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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1963
Page
2
AP dispatch reports Beijing suspects Khrushchev toys with US nuclear links. Red China aims to bolster its own nuclear force to push world revolution, warns against nuclear war and calls for mass mobilization against nuclear threats, implying Soviet and Chinese rulers could press for dominance.
President de Gaulle signals openness to detailed exploratory talks with President Kennedy on a NATO Polaris strike force. Nassau and Palm Beach discussions focus on U S British and French roles while France pursues a national nuclear force and study of how Polaris could be integrated.
A Hockerville family received 10 000 pep pills mailed from Kansas City Kansas during the week. Investigators say the recipients were innocent victims in a scheme to smuggle the drug into Oklahoma. Sheriff Jim Cunningham of Ottawa County placed a lookout after two men visited the home seeking the package.
The administration seeks a 14.4 percent average pay increase for active duty servicemen and reservists at an annual cost of about 1.75 billion dollars. About four million would benefit. President Kennedy approved the plan. it will be sent to Congress this month for action.
Erie undersheriff Lester Marts arrested Fred R. Vehlow 62 of Walnut R 2 yesterday on driving while intoxicated transporting an open bottle and lacking a license. Vehlow was fined 135 dollars plus costs in St Paul justice court and released after custody.
The stolen report filed December 30 near Galesburg about a Black Angus cow and calf missing has been canceled by the sheriff. Authorities say the animals may have strayed or were miscounted.
Weather forecast notes dense fog in northern areas and cloudy skies with occasional light rain tonight. Expect decreasing cloudiness Saturday, cool through Saturday, with low temperatures in the mid 20s and Saturday highs near 40.
Police said a woman near the Warwick wax plant reported an explosion and fire at 3 57 am. A fire truck and two police cars responded. fire was out with no major damage. Weather outlook followed with cooler western Kansas, fog and light rain, highs in the 30s to 40s, and lows in the 20s to 30s.
Frances Sears Heifetz, 52, wife of Jascha Heifetz, sues for separate maintenance in Santa Monica. She requests $3,750 monthly temporary support for herself and their 14 year old son Joseph, claiming extreme mental cruelty. Heifetz, 62, is said to have assets over $1 million. the couple married January 6, 1947 and separated May 26.
Saigon reports renewed heavy fighting as government units and American advisers push to trap Viet Cong guerrillas near Tan Hiep. In Wednesday action 65 Vietnamese and 3 Americans were killed, 101 Viet Cong said slain. fresh losses include 30 Vietnamese dead and 27 wounded at Pleiku.
Ray Aringdale of Independence resigns as SeKan Area Council Scout Executive effective Feb. 1 after 15 years. Achievements include cutting council debt, 45 percent membership gain, strong leadership training, higher summer camp attendance, and Camp Wilderness construction. Replacement process underway.
Topeka area traffic death log shows no fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 a m Friday. For January there were five deaths, and for 1963 five. The comparable figure for 1962 was six.
William R. Yerkes of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission says citizen involvement is the key to effective planning and that residents must participate to understand and support plans. He spoke at a Chamber luncheon in Tioga Hotel as Chanute seeks 701 program participation with a three party contract involving the community, federal government, and a local planning agency. The Chamber plans to recommend Chanute for 701 and the city planning commission will meet next Wednesday at the Memorial building.
Telstar, silent for six weeks due to radiation sickness, is back in action transmitting across the Atlantic. Bell Labs engineers used a code remedy to curb the transmitter’s fever, restoring normal operation for 11 minutes of test footage watched by New York engineers and greeted with praise from French and British stations.
Sheriff Jerry Sloan, Police Chief Lige Matlock, and Probate Judge John Young left for Sacramento to escort Odis A. Eatherly back to Neosho County on a 1960 rape charge. Eatherly, held since Dec. 18 in Sacramento, waived extradition and will be released to local authorities. FBI helped locate him after he failed to appear for October 1961 trial. The case had been continued through two terms.
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Katangan President Moise Tshombe, amid U.N. advances on Kolwezi, says he is willing to negotiate if conditions permit. U Thant rejects cease-fire demands, urging actions toward Congo unification while remnants of Tshombe’s forces retreat from Jadotville.
In Moscow the 32 Siberian Christians who sought refuge at the American Embassy were returned by train to Siberia after visiting Moscow. The group, from Chernogorsk, included six men, 12 women, and 14 children alleging religious persecution. The U.S. embassy reported a Kremlin commitment to their humane treatment.
Wire brief reports an East German border guard capturing a would be refugee after getting tangled in barbed wire at the Berlin Wall. Also notes Rome wage strike disrupting transit and diplomatic credentials in Prague. An Indian train collision kills 11 and injures 34. Milose Solakov freed espionage charges in Rome. Outerbridge Horsey presents credentials in Czechoslovakia.
Wichita AP reports the Conservation Division estimated Kansas crude oil pipeline runs averaged 291 844 barrels daily in the week ended Jan 2, down 23 403 from the prior week. Allowable is 310 000. 1962 production is projected about 74 000 barrels shy of 1961 at 112 210 936 barrels.
Deputy Sheriff Albert Pina and his wife welcomed their 21st child, daughter Anne, into the family in Tucson Arizona. He jokes that the cost might be cheaper by the second dozen as they celebrate the arrival.
An intercepted letter to Cha notes the boost in first class postage rates allowing recipients to get something for a nickel. The brief exchange emphasizes the change in pricing and value.
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