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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1970
Page
1
Frank P. Sanders, 72, Belton, Mo., died of cancer in a Kansas City hospital Monday. A brother, Walter Sanders, 59, of Pittsburg, Kan., died of an apparent heart attack four hours earlier when a neighbor told him of Frank. They will be buried side by side in Pittsburg Thursday.
Denno L. Bass resigns as Kansas labor commissioner to become coordinator for the Governor's Committee of Manpower Planning. Darrell D. Carlton will serve as acting labor commissioner while Bass directs training programs across 14 state and federal agencies.
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy arrived in Moscow for a five day visit as a representative of the Senate Finance Committee to discuss U S Soviet trade and broader relations with Premier Kosygin and other leaders. In Wichita Kansas the school board approved closing two elementary schools and creating five segregated primary centers over the objections of one member and a public audience urging cross busing.
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. civilian attorney George W. Latimer asks the Army to spell out how 109 Viet Namese civilians are assigned to the My Lai killings. Latimer questions breakdown and requests full details on each of the 110 slayings and removal of duplicate specifications.
Senate leader says Agriculture Secretary Hardin aims for joint effort with Senate and House committees to craft a farm program for the 1970s. Dole, a committee member, met Hardin and praised his approach as potentially more acceptable and workable.
top American military officers will meet in Honolulu next Monday to finalize logistics for withdrawing 50 000 U S troops including the 1st Infantry Division. Pentagon expected to name the 1st Division soon as some units are already chosen to meet President Nixon's April 15 deadline.
Spanish air hostess Ervana Cacanova 25 regained consciousness after being thrown clear in the woods near Stockholm. She crawled back to the wreckage through 18 below zero cold to radio for help and tend the pilot and three crewmen trapped inside. Five crew members died. no passengers were aboard.
St Paul council approved a first year allotment of 107 077 from HUD for neighborhood development. The funds will buy and demolish seven downtown buildings and support planning by Urban Programming Corp. of St Louis. The project progress follows a public hearing at the city library chaired by Mayor R A Gouvion.
Topeka reports readings as low as one below zero at Hill City Russell Belleville and Beloit as cold persists across western and northern Kansas. Lows range from zero to five above with northeast winds. Highs today were near 25 to 30 Wednesday with some warming in the west.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Three astronauts including Apollo 12 moonwalker Alan L Bean have been grounded for breaking flight regulations. Bean Cunningham and Kerwin received 30 day suspensions effective until Jan 23 for take off without clearance and for listing no suitable alternate landing site prior to take off. TOPEKA AP Mrs Elwin M Shanahan announces candidacy for Republican renomination for secretary of state in August primary. Appointed in 1966 to fill vacancy died wife Paul Shanahan won in 1966 and 1968 elections.
James John Byrnes, a saxophone playing escape artist, was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. He led a two state chase from Kansas to Oklahoma last January, facing kidnappings, airplane theft, and auto theft charges. He may be with accomplice Ronald War Archer.
In southwestern Pennsylvania roving miners shut down at least six large mines in tribute to United Mine Workers insurgent Joseph A. Jock Yablonski who, with his wife and daughter, was killed in their Colonial Farmhouse. About 4,000 miners at Robena Bethlehem and Jones & Laughlin mines walked off. Yablonski's sons urged no memorials or attendance at the funeral.
District 413 board of education votes to oppose four Kansas State Teachers Association proposals on negotiations and arbitration. The panel also suspends out of district tuition to aid neighboring districts and hires three teachers and a custodian for Junior High School.
Edgartown Massachusetts AP reports five surviving young women testified as the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne s death resumes. Rosemary Crickett Keough 24 testified first while others were excused. Kennedy stayed at Hyannis Port and aimed to have his account entered into the public record under judge Boyle s ground rules.
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee announced a four month cycle ending April 15 with Peace Action Days and nationwide rallies to protest war funding. A three day fast on April 13 14 and 15 invites donations saved from food to aid agencies. The first event January 15 marks Dr Martin Luther King Jr birth anniversary with memorial services.
Intercepted letter to Cha raises implication of a winner being the shooter in a contested event. The message notes past beliefs about the winner receiving a fatal shot and closes with a personal signoff.
A man attempted to hijack a Delta DC9 bound for Switzer land but was knocked off balance by a rough landing at Jacksonville International Airport. He was overpowered by three passengers and is held on an assault to murder charge. The suspect’s name is Anton Funjек, 41, of Evansville Indiana, per the Duval County Sheriff's Office.
In Buffalo a 15 year old boy from Corsicana Texas was found inside a sealed refrigerated trailer on a railroad flat car after a 2200 mile trip from Nogales Arizona. He remains in serious condition but responding to treatment for exposure and shock. Police say he likely climbed in as the trailer was loaded with 41000 pounds of tomatoes.
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