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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1963
Page
1
About 100 combat-ready Soviet troops blocked a U S Army supply convoy from Berlin as a second convoy of 100 armed soldiers stood nearby. The incident on the autobahn, Babelsberg checkpoint, marked the worst disruption in years between West Germany and Berlin.
The United States protested the Soviet blocking of a Berlin bound convoy as an unjustified unilateral action. Secretary of State Rusk and President Kennedy conferred with top advisers while officials urged Moscow to reconsider. The convoy, halted at Marienborn and Babelsberg, faced demands to count soldiers and traffic checks that the U.S. says are improper for its units.
Pentagon confirms Sgt. J C Jack Dunlap sold certain classified materials to Soviet agents over two years while serving the NSA as a clerk messenger. He, a Korean War veteran, was 35 and father of five and allegedly earned about 60000 from the Russians. Dunlap killed himself July 23 by inhaling car exhaust near Ferndale Maryland. documents were found at his home.
Wichita's only woman mail carrier, Mrs. Dorine Houck, 33, rejects a Post Office Department push to wear skirts on routes. Regulations require skirts to have six or more gores but wearing skirts is optional. Houck will continue in slacks, citing wind in Wichita.
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and Ike adviser will speak at the Kansas Baptist Convention in Wichita as president of the American Baptist Convention. The convention opened today and runs through Sunday with Stassen set to address Saturday night.
Perry Smith and Richard Hickock face a federal habeas corpus hearing in Topeka over the Clutter family murders near Garden City on November 15, 1959. Attorneys argue trial rights were violated and sanity determinations were flawed as doctors and investigators testified. The judge plans weekend sessions to finish the appeal.
The Chanute Future Farmers of America team was named national champions at the national FFA convention in Kansas City during the American Royal celebration. Members Phil Carter Kenneth Swiler and Bill McMillen learned of the national title at a breakfast, after winning the state title in May at Manhattan. The trio includes freshmen Swiler at Chanute Junior College and senior McMillen at Chanute High School.
In the Vaiont Dam collapse near Belluno Italy more than 10 000 workers and rescue crews hunt for bodies as death toll rises toward 3 000 Premier Leone visits the stricken area while villagers face possible landslides. U S and Swiss forces assist in evacuation and recovery amid warnings of an epidemic if graves are not properly buried.
A grass fire west and north of Erie burned 40 to 30 acres before Erie volunteer fire department and others brought it under control. Sheriff George Neely credited a wind shift with saving the Red Howard home and property. The fire began on damp ground west of town, spread north, and burned from about 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association asks Governor John Anderson to order a study on erosion of oil prices in Oklahoma and North Texas and a gravity differential cut in the Illinois Basin. The group urges the oil and gas advisory committee to report findings and recommendations.
TOPEKA AP The Kansas unemployment rate held steady this week at 1.8 percent of the insured employed in the state. The Employment Security Division announced payments totaling $200,525 to 5,299 persons.
Brief excerpt from an intercepted letter referencing Mr. K and dialogue about the Soviet Union and the USA becoming real neighbors. The reader is left with a note about East Germany and a personal sign‑off.
The United Fund received $219 in the last 24 hours, bringing the sum to $2,560.50 toward a $21,896.09 goal. A total of 159 donor cards have been submitted, with an average donation of $16.10.
Hall resigns as Long Beach World's Fair general manager at $50,000 yearly pay after a dispute over unpaid severance and a $50,000 attachment. Loren McCanon to oversee ongoing expo planning as Hall considers retirement and legal firm offers.
The forecast calls for fair weather through Saturday with a cooler spell overnight. Highs will reach the 80s, with Friday’s records near 90 in several cities. Tonight’s lows range from the 40s in the northwest to the 50s elsewhere as warmth returns Saturday.
Mid-America Inc, the southeast Kansas industrial development group, will hold a noon luncheon meeting here on Thursday at the Tioga Hotel. Dale Painter, vice president, announces a program with leading local businessmen discussing the organization's objectives and local needs. Attending are Paul Armstrong Columbus, Forrest Howell Parsons, W. H. Caldwell Parsons, and Walter Wulf Humboldt. Reservations with First National Bank are limited to the hotel ballroom capacity. Established five and a half years ago, Mid-America has boosted southeastern Kansas and helped bring ILC Products Co to Chanute’s shell building.
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