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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1961
Page
1
Richard Rogers at 1505 W 14th logged OSCAR the satellite calling in Morse code, circling the globe every 91 minutes since its Wednesday launch for ham radio operators. He taped the signal between 1 and 1 10 p m today.
The General Assembly rejected Soviet led efforts to seat Communist China with a 48 36 vote and 20 abstentions. The United States backed Chiang Kai shek and declared the result a victory for nationalists and U S prestige. Britain supported the U S on the two thirds rule but sided with the Soviets on seating Red China. France Finland Denmark Iceland and many Western European and Latin American nations joined the U S in opposing Peiping seating.
Paris AP report on NATO foreign ministers agreeing on a cautious path for West Berlin talks with the Soviet Union. Kennedy and Macmillan approve next steps and a Bermuda meeting December 20 21 to direct Thompson toward Gromyko for possible Khrushchev contact. France opposes talks. US UK West Germany push for diplomatic contact and a peaceful basis for negotiation.
In Conception Junction Missouri two St. Joseph men, W. D. Bonar age 38 and Raymond Young age 49, were killed when a sewer ditch 15 feet deep collapsed at the Conception Abbey site. Rescue attempts with bulldozers and hand tools lasted hours before bodies were recovered.
In Wichita a Haysville dentist Dr. Bert Bass 55 died after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Mrs. Gilbert Fox 37. Fox and her three sons were hospitalized in fair condition.
Robert Petefish formerly of Chanute is jailed in Oskaloosa Iowa on an investigation of checks found with him. he is expected to be returned to Neosho County for trial on a car theft charge involving T F Allday’s vehicle.
Buffalo postal window service runs daily 8 30 a m to 5 p m except Sundays through December 22 Postmaster George E Cox said today.
Chris Gugas a 41 year old Los Angeles polygraph expert departed Kansas City by air for Athens to test Roger Ranney 26 and seek a new Greek trial. Ranney convicted of murder and death sentence by firing squad. Local fund raising exceeded 1200 with more support urged for travel and expenses.
An AP summary shows a 24 hour traffic death count in Topeka with December 27 figures and year to date totals for 1961 vs 1960, noting a comparable period in 1960. The December period records are incomplete in the fragment.
President Kennedy arrived in Caracas with Venezuela's Romulo Betancourt, escorted by bulletproof limousines and helicopter patrols. A 10 mile route to La Carlota Airport featured steel-helmeted soldiers and security measures as crowds watched from the streets and at the Simon Bolivar Center.
Mary Beth Evans of Hays Kansas had 44 inches of hair cut off Friday ending 15 years of growth. Her father photographed the braid with emotion while Mary Beth and sister Susan await new styles during a Midwest Hospital Association trip.
Manhattan Kansas the AP reports an expert advises using salt type fertilizers to melt ice on sidewalks with grass or trees to avoid lawn or tree damage. Ray A Keen of Kansas State University horticulture says these fertilizers work like salt and also provide traffic fertilizer benefits. Keen recommends ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate as examples available from garden supply dealers.
A near capacity audience heard an elementary school Christmas program in Memorial auditorium. Mrs. Howard Hollem shead and Robert Blunk Jr directed the event with choirs and tableaux featuring over 400 children. Narrators included Cheryl Acree and others. soloists and roles spanned Rex Babcock to Pat Wilson.
The U S government awards Boeing Co of Seattle a 300 million contract to develop and test 24 S-1B Saturn main stage rockets for a moon mission. The work, through 1966, will employ about 5 000 people and may adapt to an improved S-1B or Nova option for three man crews. Assembly occurs at Michoud Louisiana under NASA’s Marshall Center in Huntsville Alabama with Rocketdyne aiding ground tests.
U N forces drove into Elisabethville and captured the Lido Hotel and a railroad tunnel strongpoint as heavy fighting raged. Katangian troops retreated toward Kipushi and Kolwezi while the city suffered shelling and outages. Nederlandse sources say Tshombe headed toward Kipushi.
Lee Shu Yung an eight year old refugee from Communist China lives in Hong Kong with five siblings. She gained about 300 foster relatives in Canada and the United States who donated 18 000 pennies to support her care through the Foster Parents Plan. Ed Kreiger radio program spurred the penny drive two weeks ago. The Foster Parents organization says Lee is one of six children living with a widowed mother. Pennies will fund clothing and food for Lee.
Freezing drizzle or snow blanketed Kansas with lingering freezing rain tonight and Sunday as a light mix of rain and snow spread through eastern counties. Temperatures ranged from 10 to 35 with statewide moisture traces and snow cover of 4 to 6 inches in the north.
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