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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1961
Page
6
Cha nute and Royster Junior High offer weightlifting classes filled this year with voluntary summer sessions for youths. A city meet drew 45 contestants as fans watch a sport that boosts fitness and may aid future football and varsity success.
Psidium, a 66-1 longshot, captured the 182nd English Derby at Epsom. Dicta Drake, the French-owned favorite, finished second in a photo finish, with Pardao, an American-owned entry, third. Pardao is owned by Mrs. Iselin of Glenhead New York.
Evangelical United Brethren edged the Presbyterian team 4 to 2 on Monday to join the Methodists in a second place tie behind the undefeated First Baptists. Marvin Seger pitched strong after a rough start, while Don White took the loss.
Columbus breaks open with six runs in the second inning to defeat Chanute American Legion 11 to 3 in Columbus. Chanute trailed after a quick first inning and managed three runs with limited hits as Columbus added insurance runs later.
Jewell Green rolled a 266 in a practice session at Sportsman’s Bowl after alleys were resurfaced. Clyde Hinkle then scored 278 in the summer league, the highest since 1958. John Williams holds Chanute’s all time high at 299 set in 1954.
Ottawa University to honor Marine Lt Wayne Koons at a Saturday alumni dinner for piloting the helicopter that recovered astronaut Allan B Shepard after the first U.S. space flight. Koons, a 1956 graduate and Lyons native, will speak at the event.
Delmar Hanson will work at Convair Astronautics Altus Oklahoma in Atlas missile installation. He expects a B S electrical engineering degree from Kansas State University Manhattan in June. Hanson was a member of A I E E Sigma Alpha Veterans club Cha nute junior college basketball squad Army sergeant 1955 1958 Son of Glenn Hanson R 2 Delmar married to Nancy Wilson daughter of Harold Wilson 525 Highland.
Britain formally accuses the Soviet Union of blocking arms talks in Geneva. An official statement says the Soviet action stalled discussions and impeded progress on key disarmament questions during the curent Geneva session.
Sir Michael Wright, Britain’s delegate at the deadlocked three power test ban talks, voiced intense regret over the Soviet attitude. He criticized Semyon K. Tsarapkin for rejecting a Western proposal to reduce inspections at a site in the Soviet Union amid suspicious tremors.
Poland informs the East-West conference in Laos of a new initiative to halt fighting in Southeast Asia. The commission plans to send truce teams to Padong Tchepone and Phalane Moung Phing Sepane where Meo tribesmen near Vientiane face artillery attacks from Pathet Lao rebels amid a resuming Geneva talks and a US demand to end cease-fire violations.
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