28 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1967
Page
1
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce plans a Saturday poll on a two cent motor fuel tax increase to fund highway improvements per the Jorgensen report. Rainbow Girls will conduct 12 straw ballot teams along Main Street before the Fall Festival parade, tallying anonymous votes.
French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville told the United Nations General Assembly that only a decisive American initiative can end the sterile fighting in Vietnam. He questioned an unconditional and indefinite bombing pause and urged a return to the 1954 Geneva agreements with Vietnamese responsibility for the settlement.
A three day Jaycee Fall Festival opens tonight with a talent show on Main between Lincoln and Highland. Stores close 5 30 to 8 and reopen 8 to 10 for a moonlight madness sale.
The Savannah Sugar Refining Co. was told by Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton that printing a Georgia flag replica on sugar packages is prohibited. He cited two laws banning flag use for promotion and forbidding mutilation or defilement of the state flag.
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha describes dwindling daylight as the season turns, with a closing sign off Yours. This brief item notes the transition from summer to shorter days.
John Harris Sr., 54, of Erie was named undersheriff for Neosh o county by Sheriff George Neely. He takes over from Don Harding who becomes county treasurer Oct. 10. Harris works for Blair Trailers and starts duties on the first of the month. Harding succeeds Marion Showalter who joins Thayer State Bank.
If you cannot reach your carrier call the Tribune after 6 p.m. use the HE 1 3400 line for assistance following business hours.
Harlingen Texas endures rising floodwaters as President Johnson heads to inspect disaster areas. Arroyo Colorado channels threaten 800 homes while dikes rise. National Guardsmen, Air Force airlift teams, and relief crews swarm the stricken Rio Grande Valley with refugees and shelters in Reynosa and Matamoros.
A total of 326035 is distributed to counties as their share of the net liquor enforcement tax revenue for the quarter ended Sept 15 by the state treasurer. Allen county received 2330.25, Neosho 2416.89, Wilson 2139.10 and Woodson 953.39.
U S warplanes fight nine air battles with MIGs over North Vietnam while ground combat softens at Con Thien where US Marines endure a light day. Weekly US casualty totals show 128 killed and 1,434 wounded. Communist losses 1,134 dead. Airstrikes target rail lines, supply points and coastal barges as pilots fly 159 missions.
Gov. Robert Docking announced Kansas is improving industrial safety. He cited a 1947 injury frequency high of 15.43 and noted that the rate fell to 8.54 last year, urging personal responsibility and cooperative action among industry, labor, and government to sustain progress.
City commission prepares to implement subdivision rules from Burgwin and Martin after planning board review. Governing body seeks clarification on wording from Harold Williams before City Attorney John Sherman drafts the enacting ordinance.
Kansas traffic death log shows 42 deaths for September and 469 for all of 1967. For the 1966 period deaths totaled 144, with 0 additional deaths reported in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday.
Baldwin Kan AP plan Baker University trustees meet Wednesday to review recommendations for a women's dormitory a science building and converting Stone Hall into a restaurant as part of upcoming semi annual proceedings.
Chanute property owners report a range of responses as reappraisal notices arrive. Some see doubled or tripled valuations while others are surprised by higher values on undeveloped lots in developing areas. Officials say total county valuation will be set after informal hearings in Erie and that errors will be corrected. The process aims to equalize assessments, with final mill levies to be set in next year’s budget period. Hearings began in smaller towns and continue through next week at the county courthouse.
Area forecast calls for fair skies and a warming trend with highs in the 60s to 70s. Frost observed in north central and northeastern Kansas with readings near 32 at Hill City and warmer spots around Pittsburg. Overnight lows expected 40 to 45 with clear weather through Friday.
A green sea bag sent from Vietnam to Baltimore contained a Viet Cong bamboo hand grenade, a U S Army grenade, and a triggering device. The Baltimore police bomb squad defused the U S grenade while ordance experts handled the Viet Cong device with internal wires and no percussion cap.
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