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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1963
Page
1
About 90 persons gathered for a noon luncheon at the Tioga Hotel to back Mid-America Inc, a southeast Kansas industrial development association serving eight counties, financed through memberships.
Leon Olson a 28 year old part time Chanute resident pleaded guilty in a probate court here yesterday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was fined $150 plus $26 costs. Olson admitted giving intoxicants to a 14 year old Chanute girl during a babysitting assignment Oct 5. The incident led to police discovery of shoplifting by Chanute teens and the recovery of more than 400 dollars of stolen merchandise. Olson’s permanent address is Osage City and his work takes him around the state. He was arrested at Wellington Oct 9, released the next day on bond.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower says the United States should begin withdrawing some troops from Europe to ease the burden on American dollars and spur European nations to build their own military strength. He notes NATO commitments in 1951 and recalls past hesitation to raise the issue. He adds the time has come to start withdrawing troops.
El Dorado Kansas AP reports El Dorado Junior College renamed Butler County Junior College after a county wide vote. A six member board of regents now governs the school with Jack Ferrell Beau mont as chair and others including Richard Chase Potwin and R A Maddox Augusta.
The Chanute United Fund reaches 8 032 73 dollars from 531 Nor cards with an average gift of 15 13 pushing toward a 21 896 09 goal with 36 7 percent achieved in the last 24 hours. The advanced gifts drive ends tomorrow while the residential drive begins Monday under Mary Booe with 461 blocks covered and more volunteers needed. Jim Cooper leads payroll with 36 percent calls completed. Jerry Morris heads the business and professional division with 38 9 percent.
The United Nations Assembly elected Bolivia and Ivory Coast to the security council, while Czechoslovakia and Malaysia fought for a third seat. Ivory Coast and Bolivia won easily, with 92 and 86 votes, as talks on Eastern Europe terms continued.
Picher Oklahoma Police Chief Gene Crockett fights budget cuts as the town owes four months of pay and cannot afford jail repairs or a new car. With no assistant, no transport, and an unsafe jail deemed by inspectors, Crockett stays on duty 24 hours a day in an aging pickup, promising to do the best with limited means.
Two traffic crashes were reported on US 59 near Erie. A 1960 International gasoline tanker struck and killed a mule four miles north of town, leaving $90 damage to the truck and $100 to the mule’s owner. About ten miles south, a 1963 Volkswagen hit the rear of a 1957 Pontiac after slowing for a tractor roller, with $150 damage to the VW and no damage to the Pontiac.
AP report shows Kansas traffic death toll within 24 hours up to 9 am Friday. The October figure is 25 for 1963, with 448 total deaths recorded in 1963 compared to 448 in 1962 and 59 in 1959.
The FAA flight service station will discontinue its low frequency radio range today. Station chief Burl O Connors said the obsolete system, commissioned in 1938, is replaced by modern equipment. Five towers southeast of town near Rural School will be removed and land returned to the lessor. High frequency range operations remain unaffected.
Partly cloudy and unseasonably warm through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers. High Saturday 80 to 85. Low tonight lower 60s.
Central Kansas soaked overnight while southeast remains drought affected. Unofficial totals topped 3 inches in Concordia and reached 2.45 in Junction City, 3.35 at Alta Vista. Scattered northeast showers. temperatures steady with highs between 73 and 85 and mild nights.
The crime wave in the rough mining town of Picher Oklahoma near the Kansas border worsens with a deteriorating jail. The intercepted letter to Cha reveals tensions and growing lawlessness in the district as authorities struggle to maintain order.
Washington AP Tito seeks U S recognition of Yugoslav independence after brief visit. Aide says Moscow noted shades between white and black, Washington follows suit. Tito received full head of state pomp including a Kennedy handshake and a 21 gun salute amid Capitol Hill criticism. The talks between Kennedy
Lord Home, 60, foreign secretary, was named by Queen Elizabeth II to form a Tory government and seek victory in the next election. He faces internal party opposition and will seek a Commons seat soon. Richard Butler challenged for the post, while Macmillan backs Home's plan for firm East-West policy.
Thirteen nine Kansas counties are set for partial drought disaster aid after tentative approval by the Department of Agriculture. Each county must apply to the state Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee to receive funds for 330 446 acres under conservation reserve. Grazing or haying allowed to feed livestock with an $2 per acre soil bank deduction. transfer rights possible at up to 2 1/2 dollars per acre.
Dr Nat C Robertson said the Research Foundation of Kansas may appoint an executive director soon. Several national figures have applied, reflecting credit to the state. The foundation board met for its October session at Kansas State University.
Yugoslav President Tito suffers a light bout of influenza and postpones his departure from Williamsburg Virginia. An embassy official says he developed a slight fever overnight and will remain at his residence for the day, with the fever easing.
Independence AP dispatch reports district court jury deadlocked in the forgery case of Albert L. Lesco after more than four hours of deliberation. Judge Warren Grant ordered a new trial for February. Grant refused a reduction of Lesco's $30,000 bail. Lesco remains in custody.
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