24 Nov 1961
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1961
Page
1
The nation records rising holiday fatalities during a four day Thanksgiving weekend with 164 traffic deaths since the count began at 6 p.m. Wednesday, 16 fire fatalities and 19 miscellaneous deaths. A RochestER New York truck car crash killed four, while a Times Tower fire in New York claimed two firefighters and a porter.
A two car crash on a Kansas turnpike killed Mark 8 and Kim 5. Don Frost 26 and Carl Logan 22 sustained minor injuries. The Mallory car struck the slower vehicle rear on a level road. McCandless and his child suffered severe injuries and were hospitalized.
Gerard Murray 21 was arraigned in Brooklyn on assaulting a policeman and malicious mischief after a Thanksgiving loot valued at 83 dollars. He reportedly tried to swallow ten and one dollar bills before a patrolman offered water as a chaser.
Sunshine and mild temperatures spread across Kansas with highs near 60 degrees and nights around 35 to 40. Forecasters expect the trend to continue through Saturday with no major storms in sight. Relative humidity at 1 p.m. was moderate and precipitation stayed at zero inches on Wednesday.
Four boys aged 9 to 11 climbed onto a stationary bulldozer on Thanksgiving. The machine toppled two buildings, tore a kitchen wall, damaged trees and cars, and dragged a car 150 feet before bystander Charles Boyer stopped it by pulling switches. Damage estimated near seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Chanute will switch on its Christmas lights in the downtown district tomorrow night marking the start of the holiday shopping season. Stores will stay open Saturday nights starting Dec 9 and continue every night the week of Dec 18 through 22 to aid shoppers.
Holiday burglars raid Edmiston's and nearby Davis paint store causing about 6000 in merchandise loss. Thieves entered via roof from an unlocked window and left a 12 foot rope. a transistor radio and 125 suits plus a fur coat vanished. Fire alarm triggered by an electrical short caused no major damage.
Dominican Republic envoy Carlos Sanchez told the U N Security Council that U S warships did not invade Dominican waters and their presence off the coast is a healthy measure for peace in the Caribbean. He sharply rebuked Fidel Castro’s regime for bringing the issue to the U N.
A series of non-injury traffic accidents occurred here yesterday and Wednesday. Dennis Kennedy of 702 N Highland was arrested by Undersheriff Lester Marts on intoxication and two counts of leaving the scene, later released on 125 dollars bond. Kennedy’s car was linked to several collisions including a rear-end impact at Main and Lincoln and a parking-lot strike near Santa Fe railroad crossing. Officers identified Kennedy’s 1960 Ford convertible as the offending vehicle in multiple incidents. Damages ranged from minor to about 100 dollars in various crashes including Main Street and South Kansas locations.
Goodland police officer Keith Nagel had his car stolen while he stepped away from the running vehicle to write a traffic ticket. The car was found abandoned about two hours later on a nearby residential street.
The notice urges readers to call HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. if they cannot reach their Tribune phone carrier. It is a brief service instruction seeking alternative contact.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller said he remains hopeful Michael is alive after a catamaran raft capsized off Dutch New Guinea coast. The governor and his daughter joined the search, flying over Merauke and Agats in a personal effort amid treacherous jungle terrain and shark infested waters.
Gary police detained a couple, Louise Smith 30 and Edward Smith 22, for homicide after the badly beaten body of Vanessa Ann Savage 3, the woman's daughter by a former marriage, was found. Sgt. Walker said the child bore welts and bruises and the mother said the beating aimed to discipline the child.
An 18 year old from Houston Thomas J Loberg II was killed in a two car collision in Wichita while visiting grandparents L E Weatherwax. The other driver Wyman Handy 37 of Salina suffered minor injuries.
Skeletal remains and dental plates found on a Pacific island could belong to Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan. The bones were sent to University of California Berkeley for anthropology study, with experts cautious about identity pending charts and further testing.
Rural Erie Kansas woman Mrs. Jesse Lowmaster aged 48 suffered cuts bruises and shock in a freak pickup truck crash at her home. The accident occurred about 11 45 a m as the Lowmasters were returning from a shopping trip when a bag of potatoes slid off the seat distracting the driver and the vehicle struck a hedge tree, throwing Mrs Lowmaster into the windshield. She was treated by a local physician and admitted to Labette County Medical Center at Parsons. The 1961 Chevrolet pickup sustained extensive damage. The Lowmasters reside two miles west and half a mile south of the junction of US 59 and K57, south of Erie.
In Pittsburgh a 27 year old trapeze performer, Maria Dos Santos, fainted while lowering from a rope after her act at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She suffered a painful elbow and shoulder injury and was hospitalized for X rays.
Undersheriff Lester Marts left for Champaign Illinois to extradite 23 year old Mike Fitch to Neosho County for prosecution on a felony charge. County Attorney Richard L Ahs levy says Fitch took a minor girl from her home without parental consent for concubinage. Conviction could bring up to five years in prison. Fitch recently resided locally. police report his home is Washougal Washington.
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