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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1966
Page
1
U S Marine helicopters rescued 59 more survivors from the Ashau special camp near the Laotian frontier. The group included the squadron commander and five crew from two downed choppers part of a 69 wounded evacuation during a 39 hour battle.
A proposal to realign Allen County's Federal Aid Secondary Route No 1 at Petrolia was announced. The plan would remove a section through Petrolia including a low water bridge on Scatter Creek and extend north to join the existing No 1 route. A public hearing may be held if Petrolia residents request it, with written requests due by March 21 to county engineer Floyd Heath.
A plate glass window at Merle Kelly motor car agency in 15 N Highland was damaged by BB shots last night. Earlier BB damage affected three Alcott school windows and similar damage had been reported at the Bank of Commerce and York Sheet Metal on Main.
A proposal to issue general obligation bonds up to 50 000 for a city swimming pool will be submitted to voters in Erie April 4. Polling will be at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The pool would be built in Erie's City Park.
In Kansas City Kansas Robert E Lowe 35 was shot and killed at his home following a Thursday night argument. Percy L Brockington 33 was charged with murder authorities said.
Topeka AP reports 24 hours to 9 am Friday shows 0 deaths. March figures list 13 for 1966 and 97 for 1965 comparable period.
David Lee Shelton a 38 year old Mount Vernon Illinois resident was sentenced in federal court to 10 days in jail and two years probation after pleading guilty to dispensing amphetamine pep pills without prescriptions Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr said the pills known as bennies contributed to traffic accidents and suggested jail could deter others
Reuters tells how Roger Ranney, 30, of Chanute Kansas, now serving life in a Greek prison for murder, turned his cell into a library and laboratory while awaiting pardons. The piece notes his 1960 conviction, escape from verdicts, and his ongoing self education in medicine and biology.
Trooper Don Richardson 31 of Chanute cited himself for failing to yield after his patrol car and a Tulsa driver collided north of Thayer at US 169 and K47 about 11:30 AM. Both drivers James D. Cooper 41 and Richardson escaped injury. patrol car and Cooper’s 1963 Chevrolet suffered major damage.
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed Johnsons request for 13.14 billion emergency funds for the remaining fiscal year, mostly for military and economic operations in Southeast Asia. The plan boosts Viet Nam forces, aircraft and ordnance production, and foreign aid, with most money allocated to military programs.
Detroit AP reports suburban students age 7 to 12 create edible art using macaroni beans lentils sugar cubes pills and coffee grounds. Mice mutilate works and a nearby possum samples art as teacher Harold Smart notes the aim is to show beauty in many things with cardboard murals and food particles.
Buford Fisher announces the discontinuance of the auto mechanics program at Neosho County Community Junior College in Chanute. A survey by five Kansas Employment Service offices found a 12 month need for 70 workers, with 55 available without the Chanute program, leaving a gap of 15.
Washington AP report says Johnson's $6 billion tax program is assured as House and Senate leaders finalize a compromise. Conferees restore major provisions, restore excise taxes on cars and phones, and speed up tax collection. A new withholding plan remains, with small admin modifications, effective in May.
In Bow Street, Maj. Marion Dunn of the Salvation Army intervened as three masked robbers attacked two bank workers carrying a $4,200 payroll. She formed a human barrier with housewives while a truck driver stopped one assailant. Police captured another. a third fled. The injured couriers, Samuel Peters and son Andrew, were hospitalized. Dunn returned to church duties after the incident.
The forecast notes considerable cloudiness with little temperature change through Saturday and scattered showers and thunderstorms through Saturday forenoon. Tonight's low mid 50s and Saturday's high around 60. In Topeka, cloudy skies with chances of locally heavy showers in southeast Kansas tonight, highs in the 60s and lows from near freezing in the west to the mid 40s in the east.
A fragment notes an intercepted letter to Cha and reports a man at a nearby desk expressing surprise at a digestive art remark and having seen paintings he could not stomach.
Mrs. Dorothy Nelson, 50, of Wichita was killed in a head on collision on U S 59 in Chetopa. The AP report states the Wichita woman died at the scene as authorities investigated the crash.
The Chamber of Commerce plans Industry Appreciation Week exhibits in the new Central Park community building rather than downtown stores. Twenty eight manufacturers will exhibit products and the week runs April 18 to 23 with school invitations planned.
Two obesity specialists argue fat is largely hereditary and smoking a pack daily is as harmful as being 90 pounds overweight. They say obesity research lacks proof that extra weight shortens life and that concern over weight is driven by appearance rather than health.
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