25 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1969
Page
1
This week notes discuss setting clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, with people differing on whether to change tonight or tomorrow. The column also notes a cantaloupe theft from Lincoln and First, with residents Booe and Mrs. Blough reporting three and one melons respectively and remaining melons and geraniums missing.
Neodesha, Kansas, a 4000 population town, shows resolve to offset the close of the American Oil refinery around April 1 197. The piece recalls Norman No 1 oil well as Mid Continent first and notes Neodesha's claim to the state’s first motorized fire truck. Its first run January 6 1909 ended quickly as fire was contained by bucket water.
J T Klinginsmith completed barber college in 1919 and began work at 6 am the next day in Iola. He marked his 51st year in the trade in a West Main one man shop, recalling how shaves and haircuts priced 15 and 25 cents, with long hours and social shop life.
Erie area breeders Mr and Mrs Bill Blair raise Appaloosas and Quarter Horses. They sold 117 head this afternoon and plan to keep about 30 as they expand into a year round arena on the Blair farm seven miles southwest of Erie. The 100 by 192 foot steel and sheet metal facility seats 400, houses a sale ring and stalls, plus an outdoor track. Blair also makes stock trailers and hopes to form a riding club and train cattle horses.
The United States and the Soviet Union will begin SALT talks in Helsinki on November 18, 1969, to discuss curbing the strategic arms race. The session marks phase one focusing on preliminary matters as negotiators address multiwarhead missiles and anti missile defense.
An armored force of about 300 crossed from Syria into Lebanon and occupied hills near Yanta, four miles from the border. Five armored cars, three jeeps with recoilless rifles, and eight vehicles with mortars formed the column, reportedly a Syrian army contingent. Lebanese troops moved to block access. no clashes reported. Reports also note border guards possibly kidnapped and ongoing Arab-Israeli hostilities with air raids and border fighting.
A tentative agreement between District 413 and SEK CAP Girard to bring Humboldt Head Start staff to Chanute for half-day sessions at Alcott school aims to start after the first of next year. The program will use Humboldt staff and be under SEK CAP control, serving about 20 preschoolers with a hot lunch. The plan awaits CAP approval in Washington and potential funding adjustments for future enrollment.
The excerpt quotes an intercepted letter to Cha expressing hope to avoid getting drawn into another war as the Vietnam conflict looms. It suggests concern over U.S. entanglements and wartime decisions during the era.
House Speaker McCormack denies perjury charges amid a Life magazine report detailing Nathan Voloshen and Martin Sweig’s activities in the speaker's office. The piece questions leadership and friendships within the House as McCormack contemplates re election.
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