Racing Season Opens at West Main Drag Forum
Dogie McKinney writes to praise Chanute’s West Main Drag racing strip with a friendly challenge to find a single flaw. He notes a nine month season, the Bank of Commerce start, a two way course, a narrowing chute, and a challenging east return. He calls the setup unequaled for all ages and invites criticism of drag operation.
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Chanute
West Main Drag and Racing Association
Garfield
Steuben
Jr. High
Foodtown
Henryburger
Murphy
Dogie McKinney
S. Garfield
Kansas for Wallace draws ire and doubt in editorial
The editorial questions George Wallace carrying Kansas in the 1968 presidential race noting Kansas would reveal true voter mood. It argues Wallace offers no real solutions and condemns his ties to hate groups while recalling past opposition to racial intolerance.
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Kansas
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
White House
Ku Klux Klan
William Allen White
Emporia
Masons to return to King David temple after 25-year bid
The Masons win Cedar lodge bid to revive use of the 25-year-old King David temple on West Main. It had been vacant since 1937 when King David lodge merged with Cedar lodge, with Hulda Parker chapter of Eastern Star as the sole previous occupant.
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Masons
King David Temple
Lillian G. Barker
Cedar Lodge
Hulda Parker
Eastern Star
King David Lodge
Cedar
West Main
North Africa
Hitler
Europe
Italy
Sicily
Roy Smith
Drumwright
Okla
Law Coddles Delinquents Too Much
John P. Harris argues that juvenile law enforcement coddles young offenders. He favors strong parental penalties, stern first-offender punishments, and harsh confinement for chronic offenders to deter repeat crimes.
Roosevelts Romance Rumors and Transit Talks
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports on Henry Jay MacMillan linking FDR to Lucy Mercer and Eleanor Roosevelt amid notes from Elsie Cobb Wilson. The piece also covers Humphrey Johnson Vietnam posture shifts, Pell fast-train delays, and the high cost gap with Japan’s rail program.
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Washington
Henry Jay MacMillan
Wilmington
N.C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winthrop Rutherford
Lucy Mercer
Jonathan Daniels
MacMillan
Elsie Cobb Wilson
Roosevelt
Fdr
Eleanor
the Drake
New York
TV Tonight Listings Highlight Mixed Prgramming for Evening
The schedule shows Virginian at 9 followed by Avengers and Lost in Space. Billy Graham appears at 7 30 with Dream House and Reverend Hillbillies listed earlier. Movie slots include Green Acres and He and She, with Run For Life and Dom DeLuise on later air. News closes the lineup.
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the Virginian
Avengers
Billy Graham
Dom DeLuise
Television schedule highlights for Chanute area channels
A dense Thursday daytime and evening grid lists programs across Chanute Ch 3 through WIBW Ch 12, including Sunrise Semester, Today Show, news programs, dramas, game shows, soaps like General Hospital and As World Turns, and prime time lineups featuring The Tonight Show, Bonanza, Twilight Zone, and major network offerings with multiple time slots across stations.
Evening TV lineup features The Virginian and Beverly Hills
Tonight's schedule lists NBC's The Virginian at 6:30 p.m. and CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies at 7:30 p.m. The Kraft Music Hall airs at 8 p.m. with Ed McMahon hosting Anthony and the Imperials and other guests, followed by He and She at 8:30 p.m. on CBS and Dom DeLuise Show appearances. CBS resumes at 9 p.m.
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NBC
Shiloh Ranch
Beverly Hillbillies
CBS
Drysdale
Beverly Hills
Granny
Kraft Music Hall
Ed McMahon
Anthony and the Imperials
Charlie Manna
Barbara McNair
the Rascals
Dom DeLuise
Ronnie Martin
the Lane Brothers
Kaye Hart
Bible Verse Jeremiah 29 11 Expects Peaceful End
A religious note presents Jeremiah 29 11 promising thoughts of peace from the Lord. The verse emphasizes a hopeful future rather than adversity.
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Jeremiah
Iron and exercise mix in Heloise column
A reader shares comic plans to exercise while ironing with in place running and fast bursts between tasks. Another reader describes cardboard foil shields for stove splatters and using knee pads to scrub floors more easily.
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Peoples Forum
Editorial
Tribune
A. F. Wilson
Marvin Seefeldt
E. J. Seefeldt
Danville, Ky
Iwezea
States
John P. Harris
By Terry Murphy
City Park
Kelly
Mom
Shorty
Chicago
Merry-Go
Drew Pearson
Pearson Elsse Cobb Wilson
Mr. MacMillan
Gen
Louis Little
U.S. Marine Corps
Miss Mercer
Humphrey
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Paris
Claiborne Pell
Senate
Boston
Sen. Pell
Rhode Island
Tokyo
Osaka
Japan
Chine
All Star Theater
Dream House
Ed Allen
Bette Hayes
Gen. Hospital
Rev. Hillbillies
Dick Cavett
Andy of
Mayberry
Dick van Dyke
Bette
Woody Woodbury
Walter Cronkite
Joey Bishop
D. Powellater
Heloise
Helise
Anne Murray
Sharon
Robert C. Benzing
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