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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1961
Page
1
Chanute residents report plant and animal discoveries including a mulberry branch with two leaf types and a bat family found in a tree. Local gardeners Mannoni host a prolific flower show presence in Kansas City, with nine blue ribbons and major awards.
Kuwait's army commander in chief says Iraq's Premier Kassem is pressing a military buildup and that Kuwait is ready to fight if needed. Brig. Mubarak al Jabar al Sabah says Kuwait will defend itself with all forces as Saudi and American equipment bolster advance positions on the tense frontier.
President Kennedy plans a weekend conference at Hyannis Port with Secretaries Rusk and McNamara and General Taylor to discuss Berlin issues. The session aims to address Germany policy rather than Khrushchev’s latest Berlin reply, with a pending U S response expected by next Tuesday at the earliest.
The Chanute Optimist Club will celebrate receiving its charter from Optimist International with a party at the Masonic Temple tomorrow at 7 o clock. Presidents of Chanute civic clubs and their wives are invited, and a Maple Hill club delegation from Kansas City will attend. Maple Hill members helped organize the Chanute club.
Salem Va AP note found in a woman's purse contains two names and may relate to a crash that injured Mrs Elizabeth Howard 39. Police say the note's contents may not be released if she recovers. She was conscious but hospitalized in Roanoke. her husband Ernest Howard a Roanoke fireman was at the controls of a freight train when it struck the car at a crossing. Witnesses said the car lingered in the area about 12 minutes before impact.
Police report daily firecracker vandalism and dogs running at large causing disturbances. Charles Barnhart, 11, was bitten while riding in the 600 block of South Highland. Police to issue summonses for loose dogs. dog pound keeper authorized to seize such animals. Firecracker incidents involve damage to mail boxes from a car on the west side.
A 4-year-old girl in Wichita was critically injured when she climbed a power pole and touched a 7,500-volt line. She fell 30 feet onto the ground and suffered burns and other injuries. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Cooper of Wichita.
A 12 year old boy Terrence Francks of Topeka drowned Thursday night in Independence municipal swimming pool. He attended a Sunday School camp meeting and was with a swimming party when missed on departure. His body was recovered in nine feet of water.
The body of 11 year old Jerry Lee Presley, who drowned June 18, was recovered from the Missouri River Thursday near the Liberty bridge. Hawthorne power station workers spotted the body and alerted police. Parents Mr and Mrs John Marion Presley identified the youth.
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Residents awoke to a second nightly false alarm from two storm warning units as a rain shorted relays at Highland Park and South Evergreen. City officials and Southwestern Bell checked relays and relays, while police fielded about 200 calls during the incident and kept all units off until checks finished.
At the Yucca Flats Nevada test site the AEC expands a vast underground complex amid talk of vaults and caverns for possible future neutron bomb testing while officials say tunnels serve multiple uses. Speculation ties Livermore and a sinuous main shaft to hidden experiments potentially tied to disarmament talks.
In Gallup New Mexico a Navajo man Charlie J Smith earns a promotion to machine operator and plans for a better life. His wife Cecilia and six children perish when a left turn on Route 66 collides with a heavy grain truck. He survives but loses his family and future.
A 72-year-old man, Richard L. Bellman, was found dead at the wheel of his car near Calvary Cemetery while visiting his wife’s grave. A witness said he slumped over the steering wheel as his vehicle rolled forward and overturned several tombstones after leaving a driveway.
A 37-year-old widow, Gladys P. Collins, with eight children, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $25 after pleading guilty to turning in 11 false fire alarms. She and a 10-year-old son admitted submitting the alarms.
The Agriculture Department announced this year's wheat support price will average 1.79 dollars per bushel, unchanged from a prior tentative figure. Last year the average support price was 1.78 dollars per bushel.
Slightly warmer readings are expected across Kansas with a cool July feel. Dry conditions improve in southeast and far northern Kansas while western areas remain drier needing moisture. Rain totals over 24 hours include Longton 3.39 inches and Oxford 2.21 inches.
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