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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
1
By mid morning 51 derailed JI RR cars at Erie lay twisted and stacked up to several stories high after a derailment at midnight. A Katy superintendent cited 148 cars total with 51 empty and 97 loaded earlier, and crews worked to clear a ruined main line and siding with no trace of the cause.
Dennis Baker 16 and Larry Caldwell 16 confessed to two April 14 Olson Supermarket and April 15 Self Service Grocery burglaries, implicating each other in a chain of thefts from Sportsman's Supply and International Harvester dealer. A pistol and loot were recovered. both youths face second degree burglary and larceny charges.
AREA FORECAST calls for generally fair weather through Wednesday with a bit warmer daytime temperatures and lows in the 60s. In Topeka today sunny and cool with clear skies after southeast showers, Dodge City reporting .05 inch rain. highs near 80s, tonight around 60. Monday highs ranged 69 to 84, early lows 53 to 66.
Ivan P. Foster, 49, a Manhattan businessman, drowned at Tuttle Creek reservoir in Mill Creek Cove after a bank collapsed while he fished Monday night. His son-in-law Archie L. Inskeep, also of Manhattan, could not reach him. rescuers recovered the body.
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday in Topeka with numbers for June 27. It lists 1963 fatalities at 2 and compares to 1962 period at 2 42, reflecting yearly change in crash toll.
In Boulder Colorado police report a two year old boy Brett Alan Whitney was found dead after a dog attack. A pair of Siberian Huskies owned by Clair J. Bankston were chained in the yard. The boy's mother Donna Whitney cried as the father served in the military at Ft Sill Oklahoma. The dogs had not been fed for three days.
Mrs. Freda Locke announces the last day for 1962 real and personal tax payments without penalty is Thursday. An interest rate of 10 percent per year applies to late amounts. Mail payments postmarked by June 20 receive no penalty.
Dr John B Youmans of Nashville Tenn warns that super feeding of American children could shorten the average life span within two generations. He cites excessive nutrition in infancy as a key factor and says the biological clock may run too fast.
The Hanley Municipal Equipment Co of Kansas City won the street sweeper contract with an 8525 bid for an Elgin 4.6 cubic yard pickup model. Four bids were submitted with rivals Bublitz Machinery Mobil 10331.50 National Engineering AW 10740 and Wentz Equipment Wayne 8854. Delivery is due about 30 days after letting. Trade‑in of the old sweeper reduced the price. the old unit had served many years and aged prematurely.
Chanute remains under active consideration by two companies for locating sizable plants, with one client listing Chanute among four towns. A June 26 inspection visit is planned, while the other firm previously scoped several towns before deciding. The chamber noted strong city cooperation in industrial efforts, citing the alfalfa dehydration mill project and county dairy pain mill progress.
Protests mild as the Supreme Court bans required Bible readings and the Lord's Prayer in public schools in a decisive 8 to 1 decision. The ruling prompts officials to review state policies while Congress cites neutrality in church state relations and weighs possible constitutional amendments.
Preliminary hearing for Arthur Turf on forgery charges is set for tomorrow in the justice of the peace court at Erie. County Attorney Robert Pennington said Turf forged $160 in checks on Bill Mahaffey of Erie after returning from Fremont, Ohio. The hearing will be before John Lindquist, newly appointed justice of the peace who succeeds Emory Wilson.
An intercepted letter argues the Supreme Court ruling will not curb the Bible’s enduring appeal. The writer asserts continued interest and influence despite legal decisions.
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