27 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1967
Page
1
An Associated Press survey indicates Kansas state budget requests for the next fiscal year total about 682 million dollars, including 676.4 million in regular requests and up to 5.2 million in supplemental requests to cover pay hikes.
The Area Forecast calls for generally fair and cold tonight with a light freeze and partly cloudy skies, then a warmer Saturday with highs in the 60s. Topeka notes unseasonably cold weather across Kansas with freezing temperatures tonight and highs in the 50s on Saturday. Overnight lows ranged from 26 at Garden City and Goodland to 39 at Pittsburg.
NASA officials announced November 7 as the target for the first Saturn V test flight. The 363 foot rocket will propel an unmanned Apollo lunar spacecraft 11 400 miles into space to test the new booster and heat shield. Delays remain possible due to the rocket systems complexity.
Johnnie Lee Mock aged 31 of 509 West Fifth Street began work today as a city fireman filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Jim Burke.
Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas condemns violent protest at the Pentagon as undermining defense work and risking a broader war. He defends dissent but argues demonstrations divert debate and nations’ policy, urging public discussion of Vietnam while noting war costs and indecision.
In Emporia Kansas voters rejected a 4.4 million bond proposal for a new high school and a new grade school. The measure failed 2235 to 1688 as turnout was under half of registered voters.
The Post Office Department shifts mail by Star routes, phasing out rail baggage and clerks. Chanute now uses private trucks for most inbound outbound mail with Fort Scott Center directing the flow. Details list 5:00 am Kansas City to Chanute and stops, 7:15 pm routes, and multiple satellite stations nationwide to speed postmarks and reduce congestion.
A U N drafting team of six of ten elected members near final touches on a plan to appoint a special U N representative for the Middle East. The proposals from India Denmark and Latin America hinge on Israeli withdrawals and security guarantees with free waterway navigation and refugee settlements to be addressed.
A South Vietnamese infantry battalion repelled a North Vietnamese regiment’s attack near Phuoc Binh in Phuoc Long Province. The clash produced 134 enemy killed amid a week of heavy U S air raids over North Vietnam.
On Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River a 17 foot bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt will be unveiled. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth will pull the cord with Interior Secretary Stewart Udall presiding. The $1.4 million memorial sits on an 88 acre preserve reached by ferry or footbridge.
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log through 9 a.m. Friday records 43 fatalities for October and 526 for 1967, compared with 610 for the same period in 1966.
Marine Lance Cpl. Wayne P. Whiteman of Lyons Kansas was listed by the Defense Department as among those who have died in Vietnam not in hostile action. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Wayne W Whiteman of Lyons Rt 1.
McPherson County residents voted down a $500000 bond proposal to fund a $2 million county hospital. The tally was 3449 against and 3275 in favor. A federal grant, gifts and pledges would have completed financing.
An intercepted note contrasts Teddy Roosevelt’s memoria association era and the slower conquest of a Potomac island with the rapid capture of San Juan Hill by his troops. It frames wartime timing and leadership in documentary terms.
Miss America 1968 Debra Barnes arrived in Topeka Kansas greeted by Gov. Rob ert Docking and Mayor Charles W Wright Jr. She toured the statehouse met state employees held a press conference and planned a Cedar Crest luncheon before returning to Moran and Pittsburg for a dinner and weekend events. Her father and sister accompanied her.
The article notes the 1966 Uniform Time Act requiring standard time across states and the biannual shift to Daylight Saving Time. It highlights exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii, and describes mixed reactions from farmers theater operators and parents. Television networks and traveling salesmen favored synchronized schedules.
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