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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1964
Page
1
In downtown Chanute reporters question whether a candidate's wealth affects fitness for president. Opinions split: some say wealth matters for education and opportunity. others deny any bearing on ability, with a few noting wealth is common among presidents.
Washington reports say the United States pressed South Viet Namese leaders to bury disputes and press on with the anti- Communist war. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor stayed in Saigon to urge quick resolution of the government crisis and continuation of the war effort.
A 25 year old Chicago buyer, Roberta Kowaczek, survived a plane crash at 11 500 feet near Yellowstone, after two nights in the snow. Rescuers reached her on horseback in a seven hour ride during a snowstorm as she cared for herself with found supplies and kept up hope.
Atlantic City reports annual maintenance costs for the famous Boardwalk as high as $200,000. A crew of specially trained carpenters handles most of the upkeep, ensuring structural integrity and repairs along the seaside promenade.
Police arrested Richard Cloke 18 of 910 S Plummer on parole violation after a car crash. He drove off before being stopped and later left hospital, then was held for parole violation and charged with reckless driving and driving during license suspension.
Two Pennsylvania men, Robert Raikes and David Haan, admitted to the Slaying of Walter Topkowski during a July 1 holdup at a school in the IBM building in Scranton. Wichita police tracked them after they tried to sell a car with improper papers and alerted Scranton.
Rioters swept through Philadelphia's Negro section on a four mile square, smashing windows and looting stores. At least 50 people were injured, including 20 policemen, and more than 30 were arrested as 500 officers in helmets and revolvers restored order. The disturbance began after a stalled car incident escalated when a driver resisted police, with bystanders joining in and a police car overturned.
A three car collision at Main and Santa Fe last night near eight involved a 1862 Chevrolet driven by Sandra Robertson 17 of 510 N Kansas a 1955 Pontiac driven by Gary L Howell 19 of 808 N Steuben and a 1954 Ford driven by Gale L Manley 17 of 703 S Grant All cars were eastbound Robertson and Manley stopped in traffic when Howells brakes failed striking Robertson rear pushing her into Manley Front bumper of Howell and rear bumper of Manley damaged Estimated police damage is 250 dollars.
Mrs Edna Peterson of 602 North Steuben died early today at Research Hospital in Kansas City after three weeks as a patient. She was active in the Republican party locally statewide, serving as Neosho County Republican Central Committee vice chairman since 1940 and state party chairman for about a year after 1950s. Survived by son Ralph, a professor at Oregon State University. husband Ed Peterson preceded her in death. Funeral arrangements by Roy S. Gibson Funeral Home.
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier after 6 pm, call HE 1 3400. Leave a message with the date and time you tried to contact him and your address for verification.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday August 56 1964 with 405 fatalities compared to 380 for the same period in 1963.
A brief intercepted letter salutes a shift back to normalcy in baseball soap operas and westerns as the Democratic convention leaves the living room, signaling calmer times and routine programming ahead.
In Fort Wayne, three businessmen survived a 13 hour ordeal after their 26 foot cabin cruiser sank 10 miles off Toledo Ohio. Keith Griffin Bill Adler and Norm Hilgeman were separated as shells burst near the Coast Guard area. Adler was rescued by a Toledo couple and Griffin and Hilgeman by a cutter. No one was hospitalized.
Chanute welcomed a Wichita Red Cross bloodmobile visiting Thursday and Friday. A total of 246 pints were donated, with 141 donors first day and 105 second day, 16 and eight rejects respectively. Twenty-one workers from Peter Kewitt Construction Co. of Omaha and seven from the ILC plant participated. Next visit set for November.
Shifting winds and cooler air move in from the northwest this evening with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Sunday will be partly cloudy and mild with a low around 60 to 70 and a high near 75 to 80 in the southeast.
Alice Cullen, a Providence police officer for three decades, resigns to join the Dominican Order in Blauvelt New York. She carried a pistol in her handbag and faced danger, including a knife attack and a gunpoint incident. Cullen cites lack of affection as a cause of crime and longs to serve in religious life.
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