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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1963
Page
1
Downtown Chanute residents share opinions on whether juvenile offender names should be publicized. Respondents range from supporting publicity to opposing it citing potential harm to futures, with comments referencing age thresholds and parental responsibility. opinions vary by offense and age.
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The Neosho County unification planning board gains three new members Everett Alien Joe OBrien and Kenneth Young to join Chanute district appointees forming a six member panel The panel must meet by July 3 organize elect leaders and submit a plan for county residents final approval
Five candidates have entered the 1963 Neosho County Dairy Princess Contest with the winner to be announced next Thursday at the Tioga Hotel. Names include Margaret Tipping and Nancy Kinne of Erie, Susanna Fickel of Chanute, Cathy Ludlum of Walnut, and Linda Van Cleave of Galesburg. more entries will be accepted with no set deadline. The winner advances to the district contest at Independence June 28, after a 6:30 banquet and talks on dairying. last year Linda Van Cleave won the county title. Sponsors include local officials and the county agricultural agent. banquet tickets are available at the Erie Extension office and Chamber of Commerce.
The Tribune announces a new display ad deadline effective July 1 at 11 am the day before publication. The earlier deadline helps control rising composition costs maintain standards and avoid higher rates. Advertisers cooperation in observing the change is appreciated.
Sandra Drum mond, a Las Vegas showgirl, sues Phillip Crosby in Santa Monica Superior Court for divorce alleging mental cruelty. She seeks enforcement of a 1958 Las Vegas marriage settlement with their two children, Dixie Lee and Brian Patrick, ages four and three, and notes their separation on December 4.
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hour period ending 9 am Saturday show 1 death for June and 24 for 1963, compared with 232 for the comparable 1962 period. Data reflects the year to date totals and indicates a continuing toll on state roads.
Soviet press reports cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky marks 24 hours aloft on a multi day mission. He reports good health, appetite, six hours sleep, and normal instruments as he conducts daytime operations. A spacewoman may follow on another Vostok flight from Baikonur.
The White House announced fresh postponement of a nationwide rail strike as negotiators for railroads and five operating unions agreed to delay the deadline until July 10. President Kennedy met with leaders and urged hard bargaining to preserve private collective bargaining and avoid congressional action. The railroads had planned to implement new work rules, potentially eliminating about 40,000 firemen, but delayed to allow talks to continue.
Two 16 year olds, Dennis Baker and Larry Caldwell, were taken into custody in Parsons after a high speed pursuit during which police fired six shots. The suspects, whose car stalled on a railroad track, were linked to a theft of a safe from International Implement Co. on the west edge of Parsons around 11:30 p.m. The Buick convertible used in the escape was stopped, and the youths were arrested.
Chanute police chief Lige Matlock and Neosho County under sheriff John Van Wickle return from Fremont Ohio with Arthur Turf, charged with forging 160 dollars in checks for Bill Mahaffey of Erie. Turf, once Mahaffey’s employee, fled with a 200 pound safe. A gunfight chase ensued, bullets fired, cars pursued to Katy tracks where the safe was jolted free. Turf and accomplices Baker and Caldwell admitted a prior burglary at Sportsman’s Supply. Baker faces petty larceny fines. Baker’s father declines bail, urging reflection. Labete County Attorney Lauren Gray says they’ll be brought before Justice J. A. Bernard on second degree burglary and larceny charges with potential prison terms.
Three Chanute business firms were broken into last night with an undetermined amount of change taken from two and four cases of soda pop from a third. Police said money changers were ripped from the walls of the E Z Way Laundry at 1420 S Santa Fe and the Nu Way Coin Laundry at 113 N Allen. The thefts were found about 6 a m today. A break in at KCRB radio station was found at 515 this morning. Admission was gained by breaking a window pane in the east door. About four cases of pop were taken.
The Great Plains received timely rains easing drought in many areas, averting disaster for farmers and ranchers. Still, eastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and Louisiana face near disaster with reduced rainfall and losses. Kansas and Texas show crop improvement in some regions, while drought persists in the South.
In Hermitage Missouri two men 39 year old Howard Bruton and 62 year old Ernest J England were arrested two hours after the Bank of Hermitage robbery. A sawed off shotgun $600 in the car and a gunman in a liquor reeking Bruton identified by bank officials. Authorities pursued the getaway car after license plate and vehicle description led to Camden County.
Vatican City AP report notes cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church began a final solemn three day mourning period for Pope John XXIII in the Vatican.
The area due to receive up to five inches of rain across Kansas as a spring deluge moved through overnight. Junction City reported 4.90 inches with Ft. Riley 4.13, Wakefield 3.15, Enterprise 3.32 and Altavista 3.18. Southeastern Kansas saw heavy rains in Pittsburg 3.50 and McCune 3.05. Wheat harvest slowed as fields remained wet and some creeks posed flood risk in north central Kansas.
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