4 County Notes by Dwight Wallingford
Local column by Dwight Wallingford reports on issues and events across four counties. Observations cover community happenings, public concerns, and brief items of interest from the region.
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1969
Page
1
Chanute Founding Ties to Octave Chanute Engineer Legacy
In 1869 three Neosho County villages Alliance Tioga and New Chicago fought to host a railroad hub. A bridge opened in Kansas City and Octave Chanute supervised bridge work shaping the area. On January 1 1873 they merged into Chanute named for Chanute who united them and later became a pioneer in aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Tioga
New Chicago
Missouri River
Kansas City
City
Octave Chanute
Chanute
L.L. and
The
Santa Fe
Biblesta Parade Plans Highlight Community Event
The Biblesta committee led by Dr. Max Reynolds prepares for the annual parade on the first Saturday in October with thousands in attendance. Planning involves months of float building and detailed work, while the parade welcomes entries from Humboldt area groups and four neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biblesta
Max Reynolds
Humboldt
Farm Fatalities Across Four Counties Highlight Dangers
Ten farm work accident fatalities occurred over ten years in Woodson Allen Wilson and Neosho counties, including one in Woodson in 1968. Kansas state total 463 fatalities from 1959 to 1969 with Butler County recording the most at 15. Tractor and machinery accidents caused the greatest share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodson
Allen
Wison
Neosho
State of
Kansas
Butler County
Woodson County
HEW to Send Out Letter On Desegregation Policy
A federal plan clarifies desegregation rules while allowing limited delays for bona fide educational reasons. The guidance states 1969 70 deadlines remain in effect and districts must continue desegregation efforts or risk federal funds loss. The policy aims to avoid weakening enforcement yet grants time for districts with justified Administrative delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Department of Civil Rights
Leon Panetta
Department
Office of Civil Rights
HEW
Robert Finch
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Panetta
Finch
Reformatory Disturbance After 104 Degree Heat
In Hutchinson Kansas during a 104 degree day a prison disturbance erupted after firecrackers sparked a racial brawl in the reform school. About 150 inmates clashed. more than 20 injured. Guards faced the mob as officers entered cellblock No 4 to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
McKee
L. E. McKee
Bonnie and
Clyde
Reformatory
Control Center Infirmary
Noble
Hutchinson Police
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Burglars Note Smoking Nute
An intercepted letter references burglars and smoking in a brief clipping. The fragment mentions a person or cipher term Nute, with no clear context or full names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cha
Five Pittsburg Area Residents Hurt In Collision
Five passengers in a 1969 Chevrolet were treated and released at Mount Carmel Hospital Pittsburg after a crash at the U S 69 and U S 160 junction near Pittsburg. Driver Truman Shrum 28 and Lyle Phelps 51 of Shawnee Mission were in the other vehicle. Damage totaled $3,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute and
Humboldt
Mount Carmel Hospital
Pittsburg
Highway Patrol
Truman Shrum
Lyle Phelps
Shawnee Mission
U.S.69
U.S.160
Shrum
Dolores Shrum
Sandra
Joe Shrum
Marrill McBratney
Mildred Mebratney
Phelps
Curfew Enforced as Aspen Faces Hippie Disturbances
A 2 am curfew was imposed in Aspen Colorado after multiple dynamite blasts and nighttime unrest by an estimated several hundred hippies. Police and sheriff units, including 17 posse members, patrolled the town. seven curfew violators were jailed and eight others held for mysterious activities. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspen
Colo
Carrol Whitmire
Pitkin County
Garfield County
Glenwood Springs
Storms Slams Northern Ohio Kill Eight and Injure Hundreds
A series of thunderstorms hammered northern Ohio killing eight people and injuring hundreds. The storms knocked down power lines and trees, capsized some boats on Lake Erie, and prompted National Guard deployments in Ottawa County and near Lakewood. Coast Guard rescued dozens, with high water isolating Cedar Point islanders and a Mardi Gras tent collapse harming about 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Michigan
Toledo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Maumee
U.S. Coast Guard
The
Coast Guard
Ottawa County
Lakewood
James A. Rhodes
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Fairport Harbor
Robert Cullins
Dresden
Carol Harwell
Mansfield
Cigarettes and cash stolen in trio of Neosho County break ins
Neosho County Sheriff George Neely investigated three connected burglaries in St Paul. Town and County Market Eusch's Market and the American Legion Post were entered. Loss totaled 150 cartons of cigarettes 60 dollars from a piggy bank and 95 from a Legion cash register plus 60 cartons and five boxes of cigars at Ensch's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Neosho County
George Neely
Eusch's
American Legion Post
Neely
American Legion
Ensch’s
Statewide Rain Chance Tonight and Sunday
Forecasters predict a chance of rain across most of the state tonight and Sunday. Today’s high is expected from 85 to 90 degrees with overnight lows in the 70s.
Vandals Damage Cabin in Neosho County
Walace Johnson reported vandals damaged his summer cabin located one mile north and one and a half west of Cherry Plummer. Estimated loss was 900 dollars after the kitchen cabinets and furnishings were torn apart. Sheriff George Neely said Johnson found the destruction Friday at 11 30 a.m. after visiting the cabin Thursday and finding it intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walace Johnson
Cherry Plummer
Neosho County
George Neely
Neely
Jonson
Four Die In Kansas Traffic Crashes During Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports four fatalities in Kansas since the Independence Day holiday began Thursday night. In Lenexa on I-35, 21 year old Robert L. Fuller of Olathe died when his car rear ended a tractor trailer. Two teenagers, Henry A. Herman 16 of Hays and Laura Weigal 14 of Aurora Colorado, died in a collision near Hays between a car and a wheat truck. Garland L. Osenbaugh 23 of Mooreland Oklahoma was killed near Sylvia when his car struck a grain truck. The national toll rose to 229 deaths as the holiday period nears its midpoint with California leading at 23 and Texas at 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas
Robert L. Fuller
Olathe
Kan
Lenexa
Hays
Henry A. Herman
Laura Weigal
Aurora
Cole
Garland L. Osenbaugh
Mooreland
Okla
Sylvia
California
Texas
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Dwight Wallingford
City Park
Janae Wiltse
Mr. and
Ron Wiltse
S. Rutter
Mom
Dad
Biblesta Planning
Midwest
Travis Dewayne Colston
Laura Lee Bower
Tribune
Travis
Carmen Colston
Laura
Jon Bower
Yours
Dick Ritchey
Martin Dumont
Ritchey
Weather Bureau
Brecksville
Strongsville
Northfield
Lake County
National Guard
Johnson Lhose
S. Central
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