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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy to address the nation at 7 p.m. EDT in a campaign to win Senate ratification of a nuclear test ban treaty reached with the Soviet Union and Britain in Moscow. The pact bans tests in space, atmosphere and underwater, aiming to ease Cold War tensions while preserving U.S. security.
Washington AP report says Senate Armed Services subcommittee chaired by John Stennis will scrutinize the proposed test ban pact with Britain and the Soviet Union. The review may delay ratification while the panel tests national security protections and acceptable risks, with Senator Barry Goldwater opposing after State Department briefing.
The Labor Department reports June living costs rose four tenths of one percent to a record index of 106.6, 1.2 percent above a year ago, driven by higher food housing and medical costs. Factory workers’ net weekly take home rose to 88.37 with three dependents, while real earnings hit a new high despite the rise. Sugars pushed food prices up 1.4 percent from a year earlier, with restaurant meals up 2.2 percent.
Omar B. Ketchum, longtime Veterans of Foreign Wars figure and former Topeka mayor, died at Suburban Hospital after a lengthy illness. He had represented the VFW in Washington since 1941, serving as legislative director then executive director of the VFWA's Washington office. He was a World War I veteran.
An intercepted note quotes a neighbor saying if the United States Britain and Russia agree on an A test ban the domestic car dispute over what to trade for might be settled the next door argument centers on family ties and trade choices in a period of global tension
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly at night or early morning. Temperatures steady with low in mid seventies tonight and highs in the middle to upper nineties Saturday. A cold front may bring little change statewide with slightly more northern Kansas storms tonight.
Four teen Iowa National Guardsmen were struck by lightning during field maneuvers 25 miles northeast of Camp Guernsey a summer camp for National Guard units in southeastern Wyoming.
Junior college instructor David Easterla, 25, was jailed for disturbing the peace after being found in a Bonner Springs watermelon patch by truck farmer Otto Weldt. Easterla, a biology teacher, pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine and costs. he sought buff breasted sandpipers with field glasses and a bird book.
A 36 year old wife and mother, Doris V. Haley, was released on $25,000 bond in OLATHE Kan awaiting a preliminary hearing August 28 after her attorney cited her declining health in the Johnson County jail. Haley, mother of four, has admitted fatally shooting her husband Dr Jack A Haley at their Prairie Village home after an extended quarrel.
TOPEKA AP The governor was asked if a conflict exists in the Highway Department land purchase for a U S 69 project tied to highway commissioner George Gagel. Anderson said the legal division will check and resolve any conflict if found, noting he can fire highway commissioners.
Washington reports that ICC Chairman Lawrence Wallerath told the House Commerce Committee the agency will bear the heavy responsibility of handling the railroad work rules dispute. With a 30 day strike postponement to Aug 29, President Kennedy urged Congress to authorize the ICC for two years, while unions and carriers negotiate minor changes. Republicans and Taft urged limits on featherbedding and aid for workers displaced by changes.
A dawn marked earthquake hit Skopje, killing and injuring thousands. Tanjug and Radio Belgrade reported over 1,000 dead, with fires at a technical school and a boys high school. Rescue teams and volunteers swarm the stricken city as water and communications fail.
Syncom 2 launched from Cape Canaveral and aimed for a 22 300 mile high position. A small motor would fire around 2 p.m. CST to place it into a near hover path in space.
Wichita report says Martin Tucker 26 year old service attendant just out of the Army a month was shot to death by a robber Thursday evening.
AP reports Kansas traffic death toll for 24 hours to 9 am Friday shows 42 total for July 1963 with 299 for comparable period in 1962. Two earlier fatalities not previously reported are added to the records.
Fifty women pilots from the Ninety-Nines delivered a first day cover of the Amelia Earhart commemorative stamp to President Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. Kennedy praised women’s untapped talents and encouraged greater participation in air and other professions. The event honored Earhart, who disappeared in 1957, and featured envelopes stamped for sale in Earhart’s birthplace Atchison Kansas. Blanche Noyes of the FAA presented the gift to the president.
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