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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1968
Page
2
Eunice Egan of Downey California argues that youths challenge middle class smugness and war ethics, urging older generations to listen openly and seek a partnership with the younger generation to shape the country’s future. She notes broad involvement among youths and calls for reducing the generation gap by genuine dialogue.
A reader advises careful car lifting practices to prevent jack-angled rollaways. Emphasizes using wheel blocks, securing with emergency and foot brakes, and placing large blocks under axle or frame to catch the vehicle if it moves. Ends with best wishes from M K Ely of Chanute.
Twenty five years ago Tribune Files notes polio on the wane in Kansas yet two infantile paralysis cases from Neosho county were sent to Wichita for treatment. Both children come from St. Paul and Erie. Mrs A D Elder recovers from shock after lightning struck the Elder barn near Kimball destroying the barn and its contents. Civilian defense leaders prepare for a war bond drive in Chanute to meet the third war loan quota. Open season for last year’s motor car tags begins as Col John W Wall visits the city.
The shift from six to five workdays in the Soviet Union keeps total hours at 41 but raises leisure anxieties. Russians stockpile vodka, boosting sales 24 percent, turning weekends into heavy drinking sessions that hurt state factory output. The regime weighs prohibiting liquor to curb excess or reverting to six days, risking unrest.
Nixon frames a call to the forgotten middle class as a key Republican appeal. The writer recalls a past of low taxes when people had little wealth, contrasting it with later prosperity and lingering resentment toward New Deal and Great Society programs. The piece questions whether those with recent affluence will abandon old loyalties for the party line.
Justice Department files name several Congress members with alleged underworld links. Reps. Cornelius Gallagher, John Kluczynski, and Michael Kirwan are cited, along with ex Senator Barry Goldwater. The piece notes prior contacts, a private bond intervention, and ties to figures like Willie Bioff and Gus Greenbaum, highlighting local-level corruption patterns in Lake County Indiana, Columbus Ohio, Hot Springs Arkansas, Hudson County New Jersey, and Brooklyn New York.
Scout News Pack 235 Den 4 met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Kenneth Wimsett. Greg Krokstrom led the flag salute and new member Joe Harper Jr introduced himself. Krokstrom was elected denier and Joel Haines assistant denner. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Wimsett and Mrs. Jim Nutchison. Den Chief Scott Allen assisted.
A TV guide style listing shows 6:30 PM to 12:00 AM with programs including Wild Wild West Tarzan Sportsman's Friend Off to See The Wizard NFL Action Gomer Pyle Urban Crises Man in a Suitcase Movie Will Sennett Hollywood Squares City of Hope Awards Wagon Train America Profiles Judd and a late news segment.
TV listings detail a full day of programs across KYOO TV Ch 2 and others, including morning farm hour, cartoons, Westerns, dramas, late-night talk formats, and sports. Notable items include Bucking Channel blocks with Captain Kangaroo, Bugs Bunny, The Sandy Koufax Show, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke style dramas, and game shows across multiple stations.
TV listings include Tarzan and Nazis in a jungle chase for securities hidden by a German war criminal at 6:30 p.m. NBC offers White Paper on the urban crisis at 7:30 p.m. First part of a three part series. CBS at 7:30 p.m. features a CBS movie at 8 p.m. and Judd for the Defense at 9 p.m. on ABC with a scene involving a Black defendant seeking exoneration.
Verse from Jeremiah 10 10 proclaims the Lord as the true living God and everlasting king whose wrath will cause the earth to tremble and whose indignation the nations cannot endure.
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