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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1963
Page
1
Local residents share varied interpretations of a full moon pattern. Mrs Stratton notes uncertainty about seeing either a man or woman while others describe an animal silhouette or other forms. The exchange includes comments from Mrs Bernard Claus Mrs C E Burns and observer Mike Grogan from Topeka.
Independence Kansas AP report states 14 year old David Postlethwaite was accidentally shot in the head by his older brother Mike, 18, as he handled a .45 caliber pistol thought to be unloaded. The boy received emergency hospital care locally then was transferred to a Wichita hospital. The incident occurred as he watched television.
New York AP reports a spray lubricant designed to prevent snow from sticking to shovels and clogging snow removal tools, promising smoother and faster clearing during storms.
Washington AP report says a six man labor panel led by Kennedy labor secretary Willard Wirtz readied a busy schedule next week to push legislation and mediation to resolve four year rail work rule disputes. The panel will hold sessions with carriers and unions under the July 29 strike-truce while aiming to finish a fact finding report by Friday.
National Guard restored to Cambridge Maryland after week of shootings and store burnings as Negro leaders plan integration actions. Curfews bans on liquor and demonstrations imposed. Gov Tawes cites police limits and guards to protect all, as a 15 year old protester case fuels tensions.
Area forecast notes considerable cloudiness with scattered thunderstorms through Sunday morning. Partly cloudy Sunday afternoon. Little temperature change with lows in the upper 60s and highs in the upper 80s. Previous days showed 88 inches precipitation by 11 am, 1 inch yesterday. Temperature records include 79 70 and 86 67, with historical extremes 95 71 and 114 1940.
Torrential rainfall in Kansas continued for a third night as a slow moving storm delivered up to 9.5 inches in Harveyville and 5.15 inches in Burlingame. Flooding affected rural areas with Dragoon Creek overflowing while State Highway 31 near Burlingame was closed. The Santa Fe line briefly blocked by a flooding creek was reopened by morning. Forecasters expect a decline in heavy rain but possible scattered thunderstorms through tonight and Sunday.
Robert L. Farrell, 27, of Mission Hills, drowned after midnight when an electric golf cart rolled into the club pool at Mission Hills Country Club in Kansas City Kansas. The depth was 14 feet. firemen recovered the body but could not revive him.
Lawrence AP reports Jack R. Geisendorf twenty died Friday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered Wednesday in a one car crash north of Salina. Three others were hurt including Richard Salmons son of Salina police chief. Geisendorf was a KU summer student. his home was Salina.
Police were called to the Sunset Club south of town at 11 35 last night after a disturbance. The person blamed for trouble, a resident of Fredonia, fled the scene on foot as a car arrived. Charges will require a complaint signed by the club manager.
In Live Oak Florida a ringless wedding joins Jo Beth Johnson age nineteen and Martin Ravellette twenty three both armless after a whirlwind romance sparked by letters through an Associated Press story. They married Friday night in a simple white and yellow ceremony with no reception line and guests calling it lovely. The couple plans life together despite their unique challenge and humorous vow to improvise a way to carry each other if needed.
City Manager R. J. Hayes City Commissioner Ed Caldwell and Fred Harris led Chanute representatives at a St. Louis conference on funding for a planned plant. Wichita bond house officials and the St. Louis firm’s executives attended along with W. H. Caldwell of Mid-America Inc. The group plans financial arrangements and expressed confidence in Chanute securing the plant.
In Jefferson City Missouri a wedding produced a flat write up with multiple Smith family members. Groom Tom Smith and bride Jeanette Smith wed with best man Charlie Smith bridesmaid Shirley Smith ringbearer Ross Smith and flower girl Carrie Smith. The groom and best man are brothers and the officiant was Rev Frank Penick.
In Los Angeles AP report Miss Sami Vella listed age 25 when applying for a driver’s license. The California DMV found she was 33 and suspended her license for a year for providing fraudulent information. She filed suit to regain her license claiming the age misstatement was for vanity and not fraud.
In Chicago two men who rented a shop next to a currency exchange posed as florists. Masked and armed, they broke through a wall and robbed the exchange of about $40,000 on Friday.
In Greenwood Mississippi on Friday night attorney Hute McLean Sr said Byron de la Beckwith’s defense fund for the Medgar Evers murder case is steadily growing. Donations come from across the country, mostly small gifts of 10 to 25 dollars. total amount not disclosed.
In Greenback Tennessee Merchants and Farmers Bank, operated entirely by women, suffered its third holdup in eight months. Police arrested Merrill Moser and Jack Fee within 35 minutes, recovering 7200 dollars. The pair, identified by cashier Mrs Nola Elam, faced bank robbery charges in Knoxville with bond set at 25000 each.
The 9th annual Soldiers and Sailors Reunion closes with Pan Harmonic accordion band from Parsons playing on the carnival grounds between 7 30 and 8 followed by a dance. The dance with music by the XLs starts at 9 at the American Legion hall. Hundreds attended the bean feed last night, with eight hundred pounds of beans prepared.
The Chanute Farmers Cooperative Association elevator at 707 North Highland was broken into for the second night in succession. No items reported missing in the latest entry, with Thursday’s break-in losses listed as under one dollar in change. Police on routine patrol found Thursday’s break-in and an electric drill left near the safe. Elevator personnel discovered last night’s when they went to work this morning. Both break-ins were through a window, officers said.
Intercepted letter notes merchants on Main street during the sidewalk sale and mentions air conditioning of the street scene. The writer signs off with Yours, Cha.
Mountaineers riot over reports of free love nudity and integration at the Summerlane camp near Rosman North Carolina. The 70 campers mostly teenagers fled under police escort after a gym burned and a bus window was shot out with gunfire and blows exchanged. No serious injuries. Camp moved to an undisclosed New Jersey location amid claims of white enrollment and Baptist values. Local outrage fueled by a New York based anti-communist paper The Herald of Freedom.
The Moscow Beijing talks on ideological unity are labeled a flop by Peking and expected to end within days. China regrets the breach and hopes future sessions may be more productive while the West eyes new East West nuclear test ban negotiations starting Monday.
Spaak quoted Khrushchev as sincerely wanting a test ban. NATO officials were briefed after talks in Kiev. In Moscow talks, U S British and Soviet negotiators prepare to open negotiations Monday. Macmillan defends and brushes aside Profumo scandal saying he must see through the issue to avoid dishonor.
West Germany faces possible changes at the Gehlen intelligence service after the trial of three agents accused as Soviet spies. Government Press Chief Karl Guenther von Haase said the case would have consequences for the federal intelligence service but declined to say if it would be abolished.
AP report from Topeka records Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending 9 am Saturday July 2, 1963. The log shows 273 fatalities so far in 1963, compared with 280 at the same point in 1962.
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