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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1966
Page
1
Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd was killed in Cape Town when an assailant in a parliamentary messenger uniform stabbed him at his desk in Parliament. The attack, described as stemming from white supremacy tensions, left Verwoerd fatally wounded as security rushed in.
Labor Day across the United States sees politicians campaigning at beaches and fairs led by President Johnson in Michigan Ohio and New York Governor Brown of California and Governor Rockefeller of New York join the push amid labor themes. In South Africa Premier Verwoerd is assassinated sending Parliament into shock as Donges names the attacker and vows full investigation.
Fort Scott man Virgil Crays 56 shot and killed his estranged wife Helen Crays 47 at about 6 30 a m then killed himself after a police chase through Pittsburg city streets Witnesses say Mrs Crays ran for help Crays fled in a car crashed through a fence at a salvage yard and was found dead with a self inflicted gunshot Coroner labeled it murder and death by own action
Intercepted letter notes Gemini 11 plans a busy season with base balls footballs golf balls ten nis balls soccer balls and politics in the air.
AP reports a cave in at a Kansas City excavation site killed Ed Walsh, 62, as two workers escaped. Walsh was 14 feet down in a pit where sandy ground collapsed while waterproofing a retaining wall near 26th Street between McGee and Gillham Road in a Hallmark Cards parking lot.
Senate Republican Leader Everett M Dirksen predicted a two week filibuster before Democratic leaders move to cut off debate on the House passed civil rights bill He said there is no compromise on the open housing section he calls unconstitutional Republicans will back the filibuster Sen Philip A Hart Illinois prepared to move to take up the measure Southern senators plan an immediate filibuster Richard B Russell Georgia leads the opposition naming Sam J Ervin Jr North Carolina to start the effort
Charles C. Sercer, 56, of Kansas City Wyandotte County died Monday after falling from a tractor into a mower he was towing. An auditor for the U.S. Agriculture Department for 25 years, he was killed on his farm.
U S B52 bombers pounded the demilitarized zone and North Vietnam as air attacks surged with a near record 152 missions. Marines reported 26 enemy killed southwest of Da Nang in a daylong clash amid rail and truck disruption and North Vietnamese trains crippled near Nam Dinh.
Hutchinson Kansas AP report states Dr Charles F Orthwein 35 died from injuries suffered in a water skiing accident on August 19 Funeral services scheduled today for the physician whose death followed the incident where he sustained fatal injuries on the water.
SAN FRANCISCO AP A cable car struck and fatally injured Mrs. Jack Jung Dear 65 Monday at Powell and Washington streets. It was the only fatal accident in San Francisco during the Labor Day holiday.
During the Labor Day holiday period in southeast Kansas a few area crashes occurred with only one injury reported. William Phillips of 805 West 14th was injured in a south of Earlton accident. A Kansas City woman had minor damage on the Earlt curve and Richard Solf of Chanute reported a crash on US 169 north of Chanute.
LeRoy Shultz of 1616 S Kansas was arrested by the highway patrol on charges of driving while intoxicated speeding driving left of center and failing to yield for a red light and siren. He pleaded not guilty in city court and posted $170 bond with a Sept 28 hearing. Police said he nearly collided with a trooper's car on West 14th while responding to an emergency. He was held overnight at the city jail.
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for the 72 hours ending 9 a.m. Tuesday September 13 1966 shows 474 fatalities, up from 439 in the comparable 1965 period.
The report notes cooler tonight with a low in the mid 50s and a high in the mid 80s by Wednesday. Humidity at 1 p.m. was about 45 percent and the barometer stood at 30.11 inches. Precipitation totaled .01 inches Saturday.
AP reports the Weather Bureau predicts cool sunny conditions in Kansas today with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s. Showers moved through northeast Kansas Monday reaching Abilene with rainfall around .13 inches. Emporia logged .01 and Lawrence .06. Monday highs ranged from 94 in Russell and Salina to 85 in Olathe, with overnight lows from 49 at Hill City to 65 at Pittsburg.
Police logged multiple damage reports from the area. A 1962 Ford wagon owned by Paul Leslie at 326 W. 3rd was damaged in a parking encounter at 119 E. Main around 9 45 a m with an estimated 20 dollars damage after a 1960 Pontiac driven by Estella Reed pulled into a space. A 1956 Ford wagon at 306 S. Highland suffered left rear damage with chrome trim from the other vehicle found on the street. John McCall at 229 W. 3rd reported a backing car struck his daughter in law's car Sunday. Jim Brant of Earlton said a truck damaged the back bumper of his car last Thursday on Evergreen between Ist and Main.
The National Safety Council and Associated Press tallied 624 traffic deaths in the 78-hour Labor Day weekend, far exceeding the 505 from a nonholiday similar period and smashing previous records for a summer holiday.
In Paola Kansas a burglary at the Greater Kansas City Winchester public shooting center yielded about 47 guns 340 dollars in cash and 75 to 100 cases or roughly 5 000 rounds of ammunition valued at 11 000 dollars. The break in occurred between Sunday evening and morning. The front door was pried open and the safe door broken. Investigators from the Miami County sheriff's office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation opened a probe.
Pittsburg Kan AP The W S Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co is building a plant for polyure thane a synthetic rubber plastic material with a 12 million pound annual capacity Ten million pounds will be used by the seven Dickey plants and the rest sold on the market The material is used mainly for couplings in clay pipe but new uses are being found through research.
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Gemini 11 astronauts Navy Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr. and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard F. Gordon Jr. return to Cape Kennedy after a Labor Day break to finish flight plan reviews and practice key mission phases in a simulator. The mission aims for a fourfold advance including a first orbit rendezvous with an Agena, a record altitude of 863 miles, formation flying tied to the Agena, and automatic re entry. Gordon plans a 107 minute space walk and a 140 minute space stand to photograph the stars, with a nitrogen powered maneuvering gun on a 30 foot lifeline plus a space power tool. The doubleheader launch begins at 7 48 a.m. EST Friday with an Atlas to place the Agena, followed by a Titan 2 liftoff at 9 25 a.m. Timing precision is critical to avoid postponement. Gemini 9 remains the rendezvous record holder.
Gemini 11 aims to overtake Agena after 80 minutes at 185 miles above Hawaii and dock 10 minutes later. The mission includes a Saturday spacewalk by Gordon, a Sunday engine burn to 863 miles altitude for weather and terrain photography, and a plan to pull a 100-foot line between the spacecraft. If needed they will spin for better formation and later employ retrorockets Monday morning.
The death of a woman near Junction City Monday raised Kansas Labor Day traffic toll to 11. Dorothy A. Taylor, 33, of Belleville, died when her car left Kansas 18 seven miles west of Junction City. Her four children were injured, none seriously. Eight others were killed over the weekend near Dodge City and Sunday.
In a one car wreck on K177 south of Council Grove late Friday two Junction City youths died. Frank R. Tims III, 18, died in a Topeka hospital hours after. Robert J. Weisner, 19, died in a Topeka hospital Saturday night. The crash happened before 6 p.m. and deaths are not included in the Labor Day total.
Tropical storm Greta failed to show fight as Project Stormfury canceled a seeding attempt. Officials deemed winds at 40 mph too weak for a decisive experiment. Researchers aim to alter hurricane winds with seeding at sea to avoid land impact. Greta lay 325 miles north of San Juan and 900 miles east southeast of Miami.
Larry Fail reported burglary at 702 N Grant with items from his house valued at 1000 including an electric guitar amplifier microphone and stand and two wigs one black one blond. Clarence Mitchell of Mitchell Construction at Lincoln school reported a diamond saw blade stolen since Saturday valued at 160.
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