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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1966
Page
1
U S B52s bombed the demilitarized zone and two North Vietnamese positions near the Cambodian border, hitting infil tramission routes supply dumps and gun positions. Other raids targeted the Chu Pong Mountain lair and regional targets as the air war continued with missions over Haiphong and surrounding sites.
Six Neosho county businesses were broken into last night. A combined grocery and post office at South Mound and five locations in St Paul were hit. Small amounts stolen including from the post office. an attempted safe entry at the post office failed.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Friday shows 1 fatality for August and 7 for 1966 with 395 for the comparable 1965 period at Topeka area. The record notes a 372 figure for the prior period.
Baseball fans are promised a treat this weekend as the American Legion state tournament arrives at City Park. The stadium will be air conditioned, per the weatherman, boosting comfort for attendees.
A crash on U.S. 159 near Effingham killed Mrs. John Turner 67 and injured five others. The dead woman's body was cut from the wreckage. Injured include her daughters Mrs. Raymond Reichart Jr. 31 and Dorothy Turner 45 and Reichart's three children Jeff 8 Neill 7 and Jil 3. Jil Turner was listed in critical condition at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka. The remaining injured were treated in Horton Kansas hospitals.
Erie fairgrounds buzzed with entries as open class and 4-H divisions for sheep swine poultry rabbits and crops were judged. 4-H horsemanship home economics and woodworking ran alongside judging with youth sleeping in stables. Minor injuries occurred when a cattle animal wandered overnight.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk calls to strengthen the International Control Commission staff in Viet Nam to curb violations of the militarized buffer zone between North and South and to protect Cambodia. He denies U S planes attacked Soviet shipping near Haiphong and urges peace talks. India proposes staff expansion as North Vietnamese forces move through the buffer zone.
A Chico veterinarian Dr Robert Erickson his wife Barbara 19 and Kathy 13 and another daughter were killed when a light plane crashed on a farm near Hunter Kansas. The plane had departed from Manhattan bound for Sidney Neb and burst into flames after circling over the farm prior to the field impact.
Neosho county proposes a 33.29 mill levy for next year, a 1.87 mill reduction from 1965. A public hearing is set for 1 30 p m August 15 in the county commission room at the Erie courthouse.
In Kansas City a 73 year old woman Mamie Strand died of a massive stroke and her eyes were donated for corneal transplants. David Kelley 15 of Raytown Mo and Tawfik Dimachki 42 Beirut Lebanon received corneas. Doctors warn of possible tissue rejection but hope for successful results.
Burglars struck the First State Bank of Edna Kansas stealing about 60 cents in stamps and 40 cents in bubble gum plus 5 to 10 dollars in petty cash. Intruders broke the front door glass but did not enter the vault. Edna lies about 20 miles southwest of Parsons.
The IRS office in Parsons now serves all southeast Kansas, with Independence and Pittsburg offices closed. It handles federal income tax questions and problems, under office manager Martin J. Miller.
Area forecast calls for generally fair weather with little temperature change through Saturday. Tonight's low in the middle 60s, Saturday's high near 90. Kansas statewide highs mostly in the 80s with lows 60 to 70, light rain recently in Dodge City Garden City and Goodland, possible showers in the west today and north on Saturday.
In Wiscasset Maine the blood worm diggers won a 25 cent per 100 worms raise after a strike with worm dealers. About 300 men harvest blood worms along the coast supplying East Coast bait markets. Digger Darrell Russell noted digging continues even in winter and justified the raise.
Secretary of Labor Wirtz told the House Commerce Committee that the administration has not yet taken a position on a potential law to end the 29 day airline strike. He noted no emergency exists and cautioned against rushing new ground breaking legislation while negotiations are pending. The Senate already backed a bill to end the machinists union walkout against five major airlines.
Two German, two Austrian, and two Italian climbers were lifted by helicopter from a snowbound glacier on Mont Blanc after three days of blizzard conditions. They reached base camp in Courmayeur in good condition as others perished in the storm.
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes said Missouri is studying toll road options with three preliminary routes under consideration. One links Kansas City to the Springfield Joplin region to connect with a south Missouri toll line toward Louisiana. Another would head from Kansas City northeast toward Chicago. A third would serve central and southeast Missouri from Jefferson City north to south central and southeastern areas.
Police report a night of clashes across Chicago with two killed and 15 wounded. Victims include Sally Jackson 41 an expectant mother fatally struck on a West Side porch. Other injured include Marcella Williams and Richard Banks. Gunfire came from a car with five youths shouting Mighty Black Stone Rangers. Henry Marshall 19 was fatally stabbed on the South Side amid gang conflict between Rangers and East Side Disciples.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon arrived in Saigon after a Bangkok stop and criticized Johnson era Viet Nam policy critics for prolonging the war and hindering negotiations. He said the administration failed to inform the public and friends abroad about American goals in Vietnam.
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