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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
1
New Year festivities pursue around the world as the Times Square ball drops at 11 59 p m in New York with Mayor Lindsay delivering a New Year message. Romans brace for crackers while Scots enjoy low prices in pubs as the holiday surge continues.
New Yorkers brace for the New Year with many businesses closing early and Tullce erecting wooden barricades in Times Square. Broadway shows report strong demand with more than half of 26 productions already sold out for the night.
Three Sundown Ers country group members were killed when their light Moody Mark 21 crashed about three miles northeast of Hutchinson Kansas. Harold Main 45 Denver Troy Ellis 50 Granby Colorado Larry Ferris 25 Arvada Colorado died in the crash en route from Nashville to Denver. The craft nose dived into a snow covered field after takeoff from Hutchinson airport with FAA air traffic control noting loss of contact.
A brief intercepted note reads We wish you all a happy and prosperous 1967. Yours Nute. The content hints at a formal sign off from a person named Nute within a wartime or political correspondence context.
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant east of Parsons will resume production after a wartime standby period. National Gypsum Co. won a 16.844 million contract for reactivation with construction to start around April and production set for November.
Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures expected across Kansas through New Year’s Day. A weak disturbance from West Texas brought traces of snow Friday night. Western Kansas clears with eastward clearing today. Highs mostly in the 30s to around 40, overnight lows 12 to 25 depending on location.
A general holiday will be in effect Monday with most businesses and offices closed returning Tuesday. The Tribune will not be published and mail delivery will be suspended. The county treasurer in Erie will start counter issue of 1967 license plates Tuesday, requiring proof of at least half 1966 personal property tax paid and completion of the self assessment section.
London urged an urgent meeting among the United States, South Vietnam, and North Vietnam to end the war. Britain offered its territory for talks, possibly Hong Kong, and said the text would be released New Year's Eve. Washington signaled willingness to attend as Hanoi and Saigon weighed the proposal.
President Johnson welcomed Britain's proposal for a three power conference on Vietnam and said the United States would attend if Hanoi agrees. He spoke at a televised briefing from LBJ Ranch noting he is glad to consider British ideas and that the United States is eager to pursue peace with any willing party.
The FAA selects Boeing for the airframe and General Electric for the engine in the 30 month supersonic transport design competition ending a rivalry with Lockheed and Pratt & Whitney. Government cost-sharing contracts have supported all four teams since June 1964.
A 17 year old youth, identified as Scott Ahdosy, was critically wounded Friday night after attempting to hold up merchant policeman Lee Muns. Muns, a 73 year old officer, said the youth rammed a pistol into his back and demanded the money before he fired, striking the youth in the head.
In South Vietnam the New Year truce opened with a flurry of incidents as Communist forces attacked U.S. units in the central highlands and near Kontum City. About 6,800 additional American troops arrived offshore awaiting landfall within days amid renewed international peace efforts.
The National Safety Council expects 460 to 540 highway deaths by Monday end of the 78 hour holiday. Through 6 p.m. Friday 15 fatalities reported, with 76 by this hour last Saturday. Weather influenced travel with snow in parts of New Mexico and Arizona and sleet in northern states.
Coast Guard cutter Vigilant reached the Liberian freighter S S Georgia with 29 Greek crewmen 460 miles east southeast of New York. A tug Curb was to reach the scene to take the distressed ship in tow. The Georgia listed with water in her hold as 28 knot winds and 14 foot swells persisted with nine mile visibility.
Ferdinand H. Kirchner, 58, was alive and reunited with relatives in Reading after being mistakenly buried as a Trenton, New Jersey murder victim. Police hold Armando Rivera, 18, on a murder charge in the original killing. Kirchner plans to see his own grave and confirm his identity.
Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa sped through the Atlantic to tow a battered 70 foot yawl named the Petrel. Ten people, including three women, were plucked on Friday night after 15 hours of bailing with improvised containers to keep the yawl afloat while rescue vessels searched the seas. Five volunteers stayed aboard the yawl until the Tamaroa arrived, expected to reach the scene around 1 p.m. EST.
Kansas traffic deaths recorded in a 24 hour period to 9 am Saturday show 1 fatality for December 1966 and 53 for the month. The 1965 comparable period logged 668 deaths.
Christian Herter Sr., former governor of Massachusetts and U S secretary of state, died unexpectedly Friday night at age 71. His death followed a period as a special trade aide to President Johnson. cause not immediately known.
Four people died in a head on crash eight miles east of Eldorado Springs Missouri on U S 54 Friday night. Five others were injured including two deputy sheriffs. Victims named include David Mc Elroy 15 Kansas City Missouri and Larry Carr 16 Grandview Missouri. Burns deputy sheriff. The two Camden County deputies were ferrying three youths from Colorado to Camdenton when a car swerved to avoid a turning vehicle. Paine 16 Grandview Missouri in critical condition.
Instructional snippet urges readers to call their Tribune phone or carrier. If unreachable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. The text provides a practical contact method and a fallback number for evening hours.
Cold weather dominated the nation on the last day of 1966 with rain snow and sleet across wide areas. Southern Florida and far south Texas stayed warmest while heavy snow fell in southwestern New Mexico and light accumulations extended from Montana to the eastern Great Lakes. Hazardous driving warnings were posted from Kansas through Illinois and Indiana with snow depths up to five inches in some areas.
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