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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1963
Page
1
Students at Alcott school consider whether Santa should trade reindeer for an airplane. Responses vary with comments on snow, noise, gas, landing, and roof access, reflecting playful child views on Christmas travel methods.
Washington AP report notes Republicans including House GOP leader distance themselves from the idea of a Johnson honeymoon. They insist grief after Kennedy's assassination should not erase opposition to New Frontier proposals and urge dissent and debate in governance.
At Vandenberg Air Force Base two Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles were launched Friday in routine training. The Air Force said the launches were the 23rd and 24th fired from Vandenberg.
Partly cloudy tonight and mostly cloudy Sunday with cooler air. Low tonight 5 to 10, high Sunday mid 20s. A record low for this date was set early this morning as mercury dipped below zero for the first time this winter, reaching one degree below zero. the previous record was zero in 1917.
The Sportsmans Supply store at 201 W Main operated by Drexel Allen was burglarized last night. Police say three guns ammunition and unspecified cash were taken after breaking a back door glass. Allen reported the break-in at 8 40 a.m.
Tokyo AP reports ten miners were killed Friday night in a coal mine explosion in southwestern Japan.
Dallas prosecutors say “somebody with lots of money” wants Jack Ruby cleared. Ruby has hired California and East Texas lawyers and a Dallas attorney with Melvin Belli arranging representation. Belli says he can post a $100000 bond if a judge allows release on bail for the February 3 trial. Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald after Kennedy murder.
A Denver citizen who sent $168.77 to Revenue Manager Charles L. Temple made two errors. He used a 1963 tax notice paid last year and mistook the machine code number for the amount owed. The correct 1964 tax figure is only $3.88 and bills will be mailed after Christmas.
Casper patrolman David Wolf captured 15 year old Jack Rabbit after a foot chase through Casper streets on Friday. The arrest followed suspicions of purse snatching.
The Senate approved four major bills: a 1.56 billion vocational education and defense act extension, a 3.6 billion foreign aid authorization 930 million below requests, a 527 million Manpower Training Act expansion with youth training and literacy courses, and a 1.5 billion military construction appropriations bill funding bases nationwide and abroad.
The Chamber of Commerce reported the Christmas adoption list now shows 11 families. Two more entries were added, a couple with five children and a couple with a baby, while the larger family was already adopted. Other recent adopters include the American Legion post, Burlington Mfg Co, and the Senior High School band.
Washington officials say the Kennedy era emergency hot line will be retained for President Johnson. Extensions will allow instant telegraphic printer conversation between the Soviet and U S chiefs of state at any time, including at the Texas home or wherever Johnson is located.
James Moore, a sailor at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, will not open a mailed transistor radio gift until Christmas. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore of Flushing, Queens, New York, sent the package, which arrived singing as it waited.
A brief intercepted letter refers to three kidnapers sharing ill-gotten $240000 and notes the outcome as a vague “feel of it.” The message ends with a sign off “Yours,” implying a partial glimpse into the scheme.
County Treasurer Marion Showalter outlines filing methods for 1964 license tags. Guidelines cover mail and in person submissions, signing rules, and required tax payment, with 350 tags ready for mailing Jan 1 if post office access allows. Over the counter issuance begins Jan 2.
The FBI arrested John W. Irwin, Barry W. Keenan, and Joseph C. Amsler in the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping case, recovering most of the 240000 ransom. Irwin was held in San Diego, others in Los Angeles. all face kidnapping charges with possible life sentences. The trio allegedly held Sinatra for 54 hours at a Canoga Park hideout before ransom payments.
Alvaro Alcorta, spared from Texas death row after 15 months and 11 near misses, is now employed as a $1.25 an hour laborer in San Antonio. Convicted of his wife’s 1955 stabbing, his sentence faced reversal and parole granted after Supreme Court questions about a key witness. He describes Huntsville’s death row as nerve rattling yet he now seeks steady work and prayers.
Erie Neosho county taxpayers have one more week to pay at least half of their 1963 real and personal property taxes without penalty. The last day for half payment to avoid penalty is Friday. full payments are allowed. The second half deadline is June 20. County Treasurer Marion Showalter said November collections trail last year’s, with $441,784.08 this year versus $575,744.73 a year ago, due mainly to corporate tax payment date variations.
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union launched Kosmos 23, the latest earth satellite in its 21 month old space research program, as Tass announced.
Southwestern Bell Telephone will switch Humboldt service to dial operation at one minute past midnight tonight. The area code for Humboldt long distance calls is 316, with Humboldt prefix Greenfield 3, same as nearby towns.
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