12 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1967
Page
1
In responses from Altoona and nearby areas residents pick earlier twenties or late teens as optimal. Mrs. Frank Green prefers twenty one while Cecil Crim opts for nineteen for future looking optimism. Other locals favor their current age or recall college senior year as best.
The weather shows overnight lows from 46 to 56 across Kansas with a record low of 50 at Wichita. Highs Friday range from 74 in Garden City to 80 in Goodland Abilene and Wamego. State temperatures averaged 10 to 15 degrees below normal amid a slight western warming trend.
Hanoi radio claimed seven U.S. planes were shot down and pilots captured, while Hanoi accused U.S. raids on residential areas as escalation. U S. Command gave no details on today’s strikes. ADN reported six raids in 17 hours. Viet Cong attacked four Quan Tri Province compounds. Australian advisers were wounded and 41 attackers died. U S. pilots hit the Doumer Bridge in Hanoi and targeted bridges near Phu Ly and Hai Duong with reported damage and no U S. losses.
Christine Quarti 23 of 919 S Highland received a summons for failing to yield after her 1965 Mustang collided with Michael R. Savidge 23 of 1524 S Central in the 100 block of West Main. The non-injury accident caused about 100 dollars damage to each vehicle and Quarti posted 15 dollars bond.
Aerialist Frank Cook, about 44, fell 44 feet from a high wire during a Bevier homecoming celebration before 150 spectators. He sustained head injuries and multiple fractures and was hospitalized at the University of Missouri Medical Center after the bicycle chain slipped and he lost balance. Cook performed without a safety net and was riding a bicycle on the wire when the accident occurred.
A playful note reflects on football in August, contrasting the usual football season with unexpectedly mild August weather, signed as a personal aside.
In Lenore West Virginia a 15 year old, Leonard Boyce, was trapped 14 feet underground after a second cave in during rescue efforts that followed a 13 hour entrapment. Rescue workers, including area miners, fought rocks and dirt as a temporary hood protected his head. Authorities halted traffic and trains amid ongoing danger, while Boyce pleaded for water and release.
Jimmie Rains age 16 of 527 S Central suffered multiple bumblebee stings while mowing a lawn at Charles Wiggins residence 518 S Central. He rested at Neosho Memorial Hospital after the swarm emerged from a ground hole and stung him between 20 and 40 times before he reached home. stings were washed off with a garden hose.
Washington AP reports the Perseid meteor shower offers new clues to how the night ionosphere remains electrified. Dr. Herbert Friedman of the Naval Research Laboratory describes meteor debris as a reservoir energy that sustains radio reflections after sunset, with an Aerobee rocket flight at White Sands providing strong evidence.
Merlin R. Nightingale aged 12 died when his pickup left a township road in Galva Kansas eight miles west of McPherson. The vehicle overturned into a ditch and Nightingale was ejected from the cab while alone in the truck according to the highway patrol.
Traffic death log for Topeka Kansas covers 24 hours to 9 am Saturday August 17 1967. Report shows 371 deaths for August 1967 versus 420 for the comparable 1966 period. Data appears under the AP traffic statistics.
A Delaware & Hudson passenger train bound for Montreal and a southbound freight collide near the Saratoga Springs Ballston Spa line. At least two killed and about 40 injured as the Montreal Limited, carrying over 50 aboard, crashes at 4:35 a.m. Ambulances from Glens Falls and surrounding areas respond to the scene.
Dominique Bienfait, 18, of Montelimar, claims he did not receive mail from his girlfriend Martine Rivasi while staying with Glen Nichols in Aldridge. He showed a box marked litter as the place he deposited seven letters, revealing the typo that caused the exchange to go astray.
A bus carrying nine British tourists collided with a truck near Palma de Mallorca on the highway to Manacor. Nine passengers were killed and 26 injured, with nine listed as gravely hurt, police reported.
A Friday night head on collision on U S 72 near a Tuscumbia River bridge killed nine people. The Wadlington family of Sledge headed for a lakeside vacation perished along with Brown of Iuka and Davis and O Neal of Booneville. One 12 year old survivor Ann Hogan was seriously injured.
The Kansas Highway Commission approved a four mile east Topeka trafficway costing over 6 million dollars with state aid for engineering and construction contingent on Shawnee County issuing bonds. The route from Deer Creek Parkway at U.S. 40 to U.S. 2 1/2 north of the Kansas River would pass the municipal airport and include a bridge over the river.
Erie reports the 13th annual Neosho County Fair closes today with a 2:30 junior tractor driving contest and a 4 PM 4-H day show. The fat stock sale starts at 8 PM at the fairgrounds after judging of open class and junior dairy projects this morning.
Chinese Red Guards stormed a Soviet merchant ship in Moscow harbor injuring the captain and seizing control, Tass news agency reported.
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