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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1971
Page
1
A Hughes Air West DC9 with 49 aboard cartwheeled into a mountain after a collision with a Marine F4 Phantom east of Los Angeles. One crewman survived the civilian jet and the radar intercept officer parachuted to safety. A helicopter pilot later reported a possible parachute sighting.
Chanute Boy Scout troops gathered 50 to 60 volunteers cleaning approaches to the city while about 50 from St Paul and Erie worked in their areas. Aluminum cans and broken glass were collected and hauled to Erie for recycling with funds benefiting the South East Kansas Boy Scout Council. Local units included United Brethren troop 100 Zion Lutheran 225 First Baptist 235 and First Methodist 3.
The Rev. Paul R. Hett becomes pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Urbana United Methodist Church with duties starting June 15. He previously led Faith United Methodist in Parsons and Dennis United Methodist, and is assigned by the Kansas Conference. He succeeds Rev. Baldwin who moves to a Topeka church.
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 with 29 aboard crashed on approach in dense fog near Tweed New Haven Airport. Reports vary on dead, with Yale New Haven Hospital confirming 20 fatalities and 3 badly injured. A witness described the craft hitting a wire and plummeting into nearby cottages, igniting fires.
William M. Nash 68 of Humboldt was killed when his car ran off the road near Jasper Missouri. He had visited relatives in Springfield over the weekend and was returning home. Nash lived in Humboldt six years after farming near the city. Funeral plans were incomplete.
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued warmth through Tuesday with a chance of late afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms. Winds drop tonight becoming variable to northeasterly by morning. Low tonight middle to upper 60s, high Tuesday in the upper 80s. precip 20 percent tonight, 10 percent Tuesday.
Reservations are open for an afternoon Nelson Art Gallery tour in Kansas City followed by an evening Starlight Theatre production of Funny Girl. The air conditioned bus departs Tribune at 10 a.m. Tuesday June 29 with a $14.50 package including arena seat A admission and transportation. Meals cost extra. Postmark by June 16 to The Chanute Tribune. First 31 buyers eligible. under 18 must be with an adult. Refunds only if all seats fail to sell. rain no refunds, rain checks issued.
An intercepted letter warns more political favors may be needed to keep loyal supporters in line. The message implies ongoing efforts to secure faithfulness through concessions or benefits.
City electrical inspector Vincent Baylor reported that all signals at the Main Street Evergreen and Lincoln area intersections were out after a main control box burned out, possibly due to lightning. Crews repaired contacts and the lights were back in operation.
Washington sources report safety agency dispute over an old Lindbergh era rule as officials push to end deadly midair collisions. In Vietnam Saigon reports three North Vietnamese assaults repelled and a fourth battle ongoing along the northern frontier. Other items note antiwar lobbying to pressure senators and a nationwide police murder discussion led by Mitchell and Hoover.
The Senate is set to resume work on a major domestic agenda including economic and social policy measures. Lawmakers aim to advance proposals on healthcare and budget priorities amid ongoing discussions with the White House.
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration lobbies Congress to prevent Lockheed Aircraft Corp from bankruptcy amid accusations it undermines free enterprise. The move marks an intensified effort to secure legislative rescue for the defense contractor.
Wichita businessman George Worden urged Republicans and Democrats to reform the two party system in Kansas. He told Topeka Kiwanis Club that both parties are inflexible and irresponsible, claiming the Docking administration depleted state reserves and asking voters to demand responsible, problem solving government.
A pack mule train retracing the Santa Fe Trail will visit Gov. Robert Docking on July 7 to present a commemorative medal. Charlie Gay of Shawnee Mission leads the group with Walter Young of Pawnee Rock and Wagon Mound, New Mexico as medal representatives. The train leaves Santa Fe June 26 and reaches Burlingame July 7 before proceeding to Topeka for the ceremony.
In northeast Kansas a line of severe storms produced about a dozen funnel cloud sightings Sunday night. The worst damage occurred five miles east of White City near Junction City where an unoccupied farm was destroyed, two horses died, and an occupied farm had building damage. The tornado touched down for about a mile and spanned roughly 200 feet in diameter, with an estimated $50,000 in damage to the farms.
Postmaster General Win ton Blount will speak at a banquet during the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Topeka tonight.
A semi-trailer carrying 40 000 pounds of TNT burst into flames on I 80 two miles west of Minden Iowa. No injuries occurred. Driver James Miller 26 of Fenton Missouri reported explosions after the fire started. The Iowa Highway Commission said 65 feet of pavement was scorched by the heat and firefighters could not approach the blaze for an hour.
The Ozarks Regional Commission awarded a $25 000 contract to Development Research Associates of Los Angeles for a recreation and tourism study covering Allen Bourbon Cherokee Crawford Labette Montgomery Neosho Wilson and Woodson counties in southeast Kansas. The study, funded by Congress and underwritten at the request of the Southeast Kansas Outdoor Recreation Association, will take seven to eight months to complete.
Hollywood reports Van Heflin, 60, suffered a heart attack Sunday while swimming and was listed in guarded condition. A gardener found him clinging to a ladder in his apartment pool and pulled him from the water. hospital officials declined to detail his consciousness or improvement.
The Supreme Court refused to review a DC Circuit ruling that lets the United Transportation Union call selective strikes against individual railroads.169 Class I carriers challenged the ruling arguing the Railway Labor Act bans targeted or whipsaw strikes during national bargaining.
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