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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy argued in a prepared address that a $5 billion budget cut would cost about a million jobs and erase the advantages of a proposed tax cut. He urged balanced economics and warned against large expenditure reductions.
Yetta Grotofent, 42, of the Wallendas circus family, died after a 50 foot fall during a Shrine Circus solo act in Omaha. The incident occurred as she swung and tumbled backward from the slender pole to the arena floor before 4,666 spectators. Her death marks the third Wallenda family member to die in a fall within 16 months, following earlier deaths in Detroit and prior deaths in Portland and Lewiston. Karl Wallenda, head of the troupe, expressed disbelief and sorrow.
TOPEKA AP Clear windy conditions spread across Kansas after rains and hail. Highs mostly in the 70s with upper 60s in the northwest, lows 30s north to 40s southeast. Some eastern showers noted, southeastern counties received up to an inch. Hail reported in Kansas City Kansas and north central areas.
A Navy court of inquiry heard a list of more than a dozen malfunctions that plagued the submarine Thresher before sea trials. Lt. Raymond A. McCoole said heavy corrective work reduced crew disaster training, but he noted the crew later found the Thresher in excellent condition before departure. The court at Portsmouth Navy Yard continued hearings on classified testimony as Atlantis II prepared to resume search operations for the sub’s remains.
An intercepted letter expresses pride in southeast Kansas and imagines a future with a super highway opening the frontier. The writer signs off as Yours, describing the region as wonderful and hopeful about greater connectivity.
Actress Jayne Mansfield will travel to Juarez Mexico within a week to finalize divorce from husband Mickey Hargitay. Her attorney Jerry Schutzbank said Mansfield is in Biloxi Mississippi for a personal appearance and will sign the papers soon. Hargitay has already signed.
Tornadoes lashed farm areas of southwest and southeast Iowa late Thursday. Residents saw at least three funnel clouds in Cass and Adair counties, with a second tornado near Danville west of Burlington. Damage included a barn roof, a church, tombstones, and several farms along Highway 92. no injuries were reported.
Gov. John Anderson signed the school unification measure as the Legislature adjourned, creating unified districts at all levels and leaving merging details to local boards. He also signed related bills expanding school aid to 21.9 million, appointive coroners with medical degrees, and various administrative and regulatory measures while vetoing a proposed industrial research park.
Magoo the mongoose receives an indefinite visa extension from Interior Secretary Udall, allowing him to remain at Duluth Zoo. Previously banned by U S law, Magoo faced deportation May 1 after being a valued India snake fighter and prolific breeder attracting visitors. no mate exists, so no immediate danger.
The seventh annual Drum and Bugle Corps show titled On Parade and themed Top Secret will start at 8 pm in the high school gymnasium. It will run about one hour and mark the corps final home appearance of the year.
James Lewis Olney, 34, a fugitive from Wichita Kansas, was found hiding in a tool shed near an Oklahoma City home after a gunfight with officers. He faced a U.S. commissioner on transporting a stolen car across state lines, with bond set at 100000 and a May 3 removal hearing ordered. The case followed a manhunt that included shootings near Augusta Kansas and related local slayings rattling residents.
Art Nicholson of 224 W 6th was jailed for 90 days in the county jail for parole violation tied to restitution failure in a magazine and advertising sales case. Curtis Nicholson, his cousin, pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received 10 days then was paroled to leave town.
At Edwards Air Force Base the X15 rocket plane carried a spherical pressure gauge to measure dynamic pressure during a re entry rehearsal from 70 miles. Space agency pilot Joseph A Walker kept speed at 1682 miles per hour, far under the previous 4104 mph record set by Maj. Robert White last June.
AP report from Topeka shows 24 hour traffic tally through 9 am Friday: 0 fatalities. For April 21 totals, 1963 record stands at 114 on the year, while the 1962 comparable period logged 133.
The Ottawa South Association, now Southeast Kansas Highways Association, endorsed moving its fight for Interstate 35 routing through eastern Kansas to the federal level. Officers were re-elected and designated delegates will seek action from the Bureau of Public Roads and the House highways subcommittee to block a Emporia bypass using interstate funds. The group aims to broaden membership and push general highway improvements in southeast Kansas while maintaining Ottawa south routing as top priority.
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