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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1963
Page
1
In downtown Chanute reporters ask residents what would most benefit the city. Suggestions include new storefront fronts on Main street, improved parking facilities, and increased local industry. Some residents praise hospitality while others call for crime reduction.
Dennis Baker a 16 year old pled guilty to two counts of petty larceny linked to a pistol wounding at the Launching Pad recreation center. Judge Leslie Cable reserved sentence to end of term with a $100 surety bond and continuance. Baker must attend school, limit driving, observe curfew, avoid further violations, and make restitution for a pistol case and gasoline. Gerald Morrison faces delinquency action for the pistol incident. a psychiatric evaluation will determine further steps.
About 2,000 Russians left Havana Friday aboard a Soviet liner as another vessel arrived. Authorities kept the ship name and destination undisclosed. The White House had said several thousand Russian military personnel would depart Cuba by mid March. Some personnel were described as guarding missiles and bombers, others as Cuban armed forces trainers.
A 19 year old from Buffaway, Lloyd L. Saubers, was killed when his 1955 Buick collided with a semi truck on US 75 southeast of here. The truck driver, Elliott Lewis of Antigo Wisconsin, escaped injury. Both vehicles plunged into the lake spillway after Saubers pulled over and then turned left into the truck. The body was freed after about six hours of effort by the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office and local responders.
In the Zamales Mountains near Subic Bay Naval Base, five U S Marines were killed when an H34C transport helicopter crashed during a routine local operation. Two Marines were seriously burned and one is missing. The cause remains under investigation.
In federal court in Kansas City Kansas two Nebraska women were awarded nearly $47,000 after a collision on U S 36 near Sabetha on October 21 1959 killed their husbands. Phyllis Walz and Peggy Ann Klawatter received $35,740 and $11,250 respectively for deaths and related losses.
A Mecca radio broadcast claims four Egyptian planes bombed and strafed Qizan in Saudi Arabia and one was shot down over the Red Sea. It says this was Egypt’s second raid in two days, the first near a Yemen border airfield.
Kansas traffic death log shows zero fatalities in 24 hours to 9 am Saturday. For March 1963 no deaths recorded. 1962 period had 72 fatalities.
A clipped note teases a Supreme Court justice in robe reading "Passion Trap" and questions decorum in a playful, cutline style.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that 1,715 copies of 31 titles seized in 1961 from P K News Service in Junction City were obscene. The court upheld the 1961 law banning sale distribution of pornographic material and found the seized books trash with no literary merit.
Mrs. Nancy Martinez 27 of Santa Fe suffered near death when an implanted pacemaker failed in her abdomen. Doctors in Santa Fe and Albuquerque maintained circulation with massage and mouth to mouth until an external device could be applied. She planned to seek a replacement device at National Jewish Hospital in Denver.
Dr John Jack Thompson 73 a composer and music educator died Friday in Tucson Arizona He directed the Kansas City Conservatory of Music for 25 years moved to Tucson from Kansas City in 1957 and authored about 80 piano instruction books plus more than 300 piano pieces.
Thousand Oaks California AP reports cowboy Stuart Hamblen killed a female black panther that had terrorized the Conejo Valley after escaping Jungleland Wild Animal Compound. Hamblen and ally Ronnie Page tracked the animal under a warehouse using a 30 30 rifle and pistol flashlight delivering multiple shots to end the threat.
Topeka report says mild statewide temperatures in the 50s with light rain and snow in extreme western Kansas. A low pressure area will not affect the rest of the state. Light snow reached Hill City. Goodland had .10 inch. Friday highs ranged 50s to 63 with night lows 25 to 35. Sunday highs near 60.
Washington lawmakers postpone action on raising the national debt limit amid fights over Kennedy tax cuts. Democrats seek a minimal increase while Republicans aim to curb spending, with the current ceiling near 308 billion and a possible rise to 325 billion tied to tax approval.
Kansas members' votes on recent roll calls show Sen Clark and Sen Clark resolutions opposed by Carlson and Pearson. House actions included a large supplemental CCC appropriation with party line support and a probe operations allocation for the House Un American Activities Committee.
PALESTINE Tex AP giant tandem balloons rose 15 miles above Earth carrying a 36 inch telescope to image Mars. The Stratoscope II rig, linked launch and main balloons with a gondola, launched from the National Scientific Balloon Flight station and aimed to recover near Columbus Georgia, weather permitting.
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