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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1965
Page
1
The government mails 2.5 million kits to retired Americans about two new Social Security medical programs. The voluntary medical plan costs 3 a month with a $3 deduction option and government matching funds. Enroll by March 31 1966. hospital and nursing care auto inclusion begins for those on rolls.
At the first quarterly Red Cross board meeting Neosho County announces a Sept. 13 14 Bloodmobile visit in Chanute with 240 pint quota. New directors Dale Painter Earl Gehrt and Ralph Gouvion welcomed. Also set are Sept. 24 25 state conference dates and Oct. 26 Wichita council awards.
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Wednesday with 62 fatalities in August and 0 in September. The data measures yearly totals across 1964 and 1965 for Topeka region.
1st Lt. Carl L. Hazen takes command of Chanute National Guard, Company A, 174th Quartermaster Battalion effective August 26. Capt. John C. Jensen transfers to Cof feyville HQ as staff quartermaster supply officer after leading since 1957. Jensen’s Guard service began in 1954. Hazen is a Chanute High School teacher who joined in 1955 after OCS at Fort Sill in 1958.
Twenty women students comprise the fifth class at Chanute Public School of Practical Nursing and have begun a one year course under the Man power Training Development Act. Delays in federal funds caused a postponement before classes started last week. Letty Gaier, director, notes the students come from Iola Independence Hartford Ottawa Humboldt Parsons Coffeyville Yates Center Cherryvale and Chanute.
Washington AP reports negotiators seeking to avert a nationwide steel strike have reached a stage of hard and tough bargaining. White House press secretary Bill Moyers says talks show straightfor ward confrontations on wages and pensions.
Hurricane Betsy strengthened from tropical storm to hurricane again as it moved toward land. Scientists abandoned plans to seed the storm with silver iodide. By early morning Betsy stood about 260 miles north northwest of San Juan and 875 miles east southeast of Miami with winds near 80 mph.
In SAAS FEE Switzerland rescuers halted efforts as fog covered the Mattmark valley where 85 hydroelectric workers are missing and presumed dead after the Allalin Glacier collapse. Rescue chief Andre Schmidt said operations will resume only with perfect visibility to ensure a clear view of the glacier and prevent a repeat slide.
AREA FORECAST notes fair weather with continued cool nights. Larned measured 2.98 inches of rain while Topeka reports general rains from half to 1.5 inches in southeast and central Kansas with occasional street flooding. Barometer at 1 p.m. 30.17. Precip yesterday 1.61 inches. High Thursday near 80. Low tonight 55 to 59.
Violence erupts in Plymouth North Carolina and Chicago as white and Black demonstrators clash. In Plymouth a gunman wounded a white man and a stabbing followed a confrontation with seven Black pedestrians. In Chicago about 40 demonstrators picketed a school official home and 14 were arrested after sit-ins. two Black men injured, one shot and another stabbed. Authorities blame Ku Klux Klan involvement and call for voter registration action while noting October 9 as the opening date for books.
At Cape Kennedy two Gemini 5 veterans L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr. report to tape recorders and notes as technicians at Houston synthesize telemetry and recordings for detailed system evaluations. A White House notice cites promotions for military astronauts upon first successful space missions. The crew’s postflight focus includes fuel cell pressurization water stowage jet thrusters and a misinformed computer landing short by 103 miles.
A light plane struck a severe thunderstorm and crashed into Hutchinson municipal sewage disposal plant killing Dr. Fritz C. Shepard and his son Clayton B. Shepard. The physician from Clay Center and his Overland Park passenger were returning from a trip to San Antonio with their nephew.
About 350 people attended the Neosho county 4-H appreciation picnic at the National Guard armory. The event, in its second year, honored sponsors and supporters of county 4-H. A short program followed the meal with remarks from Mary Neely and Dr. James Rowland.
The 54th annual Thayer Homecoming Picnic and Fair begins with judging of agricultural and home economics exhibits from Neosho Wilson Labette and Montgomery counties. A watermelon contest, a rodeo Shodeo at 7 p m a free watermelon feed at 3 p m and a Katy Band concert at 7 p m mark Friday events. Saturday features a Kid's Rodeo at 2 p m and the Thayer Amateur Hour at 7 30 p m with a carnival on the grounds throughout.
The Senate confirmed by voice vote President Johnson's nomination of Lawrence F. O'Brien to be postmaster general after a brief committee hearing praised his abilities. O'Brien, director of White House liaison with Congress, succeeds John A. Gromowski.
A 1965 International school bus No 6 was purchased by Unified School District No 413 to relieve overcrowding on routes. Route 8 will be served by Bus No 6 driven by Jim Prosser, transporting 44 students. Other buses drop loads to 46 45 46 50 and 47 as three-seat limits were exceeded on some seats.
Betsy stalls traffic and forces pedestrians to seek shelter as the storm regains strength near coastal areas. Officials urge caution while monitoring rising waters and power outages in several towns.
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