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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1968
Page
1
Four Osa and Martin Johnson travel films will be telecast on KOAM TV channel 7 over four consecutive Saturdays November 2 9 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. Titles include I Married Adventure Baboona Congorilla and Borneo.
MOSCOW AP Beregovoy and the Suyoz 3 completed nearly four days in space with no records or breakthroughs. Tass reported a soft landing in the Soviet Union, location undisclosed, and said Beregovoy feels well. The Tass note praised the mission as successful. In Chanute area, Four-H leaders from Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties were honored at a Chamber of Commerce dinner attended by 170 people with local sponsors and a barbecue beef dinner.
The district coroner Dr. Robert Daniels identified the mummified remains found in a house basement as William Tanner who died in 1934 at age 81 from natural causes. Identification was via a tag. the body had been given to KU School of Medicine by Osa Watomie State Hospital in August 1934 and later to a doctor in 1937.
A 20 second earthquake rattled Fairbanks and nearby areas Tuesday sending people into the streets. No injuries or major damage reported but the University of Alaska seismograph needle was knocked off its instrument five miles west of Fairbanks. Readings elsewhere ranged from 6.5 to 7 on the Richter scale. The 1964 Anchorage quake was 8.3 and caused 113 deaths and about 311 million dollars in damage.
AP reports Dr. Karl Menninger defending crime prevention through root causes over punishment. He criticizes media hype and calls for addressing underlying social tensions, urging caution on public fear and bias during a New York press conference promoting his new book. He notes crime appears down but insists reporting is overplayed. A Wichita update and Pearl Harbor note follow with local election results and a Soviet ship sighting in Hawaiian waters.
AREA FORECAST calls for fair skies with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph through Thursday. Low tonight in the 50s, Thursday highs in the middle 80s, cooler in the west, above normal in the east. TOPEKA reports a cool front moving across Kansas tonight and Thursday with no significant precipitation. WICHITA notes Kansas Turnpike traffic up 7.51 percent in nine months, toll revenue up 7.97 percent, 5,494,829 passenger cars and 825,620 commercial vehicles. September record 728,491 vehicles. Kansas City expressway traffic up 62,000 to 1,049,0xx for the month.
TOPEKA AP A warning was issued that defacing a ballot by crossing out Marvin Griffin and writing in Gen Curtis LeMay can void the ballot and not count the vote. Kansas law counts only the regular X mark and voters elect a slate of seven electors. Griffin is a former Georgia governor.
Paris envoys of the United States and North Vietnam clashed over a basis for peace talks with no clear agreement. A U S official refused comment on substance and on unconfirmed reports of an imminent breakthrough while an allied official hinted at resolution, saying everything is settled but offering no details. In Bangkok, Thailand, foreign officials considered the move.
News from Saigon and Paris reports intensified American fighter-bomber raids on North Viet Nam amid talks on a bombing halt. Thieu says Hanoi remains unbending while U.S. officials hedge on a near-term ceasefire. Contending reports cite a possible joint Saigon Paris peace move, with Harriman and Thuy meeting for 90 minutes.
A veteran notice warns motorists to watch for elves dwarfs and other odd characters during Halloween as a playful haunting prompts awareness and caution on the roads.
After a deadly Halloween night accident involving a 16 year old student, Chanute launched a nine year program led by Royster Junior High St Patrick's and Senior High with community groups. The initiative redirected youths toward organized activities ending vandalism and window soaping in the town.
Neosho county residents decide races for sheriff, county commissioners, clerk, treasurer, register of deeds, and district court. The 5th district seat sees Republican Fred Harris challenging Democrat Henry Watkins with the 6th district pitting Democrat Edwin F. Kagin Jr. against Republican Oren Gray. Allen and Wilson counties also offer multiple offices and a special Elm Creek bridge levy in Allen county.
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