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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
6
The Briscoes discovered a note on their front door reading Next time leave dough If you don t we will tear your house apart The message led detective F H Weaver to believe juveniles were the intruders The report closes with a historic line about Ethiopia adopting Coptic Christianity in 330.
The Kan sa City weather summary notes the 24 hour period ending at 6 am CST recorded high and low temperatures with precipitation amounts. Details on exact figures are not provided in the available text.
A four member Russian family will celebrate Christmas in Portsmouth as part of a Junior Chamber of Commerce effort to foster Soviet American understanding. They arrive December 19 and stay about a week in a private home. Syria is described as lying on the land bridge between Asia Africa and Europe.
W M Holman 524 Grant retires Sunday after 41 years three months and 15 days with AT and SF Railroad. He will travel fish visit son Harold in Novato California and daughter-in-law Mrs Taubin in Kansas City. He began August 25 1922 in Chanute as machinist helper later machinist diesel maintainer inspector.
Ice on US 59 four and a half miles south of Erie caused a collision Wednesday night. Clark Cleaver 24 of Erie R1 and Wanda Knapp 21 of Orange California drove involved cars a 1959 Pontiac and a 1964 Tempest. Knapp allegedly lost control on a slick spot, spinning into traffic. Estimated damages $250 to the Cleaver car and $350 to the Tempest.
In Cody Wyoming two traffic accidents occurred on icy streets during the lingering storm. A police car collided with a fire truck last week and was returned to service Thursday after another car struck it on the way from the garage.
Real estate transfers listed include H C Feeback and others conveying parts of lots in Lola Humboldt and nearby platted divisions. Transfers cover multiple tracts, including Pt of Lot B 4 and Pt of Lot B 12 Lola and Pt of 2 Lots B 33 Humboldt, with several spouses named as grantors or grantees.
Kansas will be represented in the Rhodes Scholarship competition in Des Moines by Breon Mitchell of Salina and Edmund W. Kitch of Wichita. They were nominated from 11 candidates and will compete against nominees from South Dakota and Minnesota for four Oxford University scholarships.
Tucson City Atty Calvin Webster cites police advice to curb auto thefts as sound. Chief Bernard Garmire urged drivers to lock ignition switches to deter thieves. Webster’s own car, stolen last week, was recovered after three days with the ignition unlocked.
Anka a three year old German shepherd used by the Boston police to track criminals is ordered dismissed by Deputy Superintendent William A Bradley for being too friendly and not frightening suspects. Officials must decide whether to sell or destroy the dog.
In the Mekong Delta a twin engine H37 helicopter crashed while lifting a downed aircraft, killing five crew and three others. one survivor reported in serious condition. Hours later a single engine Otter plane with four U S advisers and three Vietnamese perished in the central highlands. No names released.
LARNED Kan AP District Judge Maurice A Wildgen pleaded guilty to backing his car around a corner in police court. He paid a $5 fine and noted he helped draft the 1961 ordinance he violated as a city councilman. He said he forgot about it.
Engineers study flight records of the Polaris A3 first stage to find the cause after the missile fired from Observation Island veered off its path and was destroyed by range safety personnel after 53 seconds of flight.
Three of the four sea lions at Gage Park in Topeka died Thursday. An autopsy today will determine the cause, with officials suspecting drowning. The park official noted that healthy sea lions may play in cold water even when it is frozen.
The third Wichita bank robbery in six months yielded $481 to a lone thief who fled into a department store crowded with Christmas shoppers. Detectives swarmed the First Federal Savings and Loan site and searched eight floors for the suspect. Previous heists include Southwest National Bank and Seneca National Bank robberies with no arrests.
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