23 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1967
Page
1
Weather forecast warns of showers and thunderstorms across Kansas with potential heavy rainfall. Osawatomie faces crest near 40 to 41 feet with 65 families already displaced. past floods include 1961 at 41.7 and 1951 record 50.3.
U S airmen reported attacks on two trains near Hanoi and a large Nam Dinh power plant fire. Navy pilots struck an electric plant southeast of Hanoi with 1 000 and 2 000 pound bombs, and one Navy Skyhawk was downed west of Haiphong with the pilot missing.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Chanute June 28 29 at the Methodist Church to fill a dire regional shortage. Barbara Bowes cites just three local collections before the holiday demand spikes and a 200 pint quota. The visit will include a donor survey if staff permits and notes a shift to allow normal meals before giving blood.
An intercepted letter notes President Johnson showing Premier Kosygin a photo of his new grandson as part of early discussions. The fragment references a personal gesture amid top level talks and reflects diplomatic exchanges of the era.
About a dozen blood worm diggers return to work in Wiscasset Maine after a 114 day strike against Sheepscot River area bait dealers. Remaining diggers seek a per hundred worm fee raise from $2.50 to $2.75 while sand worm diggers stay at work.
Cecil Pryor, head track coach at Fredonia High School since 1932, died today after entering a hospital June 15. Over 35 years he led the track program in the Tri-Valley League. he also coached football and basketball. A Baker University graduate, he is survived by his son Dean, an assistant football coach at Kansas State University.
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce announces an open house for its remodeled offices on the Memorial building’s second floor from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Attendees include the general public. a ribbon cutting will feature Miss Chanute Lynda Campbell. Refreshments will be served.
President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin held a private two hour discussion at Glassboro State College in New Jersey as security and ceremony surrounded their first Cold War meeting. The leaders focused on war tensions in the Middle East and Vietnam with aides coordinating behind the scenes.
The Senate voted 92 to 5 to censure Sen Thomas J Dodd for converting to his own use funds obtained from the public through political testimonial and a campaign. The move marks one of the few such censures in U S history amid ongoing debate over a second count on travel expense reimbursements.
Topeka reports a 24 hour traffic death count with 37 fatalities for June and 272 for 1967, compared with 294 in the comparable 1966 period, reflecting ongoing road danger locally and trends over time.
Topeka Kansas may lease an airplane for state use. State Sen Norman Gaar of Westwood will chair a committee to study leasing options with Cessna Beech and Lear Jet in Wichita. Gaar leads a subcommittee of the Kansas Legislative Council.
At the United Nations Romania urged a peaceful coexistence based settlement between Israel and Arab neighbors and offered to help mediate. Premier Maurer cited negotiations as the path to a lasting settlement as global talks paralleled a Glassboro summit between Johnson and Kosygin.
Southeast Kansas health care steering committee met to air goals and methods after a recent university medical center briefing. The nine county Mid-America group formed the panel to explore joining a regional program and an independent local plan with KU Medical Center leadership directing pilot projects. A two way TV link between Great Bend and the medical center is planned, with resident consultants to follow, as the committee weighs improving care and education without replacing local doctors.
The third annual Head Start session ends with 75 students enrolled at Murray Hill school. The eight week program runs 9 a.m. to 12 noon five days weekly with five teachers five aides and five helpers. Activities include classroom instruction a weekly park visit field trips dental eyeglass and immunization checks and a family dinner at term end.
Two Marine helicopters, a Huey and a Sea Stallion, collided during a training landing at New River Marine Air Facility near Jacksonville North Carolina. At least 20 dead and a dozen injured in the worst crash in the base history.
Instructions urge readers to contact the Tribune by phone if the carrier is unreachable after 6 p.m. The article provides the HE 1-3400 number as an emergency contact option after hours.
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