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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
4
The piece urges Kansas to reform motor vehicle tag sales by mail and to stagger tag expirations by birth month, like driver licenses. It notes peak courthouse workloads, exam stresses the cost of annual stamping, and suggests multi-year tags with yearly tabs. It argues reforms would reduce overtime and waste.
A note on mandatory polio and other immunizations for school entry contrasts with memories of past school life. The piece recalls quarantines, pest houses, and the social rituals around illnesses like measles and whooping cough, highlighting health progress and lost childhood rites.
Twenty five years ago plans outlined a seven mile concrete slab on US 169 from Thayer to Morehead. Pouring would begin no later than Monday from the Thayer end with 14 trucks hauling materials from Morehead and water from Lake Richmond via a line to Morehead. The slab would be 20 feet wide, wider than the current paving through Thayer.
The note quotes Zephaniah 1 7 urging calm in God’s presence and declares the day of the Lord is near with the Lord having prepared a sacrifice and invited guests.
California conservatives groom actor Ronald Reagan as a potential Republican presidential candidate, promoting him from Hollywood figure to California governor. The piece notes party rifts, Reagan’s lack of government experience, and his controversial stances on tax, Medicare, education funding, welfare, and Earl Warren.
Readers send questions on post operative digestion and diet. Molner explains bile is produced by the liver and drained into the small intestine without the gallbladder, most people tolerate any foods, some need to limit fat after large meals, and other digestive issues may require different tests and remedies.
A 1966 Chanute Tribune column shows two readers blaming wives for lack of romance due to poor timing. The letters swap notes on work stress, family demands, and exhausted husbands with advice urging better timing to rekindle intimacy.
Visitors to the Kentucky Historical Society Museum at the Old State House in Frankfurt are greeted by an intact 14th century style description gun? The article notes a 1390 Gatling gun on display in the foyer as a feature.
Local Chanute coverage features community events and notices from September 19, 1966. Startling developments include civic announcements and brief society notes shaping autumn activities in town.
The Kentucky Division of Weights and Measures adopted a truth in packaging regulation to protect buyers. The new rule aims to ensure accurate product quantity disclosures and fair labeling across markets in Frankfurt and statewide.
Television guide excerpt shows a mixed prime time grid with channels 2,4,5,7,9,12,13 listing titles such as Run Buddy Run Gilligan's Island Dream of Jeannie Andy Griffith Bewitched Peyton Place Family Affair and news Weather Sports, plus game shows and a comedian Roger Miller.
Selections across KVOO WDAF TYV KMBC KODE WIBW KOAM Chanute handle morning to late shows. List includes News Captain Kangaroo I Love Lucy The McCoys Eye Guess Jeopardy Love of Life Guiding Light and Tonight Show with competing soap operas, game shows, and cartoons through afternoon and evening schedules.
TV listings note Iron Horse on ABC at 6 30 with Ben Calhoun facing a cattle contract plot to take over the railroad. NBC presents Family Affair at 7 30 and Run For Your Life at 9 with Jack Palance and Diana Hyland guesting. Bachelor Bill Davis contemplates sending Cissy away on CBS at 8 30.
A collage of light notes and quips from several papers. The items include a playful reference to boarding goldfish during trips and a mock incident with Batman and Robin run over by a road packer, followed by satirical lines about vegetables and longevity from local gazettes.
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