HQ at Dong Ha and nearby village, with three American Marines and three Vietnamese civilians killed and several dozen wounded. Simultaneous strikes target Long Binh and Dong Tam as a 36 hour cease fire ends and POWs are released.
Ernest L. Manly 25 of Buffalo died when his motorcycle hit the back of a 1950 Chevrolet truck making a left into a field driveway 1.8 miles north of Roper. Heavy rain fell at 7:15 p.m. He worked at H. K. Porter Co. in Chanute and is survived by a wife Connie, three daughters, a son, two brothers and a sister. Funeral Friday at Buffalo Nazarene Church with burial in Buffalo Cemetery. Cason-Nickerbocker Funeral Home in Fredonia is handling arrangements.
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce directors heard three special committee reports proposing changes to membership dues, constitution and by laws, and the coming year’s program. Base dues rise to 60 and scale by employee count with exemptions, effective January 1.
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