Dorothy Lamour Lights Chanute Hello Dolly Christmas
Dorothy Lamour spent Christmas in Chanute for the Memorial auditorium Hello Dolly performance with husband William Howard and a 76 member troupe. An interview proved difficult backstage but Lamour obliged briefly after the first curtain and posed for a quick picture. The Cha nute Community Celebrity Series presented the Thornton Wilder play with Jerry Herman music and Miss Lamour drawing a 600 strong audience.
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William Howard
Tribune
Memorial Auditorium
Howard
Dolly
Thornton Wilder
Chanute Community
Dorothy Lamour
Yule Tree Prospects Good for Next Year
Moscow Idaho AP reports University of Idaho forestry professor F H Pitkin says 130000 Christmas tree seedlings have been ordered, signaling a record Moscow area crop for next December. Seedlings will be delivered to growers in the spring.
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Moscow, Idaho
F. H. Pitkin
University of Idaho
Moscow
Five Story Fall Kills Youth at Sedgwick Jail Escape Attempt
Timothy J. Squirrel, 16, died after a five story fall while escaping Sedgwick County jail by a makeshift rope. He and co‑inmate John D. Crouch overpowered guard Ron Rice, tied and gagged him, then Squirrel slid from an eighth‑floor window. Crouch, held on vandalism and larceny charges, waited transfer to Topeka's Boys Industrial School.
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Wichita
Timothy J. Squirrel
Sedgwick County
Squirrel
John D. Crouch
Ron Rice
Crouch
Rice
Michael Corrigan
Boys’ Industrial School
Topeka
Weather Area Forecast for Kansas Tonight and Wednesday
Considerable cloudiness with a chance of light snow tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight in the middle 20s. High Wednesday in the 30s. Precipitation probability 20 percent tonight and Wednesday. Cold, cloudy weather expected across Kansas with highs in the 30s east and low 40s west. Lows tonight around 20 north and around 25 south. Light snow flurries fore cast tonight and Wednesday. Monday highs mostly in the 40s, with Dodge City Wichita and Emporia tied at 44. Overnight lows ranged from 11 at Fort Riley to 42 at Dodge City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Wichita
Emporia
Ft. Riley
Date Set For Launch Of Unmanned Lunar Module
NASA officials set January 17 as the target date for the first unmanned Lunar Module flight. The 62 hour earth orbital test, designated Appello 5, aims to verify readiness for manned space operations and qualify the Lunar Module concept and main propulsion engines. If successful two astronauts will then dock, descend to the moon, and return to the orbiting Apollo cabin.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
U.S
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
23 Yule Dinner Guests For Hospital Patients
Neosho Memorial Hospital cared for 35 patients yesterday Christmas Day. Twenty three patients had guests for the noon meal. The hospital provided the meals and tray favors of Santa Claus candy jars. Marvin Wolfe supplied Santa Claus for the patients on Christmas Eve.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Marvin Wolfe
N. Forest
Tribune Phone Contact Details
If you cannot reach your Tribune by phone call your carrier. After 6 p.m. dial HE 1 3400 for assistance.
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Tribune
Snow on Roof Confirms Santa Visit For Raleigh Boy
Five year old James Joslin doubted Santa’s existence until his father William Joslin the Raleigh attorney and former elections chief climbed a ladder at 2 a m in 22 degree weather to place a sled on the snow covered roof. On Christmas morning James cheered Santa is real.
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Raleigh, N.C
James Joslin
Santa Claus
Daddy
William Joslin
Raleigh
North Carolina
Board of Elections
Daddy Joslin
Young James
James
U S Planes Hit North Vietnam Convoyes After Christmas Truce
U S warplanes struck North Vietnam as the Christmas truce ended, destroying or damaging about 100 trucks and spotting over 300 trucks along the coast and in Thanh Hoa and Vinh areas. Navy Skyhawks bombed a 150 truck convoy and another of 100, with a ferry carrying eight trucks sunk. One Marine aircraft was downed and a second crashed on return to Da Nang, killing the copilot and injuring the pilot.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Tonkin Gulf
Thanh Hoa
Skyhawk
Vinh
South Vietnam
da Nang
Explosions Rock Moscow Apartment, Car Bombs Kill/Disrupt
Two blasts struck Moscow on a Monday night. An apartment building housing about 100 residents collapsed after a likely gas main failure, with casualty estimates ranging from over 20 to 12. A separate car bomb targeted AP bureau chief Henry S. Bradsher, causing no injuries.
