23 Mar 1962
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1962
Page
1
Chanute High School and Junior College nominate eight teachers for the third annual Plain and Fancy award. JayCees sponsor with a banquet to announce the winner. panel of judges selected the finalists.
A 1958 Ford station wagon driven by Mrs. Mar Miles Rickart sustained rear damage estimated at 75 dollars after backing from the curb near 4th and Main in Chanute. No other injuries reported. The driver is a teacher at Duecy High School and member of local church groups and teacher associations.
Partly cloudy and mild today with southerly winds. Showers and a few thunderstorms likely Saturday with a cooler finish and partial clearing. In western Kansas rain and storms spread eastward. highs around 60 Saturday and lows in the mid 40s. Moderate flooding on the Marais des Cygnes persists downstream from Ottawa.
French forces strafed and bombarded Bab El Oued as heavy street fighting raged in Algiers. Officials reported at least 10 soldiers killed and 30 wounded as four U.S. made T6 training planes released machine gun fire into a large apartment building.
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva Secretary of State Rusk accused the Soviet Union of blocking a nuclear test ban treaty as Washington and Britain failed to win agreement. Gromyko denied the charge and blamed the United States for resuming atmospheric tests.
Simon the guide dog for 26 year old John Thomas had gone blind, then regained vision after Britain’s first dual corneal graft on a dog. The dog now leads his master again with steady care. Thomas, who has been blind since age 15, thanked the surgeon and veterinarian and gave silver statuettes in gratitude.
City Manager R. J. Hayes announced the purchase of a 74 acre tract south of the new water plant on Katy for industrial development. The property was bought from the M. H. Hatinettes estate for 4000 dollars, with an old house on the site to be demolished.
An editor notes Rev Arnold Prieb of Inman Kansas recounts missionary work in the Congo in 1951. Bentato, a barefoot 20 year old tribesman, asks to be hired, showing faith in God and a life transformed by gospel teaching. Over six months he gains skills, and eleven years later remains devout, walking to spread salvation. The piece questions if hiring him was a mistake.
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours ending 9 am Friday with 2 fatalities. March figures list 21 deaths and 1962-90 period comparatives show 103 for 1961 period.
Firemen from several towns gather in Chanute for a two day regional fire school co sponsored by the Kansas State Firemen Assn University of Kansas Extension Service Kansas Inspection Bureau state fire marshal and Chanute fire department about 250 expected. Opening program includes invocation welcome and greetings with demonstrations led by Ed Munday and a dry vacuum test water drafting and hydrant pumping. An evening picnic and state fire marshal films follow and Sunday features more demos at City Park including liquefied oxygen staged by Forbes AFB Topeka and a controlled house burn at an unannounced location.
ERIE The Beeney family status remains unchanged with Mr and Mrs Beeney in jail and their two youngest children Verla Sue 13 and Letha Faye 6 to be entered in the State Children's Home at Atchison within days. Sheriff and Mrs Jerry Sloan care for the older children as the family camps on the courthouse square awaiting re establishment. The parents each receive 30 days for failing to educate the children due to a prophecy claiming Eric would be destroyed. The girls will attend school at the state home until the family is re united.
Four Erie youths were fined five dollars and costs in justice court at St. Paul for petty larceny after being arrested around 2 a.m. for stealing gasoline. The group included George C. Lockwood 18 Donald Depee 17 Stanley L. Clark 18 and Gary Quirin 20.
An escape capsule from a B58 dropped a 2 year old female American black bear near Edwards Air Force Base. The bear rode in a clamshell capsule for 7 minutes 49 seconds from 35000 feet at 870 mph, was unstrapped, examined at the Edwards lab, and appeared unharmed.
West Berlin police say a refugee family escaped through the Berlin Wall in midtown Charlottenburg late Thursday night. The group included three children, the youngest two months old and the oldest 20 months, with details of the escape not released.
The Chanute Chamber of Commerce outlined plans at a board meeting for a Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Week in May 2026 promoted by the PR committee. Officials discussed partnering with Mid-America Inc for a July industrial fair at Parsons and sending vendor invites, plus the state chamber convention April 23-24 at Hutchinson. A chairman for the spring annual meeting is to be appointed and a local session with Kansas State University extension leaders on the regional economic survey is being prepared.
James R. Bruch, 24, of Plainville Kansas, died when a semi left Interstate 70 four miles west of Wakeeney, overturned in a ditch. His wife was hospitalized for treatment.
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