27 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1969
Page
1
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a federal law barring obscene advertisements to non recipients. The April 1968 rule is defended as balancing free speech with residents right to privacy at home while mailers claim it infringes First Amendment rights.
Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy watched the Oakland Raiders at San Diego where his 19 year old son Viktor joined in. Viktor seemed drawn to his pretty Russian speaking Disneyland hostess Kathy Berk who met him during a tour. Viktor cheered the Chargers.
Washington AP reports Representative William M. Delmer, chair of the House Rules Committee, has blocked progress on a Negro voting rights bill. He plans hearings on November 18, making House and Senate action before adjournment unlikely this year, though passage in the House remains probable.
Thousands of government workers serve as cheering sections for foreign visitors and medal ceremonies. Absences average two hours monthly per agency, with 25 to 200 workers. White House sources say about 5,000 passes went out last week to gather a crowd for President Nixon to greet the Shah of Iran.
Strong earthquakes struck the western Yugoslav city of Banja Luka over Sunday and today. At least 11 people were killed and hundreds injured as a 65,000 population endured building collapses. A second tremor this morning compounded the damage and fatalities.
Joan Tunney Wilkinson, daughter of former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, is in a Marseilles hospital after two months missing. Two French residents brought her to the American Consulate and she was admitted. Her husband Carter Wilkinson has joined her. relatives report she is emaciated and suffering memory loss.
Richard Hanks 29 of Kansas City was shot dead with two others wounded in front of a Manhattan community center Saturday night. Terry Miles 20 faces first degree murder charges as a fugitive warrant circulated. Hanks attended the Kansas State Oklahoma game and was visiting his Manhattan city commissioner brother.
Southeast Kansas law enforcement officers attend a regional training session at the Central Park Community Building as Richard Seaton outlines the new code taking effect next July. Topics include invasion of privacy and conspiracy to commit a crime.
An intercepted note reads This is a rather cool Indian summer. Yours, with a cordial sign off Dear Cha.
Arab leaders pressed to ease the Lebanon crisis between the army and Palestinian guerrillas. Tripoli remained under 24 hour curfew while Tyre Baalbek Nabatiyeh lifted curfew. Egypt Syria and Libya warned Lebanon while signaling possible cease fire negotiations through envoy El Kholi.
Eleven Camp Fire girls of Group 25 in Coffeyville plus three leaders and six siblings rode the Santa Fe Tulsan from Independence to visit the Safari Museum. They hiked to Santa Fe Park for a sack lunch, joined by Girl Scout Troop 79 for an afternoon cookout, then returned to Independence by train and cars.
Mass picketing and scattered arrests mark the start of a nationwide strike by unions representing 147 000 GE workers. AFL-CIO leaders call the action nearly 100 percent effective as plants in 133 cities and 33 states face walkouts over wage and cost of living protections.
The USS Command awaits word from the Viet Cong on plans to release three American soldiers. The broadcast named Spec. 4 Willie A. Watkins and Pfc. James H. Strickland Jr. and Pfc. Coy R. Tinsley as prisoners. No release location or date was given.
In the United States unions representing 147000 workers begin a strike at General Electric Co plants across several states to push for a new labor contract. The move follows word of plans for action and a broader labor dispute ongoing across the industry.
The city commission meets tonight at 7:30 in the Memorial Building to discuss crosswalk safety and mobile home park concerns, with officials reviewing zoning and public safety implications.
Stockholm awarded the first Nobel Prize in economic science to two European economists in a historic joint decision. The ceremony highlighted breakthroughs in economic theory and policy, underscoring the growing importance of scholarly work in markets and growth.
Area forecast warns of a freeze tonight with cold fair conditions. Tuesday should be slightly warmer with low in the upper 20s tonight and high in the 50s. Northerly winds sweep Kansas with 40s today and 20s to 30s tonight, light drizzle possible in extreme southwest. Traffic death toll logged for 48 hours to Monday morning with year totals.
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