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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
5
Hutchinson News earns the Pulitzer for its editorial campaign urging Kansas legislative reapportionment action. Editor John McCormally credits the staff for the achievement, stressing collective effort over any single member's role.
An 18 year old Overland Park youth Gary Maynard died at KU Medical Center after a Sunday night scooter crash east of Olathe. He collided with a car driven by Ervin P. Graef 43 of Urich Missouri. Maynard was thrown onto the car hood and the scooter flew 60 feet.
Cathy Bergstrom of Kansas City has been named Miss Kansas to fill the term of Margene Savage who was killed in a car crash. The 21 year old KU senior will serve through June and then a new Miss Kansas is to be crowned. Bergstrom is a KU Homecoming queen and Southeast High School graduate, daughter of Art Bergstrom and a Southeast teacher.
Dear Ann Landers offers guidance on a draft fraud claim amid a lesbian-tinged confession. A woman asks if lying on the draft form due to homosexuality excuses service, with Landers predicting psychiatric evaluation and possible charges.
U S auto makers built a record 898 006 cars last month as consumer demand stayed high. The April production surpassed the previous April high of 786 824 and ranked second only to March’s 963 101 cars in automotive history.
Jenny Harbison known as Jitney Jenny reflects on a life in Ottawa taxis starting in 1915. She recalls dirt roads nickel fares and a career that grew from one car to numerous vehicles while weathering personal losses and surviving a train collision with minimal damage. Now 78, she keeps driving and enjoys cats, fishing, and hunting in her later years.
The Senate Armed Services Preparedness Investigating Committee met in secret to study how the Vietnam War affects Army readiness in other areas. Senator John Stennis calls the inquiry potentially the year’s most important hearing and says its findings will be filed with the Senate.
17 year old Eddie Ben McCarthy charged with car theft after fleeing Sapulpa county jail and eluding officers from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. He surrendered south of Columbus after firing at Highway Patrolman Lester Koch who pursued him in an unmarked car. The escape began Saturday night when he fled on armed robbery charges tied to a service station holdup.
Bethany College at Lindsborg Kansas unveiled a development program targeting 8 to 10 million dollars by 1981 its centennial year. The plan calls for 2.964 million for facilities 3 million in endowment and 100000 a year in new annual gifts to 1981 with total goals likely reaching 10 million by the centennial. Alumni students parents faculty and officials attended the planning conference led by LCA official Marvin H Lundeen and Bethany president L Dale Lund. The college now enrolls about 500 students and aims for 700 to 800.
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