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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1968
Page
1
Elizabeth Taylor told the London Evening News she intends to quit acting, possibly next year, though she might return if offered compelling roles. She is currently filming in Paris.
Spokane reports Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jack Metcalf benefits from a campaign gimmick. Supporters planted 17 acres of pumpkins near his Mukilteo home and etched his name on small gourds. Full grown pumpkins display Metcalf in large letters. In Mississippi, inmates Earl Hickman and Kenneth Holmes visited schools to warn against crime, then escaped and are at large.
Pentagon notes rule bending needed for Jacqueline Onassis to be buried at Arlington beside John F. Kennedy. Widows who remarry become ineligible, Kennedy children limited to burial until age 21.
American fighter-bombers struck North Vietnam with heavy blows on trucks boats storage areas and bridges as weather improved. Pilots reported 39 boats and trucks destroyed and four bridges hit amid ongoing debates in Washington over a halt to bombing and Paris peace talks.
A Chanute KSTA meet the candidates session drew under 80 people as six state education candidates urged more state funds for schools. Speakers blamed high local property taxes and discussed changing the 1965 Foundation Act to raise state aid, with proposals ranging from 40 to 50 percent.
The Associated Press notes most Americans gain an extra hour this weekend as clocks fall back one hour for the end of daylight saving. States like Michigan and South Dakota exempt themselves with referendums planned for November 5, while rural farmers oppose time changes and Indiana faces split time zones and regulatory debates.
Contributions reach $18,053.70 toward a $23,900 target. New 100 percent firms include Chappy's Institutional Furnishings Ash Grove Power House Roleo Mfg Co and Nu Way Coin Laundry.
Area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with slightly warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight 35 to 40, highs Saturday 70 to 75. Overnight lows 32 at Manhattan to 44 at Dodge City. Thursday highs ranged 52 to 67 across cities including Emporia Topeka and Goodland.
A Shaw fire at Strange Implement Co. caused extensive content damage. sheriff Neely said the blaze started near an electrical box where a welder worked. Erie volunteers fought the flames. neighbors helped with hoses. the building was saved but contents were a total loss.
Neosho county consultants complete a water and sewer study and a population economy base study. The planning commission, led by Cleo Dalton, reports outmigration of young adults and slow overall population growth since 1900. Final reports to FHA and planning commission anticipated in weeks, with a November meeting planned.
A playful intercepted letter notes that shifting to Standard Time will grant the young at heart an extra hour of revelry Saturday night and the older set extra time to sleep in Sunday morning.
A daughter was born today to Lynda Bird Robb at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the birth to newsmen. Robb, a Marine captain, was serving in Vietnam. The baby weighed 1 pounds 8 ounces and measured 20 inches. name not given.
James Bailey 25 died after a rifle discharged while three youths target shot in a vacant field north of Earlton. Davidson and Gibson were treated for shock. Bailey, a Santa Fe railroad brake man, was ill to marry Patsy Brant and survived by his parents siblings and grandparents. Funeral arrangements to be set by Johnson Mortuary.
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