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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
5
The FBI reports a 10 percent rise in urban crime for the first quarter of 1961 with sharp increases in rapes robberies and larcenies. Hoover warns of a troubling surge in crimes against persons while city breakdowns show varied gains across Kansas City St Louis Topeka and Wichita.
Erie notes cadet Mike Richey, son of Mr and Mrs Marion Richey, has been named to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and will report June 26 after taking an entrance exam in Oklahoma City. He is currently a student at Parsons Junior College.
Neosho County UNESCO executive board discussed a summer bus tour into Canada to follow prior Mexico tours. Tentative July timing set, with Amelia Gomez of Mexico City returning as a student at Chanute Junior College next year. Membership stands at 99.
Lawton Oklahoma August 1960 an 11 man one woman jury found Shelley Leon Doggett 23 of Sweetwater Texas guilty of murder in the slaying of Jimmy Lanman a 24 year old Lawton golf pro last August Doggett was sentenced to death in the electric chair and his co defendant Ronald Lockwood 19 of Altoona Pennsylvania was also arrested and charged with related offenses but not yet tried
Shortly after the stay in Pennsylvania they were driving Lan man's car. Lockwood was tried on a murder charge earlier this year and sentenced to life in prison.
Four Neosho County youths left today for Kansas City for pre induction physicals. Named are Larry Irwin from Lawrence board, Ernest Shepard from Los Angeles board, Norman Youngberg from Chanute board, and Francis Volmer from Parsons. Mrs Gene Wall of the Selective Service office announced the plan.
Palm Springs California AP The entertainment world mourns Joan Davis queen of comedy dies at 48 from a heart attack in palm springs desert home after a long versatile career spanning stage screen radio and television Jim Backus co star in It Married Joan telegraphed condolences noting her as a great feminine talent She had retired to the desert after a famed vaudeville start and a high paying radio career with a public romance ending in 1959 and a divorce in 1947 after 16 years of marriage
The obituary outlines an actress noted for a humorous yet unlucky screen persona and private elegance. Rosary is planned Friday and Mass Saturday at St. Pauls Church in Los Angeles.
In Geneva the United States supported enlarging the East West conference on Laos to include Indonesia and Malaya to press for a neutral, de militarized Southeast Asia. Washington warned any ICC expansion must be agreed with current members. A cease fire message from the truce commission was due to be discussed.
Rep Garner Shriver of Kansas 4th District will be luncheon speaker in Abilene on Monday. The event marks the first in a series of talks outside Wichita, his hometown.
Lawrence AP reports Charles G. Bayles, superintendent of physical plant at the University of Kansas for 34 years, will retire July 1 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. He will be succeeded by Harry M. Buchholz, formerly superintendent of buildings and grounds at Indiana State Teachers College in Terre Haute.
“Pioneers With International Outlook” frames the Wonderwood Day Camp from June 19 to 23 with activities including archery taught by Dean Skinner and crafts led by unit leaders. Camp runs 8 30 a m to 2 30 p m June 19 22, with a 1 30 p m scout gathering and a 7 30 p m camp fire on June 23. Registration through Mrs Leo J Cox 124 Garfield by June 5. Brownie fee 2 dollars and overnight stay for intermediate scouts 3 dollars. bring a sack lunch and cup.
In Jerusalem the Israeli prosecution charged Adolf Eichmann with murder related to Lidice. Documents trace Heydrich’s assassination near Lidice on June 4, 1942 and Nazi reprisals that razed the town. Evidence places Eichmann in Prague and notes 88 Lidice children sent to Lodz with 81 untraced.
A letter from SS Lt. Col. Hermann Krumey at Lodz to Eichmann in Berlin requests guidance on 81 unfit children. The reply, special treatment, signaled gas chamber execution at Auschwitz, reflecting the murder policy in Polish camps.
Omit ever and say I rarely eat meat but each of you or every one of you. Viands is pronounced with stress on the first syllable vig hands. The misspelled word is amnount. Inviolable means proof against corruption or breach. A word starting ent meaning to admonish is enjoin.
Francis Cardinal Spellman was discharged from Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center after eye surgery on May 9 for a detached retina. The Roman Catholic prelate, said to be making steady progress, went home Tuesday.
Washington reports say President Kennedy took a hand in creating the Tractors for Freedom committee to free captured Cuban invaders. Key figures Walter Reuther Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. Milton Eisenhower reportedly declined to confirm contact while Kennedy's backing appeared via indirect federal aids and a Coast Guard transport. The State Department hinted at embargo waivers to move tractors through though House Speaker Sam Rayburn said the government would stay out. In Baltimore Dr Milton S Eisenhower expressed sadness at criticism.
The Chanute Tribune notes a 1961 pledge drive co chaired by Dwight Eisenhower Jr to raise 15 million dollars for tractors. Eisenhower says the central issue is 1 214 decent people and urges Americans to answer the call for help.
Grind oats fine and sift with flour soda and salt. Add shortening sugar eggs milk and vanilla and mix until smooth. Roll to finch thickness cut rounds bake 8 minutes at 400 degrees. Sandwich with date filling for variety.
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