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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1963
Page
1
In downtown Chanute residents and travelers weigh Sunday opening vs closing. Opinions split with drug store exceptions favored by some and others urging a Sabbath closing. Several locals including Mrs Nesbitt and Mr Nesbitt Jr voice mixed views.
Washington AP reports farmers are not assured a flat 2 per bushel for certificate wheat under a Kennedy plan to be voted on May 21. The plan creates two categories with base supports of 2 and 1.30, loans on stored grain, and county based adjustments up to about 1.48, reflecting transport costs.
An official statement says President Izhak Ben Zvi's condition deteriorates with reports of stomach cancer and kidney trouble. Reliable informants note the president is seriously ill as doctors warn of possible decline.
President Kennedy told editors that the United States did not promise to invade Cuba and warned against a large invasion. He urged restraint on steel price boosts, hoping auto firms and unions act in the national interest while Cuba remains the focal topic.
Fidel Castro told Cuban television that he fortified the island with Soviet missiles after learning of plans for a second invasion. He cited Miro Cardona's resignation and claimed proof Cuba was right to resist imperialist aggression and the Caribbean crisis.
Forecasters predict fair to partly cloudy skies across Kansas this weekend with no rain. Highs range from the 70s in the northeast to around 80 in the southwest, tonight and tomorrow cooler with lows in the 40s, and winds turning stronger from the south by Sunday.
The Women’s Art and Crafts class will feature craft work at an open house Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Launching Pad Recreation Center with junior high displays. Entertainment includes sonnet readings, a film “A Thousand Dollars for Recreation,” and a marionette show with juggling clowns, a skater, boxing kangaroos, twins giraffes, and an elephant that blows bubbles. Mrs. Hans Herold notes at least one class craft will be shown along with recent improvements such as rubber carpeting, recovered pool tables, and mural painting by Francis Nichols’ classes.
Five hundred southeast Kansas school children including about 40 from Chanute and Buffalo rode 12 Santa Fe cars from Caney to Kansas City to attend the Ice Capades. Marie Therkelson, Montgomery county school superintendent, led the group. 40 students boarded at Chanute with 27 from Midway near Buffalo. Total children's fare was $6.30.
Kansas traffic death log reports 0 fatalities in 24 hours to 9 a m Saturday. For April the toll is 21 for 1963 and 114 for the comparable 1963 period, with 136 noted in the year to date.
The National Governors Conference may limit controversial topics next year. The executive committee plans to require unanimous consent to address resolutions at annual meetings. Southern governors blocked a strong anti discrimination stand last year using a filibuster, prompting calls for reform.
At the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard a chemist testified the 18 inch square polyethylene debris shows signs of flame exposure and contact with burning. Eight smaller plastic pieces and two orange life jacket pads were also presented as evidence in the Thresher submarine disaster hearings.
A spring storm complex spared few states as tornadoes and strong winds caused fatalities and injuries. In Illinois, St Francisville and Crystal Lake suffered deaths and extensive damage, while Kentucky Michigan Ohio and Indiana reported widespread destruction and high winds up to 90 mph in places like Chicago suburbs. A Crystal Lake hangar was toppled, affecting 11 planes.
Negotiations persisted today in Akron between the United Rubber Workers Union and Firestone, Goodyear, and B F Goodrich to replace contracts expiring at midnight. URW negotiators have authority to call a strike at these plants.
Governor John Anderson signed a set of bills including a 30 per cent assessment of property for tax purposes and creation of a state research foundation. The measures, part of a late-session package, also included consumer loan act amendments and several state university and hospital construction projects while vetoing a meat labeling bill for being vague and late.
More than 600 convicts in a maximum security prison at New Westminster B C staged a fresh all night riot after a guard was held hostage. Police and RCMP joined 150 officers in tear gas assaults as inmates smashed windows and filled the facility with unrest.
In Ottawa Kansas AP report, teacher Eva Fleming brought two sea horses to Lincoln school. One sea horse gave birth to 18 young, about half an inch long, leaving pupils excited and distracted for the rest of the day. The pair were ordered from Miami Florida. The dwarf parents stand about 1.75 inches tall.
Frederic G. Donner, GM chairman, earned 791,475 last year to set a new U S automotive industry high. Other GM directors and officers surpassed 500,000 with substantial bonuses and contingent credits. Net after taxes Donner took about 109,410. John Gordon followed with 726,100 in pay including salary bonus and contingent credit.
Nine members of a rural Alabama family, many children, apparently drowned when a small outboard boat overturned on the Tennessee River near Scottsboro. Two bodies were recovered at dawn. seven remain missing as authorities search the riverbank and water.
An intercepted letter questions whether the President stated the Cyber situation would be handled with vigor. The writer signs as Dear Cha, noting uncertainty about official stance.
President Charles de Gaulle from Paris reiterated France must build its own nuclear strike force and push the European Common Market forward without Britain. He urged worker restraint on wage demands to prevent inflation and warned reliance on allies was unsafe. He noted America’s large arsenal but questioned its use and stated France must have deterrence to reach aggressors and defend allies, possibly including America.
President Kennedy plans a June European trip visiting Italy and West Germany and expected to tour Ireland. White House aides say Irish details are pending while he may visit ancestral Wexford County. Dates to be announced as preparations continue.
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