11 Feb 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1967
Page
1
In a Valentine season survey, several residents share favored chivalrous customs. Replies emphasize courtesy, such as opening doors and tipping hats, with mentions of men giving up seats, assisting with coats, and holding doors for women.
Topeka officials dispute a Kansas Senate Livestock Committee plan to shift pollution authority to the livestock sanitary commissioners. J Lee Mays says the move splinters control. he notes 116 major fish kills in five years, with 62 percent from runoff of livestock waste.
A fast moving Joliet blaze engulfed the Grand Hotel in downtown Joliet injuring nine and killing six guests. Fire officials said the two story brick building housed a hotel on the second floor and an auto parts store on the first. Firefighters rescued more than 15 trapped people as witnesses reported a young woman identified as Virginia Fopay leaped from a window to a alley below.
Forecast calls for fair, colder conditions with light north winds across Kansas through Sunday. Friday highs ranged from 46 in Great Bend to 61 in Dodge City, and overnight lows from 15 in Goodland to 35 in Pittsburg. Sunday should be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 50s.
In Chicago, police and court records tangled over two men named Gumersindo Rodriguez born Jan 21 and Jan 28 1937. Magistrate Rosin identified the older, who faced drunken driving from a 1965 crash, while charges against the younger were dismissed.
Intercepted letter raises a concern about whether the bamboo curtain could catch fire. The message is brief and lacks further context or identifiable individuals.
AP reports Mao Zedong ordered heightened readiness of China’s forces along the western border with the Soviet Union. Kyodo details posters from Beijing Red Guards and statements by Premier Zhou Enlai and Foreign Minister, while mass protests outside the Soviet Embassy signal strong anti Soviet sentiment.
A jury resumes deliberations in Topeka on a first degree murder charge against Thomas Kidwell 48 a former Wichita state representative accused of shooting his wife in August 1966 He did not testify.
Saigon reports 17 Americans killed and 126 wounded during the four day lunar New Year truce. From 8 a.m. Wednesday to 4 p.m. Friday allied forces killed 92 of the enemy and detained 53. The four day pause ends Sunday at 7 a.m. Vietnam time.
U S officials report North Vietnam rapid resupply during the lunar new year cease-fire with truck and barge traffic five times prior levels. They estimate 35000 tons moving toward the DMZ while bombing paused, as a battalion consumes about 100 tons daily. The South Vietnamese four day and Viet Cong seven day truces run through Sunday. U S risks of resuming bombing cited by Dean Rusk.
Police log details a series of crashes overnight and yesterday. Norman Holcomb reports a hit and run on his 1955 Pontiac. Mike Patton 16, and three others were bruised in a 1956 Chevrolet rollover near Elks Lake. Jim Davis 16 rear bumped Dorothy Raple 1956 Chevrolet. Frank Tichenor 1950 Chevrolet rear damaged by an unidentified vehicle. Johnny Webb 23 cited for leaving scene and beer in public with hearing set. early morning yard intrusion damages noted at 9 Eighth Street and adjacent properties.
James I. Faherty 57. admitted guilt under oath to the Brink’s Express robbery that brought life terms. The admission came as Faherty testified before the State Parole Board considering commutations for Faherty and Adolph Maffie.
Neosho Memorial Hospital cares for 79 patients today as visiting hours remain restricted. Administrator Glen Dormois cites heavy patient load and limited staff as reasons to keep restrictions in place, with only ministers or one immediate family member allowed to visit except for critical patients during regular hours.
City officials and the Chanute Humane Society deny Lyman Ray's testimony that Chanute contracts with dog dealers for unlicensed dogs. Newt Cherem and others defend the city’s role, noting the Humane Society runs dog control under a 1962 contract and disposes animals humanely, with reports to local authorities. Ray’s remarks, tied to a Kansas House bill on animal mistreatment, prompt calls for retraction.
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