Prices Rise Across Wide Range of Products
Prices are rising for transportation, home building, furnishing, and leisure goods as manufacturers cite higher material, labor, freight, and tax costs. Steel bars up 1.8 percent, steel makers earlier hiked hot rolled plates and tinplate, and automakers like Chrysler Ford show wholesale increases on 1968 model cars. RCA boosted 46 color TV sets, while a tennis can of three balls costs 10 cents more.
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New York
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Ford
Radio Corp. of America
General Tire & Rubber Co
Green city pledge prompts big park tree planting drive
Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park Commission launched a program to plant 791 trees along city streets to fulfill William Penn’s vow of a green country town. The initiative marks a major urban greening effort across the city.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Fairmount Park Commission
Elephants Paraded at Ringling Bros Circus in Portland
Hugo Schmitt of Ringling Bros explains that elephant training is straightforward and not a mystery language. He notes handlers simply call each elephant by name as they parade 17 elephants to the tent in Portland, Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Hugo Schmitt
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Derby Street vacant for teeners to park and talk
Derby, Kansas AP The City Council opened a vacant stretch of Nelson Drive for teenagers to park and converse after about 50 students complained of being barred from parking and talking at night. They may use the area until 1 a.m. if they keep it litter free.
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Derby
Kan
Nelson Drive
Thayer Fair Hosts Visitors From Across States
A long list of visitors spent time in Thayer visiting local families during the Thayer Homecoming Picnic and Fair. Guests included Ray Lane family of Central Point Oregon, Ted Fossler and Karla of Meraux Louisiana, Frank Powers of Barnsdall Oklahoma, Rosa Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Forbrey d, Danville Indiana, Ray Beeman and Della Gelwix families, and numerous relatives from Chanute Neodesha Gardner and Gardenia California. The Umbargers, Harpers, and other locals hosted relatives, attended weddings, and enjoyed sightseeing trips to Bolivar and Silver Dollar City. The week featured a wedding in Tulsa and several family visits across Kansas and nearby states.
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Thayer
Ray Lane
Central Point
Ore
Ted Fossler
Karla
Meraux
Charlie Payne
Frank Powers
Barnsdall
Okla
Rosa Powers
Louisa Dowell
Ernest Duncan
Duncan
Bill Wheeler
Wheeler
Jerry Wheeler
Hillsdale
June Wheeler
Wichita
Frances Hazen
Jim Forbreyd
Kristin
Lisa
Danville
Ind
Ray Beeman
Della Gelwix
Randy
Joplin
Margarette Carroll
Gardenia Calif
Lovell Elrod
Gilbert
Truman Elrod
Duane
M. R. Elrod
Bryant Nursing Home
Chanute
Leonard Hare
Newt Moore
Shelby Howard
Lewis Singhurst
Pamela
Bob Fraser
Gertrude Lewellen
Connie Hare
Neodesha
H. E. Anderson
James Hannon
Justin
Laura Anna
Edna
Glenn Thornton
Hannon
Wade
Wayne French
Modesto
Calif
Bolivar Mo
Silver Dollar City
Tulsa
Umbargers
Larry Umbargers
Everett Thornton
Eddie Roderick
California
Roderick
Elrod
Gayle
Ricky Hastings
West Point
Marvin Elrod
Jeffrey
Gardner
Ordnance
Parsons
Everett Harper
Ben Weibel
Border
Texas
Roy Harper
Davenport
Iowa
Frank White
Larry
Dorothea Bunker
Oliver
Lester White
Grace Beeman
Ann Leaverd
Enid
Ricky
Jamie
Jesse Johnston
Bill Brewer
Humboldt Party Hosts Birthday Canasta and Visits
Mrs. Hulda Feeney surprised on her birthday by canasta friends with a neon luncheon and a musical birthday cake. Inez Moffit won high score, Dora Mueller low. Guests included Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Renick, Mrs. Collison, and Mrs. Wright. Daughters Farley Wright and Leon Hansen sent birthday calls. The Lutheran Ladies Aid met to study prayer. Weekend guests were the Sumner and Card families from Tulsa.
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Humboldt
Hulda
Feeney
R. C. Wright
Inez Moffit
Low
Dora Mueller
William Rensick
Martha Collison
Wright
L. E. Morgan
Bellflower
Calif
Charles Tilman
Kansas City
Jim Morgan
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Fellowship Hall
Robert O. Wall
Herman Seyfert
Olinda Brinkman
Christiana Card
Tom Sumner
Tulsa
Secrecy Hampers Debate in Congress Over Policy
In Washington several senators complain that classified material from Defense and State agencies blocks open public argument on foreign and military policy. They argue secrecy hinders debate and the public case for positions while denying proper transparency and accountability.
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Washington
APP
Defense
State Departments
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Congress
U.S
Executive Branch
Stars and Stripes marks 25th birthday with two editions
The Army newspaper Stars and Stripes celebrates its 25th year with two active editions in Darmstadt Germany and Tokyo. Tokyo copies are flown daily to Saigon for American troops in Vietnam.
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Stars and Stripes
Darmstadt
Germany
Tokyo
Saigor
Vietnam
Chanute Tribune Briefs September 7 1967
The Chanute Tribune reports briefs from September 7 1967 covering local events. Details include community notices, meeting dates and short updates from Chanute and nearby areas.
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The
Chanute Tribune
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