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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1963
Page
1
Chanute officials say one bid for new industry is second place while a second development remains stalled. A Chicago trip yielded interviews with a bonding house and Fantas Co. consultants, amid efforts to finance moving of a project via a revenue bond issue.
The Tribune published a 96 pound Thayer watermelon in a staged scene that misled readers about size. The hoax involved two pictures joined together and a separate photo of the melon on a car hood. Residents shared the image widely and readers questioned its authenticity.
WICHITA AP A postman freed a docile white kitten from a mail collection box after a citizen alerted postal officials. The cat fled as the man retrieved 34 letters and scraps of 18 more. Foreman D E Nichols said almost two hours were needed to piece readable addresses from the scraps. He then spent additional hours calling intended recipients.
Emporia Kan AP says no definite figures yet but enrollment at Emporia State Teachers College remains close to last year s final total of 4920. Fr rollment is continuing this week.
The first American space payload with wings launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Thor rocket for Project Asset. After a 20 minute flight reaching 35 miles high, the craft splashed down 1,000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral but recovery vessels failed to locate it within hours.
A Topeka report details a 47 mile US 169 widening from Humboldt southward with 24 foot lanes and asphalt overlay to stabilize shoulders. The Monarch Co contract near Humboldt was awarded to Fred Beachner, price $158,308.75, with work to begin as soon as weather allows.
From Below MOUND VALLEY Kansas AP a new pond on the farm of Mrs Marion Vance near here has seven feet of water in it without rain since its completion. Workmen were surprised to find water in the pond after leaving it dry the night before. They had to pump out 30 000 gallons before the job could be finished. Then it filled again from underground sources.
Members of the EK Oil and Gas Assn gather at the American Legion hall at six for their annual meeting with wives and guests. Dinner will precede the election of officers and directors for the coming year, followed by a dance after the meeting. Officers are selected by mail ballot prior to the gathering.
The UN Steering Committee urged the General Assembly to discuss two hot issues. China’s UN seat and Buddhist treatment in South Vietnam were on the agenda as Albanian backed proposals gained Soviet support. The United States signaled no obstruction but called the talk futile while Nationalist China cast the lone negative vote amid 8 abstentions.
Beaumont Texas endures record rain as hurricane Cindy weakens to tropical storm. Widespread flooding forces hundreds to flee homes. 22.76 inches reported in Deweyville. 325 evacuated in Beaumont West Side. Red Cross and Civil Defense assist from Orange County to Port Arthur area.
AP dispatch from Topeka notes Kansas traffic fatalities totaled two in the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday. The 1963 count for the same period shows 404 deaths, down from 413 in 1962. Both fatalities occurred earlier.
Intercepted note discusses local push for a super highway improving Humboldt South area. The message addressed to Cha notes the area's strong effort and improvement efforts.
A freight train struck a makeshift bus carrying 28 Mexican field workers near Chualar Salinas California. 28 died and 35 were injured as ambulances rushed victims to Salinas area hospitals. Driver Espinosa and engineer Cripe gave differing accounts as authorities investigated.
The Black Hills Passion Play staged at Memorial Auditorium drew more than 1,750 attendees across two performances and 1,205 students at a matinee. Josef Meier led the cast as Christ with his wife Isabel and Pilate role by another performer. Local extras, a small chorus, and organist Richard Lauderback supported the production under Harold Tarpley. Lighting and costumes enhanced scenes from Jerusalem to the Resurrection despite stage space limits and missing camels. Tickets for the final show sold at the chamber office and auditorium box office.
Clay Center area officers searched the Republican River bottomlands for Oscar Case 52 a convicted forger who led a violent jail break at Beloit Tuesday night with ally Larry Perkins under 20 captured later in Clay Center Perkins held on statutory rape charge Case fled after overpowering Sheriff Forrest Binney and stealing his revolver and car injuring the sheriff badly in a pretense plumbing call before the escape lasting until dawn search aircraft planned.
Considerable cloudiness with widely scattered showers tonight and Thursday. Cooler Thursday. Low tonight mid 60s. High Thursday near 89.
The Red Cross drive in Neosho County came within 16 pints of a 240 pint two day quota. A total of 97 pints Monday and 127 on Tuesday raised the aggregate to 224 pints. Donors reached several high levels including three gallon totals for Morgan and Frances Lee of Chanute and two gallons for Richard Bohling and William Neely, with numerous one gallon contributions from local residents.
A three year old boy from Yates Center died after a truck ran over him at a rural farm driveway near Rose, Kansas. Clifford Hesler was pronounced dead minutes after arrival at Neosho Memorial Hospital. The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. as he played with paper in a driveway between two hen houses. The truck driver, Donald G. McCullough, was part of a Humboldt family returning from a hunting trip in Wyoming. authorities are notifying the father, Keith Hesler. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Johnson-Yates Center Funeral Home.
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