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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1966
Page
1
An explosion at the Austin Powder Co plant near McArthur Ohio killed five employees. A wooden jelly mix building housed TNT ingredients and the blast occurred at about 7 45 a m EST.
Seven governors agreed they should play a state role in highway and vehicle safety standards while cooperating with federal officials. They favor federal standards for new cars but want state control over used cars driver licensing and safer highways. They planned a White House meeting with President Johnson after their talks with Commerce Department officials.
TOPEKA AP Kansas will return nearly 1 million dollars in unused federal education funds to the treasury this fall. Henry A. Parker of the State Department of Education said districts received 10 816 621 under Title 1 for aid to education programs for children from low income families. Parker said Kansas likely used the funds better than most states as the program is new and some districts were not ready to inaugurate it. The state failed to use 846 718 of the money available.
Attendance at the second Billy Graham British crusade meeting fell to 15 500 from 18 038 opening night but the Graham organization reported more decisions for Christ.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Friday listing 1 fatality for June 1966 and 1 for 1965 with 249 and 238 for comparable periods respectively.
The Senate Ethics Committee will begin hearings June 20 into charges that Sen. Thomas J. Dodd acted as an errand boy for Juli us Klein a Chicago public relations man and used his position to aid Klein's clients. Initial sessions will be in executive and later open. Dodd denies the charges and sues Pearson and Anderson for libel.
Providence AP reports the estate of late U S Senator Theodore Francis Green exceeds $200000 with bequests of 10000 to the Providence Public Library and 10000 to Brown University.
Mid-America, Inc. officials outlined a southeast Kansas inland shipping corridor from the Mississippi River to Tulsa via the Arkansas and Verdigris rivers. The plan includes a nine foot channel, a port terminal at Catoosa, seventeen locks, and $1.4 billion in federal funds plus $100 million at the Tulsa site. The project could attract 75,000 new residents and spur a four lane highway through southeast Kansas.
Mimi Frink of Lawrence a KU senior says she will crown the new Miss Kansas at Pratt July 6 through 9 and then marry Steve Wickliff of Mission September 9. She plans civic theater TV work or a dance studio and will job hunt in Kansas City while Wickliff takes the bar in June and joins an Olathe law firm.
US Communist party leader Gus Hall has applied to the State Department for permission to visit Red China North Viet Nam North Korea and Cuba. The request prompts internal debate with officials split on granting travel. The department enforces a ban on travel to Communist Asia Albania and Cuba.
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports Peng Chen, 67, longtime top CP leader and mayor of Peking, stripped of his party post amid a purge. Li Hsueh-feng named first secretary of the Peking central committee as crackdown widens. Peng Chen has not appeared publicly for over two months amid rumors of removal.
Kansas may join a multi state suit led by Delaware to challenge winner take all electoral vote laws. Attorney General Robert Sonderholm said the suit aims to limit state votes to the statewide winner, arguing it benefits small states and curbs disproportionate influence of large states.
John McMeekin announces Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co production departments will shut from June 5 through 25 for vacations. Shipping departments will continue to operate during the period, a longtime company practice.
Thirty seven head of registered Holsteins sold for 119759 at the National Holstein-Friesian Breeders Association convention in Wichita. The top bull brought 25000 from Mr and Mrs Mowrey Frey of Lancaster PA sold to American Breeders Service Inc of Madison WI. Buyers ranged from Italy Guatemala and Canada. The top cow price was 6750 paid by ELV Apache Ranch of La Peer MI.
Gemini 9 astronauts Stafford and Cernan reached the target satellite after a 75000 mile chase and conducted the rapid rendezvous. They faced a stubborn shroud around the docking collar and considered nudging it free with a docking bar as mission control sought a solution.
Surveyor 1 radioed a second long stream of pictures showing itself and lunar terrain near the Sea of Storms. The 620 pound craft landed softly after a 63 hour journey, advancing NASA plans for seven Surveyor shots at 725 million dollars and peaceful lunar exploration.
Partly cloudy with a few showers or thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Highs in the 80s east to 90s west, lows mainly 60s, with scattered rainfall totals up to 3 inches in Prairie Village and varying amounts across Overland Park Shawnee Bonner Springs Lecompton and Topeka as a stalled front moves south.
An intercepted letter hints at broadening Social Security to include the mayor of Peking. The note references Cha and suggests possible policy expansion affecting high officials.
Air Force Captain Daniel F. Reardon, 34, of Yonkers New York and father of four, was killed when his jet crashed northeast of Cottonwood Falls Kansas. Stationed at McConnell Air Force Base Wichita the plane hit trees then burst into flames near Glenn Crefoot ranch house.
Twelve participants from Chanute Fort Scott Iola Coffeyville Erie and Parsons attended yesterday's planning talk in the Memorial building council room. Kansas State University extension officials Norman Whitehead and Don Erickson spoke on county planning noting the extension plan offers alternatives without prescribing actions. Jack Groves of Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce described the plan as different from the 701 plan by presenting options rather than specific steps.
President Johnson called for a nationwide boost in Social Security, targeting current and future beneficiaries. He instructed Welfare Secretary John Gardner to prepare a program for the next Congress and pledged the increases would be a high priority.
Governor William H. Avery hailed a bright revenue picture with tax collections about 12 percent above estimates and a $18.5 million year to date surplus but cautioned inflation will raise state costs. He noted withholding tax gains from new laws may exceed $3 million annually and said personal tax cuts are premature.
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