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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1963
Page
4
Dear Dummy and Hopes and Rope's End letters reveal concerns about a supposed home chiropractor, a deceptive partner, a noisy study space, and a provincial mother. Ann Landers advises seeking male licensed professionals, brighter bulbs, and independence, urging the reader to leave an overbearing home if necessary.
A special awards assembly at Joint Rural High School featured scholarships, citizenship honors, and all around awards for both boys and girls. Ronald Culbertson and Janet Markham earned All Around titles, while others received National Educational Development Test certificates and senior plaque recognitions. New teachers joined for 1963 64 with a shop course debut in a new building and staff reassignments noted. The student body plans a final day picnic at Farlington Lake.
In Long Beach California AP reports villain actor Bob Wilke won the fifth World Entertainment Golf Tournament at Long Beach Recreation Park with a 36 hole score of 146, two strokes over par, defeating hero figure James Garner who finished at 149.
Play was set to continue in the Memphis Open Golf Tournament in Memphis after two rain holds. Weather officials forecast scattered thundershowers for the afternoon as 81 professionals and seven amateurs awaited the remaining two rounds. Tony Lema led with 134, six under par, followed by Harold Kneece Tommy Aaron George Knudson and Jerry Edwards in pursuit.
Cape Canaveral reports a new satellite named IMP to study the sun's behavior and forecast deadly solar radiation for manned space travel. Several IMPs are slated for launch to chart solar radiation over an extended period before the first three Apollo missions head toward the moon late in this decade.
In Washington the Senate plans a three day sprint before Memorial Day weekend with no strong opposition to an $840 million mental health and retardation program. Also on the slate is an $985 million Interior Department appropriation bill and a stop gap debt limit rise to 307 billion then 309. The House schedules a light week with a two year extension for the Mexican farm labor program. The mental illness bill funds community health centers, research facilities, and staff for the deaf and mentally retarded.
William W. Gordon 92 longtime Kansas City Kan figure dies at home. He served as Democratic state representative 1907-12, police chief 1912-20, and mayor 1923-25. Gordon was grand master of Odd Fellows in 1915 and a Modern Woodmen director since 1932. Survived by widow Grace.
Porterville California banquet honors J. J. Minjares a veteran truck driver who has driven 1.8 million miles since 1927 without a traffic accident or citation. Police Chief Francis Torigian presents the Outstanding Driver award praising his flawless record.
George E. Richardson a 54 year old Westinghouse executive died of a self inflicted gunshot wound in the left temple. Coroner Gailon Stephens ruled the death a death by own action. Richardson’s body was found by his widow in the couple’s garage. A .22 pistol lay near his left hand. He had a long career with Westinghouse after Kansas State University class of 1930. He led transformer plant operations 1959 to 1962 and last October moved to Sharon Pennsylvania as assistant to the general manager of the transformer division. The family kept a Muncie home while he commuted to Sharon. A spokesman said he was to be transferred in June to a program control role for the Nerva rocket project at Westinghouse astro-nuclear laboratory in Pittsburgh.
George L. Wadsworth, superintendent of the Larned State Hospital in Kansas, was installed as president of the American Association of Mental Deficiency during a four day Portland conference attended by 1300 delegates. A new group named the National Association of Coordinators of State Programs in Mental Retardation was formed, with Louis Belinson named first president.
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