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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1962
Page
3
Los Angeles AP reports Enos the astrochimp endured a nerve driven scare during his November orbit. A levers' failure and faulty stabilizing jets caused continuous rocking, triggering hypertension from stress. Enos recovered at Holloman Air Force Base and is in good health.
Severe cold kept a grip on the northern half of the nation as storms from the Pacific Northwest and into the Appalachians dumped heavy snow in Kansas City and Oregon. Subzero readings hit the Plains with record lows in Wichita Falls Texas and Delays closed schools. An Ohio bus crash injured two while river barge movement slowed in St. Louis as hazardous driving continued in Delaware Maryland and western Pennsylvania. A separate airlift exercise in Frankfurt Germany moved 3 656 American soldiers in five days to test crisis deployment capability.
Kenya labor figure and politician Tom Mboya married Pamela Odede at Peter Claver Roman Catholic church in Nairobi. About 1,000 guests attended and more than 3,000 filled the streets outside as Swiss police cleared a path through the crowd including many housewives from the city.
Former Bulgarian king Simeon III married Margarita Gomez Acebay Cejuela in a Lausanne civil ceremony. A religious ceremony is planned Sunday at the Russian Orthodox Church in Vevey. The couple walked through a cobbled market square after the ceremony. An East German border guard died in a land mine blast outside the Berlin death strip near Frohnau, signaling mining along borders with West Berlin and West Germany.
Fuad Awad, a 30 year old army captain who helped lead an attempted coup on December 31, was captured today while hiding in the trunk of a car. He had been hunted by authorities and Lebanese security forces were in pursuit.
Bonn said the Soviet campaign to win West German leaders to separate talks is doomed. Moscow seeks better relations, via a December memorandum and outreach by Sergeyev to journalists. Pravda echoed a desire to improve ties, yet Moscow insists on recognizing East Germany and keeping West Berlin demilitarized, which Bonn finds unacceptable.
Rhodesian commission heard that UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjold possibly survived the crash near Ndola before dying. Ndola fire chief Vincent Lowrie described arriving about 18 hours later and finding Hammarskjold in a half-sitting position with no signs of immediate death, suggesting he may have lived for a time after the impact.
Neosho County ACS unit schedules two American Cancer Society films on early cancer detection for women. Breas t Self Examination and Time and Two Women will screen at 2 30 p m Peoples theater and 7 30 p m Senior High School auditorium. Admission is free and a physician will answer questions after each showing.
Four Kansas junior colleges Lincoln in the top 20 of the National Junior College Athletic Association poll for basketball. Dodge City and Hutchinson make the top ten, Coffeyville and Garden City in the second ten. Top scorer is Dave Roman of Johnston, Penn, at 32.7 points per game. Coffeyville second in defense at 50.3 allowed. Wilson Branch leads offense at 102.7 points per game.
The funeral service for Merlin A. Eastburn will be at Johnson Mortuary Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. E. M. Pearson of Grant Avenue Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Shaw Cemetery.
Frank Palen of La Grange Indiana died today at McNeil Memorial Hospital in Berwyn Illinois. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Mortuary.
The funeral service for John Otis Smith took place Friday afternoon at Johnson Mortuary with Rev. Berti Gustafson of Friends Lutheran church officiating. Clifford Olson, with Mrs. Hazel Slane, sang The Old Rugged Cross and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. Bearers were Glen Fogel, Stanley Harding, Robert Arnett, John Arnett, J. W. Odom and Merle Smith. Burial followed in Odense cemetery.
The Declaration of Independence was placed in the care of the National Archives in 1952. This move secured preservation and public access to the historic document at the federal repository.
Richard Ahring of 802 S Ashby will attend the lumbermen convention in Kansas City this weekend. Minnie Krueger of R. 3 has just returned from a month in California with relatives and friends noting drastic weather differences. In California she visited her sister Louise Schaal a niece Betty Lou and Robert Dean Coats of San Diego a cousin Lucy Krueger another friend formerly from Chanute Ella Chappell Manley in Long Beach.
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Yesterday Anita Diskin 319 S Malcolm Arden Moore 410 N Forest dismissed Debra Cook R 2 Mrs Robert Reynolds and son 621 N Grant April Sue Moses Humboldt Fred Culbert son Eric Dismissals today Brenda Matthews 419 W 3rd John Stover Jr Bartlesville Anita Diskin 319 S Malcolm Mrs Mable Arthur R 1 Mrs Julia Ashley 704 S Central Mrs William Gardner 319 N Lafayette Orval K James 320 N Franklin Merle Simons 903 S Steuben Recent moves Fogar Youngberg 1115 W Ist 626 S Central Joe Mudd 1013 Plummer te 737 W Marvin Jeffers 1411 Edith te 100 WwW Walnut N L Clemens 1407 Ashby te 1719 S Malcom J Catterson 1321 Edith te 141 Edith Larry Byers 10% 2 WN Evergreen te 112 S Kansas Marilyn Masters 101 N Evergreen to $1 Lincoln Dor Criger 92) Ashby te 918 Lafayette Building Permit tasted Ben S Walker addition to house at 320 Wilson Estimated cost 2000
Secretary of State Dean Rusk heads to Punta de Este Uruguay for an inter American foreign ministers meeting on Cuba sanctions. He aims to secure compulsory measures after 60 days, possibly including expulsion of Cuba from the OAS, amid strong anti Castro sentiment across participating nations. The Dominican crisis shift boosts Western hopes for a unified stance, though agreement on action remains contested.
