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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1969
Page
1
Postcards dropped in mail boxes without addresses at Farragut State Park Idaho are being held for claim. Messages reveal humor and homesickness from scouts as officials manage the unaddressed mail during the 7th National Boy Scout Jamboree.
Scientists at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton failed to bounce a ruby laser off a mirror placed on the moon by Apollo 11 astronauts. Director Robert Kraft cited alignment trouble with the 120 inch telescope as the cause after 50 bursts of ten billionths of a second each were fired Monday night and 20 to 30 bursts Sunday without result.
Jeanne Washington, 25, of Philadelphia says she will leave Havana Friday with her 3-year-old Jennifer after running out of money and hearing diplomats that U.S. courts must grant custody. She had come July 7 hoping her husband Tom, a 27-year-old chemist who hijacked a jet, would return the child.
General Earle Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said intelligence shows the enemy may launch a new offensive in South Vietnam late this month or in early August. Wheeler, back from a Vietnam inspection tour, noted uncertainty on heaviness and spread while expressing optimism about current U S and Vietnamese command readiness. He hinted at potential further U S reductions but refused to forecast Nixon’s decision.
Police officer Ray Aikins investigated two crashes in ten minutes Monday afternoon. A Ford driven by Martha McCoy collided with Peggy Blanchard’s Chevrolet at Main and Highland causing $210 in damage. As Aikins left the scene Blanchard’s car scraped a parked Chevrolet, injuring no one but breaking a turn signal indicator.
Misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and assault against Don Whelan of St Paul were dropped after a meeting of local citizens and county officials. A separate meeting with County Attorney John White included St Paul Mayor Jim Carter and others over coverage in The Tribune and questions about the sheriff's role.
Neosho County sheriff reports a tool box and tools worth 40 dollars stolen from a pickup on the Kenneth Norris farm two miles north and 41 percent east of Erie. The theft occurred Saturday night and the paper held the story until Neely could be reached for comment.
The intercepted note ponders whether Nixon or astronauts claim the status of most traveled, signaling a light touch on fame and distance rather than a hard news event.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Apollo 11 speeds up on the return toward Earth as gravity pulls the ship into the homeward phase. Crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin Jr and Michael Collins rest after lunar orbit linkup awaiting re entry and splashdown.
President Nixon announced ticker tape parades in New York Chicago and a Los Angeles dinner for Apollo 11 astronauts. The events follow their moon mission with parade routes in New York Chicago and Los Angeles including a Century Plaza Hotel reception.
Mrs. Sylvia Pack of Chanute was chosen chairman of the Neosho County Red Cross board at the quarterly meeting. She succeeds John C. Rubew. Chanute Rotary Club will fund two day bloodmobile visits and student help under the OEO work-study program.
Sen Edward M Kennedy with neck brace offers prayers at the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne in St Vincent Church Plymouth Pa. The Kennedy party attended the service and burial as crowds gathered outside the Mass. Kopechne drowned in a car accident on Martha's Vineyard and Kennedy expressed sorrow to her father Joseph Kopechne.
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