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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1963
Page
1
In downtown Chanute residents, including Mrs Reno H Treloggen and others, voiced stance on Bible reading in public schools. Some supported reading or left the decision to churches, while others opposed or urged careful presentation amid denominational differences.
The notice instructs readers to contact their Tribune phone or call HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. if the primary line is unreachable. It provides a fallback contact method and a time window for the after hours number.
Three Sroger Co. food stores in East Alton Florissant and southern St. Louis County were hit by blasts after closing. No injuries. Damage included a nearby church and seven adjacent buildings. Police say the cause is unknown but suspect deliberate action, with evidence of explosive placement and extensive window damage.
An incident near Chanute yesterday recalled old smoke signals as an FAA Flight Service Station technician waved on the airport apron in rain. The pilot reported no radio replies, saw the waving, and confirmed on course to Tulsa. FAA later confirmed another station also heard the request, creating a shared visual cue.
In Miami the metropolitan sheriff's office launches an electronic accident prevention system. A computer identifies likely accident sites and motorcycle officers are dispatched to avert mishaps. Lt. Q L Weaver notes the system also flags the traffic violations most prone to cause crashes and officers wait a reasonable time at the site to observe.
The unemployment rate in Kansas this week was 4.7 percent, down from 4.9 percent last week and 4.6 percent a year ago. Compensation payments totaled $592,083 and went to 14,521 people.
Light to moderate winter temperatures with a warmup expected. Yesterday brought .97 inch of rain with high 61 in Pittsburg and lows 19 to 39 across stations. Southeast Kansas saw storms and heavy rains while the state trends to upper 40s to lower 50s Sunday with a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms.
The Defense Department issued a draft call for 10,000 men in May to serve in the Army. This quota matches April and is higher than March’s 9,000.
Mrs. Ralph Brown of Salina received a postcard from her optometrist to schedule an eye examination but could not read it because her glasses were in Salem Kansas where she runs a store. She borrowed similar glasses to read the reminder.
About 200 World War I Veterans of U S A Inc members from across Kansas plan to meet in Pittsburg on Sunday. The group will hold its state council meeting as part of a convention, with the state convention scheduled for Emporia in May.
Karen Kreider, a senior, won the grand award at the fourth annual Chanute School Science Fair after presenting a mouse mortality project using 75 white mice and chloral hydrate solutions. Judges from Pittsburg State College selected her display from over 100 exhibits across grade levels.
Primary voters will pick among Ira Barber Ed Caldwell Shelton Propst Jim Taylor M J Casey Don Hawley and Dave Evans for city commission and among Mrs John Nation and Mrs Edwin Rideau for the school board incumbents. Filing closed yesterday with no changes a four year term for city and a two year term for other offices. School board terms start in August. Voters may mark preferences in the primary but it is optional and mainly to test strength. counting will be completed anyway.
Police arrested David W Shields on a charge of driving while intoxicated after a car pursuit ending near Elm Avenue. Three commission candidates and four school board members face primary elimination with March 19 voting. 76 voters registered that night in central district.
Humboldt and Neodesha from Tri-Valley League and Midway from Four County League clinched state tournament berths by regional wins. Chanute Blue Comets advance to Class AA finals at Parsons with a 41-40 OT victory over Coffeyville. Parsons awaits tonight’s 9 PM finale.
The Kansas House considers using wages as a base for school taxes, backed by the Kansas Livestock Association to ease real estate tax burden. Other bills cover cereal malt beverage regulation under Alcoholic Beverage Control, fire and police pension jurisdiction, higher wrongful death damages, hunting trespass penalties, state official salary increases, and distribution of a 70 million sales tax fund with allocations to schools welfare and county returns. Senate measures include funding distributions to social welfare high school finance and school emergency funds, plus university and junior college funds. Two senators oppose a proposed 100000 land appropriation for a prairie national park. The House advances a state universities research foundation proposal.
Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin renewed the pledge that several thousand Russian troops will sail home from Cuba between now and next weekend. Secretary of State Rusk said the outflow is under way and ships are moving to Cuba to transport the personnel. The exact number remains unspecified.
An intercepted note addressed to Cha hints at possible misreadings of a promise in a Russian context. The fragment suggests misinterpretation in correspondence and relies on implied meaning rather than explicit content.
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