Students to report from Vietnam mission for Tribune
Kansas State University journalism students Jean Lange and Leroy Towns will depart April 20 from Manhattan for Vietnam. They will file impressions from bases and South Vietnam areas over about 20 days, interviewing American servicemen, preferably Kansans. The Tribune asks area service members to mail name, rank, unit identification, and base or area in Vietnam to Chanute.
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Chanute
Yeggs Fail in Uniontown Bank Break-In
Burglars attempted to force the Union State Bank vault in Uniontown Kansas but failed. Sheriff Ray Cummings said the intruders cut the vault door but not the secondary door, and their acetylene torch ran out of gas. A bank driver found the break-in at about 4 am as the alarm rang and small change outside the vault was missing.
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Ray Cummings
Tribune Phone Directory Hint for Contacts
The item directs readers to contact their Tribune phone to reach a carrier and provides an after hours number HE 1 3400 for evenings after 6 p.m. The text suggests a procedural notice rather than a news event.
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Giant car crushing machine rolls at Hillside Salvage south of Chanute
W. H. Thompson of Conway Springs operates a 36 ton auto crusher that processes five thousand cars in about a year. The single unit, built over two years, uses three four foot rollers and a 60 horsepower engine to smash cars into loads for transport. Thompson seeks 37000 dollars and sells across Kansas and Oklahoma with a tractor trailer style unit.
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Chanute
Hillside
W. H. Thompson
Conway Springs
Thompson
Lady Bird Johnson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Parking and traffic upgrades at Chanute post office
The city planning commission approved three recommendations to improve parking and traffic flow at the post office on Lincoln and Elm. They include relocating drive up mail boxes to a north side alley with one way traffic and a 10 minute parking zone on Elm, plus removing the first north Elm space to ease backing. A proposal to widen East Main between Central and Ashby was tabled for planning board study and funding split.
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Steuben
Crash Fatal In Syracuse Man Dies After Car Hits Bridge
Arthur G. Diggs, 62, of Syracuse died from injuries sustained when his car struck a bridge on U S 50 four miles west of Syracuse. He died six hours after the crash at Memorial Hospital.
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Arthur G. Diggs
Memorial Hospital
U.S. 50
Areawide Rain Adds To Two Day Total In Kansas
Area forecast notes fair to partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday. More rain fell today, bringing the two day total to 1.74 inches, with 0.85 inch today alone. Rain extended across Kansas with towns reporting varied totals and strong winds in places, while temperatures ranged from the 30s to 40s.
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Pittsburg
Agreement Near on Major Issues In Kansas Legislature
Legislative leaders in Topeka said agreement appeared near on most undecided items of the session. They cited turnpikes income tax and withholding changes school finance reforms state water plan and Medicaid as key issues. A Kansas City Kan to Galena turnpike bill and a toll road study were under review.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Mid - Continent International
George Docking
Guard Against Bad Checks Emphasized At Chanute Meeting
County attorney John White urged merchants to exercise caution against bad checks. He warned against hold or postdated checks and stressed prompt reporting while noting enforcement does not function as a collection service. The program covered identification practices and recent fraudulent check cases as part of a Dollar Day discussion.
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Chanute Area
White
Kansas
Bill Johnson
A Decade Of Urgency Is Challenge At Latin Summit
President Johnson urged the 19 nations gathering in Punta del Este to pursue a decade of urgency to accelerate social and economic development in the Americas. He offered himself as a ready partner, while his informal remarks earlier drew attention amid pre-summit negotiations and backstage bickering.
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Uruguay
Johnson
Hemisphere
Americas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha in Car Smasher Message
A cryptic intercepted letter complains that a $7,000 model limousine can be completely depreciated by a giant car smasher. The fragment hints at a bold, symbolic act and a taunting dealer letter.
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Cha
Oxygen Cylinders Taken in Beak-in
A break-in at the Plattner Supply warehouse at 1723 S. Santa Fe was detected at 7 50 am. Two oxygen cylinders valued at 50 each and an empty acetylene cylinder were stolen, with possible missing full acetylene cylinders. The incident may link to a separate Uniontown bank burglary where gas cylinders were abandoned. Entry was gained by prying the padlock off a door.
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Plattner Supply
S. Santa Fe
Uniontown Bank
Safety Check By Kayettes At Senior High
The Kayettes of senior high school will conduct a car safety check Friday and Saturday between Seventh and Eighth on Lincoln. Checks run 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. They will inspect license, brakes, tires, lights, wipers, horn, and rear view mirror. If defects are found drivers won’t be fined. stickers will be given for cars checked okay.
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Cedar Vale Man Killed in Train Crash
Keith W. Boone, 43, of rural Cedar Vale, died from head injuries after his truck stalled on tracks. He jumped out but was struck as a Missouri Pacific train collided with the vehicle on a county road west of Cedar Vale.
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Cedar Vale
Kan
Keith W. Boone
Boone
Missouri Pacific
Jaycees Honor Pate. Camp Hats Plan At Chanute
Jaycees name John L. Pate as Keyman of the Year for Chanute for his work with the Oilfield Research Laboratories and local Jaycees. Pate moves to Ogden Utah to work as a civilian engineer at Hill Air Force Base. Funds planned from Happiness Hats sale to support cerebral palsy children’s attendance at the Kansas Jaycee summer camp near Augusta.
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Ogden
Utah
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Drumstick Cafe
Kansas
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