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Moscow
Henry S. Bradsher
Associated Press
Break-in Reported at Burlington Mfg Co Plant
A break-in at the Burlington Mfg Co plant at 111 W 3rd was found and reported to police around 7 am today. Officers said an outside door was pried open two windows were broken into rooms inside and a cigarette machine was opened but nothing was taken.
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Burlington Mfg. Co
W. 3Rd
Tires and Wheels Recovered in Altoona Break-In
Six tires and wheels identified as taken in a break-in at Altoona were recovered from a 17 year old Chanute boy's car here early Sunday, police said today. The boy was placed in custody and taken to Fredonia. A Wilson county youth also was reported to be implicated.
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Altoona
Fredonia
Wilson County
Peking Silent on A-Blast as Hiroshima Echoes Fade
AP reports silence from Peking on China’s seventh nuclear test amid rising speculation something went wrong. AEC stood by its statement of a 20 kiloton yield. Japanese planes detected fallout over Japan as observers weigh low yield and possible missile delivery timed to Mao Zedong’s birthday.
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Washington
Kusumi
Arctic Cold Snap Grips Central U S Weather Drops Below Zero
The midsection faces a fresh arctic cold blast with temperatures plunging below zero from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes and southward to Iowa and Nebraska. Rain and light snow blanket regions from the Northeast to Pennsylvania as 1 to 2 inches fall across New York and carnets, while Key West registers a warm 69 degrees.
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Fla
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Message
A brief intercepted letter notes children enjoying their toys as fathers return to work. The writing conveys a domestic snapshot with affectionate tone amid workday routines. The fragment mentions uninterrupted pleasure and letters ending with Yours, indicating a personal reminiscence.
Christmas Riot In an Ohio Jail
In Cincinnati the Hamilton County jail riot broke out after Christmas dinner as about 100 police battled 47 inmates for three hours. Tear gas helped restore order. no injuries were reported though the cellblock was rearranged and canine units watched the scene.
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Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Elijah Hilton
Hamilton County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio State Troopers
Kansas Turnpike Traffic Tops Six Million Miles During Holidays
Kansas Turnpike officials report 117212 vehicles used the turnpike during the Christmas period from 6 p m Friday to 6 a m Tuesday. The total mileage exceeded six million, about 12000 more than 1966 holiday period. Two accidents occurred, including a Wellington area crash that killed four people.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Turnpike
Wellington
Turkey substitution shocks Milwaukee family on Christmas
Mrs. Eugene Lee frightened when she opened the oven to check dinner and found a 16 ounce Cornish game hen instead of the expected 12 pound gobbler. Neighbors later confessed to the substitution, leaving the Lees in a state of frenzy for about an hour.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Eugene Lee
Santa in Effigy Hanged From Roanoke Bridge
Police reported a Christmas Day incident in Roanoke Virginia where a person hung a Santa Claus effigy from a bridge. No suspects or motives were disclosed, and no injuries were reported.
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Roanoke, Va
Minor Area Crashes In Chanute Holiday Period
Police logged two minor crashes in Chanute during the Christmas holiday period from 6 p m Friday to midnight Saturday. Dora Quathamer 26 and Eric R 1 Loren Dennis 16 were involved in a collision at Elm and Evergreen with about 600 in damage. Dennis cited for failing to yield and posted 15 bond.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Dora A. Quathamer
Eric R. 1
Loren Dennis
Allen
Elm and Evergreen
Elm
Dennis
Toll Near 700 in Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll
Holiday traffic fatalities totaled 680 across a three day period from Friday 6 p m to Monday midnight, nearing but not beating the 1965 record of 720. Officials blamed waning public concern for traffic safety despite a projected 625 to 725 deaths nationwide and noted several regional incidents in Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Kansas
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