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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1964
Page
1
An American Cancer Society report shows cancer deaths are 11 times higher for smokers than non-smokers. Residents from several towns, including Humboldt, Walnut, Benedict, and Lavenburg, discuss whether a smoking ban would persuade behavior, with opinions ranging from support to doubt and concerns about personal liberty.
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday January 10 1964 records three fatalities and compares with five in the same period in 1963. Local authorities track hourly incidents across the Topeka region. The brief notice notes rising or falling trends in the annual tally.
President Johnson seeks new ideas to reduce joblessness. Secretary Wirtz proposes studying raising time and a half overtime rate to encourage hiring full-time workers, potentially freeing up about 919,000 jobs. Johnson aims to keep the 1965 budget near $100 billion with possible cuts.
Police department figures show 1963 bond and fine collections of 6038.50, down from 6270.50 in 1962, with parking penalties at 3001.50, below 1962. Parking tickets issued fell to 12926, while calls for service rose to 2870 and felony arrests increased to 17. Traffic arrests declined to 265, and vehicle-related incidents included five cars stolen and 216 traffic accidents within city limits.
The Neosho County treasurer office saw passenger car licenses nearing 2000 with 1574 issued by mid afternoon. About 982 passenger car tags and 165 truck licenses were mailed out for year 1964. Vehicle owners must buy licenses by February 15 to avoid a 50 cent penalty. last year totals were 8,366 car and 3,355 truck licenses.
Erie deputy tax list names Chanute officials Evelyn Barnard Lou Darlington Ed Parr Charlotte Bowyer Cecil Reid W A Strean C D Blackwood to assess Chanute properties Oil and gas in county township appointees Herman Bonine Diediker Ermey Powers Heaton Lambertson Neely Shafer McMains Hazen Wright Earnhardt starts Jan 1 ends Apr 1 with Oswald Earnhardt Erie township assessor George Wright and townships Shiloh Lahore Tioga Chetopa Grant Stark St Paul references.
AREA FORECAST Generally fair with little change in temperature through Sunday. Low tonight upper 20s. High Sunday middle 50s. Relative humidity and barometer readings noted but unclear. (Historical data references include highest and lowest on this date from 1955 and 1947.)
Topeka reports mild temperatures continuing through the weekend in Kansas. Highs today reach 50 to 55 degrees, with Sunday’s highs ranging from the 40s in the northwest to the 50s in the east and south. Friday’s highs were 10 to 25 degrees cooler than Thursday, yet still mild for the season, from 44 at Goodland to 56 at Pittsburg.
Neosho Memorial Hospital entered its fourth day with no prospects for the first baby of 1964. The annual Stork Derby has seen winners arrive after Jan. 5 in prior years. Fourteen local merchants pledge prizes to the winning baby and its parents.
Washington AP reports the $78.5 million cash sale of 37 million bushels of U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union may involve about $26 million in export subsidies. It questions whether the subsidy covers ocean freight and notes the sale’s complexity, subsidies to durum wheat, and potential indirect freight support through government payments.
Pope Paul VI began a three day Holy Land pilgrimage in Jerusalem with a message of universal peace and brotherhood. He met King Hussein of Jordan and toured holy sites including Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Garden of Gethsemane. He stressed the spiritual aim of prayer and penance and hopes for world peace as he travels to Bethlehem and Israel before returning to Rome.
Neosho county 1963 tax payments reached 723,828.99 by Dec 31 with an additional 53,155.95 from unworked mail. The year end roll totals rose to 2,373,536.23, while 1962 was 2,167,186. The county treasurer noted ongoing mail processing and efforts to complete those payments by next week. Major taxpayers include Southwestern Bell Telephone at 85,014.57, Santa Fe at 95,019.49, and Katy at 74,209.68. Santa Fe and Katy payments remain in unworked mail.
Ford County commissioners debated offering an old sheriff’s office catalogue found during an intercepted letter. The discussion touched on archives, cost, and usefulness for current operations. No final decision was reported.
Ford County Sheriff James A. Davis, 32, complains that the three member commission slashed his budget by removing four of five patrol cars and cutting telephone lines while prohibiting blood alcohol tests. He says the changes hinder law enforcement, notes rising jail counts, and cites a pending suit for expenses and a state attorney general opinion on commissioners duties. He led the Kansas Sheriffs Association and appeals to the district judge and state officials for relief.
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