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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1965
Page
1
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports NASA officials declare all systems ready for the Gemini 5 launch on Thursday at 9 am EST. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. prepare for an eight day mission as fuel cell power tests resolve last minute problems.
Kansas magazine highlights Chanute memorial to Osa and Martin Johnson and Humboldt promoter Lee Murren with photos and vivid museum tours. Murren has distributed 10 000 plus items over 10 years costing his own money. Monarch Cement offers 600 in floats awards for Biblesta October 2 with prizes for Grand Prize and various categories.
U S Marines and 7th Fleet gunners attacked a well dug Viet Cong regiment on the Van Tuong peninsula about 60 miles south of Da Nang. Commanders say Viet Cong casualties may run into the hundreds with heavy naval gunfire supporting the assault.
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms late afternoon or night through Thursday. High Thursday upper 90s and low night 70s to 75. Overnight rains soaked northern Kansas with more showers statewide. heavier rainfall in the north with totals of a couple inches in Lebanon, Clay Center and Cawker City.
A heat spawned tornado ripped through Ocean Drive Beach South Carolina on Tuesday injuring about 45 people and causing about 1.3 million dollars in damage. Most injuries were minor with some treated and hospitalized overnight.
Engineering plans for water district No 6 south and southeast of Chanute will be presented at a public meeting at Hillcrest school 8 p.m. Friday. The study by Brink and Dunwoody Iola outlines proposed line installations and costs. The district is organized with incorporation approved by Neosho county commissioners by laws adopted and a five member board elected. Board members are William D. Guy chair Gerald Umbarger vice chair Mrs Wayne Brant secretary Ora Cheyney treasurer Eugene Leaming. The district expects about 75 potential water users.
Topeka reports 32 traffic deaths for August through 9 am Wednesday. The 24 hour period and year totals show 395 deaths in 1965 versus 399 in the comparable 1964 period.
Thayer Undersheriff Don Harding said a burglary at the Harold Umbarger filling station in Thayer caused about $100 in losses. Thirteen cartons of cigarettes and rifle and shotgun shells were taken. Entry was made by prying open a combination storm door. Damage at Ernie Harms coin car wash included broken locks and a cut hose with no other loss.
Gov William H. Avery and seven state officials toured the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis State Hospital at Chanute amid red carpet welcome. The trip followed visits to Osawatomie and Parsons state facilities as part of a statewide review before January budget recommendations.
Police stormed Muhammad's mosque in Watts after gunfire erupted as officers closed in on Islam No 27. About 52 suspects were arrested, eight injured by glass, and the riot led to a request for National Guard support. The Black Muslims advocate black racial supremacy.
Herbert Dean Vance, 20, of 1017 N Steuven, arrested on a police court warrant for destruction of property. Released on $50 bond with a 2 p.m. Sept. 8 hearing. The charge stems from a beer bottle thrown at a car driven by Gene Koester at Lincoln and Main, breaking a door glass and causing a passenger, Steve Coots, to suffer ear cuts.
An intercepted letter to Cha asks whether scientists censor astronauts reading material on space trips. The brief note suggests concern over material access for space missions.
Kansas posts a new record population of 2,197,815 as of Jan 1 per county assessors led by Johnson with a 9,395 rise. Over 48 of 105 counties gain, Overland Park and Topeka lead city growth while Wichita remains the state’s largest. Kansas City shows a loss, and Roseland is newly incorporated in Cherokee County.
Four youths pleaded guilty in district court to second degree burglary and larceny for a Chanute Speedway break-in last month. Leroy Weese Gary Wilson Raymond Watkins and Bobby North were sentenced to 5 to 10 years on burglary and up to 5 years on larceny with terms to run concurrently from arrest July 9. Anna Wood remains free on bond pending trial.
Kansas highway chief Addison H. Meschke announced a tentative long range beautification plan with $500,000 allocated for the next fiscal year. Projects include shrubbery noise abatement fencing and screening, seven roadside parks, rest areas along I 70 K39 US 54 US 50 and US 160 near various towns.
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