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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1968
Page
2
Charles Berthot Jr argues Chanute cannot fund local housing and criticizes using federal money. He claims inflation from Federal Reserve financing burdens taxpayers and warns of collective bankruptcy. He challenges the editor to publish facts for readers to decide.
A group of 30 to 50 Negro students at Lawrence High School walked out to press their demands. Officials say no consideration will be given until students return to classes and meet with a counselor and parents. Demands include a black student union, a black cheerleader, more black teachers, Negro history courses, and other concessions to boost morale. some calls are described as racially charged.
The piece argues for teaching on Black history beyond slavery figures while opposing expansive concessions justified by past inequities. It cautions against yielding to what it calls racism and urges mature, measured responses from school officials in Lawrence and Harlem.
Freshman Matthew Marcus of White Plains, age 12, appears at CCNY but faces social limits due to youth. The piece argues his early academic success contrasts with restricted college social life and future milestones, predicting he will miss typical campus experiences and become an aging academic prodigy.
A reader from the Chanute area sends a Vietnam letter with a poem praising frontline soldiers. The writer extols the courage of the young troop and rejects hero worship while noting war's harsh realities and a shared bond among veterans.
Tribune Files notes a bleak national fuel picture yet a local survey shows heaters will find something to burn. Coal deliveries move slowly but suppliers expect enough to fill orders while gas and fuel oil are plentiful. Also mentions John L. Zimmerman enlisting in V-5 naval air corps training, and newborn Linda Rae Gregory in Johnson hospital. Later items report visits by J. C. Penny and Paul Evans. Theodore W. Kitchen visits city with business partners.
West Berlin tour with Axel Springer reveals seven fortifications guarding the wall including a revolving pipe, anti tank ditch and dragon teeth. Springer, powerful publisher of Bild Zeitung and Die Welt, discusses anti semitism, Israel support and his wartime license by the British.
The Friday TV grid showcases Jackie Gleason and Dating Game at 6 30, Adam 12 and Newlywed Game at 7, Lawrence Welk and Ghost and Mrs Muir at 7 30, Hogan's Heroes and Petticoat Junction at 8, Hollywood Palace at 8 30, Mannix Slim Wilson and Grand Ole Opry at 9, and News at 10 with Sunday notes.
TV schedule list from KVOO to KODE including channel lineups and weekday primetime lineups for Chanute and nearby markets. Contains time slots for Today Show Twilight to Sunrise Semester, with programs like The Beverly Hillbillies Dick Cavett Jeopardy Perry Mason and family shows across multiple channels.
CBS offers Jackie Gleason and My Three Sons with pregnancy shock on CBS and a Hollywood Palace guest host Bing Crosby with a star lineup. NBC’s The Ghost and Mrs Muir features sheltering an eloping couple while Jonathan Daly and Yvonne Craig guest star. Ed Sullivan marks 21st season with Red Skelton and Diana Ross and the Supremes on CBS. Smothers Brothers unites with Bela Fonte and Cass Elliott on CBS.
Chanute public librarian says local high school and junior college students study candidates issues and platforms in the library. Staff wonder about lowering voting age to fifteen while teachers praise youth as well informed future voters. New fiction and non fiction titles listed with authors and topics across genres.
A brief Bible verse note quotes Proverbs 12 2, highlighting that heaviness in the heart weighs one down while a good person brings gladness. The invocation echoes a moral reflection from scripture.
In Denver a court case over Napoleon the rooster ended with the bird not spared from removal. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Clark argued nuisance status against Napoleon and sought the Beurgons to remove the fowl.
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