Addison Reese, great grandson of John T. Ford, owner of Ford's Theatre, donated a Victorian sofa that stood in Lincoln's box and a George Washington engraving used for decoration to the Lincoln Museum.
The aurora borealis is seldom seen in central Europe. Sky observers note infrequent but notable displays, often tied to strong geomagnetic storms and solar activity, attracting amateur astronomers and local news coverage when visible.
Miss Gardiner, daughter of Mr and Mrs George K Gardiner of Burlington Iowa, is engaged to Michael Louis Brooks son of Mr and Mrs Louis F Brooks of Burlington. She is a Burlington Community College and Western Illinois University graduate and teaches fourth grade in Cedar Rapids. Brooks is a Burlington College graduate and a business administration major at the State University of Iowa. A June wedding is planned.
The column lists January 1962 social and club events in Chanute including Past Matrons Sunflower chapter Edith Paten at 918 S Tennessee at 7 30 PM Sub Debs Tish River 1604 S Plummer and other groups such as Ladies Encampment Odd Fellows Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Svenene Br club Tioga Hotel Hulda Parker chapter OES Memorial building and many study and reading clubs with dates January 2 1962 and various locations. A report of Kansettes mystery sisters meeting in Humboldt notes guests and refreshments with upcoming meeting details.
The Hannah circle of Grant Avenue Baptist church met Wednesday at 609 N. Grant with Mrs. Everett Olson hosting and Mrs. Ralph Toland presiding. Devotions on Temptations led by Mrs. C A Patton, lesson God and the World by Mrs. C W Doyle, readings of appreciation from Mrs. Mario Casanella of Cuba, nine members and two guests attended, next meeting with Mrs. L W Mason.
Mrs George Riker hosted Laurel Mothers club at 206 N Washington with ten members present. Door prize went to Mrs Jack Groves. new member Mrs Fred Hunziker introduced. Plans discussed for Mothers March for Polio in January and film screenings by the American Cancer Society on January 24. Co-hostesses were Mrs Buford Allen and Mrs Lonnie Rhodes. Next meeting to be hosted by Mrs Tom Morehead.
Chapter DD of PEO met at Mrs. Elmer Conklin's residence 211 E. 9th for a luncheon. Hostesses were Mrs. Carl Pate and Mrs. Howard Jester. A yellow carnation centerpiece graced the tea table with Mrs. A. L. Burns pouring. Mrs. Boyd Burns led the founder's day program.
TOPS Determinettes met at Sawyer Hall with nine members present. Members reported net weight loss of 8 pounds for the week. Mrs. Joe Hilton read an article titled Illusions of Reducing. The next meeting will feature a low cake luncheon and members will bring their recipe for the dish.
Rural Homemakers Home Demonstration Unit met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. William Dean. Mrs. Wayne Klauman presided as officers named by Mrs. Roy Tunnell: Ernest Kepley president, Klauman vice president, Dean secretary treasurer, Robert Lopeman publicity chair. Lesson on Projects and Program Planning given along with county state stats. Seven members and five guests attended. new members Brinkmeyer and Delaplain introduced. Lopeman won door prize. Next meeting Feb 15 with Lopeman.
A note urges readers to read advertisements as regularly as news items, emphasizing the value of ads alongside stories. The call to action reflects a newspaper culture that treats commercial notices as integral content.
Martha Circle of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday afternoon at 3 Elm with Mrs. H A Martin presiding. Lula Leonard gave the opening prayer and Mrs Merle Ruggles led devotions. Letters of appreciation from missionaries Mrs John C Martin in India and Rev George Turner in Denver were read. Agnes Chittenden delivered the lesson on The 125th Anniversary of Missionaries of India. The love gift was collected and Mrs Eph Carlson offered the closing prayer. Layette gifts were given to Mrs Frank Baughn. Refreshments were served to ten members. February meeting planned with Mrs Axel Anderson.
Ever Ready 4-H Club met on Wednesday with nine members and three leaders present. Roll call featured an interesting Kansas fact. Members planned a cooked foods sale and entry into Erie 4-H Day activities. Purple seal placed on the charter. Project talks and demonstrations were given by Beverley Erickson Jackie Jones Patty Taylor Alicia Taylor and Marlene Truster. The meeting adjourned after the 4-H pledge.
Montgomery Mayor Earl James faced a run of misfortune as X rays showed his wife Mrs. James fractured a vertebra in a fall. He spilled scalding grease on his hand, sprained his back checking attic heat, and returned home to a sick son Tommy, a failing refrigerator, melted ice cream, a lost paycheck, and a savings bond.
Frankie Ryff a former lightweight title contender lies in critical condition after a fall from an eighth floor at a building site near List Street and Avenue of the Americas in Rockefeller Center. The 28 year old was training for a comeback when planks slipped under him while he stood on an elevator roof.
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