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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1965
Page
5
Two fishing boats report Robert Manry aboard the 132 foot sloop Tinkerbelle is in good health, about 60 to 70 miles from Falmouth England. He aims for the Lizard and may reach Falmouth in a day if calm seas continue.
The 4 H Club News notes the Buffalo Boosters gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Cline smith for the August meeting with Jeannie Collins presiding and Mery Summervill leading singing. Program items included Pat Sharp on music appreciation and a bus rules talk by Miss Collins.
Two Texas families led by Mr and Mrs Dow Cunningham and Mr and Mrs Curtis Freeman with eight children halted near Newcastle Wyoming after a 3000 mile wagon train. They face a vandalized Canadian homestead and broken equipment but plan to resume toward McBride Canada with a Campbell Enterprises truck aiding their move.
The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist party sent congratulations to the Communist party of Cuba on its 40th anniversary, as reported by Pravda.
Topeka AP reports Thomas W. Oliver has been named bridge engineer in the State Highway Commission design department. He succeeds Edwin S. Elcock who retires Sept 1. Oliver joined the commission in 1930 and has served as assistant bridge engineer since 1941. He studied at Pittsburg State College and holds an engineering degree from the University of Illinois.
Jim Firman 30 of Hugoton died from a gunshot wound Saturday. Deputy coroner Dr. R. T. Leneve said Firman who lived with his parents shot himself in the head with a .22 caliber rifle.
Crowds swarmed from Reno gambling halls to view an early morning fire at the Reno branch of the Nevada Bank of Commerce. Police dogs were deployed to deter onlookers as firefighters contained the blaze causing smoke and water damage to nearby offices.
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Kansas City area weather summary shows high temperatures in the upper 80s to mid 90s and lows near mid 60s to upper 60s across several cities including Concordia Emporia Garden City Goodland Olathe and Salina. Precipitation totals vary with small rainfall reported in some locations.
Recreation boosts single industry growth at Earl Welch's Gunstocks, Inc. plant east of Perry. Leonard Gould of Kansas State University notes native walnut timber expansion, with high grain stock demand from 14 to 18 inch diameter logs. Owners urged to avoid splintering during cutting to maximize price from the butt end.
A young East German attempting to swim from East to West Berlin was spotted Sunday night and rescued by an East German patrol boat, according to West Berlin police.
In Virginia City Nevada a camel won the sixth annual revival race sponsored by a Lake Tahoe casino hotel. The winning camel was ridden by Wayne Olsen, with State Sen. James Slattery winning the ostrich races where large birds pulled tiny sulkies.
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