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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1968
Page
4
Readers share tips on labeling garments to keep sizes and brands visible and simplify gifts. Suggestions include resewing care labels, helping family identify size for surprise purchases, and recognizing brand names for efficient shopping. Also includes quick home tips on ironing and floor waxing with steps and safety notes.
Rural Chanute hosts Saturday evening rehearsal dinner for Ethel Owen and son Larry Alexander. Dinner at Earl Reinhardt home with guests including Elmer Owen Ronald Olson Rhonda Robin Carl Olson Lavonburg Rev Robert Huse Marion Alexander Glenda Elmer White Wichita Robert Owen Earl Heinhardt and Glenn Alexander.
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday. October total 365. 1968 total 490, compared with 526 in the 1967 comparable period.
Researchers note rag dolls from 300 B.C. and crocheted Egyptian dolls dating to 500 A.D. highlighting early toy making. The findings illuminate antiquity of playthings and craft traditions across ancient cultures.
U S Marine scouts reported about 405 North Vietnamese troops in four columns southwest of Da Nang. Artillery and air strikes killed 178 enemy soldiers. Civilian casualties included at least four killed and 13 wounded. B52 bombing targeted supply depots and bunkers near Saigon and southwest of Da Nang amid ongoing air campaigns.
The notice instructs readers to contact the Tribune by phone via their carrier and, if unavailable, to call HE 1-3400 as an alternate reach method.
Kathy Moore, 18, becomes Miss Chanute 68 and Chanute's First Lady after placing first runner up in the April pageant. Sally Casey leaves state. Moore to receive $100 college scholarship. Patty Lassman named new first runner up with $50 scholarship.
Ward has received word of the death of Sam H. Scribner 64 in Independence Missouri on Tuesday evening at St Luke s Hospital He was born south of Chanute and moved to Kansas City about 30 years ago Survivors include wife Lillian McNeal two children Neal Scribner and Mrs Marvin Barker five grandchildren one brother Leonard Scribner and two sisters Edna Scribner and Mrs Ray Griffin Funeral arrangements are in complete
William E Corn of 424 S Evergreen died at Santa Fe Hospital in Albuquerque New Mexico Funeral arrangements will be announced by Johnson Mortuary The McQuin funeral will be at 10 a m Thursday at St Rose Church Council Grove Ella Kroenke dies and service set at Immanuel Lutheran Hepler Rev Esslinger to officiate Burial in Lutheran Cemetery Hepler Family to receive friends 7:30 to 9 tonight at W D Smith Funeral Home Girard
Paris AP report details a 27th session where American Ambassador Harriman and North Vietnamese envoy Thuy sparred over speaking for South Vietnam. Harriman supported Thieu’s Saigon government while Thuy pressed for U S recognition of the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front. No signs of agreement on halting bombing emerged.
Visiting hours set from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census lists 69 patients including adults, pediatrics and two babies. Tuesday admissions include Emma Grisier Yates Center medical Harvey Scott Humboldt surgery Lloyd Easley Buffalo medical Kevin Clark 213 S Western surgery Gilbert Starkenbaum Yates Center surgery Larry Calhoun 924 S Lincoln medical Lyle Lean 702 W Main medical. Dismissals include Frank Van Gotten daughter 915 S Lafayette Robert Burt 1311 S Evergreen Robert Herre Humboldt Mrs Shelton Propst 15 W Allen. Today admissions Ralph Beach 1005 W Main medical Herman Anderson R 1 medical. Dismissals Thomas McLaren 419 W Std John Shields Thayer Mrs Grace Hamsher 238 Forest James Stanlick 201 S Ashby George Zinn Buffalo. Police summons Billie Barne toff 316 N Malcolm no license. Dennis McKenzie 608 N Forest careless driving. City Court Citations Richard Nunn McCune Larry May Tulsa Robert Trabue 715 S Central Chanute James Trabue 2 S Garfield Helen Berry Kansas City Kan Wayne Anderson Parsons Kellie Wiatrak St Paul Lee McCulley Oswego Gary Miller Great Bend Russell Comeaux Joplin for fines. No valid license Parthena Moses Eric license plate issue. Larry Woods 812 S Grant five dollars Parthen a Col line Evergreen eighty five front. Other citations Larry Padley Thayer no muffler Robert Whyte 126 S Larson inadequate safety equipment Earl Jones Wichita failure to signal John Eipson Seneca inadequate safety equipment Melvin Trim Galesburg failure to slow Ronald Umbarger R 4 failure to stop David Hall 60 S Malcolm defective brakes Albert Smith Parsons failure to stop.
A Kansas Water Resources Board hearing is set for November 8 to discuss proposed updates to the state water plan. Changes include reestimating storage for five reservoirs Big Hill Clinton El Dorado Grove and Hillsdale and adding several new projects in Blue River Basin Lyons Creek Geary Morris counties and multiple watershed areas across nine counties.
The rose is described as symbolizing elegance perfection love and romance and is cultivated not only above the Arctic Circle but also in high tropical elevations.
In Kansas City prices held steady across cattle hogs and sheep as feeders and slaughter classes showed unchanged values. Steers 26.25 to 27.00, cows 15.50 to 17.00, feeders 25.00 to 28.00, hogs mostly 16.00 to 18.00, sows steady, sheep 5.50 to 7.00 for ewes and 22.50 to 23.50 for feeder lambs. Nearby Chicago grain quotes show wheat around 1.35, corn near 1.05 and soybeans about 2.46.
AP report from Chicago notes live poultry unchanged with roasters at 25-25 and fryers at 20-21. Butter prices hold steady with wholesale bids at 66 percent for 93 scores and 65-66 percent for other grades. Eggs remain unsettled with prices mostly unchanged or slightly lower, small changes across grades A whites to standards.
Parsons Livestock market report shows commodity prices across categories. Hogs and pigs listed with weights and ranges, cattle including grain fed steers and heifers, calves, cows, bulls, and sheep with various grade descriptions and price ranges.
Colfax Business and Professional Women circle met with Mrs. Lee Uden R 2. President Mrs Harry Larson opened with prayer. Devotions by Mrs LeRoy David Troy. Offering dedicated by Mrs Charles Larson. Love gift devotions by Mrs Harry Jackson. Missionary news read by Mrs George Madill. Amy Larson attended as guest. Meeting noted Nov 4 will be a combined gathering at the church.
Ira A. Shepard, 6, of Erie, suffered minor chest and nose injuries when a Ford pickup he drove blew a tire and left a county road half a mile south of South Mound. The vehicle, owned by Wesley Krocker of Erie, ran into a barb wire fence after jumping a ditch and a driveway culvert. The pickup was a total loss and Shepard was treated at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons and released.
The Greeks made dolls with movable arms and legs held by metal pins. Roman dolls were stuffed with papyrus, reflecting distinct cultural toy practices in classical antiquity.
The Keenan family thanks Rev. Leo Hahn Dr Baker and local friends for sympathy during their sad bereavement. Appreciation expressed for acts of kindness and support from neighbors.
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