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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1969
Page
1
In a Baltimore suburb a 2 year old tossed a cookie box containing 2645 dollars from a passing car. Residents rushed to scoop up cash as cars rushed by. Police found 2197 dollars and returned it to the Browns. The rest, about 448 dollars, is missing believed stolen by an unidentified motorist.
In Ann Arbor Michigan a 28 year old repair man Ernest R Bishop Jr is accused of killing University of Michigan coed Margaret Phillips 25 the seventh female victim in under two years Police Chief Walter Krasny noted Phillips had counseled Bishop on life changes and had a broader interest in the prior slayings The victim died after being shot in her apartment early Sunday.
John D Rockefeller IV and his wife Sharon welcomed a son Sunday in Charleston West Virginia The baby weighed nine pounds and four ounces Jamie Rockefeller will be eligible to use the family middle name Davison later if he chooses The newborn’s grandfather Sen Charles H Percy praised the infant calling him a big boy and remarked on his size
Mountain View authorities announce NASA will return the 14 pound male astromonk Bonny to Earth today to protect his health from serious deterioration after nine days orbiting Earth in a 30 day space study. NASA spokesman at Ames Research Center cites alertness and good condition based on sensor data despite complaints he is not complying with signed tasks.
Warren McDonald, 29, reported his 8-year-old son Kenneth dead in a bedroom closet at his estranged wife Edna's home. Autopsy cited malnutrition and heat. homicide not suspected. Officials say the boy died two to three days earlier after spending up to three months in the closet. four other McDonald children were found safe with their mother. The mother is undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
In Leavenworth Kansas six children fished at the old city dump and waded into the Missouri River to wash off mud. Two boys, Carl E. Smith 13 and Carl Saulter Sr., drowned in about 20 feet of water. Sister Lovie Saulter 11 was rescued by Clarence Simpson 26, a stepbrother of Smith.
Washington AP reports the 90th Congress, after its fourth recess, faces many duties before Christmas. Only one measure enacted into law, raising the national debt limit. Thirteen regular annual appropriation bills pending, with only three passed by the House. Federal agencies face stopgap funding until Oct 31. Two major bills moved in House but stalled in Senate committees.
Viet Cong forces launched their first ground attack in a week, hitting a U S military headquarters with grenades and bombs. Six Americans were killed and 18 wounded as two helicopters and a plane were reported shot down over the weekend.
The Justice Department filed in Columbia asking a federal court to order Barnwell School District No. 45 to take steps to eliminate racial identities in schools. The suit targets a plan that allegedly fails to desegregate, with a white high and grammar school and a wholly Negro high and grammar school.
Intercepted message fragment shows a note labeled weightless Benny appears to be losing weight with casual sign off Yours.
AP reports 584 people died in the long Fourth of July weekend, surpassing the prior three day total of 576 from 1966 and far below the all time four day peak of 732 set in 1967. Among victims were Raymond Zimmerman 8 of Tinley Park IL Mary Kay Pape 34 Minneapolis MN and others in Kansas and Colorado.
Three people died in Kansas traffic crashes over the Independence Day weekend. John Corneman, 65, of Wamego, was killed and two others were injured in a two car crash on US 99 north of Wamego. Injured were Neil Sherlock, 79, and his daughter Rita, 25. Another fatality reported as Art Searcy, 28, of Wichita, died Sunday night in a separate incident.
During a three day July 4 holiday the Kansas highway patrol Southeast Kansas Division reported 130 moving hazardous violations arrests for speeding careless driving or improper passing. They logged 114 service calls in 17 counties. Twenty accidents were investigated and three DUI arrests made. Two fatal crashes occurred in Miami County killing three people.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says Communist China views the United States as its top foe and seeks scientific information by any means. Hoover testified behind closed doors last April to a House Appropriations subcommittee. his remarks were released today.
Neosho County sheriff reports vandalism at the Neocha Drive-In on U.S. 169 near Chanute with food spoiled and a fire extinguisher missing after entry by prying a door. Separately, Chanute Sale Barn on East Fourteenth saw broken windows and a yard light with no damage estimate.
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce retail committee will meet Friday at 10 a.m. to plan a promotional campaign titled Auction-Dollar Days, set for July 16 through 26.
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New director Robert N. Woodson outlines a nine point program to ensure secure orderly operation at the Kansas Penitentiary in Lansing with tighter control, frequent inmate shakedowns, staff reviews, and an inmate advisory council. He criticizes past decisions citing six murders in 18 months and widespread narcotics and alcohol access among inmates. Woodson vows security first, then rehabilitation, and orders updated rules for inmates and staff, with expanded officer training.
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