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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1962
Page
6
Berlin reports the East West war over Berlin seems less likely than a year ago. Khrushchev shows Western resolve to defend West Berlin and access routes, while border controls hindered refugee flow. Analysts warn new crises may arise if talks stall or East Germans disrupt traffic to West Berlin.
Doris June Bowman, 32, prominent socialite and mother of three, was found dead fully clothed in a bathtub at her Pacific Palisades home. Police suspect homicide after reports of beaten, staged scene with blood and teeth fragments, no forced entry, and no leads or motive. Dr. Frank Bowman, her husband, was summoned from Los Angeles. Neighborhood observations and timeframe place the killing Tuesday morning with a watch stopped near 4:10.
Mildred Paperman 42, secretary to Bernard Goldfine, started a jail term for smuggling letters to the ailing industrialist. She admitted delivering letters while Goldfine was serving a year for income tax evasion in Danbury. Goldfine is now at the Public Health Service Hospital in Staten Island after a cerebral thrombosis.
Light snow fell across northern areas from the Midwest to New England with rain dampening some western sections. Weather stayed chilly in the Southeast including parts of Florida. A general warming trend was seen in the eastern half. coldest readings lingered in the Northeast with subzero temps in northern New York and Farmington New Mexico noting teens to 0s.
United Telephone Companies of Kansas and Missouri face a potential strike by 762 union workers in 74 towns if a new contract is not agreed soon. Negotiations began last December but broke off December 15 in Warrensburg, Missouri. The union seeks an average 8.8 cent hourly wage increase. the company offers 45 cents. Current pay runs at 1.44 dollars per hour for traffic and commercial staff and 2.63 dollars for plant workers. Federal mediators may aid talks to resume. Operations cover Missouri from the northwest corner to the bootheel and central Kansas.
A Harvard biologist reports how cockroaches locate mates in the dark. Removing and replacing corpora allata glands in female roaches shows male attraction hinges on a female odor produced by those glands. A plant antibiotic, venturicidin, is being developed to treat crops, showing antifungal benefits without harming animals. Snowfleas, hardy subzero insects, can hop a foot but pose pipe and fridge pests, controllable by exterminators.
Air Force rescue crews pulled U2 pilot Charles Stratton from a cypress tree in swampy land near Picayune. Stratton, 32, was taken to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi. The crash site lay west of Picayune near the Louisiana Mississippi border amid secrecy. Stratton’s Detroit origin and Del Rio Texas residence with wife and two children are noted.
The estate of Mrs Albert William Peet valued at 3,135,327 was filed after her Aug 7 death in Kansas City. St George's Episcopal Church Point Lookout School of the Ozarks receive 2,500 each and St Luke's Hospital gets 25,000. Remaining share divided among two daughters a son five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The Weavers folk quartet was barred from appearing on NBC’s Jack Paar program after all four members refused to sign loyalty oaths or deny Communist party membership. Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays cited invoking the Fifth Amendment to testify to Congress, while Milton Brown said NBC seeks facts from performers when questions of association arise. The ensemble includes Ronnie Gilbert and Erik Darling. Hellerman stated the decision was unanimous and rejected private demands to prove patriotism.
Representative J Floyd Breeding of Kansas pushes a 1960s proposal to set wheat allotments by a bushel basis instead of acreage. The plan would create a certificate system for processor purchases, allow surplus wheat to be sold on world markets or used for feed, and subtract 200 million bushels annually from needs and stocks to cut surpluses. It calls for storage by farmers and storage payments, with barley planting tied to feed grain allotments to curb soil erosion.
A farmer noted that planted barley acreage cannot exceed the combined barley feed grain allotment under current law. Barley is not interchangeable with other feed grains like corn or grain sorghums, the speaker said.
A federal judge ruled the government cannot include oil and gas rights reservations in condemnation of land for a Quivira wildlife refuge in Stafford County. The decision blocks planned seizure of 1,810 acres and may prompt appeals or new condemnation actions.
Marvin McAdoo aged 56 from Buffalo sustained minor injuries at his home from two self-inflicted blasts of a 112 gauge shotgun. Pellets scratched the temple and powder burns were reported. He was moved by ambulance to Neodesha hospital and then to the state hospital.
Frustrated burglars drive off with a new car parked in the show window of a local motor company in Cartesville Ga. Officers recovered the car about 10 miles away abandoned and out of gas.
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