19 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
1
The House approved about 7 billion in spending cuts with 238 to 164 votes and added tight federal limits on year one spending. Senate debate opens with Budget Director Schultze as key witness and a looming conference risk before Monday funding deadlines.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, hospitalized for benign prostate enlargement, continued to show improvement according to doctors. The bulletin from Walter Reed Army Hospital did not specify remaining hospital time.
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If unavailable call HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
Star role for Venus PASADENA Calif AP Mariner 5 skimmed within 2480 miles of Venus at 10 34 a m PDT on an atmosphere sampling mission. Signals indicated all instruments worked and data were taped for playback later.
Wisconsin and California universities moved to oust leaders of antiwar protests after Madison riot police clashed with demonstrators. Aimed at campus sit ins, suspensions and potential classroom strikes followed as a nationwide antiwar effort drew support and concerns for safety.
Charles Belcher, once a $4-a-day waiter, resumes bussing tables in Clearwater as a federal ruling grants him about 3 million dollars from his late father's lumber business. The 27-year-old plans art study at Jacksonville University and funding his mother’s travel dreams while his uncles run W. E. Belcher Lumber Co and related firms.
Police investigated two minor crashes yesterday. At Forest and Main a 1963 Chevrolet driven by John W. Thielen and a 1963 Buick driven by George E. Wiley sustained minor damage with Thielen cited as eastbound and Wiley turning left. A second collision at 420 S. Lincoln involved Roy T. Sneed in a 1959 Ford pickup and Robert D. Hizey in a 1958 Plymouth with damages totaling about 25 and 20 dollars respectively.
The letter urges Cha to acquire capital courage ambition and energy to start a business while noting that in some places two bathrooms are now required.
A United Air Lines DC6 carrying 58 passengers and 5 crew suffered extensive damage after a midflight collision with a flock of geese at 2500 feet between Saginaw and Flint Michigan. The nose and wings were punctured and one engine failed as the craft landed safely at Tri City Airport. Captain Robert Smiley of Detroit piloted the flight from Detroit to Tri City.
U S pilots downed their first Communist MIG in weeks as Navy bombers pounded Haiphong ship yards and a missile camp. Ten Marines were killed and 19 wounded eight miles southwest of Quang Tri City amid heavy withering fire. U S casualties rose with 171 Americans killed in action last week and 1 260 enemy dead.
Mid-America trustees urged accelerated four-lane divided highway construction across southeast Kansas and the state. They backed financing by gasoline tax increases or turnpike tolls, with routes left to engineers and unity urged among local leaders.
Traffic death log from AP lists Topeka figures for October 1967 with 32 for 24 hours to 9 am Thursday, 515 for the year and compares 1966 at 588.
Satellite Beach Florida AP Billy Churchill an 11 year old lemonade vendor faced closure when the Brevard County Health Department ordered the stand shut for lacking separate male and female bathrooms. Health director Dr T Paul Haney defended enforcement while Billys family argued the move harms small business and free enterprise. Billy saved part of his August September earnings for college and a dog.
Soviet papers report Venus 4 may have failed part of its mission after delivering first atmospheric data. No further signals from the lander or instruments were heard, despite claims of ongoing communications by Vitaly Bronshtein. Jodrell Bank has not reported new Venus 4 signals since Wednesday.
Fort Scott Kan AP Mrs Don German a Fort Scott High School teacher asked to be relieved from selling tickets at the gate for Fridays game so she could watch Her daughter Kay a senior is a homecoming queen candidate and her son Tom a sophomore is the Tigers punter Her husband is the head coach of Fort Scott and she was excused from ticket duties
A House Armed Services subcommittee accuses Army officials of criminal negligence for failing to correct ammunition deficiencies blamed for M16 malfunctions. The six month probe criticizes sole sourcing, urges audits of Colt and Olin Mathieson, and notes ethical concerns around Maj. Gen. Lynde’s postretirement ties to Colt.
The Weather Bureau reports the season's first freeze in northeast Kansas with 30 degree readings at Leavenworth and Topeka. Manhattan and Hill City recorded 32 degrees amid heavy frost. A cool front will move through tonight, lowering temps and bringing partly cloudy skies by tomorrow afternoon.
Kansas officials touted the states skilled workforce as its top selling point for attracting industry. Kansas Department of Economic Development Director Jack Lacy cited 61 new manufacturing plants opening in the first nine months of 1967 with $102.72 million in capital and 5,687 jobs, plus 76 expansions with over $100 million and 1,235 jobs. He also noted 25 plants under construction at $55 million and 1,800 jobs. Overall, 162 industries were expected to invest $258 million and create 8,749 jobs in the next year.
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