13 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1969
Page
1
Researcher David Hurst of Georgia Tech reports a catalytic converter device reduces diesel smoke by up to one third while releasing a popcorn scent. The finding, observed at the engineer experiment station, suggests cleaner emissions with an unusual olfactory note during operation.
A Navy UH2C Seasprite helicopter carrying six men crashed seven miles southwest of Point Loma while on a medical evacuation from the carrier Constellation. Two bodies were recovered and search for possible survivors continued. at least one civilian was believed among the three passengers and three crew members.
A downtown beauty school on Pyn t z Avenue in Manhattan burned Thursday night. Owner Mrs Lucille Crum said wigs worth as much as 8000 dollars were lost and total damages may reach 40000 dollars. She reported threatening phone calls and noted this is the fourth arson linked fire since December.
Only a trickle remains over American Falls as Army engineers and geologists prepare to lower into the Niagara Gorge to study rock strata and Rochester shale. The 182 foot high brink erosion prompted a five month project to test prevention methods with a sprayed water curtain along the edge.
Kansas helium output rose 15.9 percent to an estimated 43.9 million dollars, making it the fourth largest selling mineral in the state behind crude oil natural gas and LPG. Cement and salt also gained while crude oil natural gas LPG and clay and shale products declined.
Gaylord M. Huggins, a foundry foreman, won a $10,000 judgment against the federal government in U.S. District Court. He sued after losing part of three fingers operating an unguarded planer in the Leavenworth prison workshop following his Army court martial conviction. Judge Becker held the prisoner did not voluntarily enter the task and that a prison must provide a reasonably safe workplace.
The U S Army says two brigades of the 9th Infantry Division and a regimental landing team of the 3rd Marine Division will be withdrawn from South Vietnam by August and replaced by South Vietnamese forces. A 900 man battalion from the 9th Division is slated for airlift to the United States before mid July.
Neosho Junior College trustees discussed expanding vocational education with Kenneth Hay of the State Department of Education. He warned that new federal rules require setting aside funds for special programs and urged local property tax support, noting current reimbursements may not continue without local funding. Hay proposed focusing on advanced secretarial training and building trades, and recommended reorganizing the nursing program under the dean and hiring a full time vocational education director.
A brief note describes a Thayer watermelon enjoyed on a hot day with a friendly closing. The fragment frames a casual exchange and confirms the watermelon as the preferred cold treat. No further details about sender or recipient are provided.
Kansas secretary of state Elwin Shanahan denied a certificate for Glenn Cunningham Youth Ranch Inc. to solicit funds in Kansas. The operation is led by Glenn Cunningham once a world record mile holder and KU star in the 1930s.
Dave Osborn and Donald Duff lead Thayer area growers in joining Farm Products Management to restore watermelons as a profitable crop. They expect 10 tons per acre from 17 acres and plan roadside stands and wholesale sales as they lease 30 acres nearby for diversified produce.
Neosho Memorial Hospital submits a 1970 operating budget of 1,169,000 that requires no ad valorem tax levy, the first time in its history it surpasses 1 million and avoids a tax levy. Hospital officials cite rising occupancy and Medicare effects, with revenue and expenses both above 1 million in 1969 and a strong reserve.
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