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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1966
Page
1
Washington officials report the Machinists Union and five major airlines resumed talks to end a walkout by over 35 000 workers that halted thousands of flights. Negotiators face a gulf between union demands and airline offers as a presidential panel weighs raises of up to 48 cents over 42 months.
In Independence Missouri two gunmen robbed two store employees of about $10,000 at Cascio's Food Mart on U S 40. The victims Peter Nocconi 23 assistant manager and Jerry Beisly 17 had just returned from a bank with cash. A car with three men blocked them at the rear. Two suspects jumped out wearing stocking caps and forced the pair to flee as the robbers took the cash and fled. The bandits’ car was found 30 minutes later and its license plate was reported stolen.
A playful intercepted note to Cha laments modern air conditioning and longs for the natural cool of bygone days, contrasting comfort with nostalgia.
Part of the Kansas City firefighters voted 261 to 6 to defy a temporary restraining order aimed at halting a labor dispute with the city. Capt Lyle Raines urged proceeding with demands for a settlement, while union president Stanton Gladden noted the revolt against officials.
In Savannah Missouri a car and a dump truck collided head on killing five inside the car and injuring the truck driver. The dead include Melba Davison about 38 of Bedford Iowa and her daughter Lori about 10 and son Michael about 7 plus Billy Fisher 31 of Hilo Hawaii and his wife Marilyn about 25. Fisher formerly worked in the control tower at Springfield airport and the couple were visiting Paul Har grove in El Dorado Springs Missouri. They had been in Bedford and were returning with Mrs Davison and her children.
More than 1 500 sparrows were found dead under a tree in Anderson County near Greeley Kansas after a thunderstorm with heavy hail. The Walter Licktig family counted 1 570 dead birds in their backyard sheltering tree after golf ball sized hail struck Thursday.
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies hot and humid through Sunday with high near 100 and a low in the mid 70s. In Topeka continued hot dry weather expected with highs 95 to 105 today and Sunday and lows ranging from the 60s to upper 70s. The only measure of rain was 0.44 inches at Goodland in the last 24 hours.
Kansas collected 297 million in taxes for the year ending June 30, up 83 million from the prior year and a record. Income taxes led gains with 75 million,Sales taxes 113.4 million, liquor and cereal malt taxes rose, cigarette and motor fuel taxes increased, and inheritance tax reached 5.6 million. Director Dr. Leonard Axe noted May receipts exceeded advance estimates by 22 million.
Margaret Stansbury Stockton a Kansas civic leader for 40 years and wife of retired KU dean Frank T Stockton died Friday in a Lawrence hospital from a pulmonary embolism. She directed PTA work and mental health efforts with two sons and a daughter surviving. funeral Tuesday at 10 a.m.
City power officials report a peak generation of 13 200 kilowatts, about 1000 kw above last year and 500 kw above the 1964 peak, with year to date generation over two million kw ahead of 1965. Water plant runs at full capacity pumping 2.8 million gallons Tuesday as heat drives extensive lawn and garden watering.
U S armored column lured a heavy Viet Cong force into a prepared trap north of Saigon. American helicopters air strikes and artillery hit the 2,000-man infantry battalion as it withdrew toward the Cambodian frontier. No casualties reported. A Viet Cong force also hit an American column near An Loc and was repelled.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara reported that increased U.S. military tempo in Vietnam has denied Communist forces the chance to assemble enough troops for a monsoon offensive. He cited total U.S. forces around 280,000 and 1,700 helicopters, noting rain-season ambush tactics are faltering and oil strikes in the North have been successful. He warned a precise victory timeline remains unpredictable.
Jack Nicklaus of Columbus Ohio clinched the British Open at Muirfield Scotland with a 70 total to finish two under par. He birdied the 17th after a superb drive and iron shot to within 15 feet and held off Welshman Dave Thomas and Doug Sanders who finished at 283 one under. Arnold Palmer ended at 286 after a 74.
U.S. Senator James B. Pearson accuses the administration of misusing words and deeds, citing inflation, stockpile sales, and price controls on aluminum grains and hides. He campaigns for re election in Chanute with events at the Burkman home and Tioga Hotel, attended by GOP supporters before flying to Kansas City and Washington.
About 35 000 members of the International Association of Machinists AFL CIO struck five major airlines at 6 am Friday. Eastern National Trans World United Northwest ground thousands or stranded them on buses trains and extra flights. Wages vacations and other benefits are at issue with top machinists seeking 53 cents an hour more plus COLA and faster promotion. Airlines offered 30 cents and rejected the other demands. Negotiations set for Washington today.
Police cited Frank Nesbitt Jr. for failing to yield right of way after a collision between Nesbitt’s 1956 Buick and R. D. Churchill’s 1966 Buick at Main and Western. Nesbitt, 25, posted a $14 bond. damage to both left front and right side. Churchill, 67, from 909 South Tennessee, was westbound when Nesbitt pulled into the lane from the curb.
U.S. District Judge William A. Bottle sentenced Joseph Howard Sims and Cecil W. Myers to 10 years in prison for conspiring to violate Negro rights linked to the 1964 shooting of Lemuel A. Penn. Four Klansmen were acquitted. co-defendant Herbert Guest got two years for selling unlicensed pep pills.
The Farmers Home Administration approves an $18,000 loan to Rural Water District No. 2 in Neosho and Allen counties to extend five miles of distribution lines serving 13 additional families. Water to be drawn from the Kimball processing plant. Loan spans 40 years at 3.75 percent interest. District board: James R. Nelson chair. Donald R. Nelson vice chair. Veral L. Manson secretary. William Hartzel treasurer. Irvin Bennett member. Herbert Defenbaugh member.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday July 23 1966 with 341 fatalities for comparable 1965 total of 315.
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