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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1966
Page
1
Weathery conditions pelted south central Kansas with high winds hail and rain. In Cassaday a tornado derailed four freight cars caused damage and slight injury while Valley Center north of Wichita suffered roof shingle damage and a camper blown from a pickup.
President Johnson and key advisers shape U S policy to revamp NATO including moving HQ from Paris to Belgium and boosting West Germany role while ministers plan a June Brussels meeting. British and U S diplomats discuss broader alliance use with Soviet relations looming, amid France's exit.
Kansas traffic death log lists 32 fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday May 9 1966, compared to 32 in the same period in 1965 and 221 for comparable periods.
The Topeka Shawnee County Regional Planning Commission denied a zoning change for a $6.5 million apartment and motor hotel complex near the Kansas statehouse. The decision will be appealed to the Topeka city commission, with State Sen. Jack Quinlan serving as attorney for sponsors.
A string of fatal crashes reported across Kansas on Friday included a head on collision near Emporia killing George R. Spickard and his wife Bertha, and student Lawrence Kressel.また
A 6:30 p.m. hit and run on US 169, a mile and a half south of city limits, involved a 1951 Plymouth driven by Roger K. Reno 16 of R 1 and a 1965 Chevrolet that fled the scene. Reno slowed to turn into Barham filling station. Chevrolet hit the left rear fender, removing it. Glass on the road suggested a broken headlight on the Chevrolet, which was tan.
Registration for Red Cross swimming classes begins Monday with courses for advanced swimmers junior and senior life saving water safety aides and water safety instructors. Chanute rural route enrollments run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily at the Launching Pad through June 3 with a July schedule for Chanute participants July 18 to 29.
About 250 000 college students nationwide take the second of three three hour draft deferment tests. The test aids local draft boards in deciding who will be called, following widespread demonstrations against the Selective Service system.
In a blinding rainstorm three people died when a car was struck by two freight trains near Sharlyn Marina north of the Missouri river. Victims were Bill Oliver and his wife Mae Oliver of Route 3 and Dennis L. Peters, 38, of 329 North White Street. The Burlington train first struck the car, pushing it into the second train. the vehicle was dragged 270 feet and burst into flames.
In Saigon and Hue, Buddhist leaders hear a U S warning after rebel mortar attacks injure 15 service members near Da Nang. Ky calls a civilian congress as Buddhist protests rage. fighting centers on Da Nang's Tan Linh Pagoda with monks found dead or wounded.
U S Air Cavalrymen hunted fleeing Viet Cong from helicopters in central Vietnam’s rugged mountains and reported 24 more enemy deaths, bringing the total killed in Operation Crazy Horse to 122. In Da Nang and Saigon, civil conflict and Buddhist protests overshadowed war news as the 25th Infantry Division conducted a 35 mile northwest sweep through rubber plantations and Boi Loi woods, with 86 Viet Cong killed so far in Operation Wahiawa.
Jack Albert Mull, 420 N Steuben Chanute grain company president, died of a heart attack at Neosho Memorial Hospital after 24 hours illness. Born April 22 1903 Reading Pa married Helen Carlson in Chanute June 24 1933. Survivors include wife two children Marilyn Mull Denver and John Mull Staten Island plus one grandson. Memorial service Monday 2 PM First Methodist Church with Dr Duff Wagoner. burial Memorial Park Cemetery under Johnson Mortuary.
Joann Dunn former district court clerk received a two year suspended sentence in district court. She 27 was convicted May 6 of defrauding the county by listing her housekeeper on the office payroll in January 1965. She was ordered to restitute $100. Dunn resigned in September amid a second two year term as court clerk.
A downtown Oswego Kansas blaze, likely sparked by lightning, damaged six adjacent two story buildings on the west side of the business district. Estimated losses reach 75000 dollars as fire crews from six nearby cities battled the flames through the night.
Police investigated a late night crash at 1202 South Steuben at 7 25 involving a 1966 Chrysler driven by Pamela A Russell of Iola striking a parked 1966 Volkswagen owned by Jim Farmer of 425 West Oak. The VW sustained about 50 dollars in left rear damage while the Chrysler showed no damage.
An intercepted wartime note from South Vietnam calls the situation a Donnybrook and urges action regarding Tribune phone service and carrier contact after 6 p.m. The message includes a contact line HE 1 3400 for after-hours reach.
Lightning struck during a Friday event at Winwood Elementary School in Kansas City. Coach William G. Garrens, 39, was killed while his son watched. three others were injured including assistant coach William D. Fausett Jr., 31, and Daniel Lawson, 10, plus Lawrence E. Ryan, 31. Lawson said Garrens was giving pitching instructions when the bolts struck.
A Wichita patrolman was shot and critically injured Friday night after stopping a man questioned about an earlier armed grocery store robbery. Floyd B. Hannon III, 24, was struck in the abdomen as he drank from his patrol car. a second shot hit the car before the suspect fled.
Police arrested Nelson Blythe, 35, of Wichita about 5 20 a m today on charges of driving while intoxicated and careless driving. He was released on 150 dollar bond with a hearing set for 3 30 p m Wednesday.
In St Louis the last streetcar runs mark the end of an era after more than 100 years. Oliver Deuchert, a veteran operator, will give Mayor Ceravantes a farewell ride to Gaslight Square for a ceremony closing the Hodiamont line.
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