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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1972
Page
7
Firemen responded to a dryer fire at 215% S Lafayette Sunday afternoon scorching the wall behind it. A 6-year-old, Laura Drybread, was bitten by an untagged dog at 817 N Garfield. owner not found. Animal Control Officer Clayton Sharp took the dog for observation.
Legal notices list candidates across Chanute Humboldt North Tioga South Tioga and Walnut Grove Townships with posts for committeewoman committeeman township trustee township treasurer and clerk. It also shows for city of Chanute judge marshal and several city court positions with multiple ward races and candidates.
Multiple notices report deaths in Chanute Arlington Girard and Moran including Mrs Mary Belle Sweet Groom former Kansas Girls State governor Mrs Martha G Hutton 65 died after illness Raymond Kidd 79 Me morial Hospital Chanute and Louise Lamb 84 Topeka. Funeral services listed with churches and towns.
The Chanute Tribune reports the Rural Electrification Administration Civil Rights pledge by Cooperative Electric Power & Light Co and a probate court notice scheduling a guardianship sale of real estate in Neosho County. Survivors and medical obituaries are listed for local residents.
Cpl Leon Lofthouse of the Marine Corps Air Wing has returned to duty aboard the USS Forrestal after a 10 day leave with his parents in Wichita Falls and a visit to his sister in Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Dean Dighero returned home to Earlton after two weeks visiting relatives in Flippin Ark Port Arthur Wichita Falls and Walker. Mr and Mrs Clifford Bennett visited his mother in Wichita and drove through heavy rain with surface water on the road to Chanute. Dr Alexander Mih was encouraged by President Nixon s China visit to anticipate a 1973 reunion with his father, a plan delayed by the current political climate between the United States and China.
A one car crash north of Humboldt involving Merilyn Hendrix of Ida caused extensive vehicle damage but no injuries. The incident occurred on US 169 about a quarter mile north of Humboldt with damage around 400 dollars.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a census of 48 adults and children. Admissions include Mrs Ralph Waldrip Westview Nursing Home Alvin Felkin Delmer Raida and others Friday through today with dozens of street addresses and family names. Dismissals cover multiple patients including Robert Rice II and Kevin Stevenson across Humboldt Walnut and Freemont.
George Riker of 206 N Washington reports two bicycles recovered over the weekend. A 10 speed once listed as stolen and described as an English racer was confirmed by Riker after an article in The Tribune prompted Nancy Prock to call and verify. A 20 inch bike stolen last Wednesday night was recovered behind 900 W Main and returned to Riker Saturday.
Sheriff reports two automobile crashes in Neosho County on Saturday killed calves. David G. Hawthorne, 19, Stark, hit a calf along a road 50 miles north of St. Paul at 3:15 p.m. The calf belonged to Casey O'Brien of St. Paul and was valued at 200 dollars. Louis W. Shaw, 58, Galesburg, struck a calf two miles north of Thayer on US 169 at 10:30 p.m. The calf belonged to Charles Deweese of Thayer and was valued at 100 dollars. Damages to both cars were about 100 dollars each.
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