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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy's fiscal 1964 budget envisions a deficit of 11.9 billion and outlays of 98.8 billion, the highest in peacetime. It lowers taxes by 13.5 billion over three years starting July 1, with reforms offsetting 3.5 billion, and projects federal debt rising to 315.6 billion by mid-1964.
President Kennedy's fiscal 1964 budget allocates 58 cents to defense and foreign aid, 4 cents to space, 10 cents to interest on the federal debt, 6 cents to agriculture and 6 cents to veterans with 16 cents to all other. Revenue sources list 47 cents from individual income tax, 24 cents from corporate tax, 11 cents from excise taxes, 11 cents from borrowing, and 7 cents from other sources.
City Manager R. J. Hayes says Cities Service Gas Co. refunds 21 942.53 from rate settlements on well head gas prices. Most refunds go to industrial gas for power plant use. domestic rebates unlikely. Property sale details include 2100 acres with 136 producing wells and 96 water injection wells. J and J Oil Co. offices noted.
The J and J Oil Co. buys the Apt Johnson Waterflood project east of Buffalo from Ward Edinger Oklahoma City. The firm plans extensive reworking of the oil producing property. Members Merton F. Jeanes Tulsa and Jeep Johnson Tulsa announced today.
Bobby Mann Schlecht, operator of Rendezvous tavern at 2112 East Main, voluntarily surrendered the tavern beer license to the police last night. She said she wanted to stay out of trouble and gave no further explanation. Edward W. Brooke began his first full day as Massachusetts attorney general.
Edward Brooke begins work as attorney general in Massachusetts. A Chanute woman avoids tragedy after detecting fire from a gas leak amid a floor blaze. Eliza Mathews, 106 Denman, alerted responders and firefighters contained the fire with minor damage.
Doran E Small returned from Denver on a felony check warrant and was allowed to abate the action in city court yesterday. Authorities said Small made restitution and was released after paying court costs.
President Kennedy's budget faces sharp opposition in Congress with critics crying aloud over an $11.9 billion deficit and a $98.8 billion total. GOP leaders call it a mockery of tax relief while Democrats urge substantial cuts without harming security. Sen Byrd forecasts a $14 billion shortfall if tax cuts pass. Despite mixed reactions, lawmakers vow further study.
A boiler explosion at a Neodesha refinery killed Harold V. Knight, 48, and injured three others including Robert M. Cox, 37, Earl R. Lance, 43, Walter Quanstrom, 35, and Vernon D. Hubbard, 35. Officials blamed steam pressure as the blast damaged the plant near the power station and disrupted operations.
Eleven parking permits have been sold to date for 1963 by the Neodesha police department, with fees of 24 dollars per year or 2 dollars for remaining months. The permits allow metered-area parking without feeding meters and can be transferred between vehicles.
The page list notes features on the Vietnam War and a Cuban Crisis briefing by Drew Pearson. It mentions health topics on mannequins and a medical surgery by Dr Joseph G Mother, with a fuller budget story and various pages for top stories.
Topeka Kansas AP reports a cold arctic air surge will push temperatures below zero in the extreme northwest with light freezing rain possible. Lows tonight range from 5 below in the northwest to 20 above in the southeast as overcast skies spread across the state and light precipitation moves in including possible snow in the northeast.
An intercepted letter quotes Fidel Castro's boasts and bravado as a reminder of a childish taunt. The writer compares the Cuban leader's posturing to a boy claiming his daddy can beat another daddy.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited the Berlin Wall and the Friedrichstrasse crossing, waved to West Berliners, and viewed the barrier from the East German side. He met East German leader Walter Ulbricht and Polish Communist Gomulka, who urged private talks to ease the Sino Soviet dispute. Khrushchev did not cross into West Berlin during the midday excursion.
Mazie Wells of Burbank drove a car onto tracks and was carried 25 miles by a freight train until a track supervisor derailed the line. She was un cited after saying she mistook the road for tracks. In Memphis, Mrs Ronald Sco bey, 20, was injured when a freight train struck her car and carried it 60 yards before she escaped.
At the stockholders meeting the Bank of Commerce added two new directors, William G Bodley and Hugh T Jones among others, and elected all officers for another year. New board members include Walter M Poor and Richard E Willis. Officers named: Bodley president, Jones chairman, Lewis executive VP, Turner VP and cashier, Umbarger VP and trust officer, Gorton VP and farm representative, Daisy Jordan assistant VP and auditor, Rosia Casper assistant cashier. The meeting noted resources rose by 906121 to 11335253 in 1962 and discussed plans for a new bank building at Main and Grant.
Kansas traffic death log items report 24 hours to 9 am Thursday with 2 fatalities for January and 15 for 1963 compared to 19 in the comparable 1962 period.
A 79 page report to Gov. John Anderson from a citizen advisory committee proposes higher taxes on cigarettes liquor and inheritance along with an income tax withholding law and allow cities and counties to levy local sales taxes. It also urges reform of property assessments and calls for study of consolidating local taxing districts while cautioning Kansas lacks reserve funds for new programs.
Chamber of Commerce and Chanute Development officials explored using the corporate framework to obtain SBA funds for promoting industrial growth. They agreed to study SBA requirements, with no application planned, and endorsed hosting a southeast Kansas industrial fair with Mid-America Inc. next fall.
Two Colorado truckers, Jess A. Marshall of Evergreen Cole and Harry J. Shiffer of Denver, were hospitalized last night with food poisoning from a meal eaten at Albatross Missouri. Authorities in the county between Springfield and Carthage were notified as they recover in satisfactory condition with plans for release today or tomorrow.
Actress Helen Hayes says motion pictures are in an era of terrible trouble as Hollywood has lost touch with public taste. She notes Hollywood strayed into arty and grim Italian phases and warns the industry must reconnect with the country. Hayes is in town to appear in a play.
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