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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1963
Page
1
In downtown Chanute the reporter asks Mrs Hibbs if travel by spaceliner will ever be as safe as air travel. The inquiry captures public curiosity about future spaceflight safety.
Detroit AP The American Baptist Convention representing 1.5 million Baptists endorsed artificial birth control and urged finding safe reliable and inexpensive methods. It called on the U S government to supply information and equipment to overpopulated foreign countries.
President Kennedy visited Nashville to urge citizens to reject prejudice amid unrest over civil rights. He framed the issue as a responsibility to uphold the law and protect equal rights, stressing calm, order, and lawful conduct during a time of racial tensions and de facto segregation debates. He spoke during TVA and Vanderbilt anniversaries in the city.
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace petitions the U S Supreme Court directly to void the use of federal troops in Birmingham and to rule Kennedy violated the Constitution. The suit names the United States and Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara, seeks temporary and permanent relief, and cites May 12 troop deployment as unlawful. Kennedy, with 34,000 seats in a football stadium, plans stops in Muscle Shoals and Huntsville while Vanderbilt follows a biracial policy in graduate programs but not undergrad. Kennedy spoke in Nashville urging educated citizens to uphold the law amid national alarm over desegregation protests.
Ernie Davis, 23, Syracuse football star and 1961 Heisman winner, died at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland after a leukemia battle. The Browns had signed him for 80000 dollars following the College All-Star camp, but he never played a pro game. He had recently worked on a Browns film study and played basketball with Browns players before quitting in February.
The Kansas State Board of Health mobile chest X-ray unit visits Chanute next week after visiting Neosho County towns. It has seen 161 X-rays at the State Highway Commission offices on Thursday and 245 yesterday in front of the Memorial Building. Schedule: Monday 10 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5 pm. Tuesday 1:30 to 6:30 pm. Wednesday 1:30 to 6:30 pm. Thursday 2:30 to 5:30 pm and 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Friday 1:30 to 6:30 pm.
An intercepted letter refers to President Kennedy and Governor Wallace and casts doubt on any integration action in Alabama today. The fragment hints at national and state officials involved in civil rights tensions during a period of controversy.
In Emporia Kansas two boys aged 13 and 14 played with a .32 revolver in a Rexroad basement. The weapon fired wounding Kerry Thogmartin 14 who died about an hour later at a local hospital. Ralph Rexroad 13 handled the gun at the time.
A district court jury failed to reach a verdict in the second degree murder case against Gene C. Rigsby after deliberating about 14 hours. The 45 year old service station operator is charged with killing 15 year old Gary Knost at the station on January 26. A new trial date will be set Monday.
Army reserve captain Charles D. Drake, 44, wounded his estranged wife Anne Drake, 26, in a darkened apartment as two police officers closed in. She was in critical condition with a bullet wound to the mouth. Drake killed himself with a pistol after retreating to a bedroom.
Gordon Cooper returns to Honolulu aboard the USS Kearsarge after orbiting Earth 22 times in a 34 hour mission. A series of welcomes includes parades and receptions in Honolulu Cape Canaveral Washington New York with a White House reception and a joint congressional address. Cooper will join John Glenn and the other Mercury Seven for future milestones toward Gemini and moon missions.
Installation of traffic signals at Lincoln and Elm completed yesterday and in use now. Signals give right of way to north south traffic except for east or west approach. East west traffic trips over paving activators to cycle lights. Pedestrians have push buttons to change signals. City workers began installation May 6.
Partly cloudy forecast with widely scattered thundershowers over most of the state. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near the high 60s or 70s, and Sunday a high in the 80s with a few thunderstorms possible. Relative humidity and barometer readings noted for 1 a.m. values.
A mostly pleasant Kansas weekend is forecast though light showers may redevelop in western areas and spread into central and eastern sections by Sunday morning. Temperatures range from the mid 70s to mid 80s with lows in the 50s. The Rev. Paul Life, longtime pastor here, is reassigned to Pittsburg and Columbus churches effective June 1, with his family remaining in Chanute until then.
Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day, a time to display the United States flag. The reminder encourages citizens to honor service members by showing the national flag at homes and public buildings.
AP report lists Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period to 9 am Saturday with 1 fatality for May 29 1963. Compares to 1962 figure of 191 and shows 160 for 1963. Includes Topeka area data and national AP framing.
Tense weekend looms in Birmingham with threats of bombings and tighter security as Kennedy meets Wallace at Muscle Shoals. Armed guards monitor targets, highway patrols patrol streets, and anonymous threats surface from Negro leaders and some white businessmen. Kennedy says U S image abroad suffers but is superficial. Alabama lawmakers back Wallace amid deployment of soldiers. Huntsville hires first Negro police officer and courthouse signs removed. Tuscaloosa University papers not ordered. three Negroes seek admittance.
U N Command spokesman said no answer expected from North Korea before Monday on demands for immediate return of two U S Army captains. The two officers were shot down in North Korea Friday while checking truce zone markers, 17 miles northwest of Seoul. Radio Pyongyang announced an American helicopter had been captured over North Korean territory Friday, but gave no update on the crew's fate.
Kansas City Kansas three year old Lemon Vallion died when his car struck a utility pole as he turned to speak to a back seat passenger. Four others were injured, none seriously, in the early morning crash.
A pickup truck crashed into a telephone pole near Salina Kansas killing Virgil Wagner 32 of Salina. The incident occurred about two miles west of Salina on U S 40 early today.
AP reports Attorney General Robert Kennedy accused the oil industry of undue control over state conservation agencies. Kansas oil men and industry officials condemn the claims, asserting independence and public-utility pipelines are misrepresented. Kansas lawmakers express mixed reactions to potential tighter controls.
The United States imposes a limited diplomatic boycott on Francois Duvalier's Haiti, avoiding contact through Ambassador Raymond Thurston and staff while debating stronger action. Relations are not severed, Thurston remains, and U.S. policy weighs recognizing or denying his regime despite unrest and alleged terror.
A sudden hailstorm on a farm near Stonewall Manitoba killed an estimated 7000 turkeys. Mrs Henrietta Salkeld said she and her husband Leland were at their hatchery in Winnipeg when they were notified by telephone of the disaster.
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