21 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1967
Page
1
North Vietnamese shellings near the Con Thien outpost kill six Marines and wound 41 as U S forces counter with B52s, Marine fighters, and naval guns. Reinforcements from Thailand arrive around Saigon amid ongoing DMZ attrition.
Don Simmons 38, assistant flag man at Chanute Speedway, was struck by a car during the third heat and seriously hurt. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital and later to St. Margaret's in Kansas City with multiple fractures and head and chest injuries. Rollover details cited witnesses. remaining races were canceled.
Ambassador Goldberg at the United Nations asked North Vietnam for a definite statement on whether halting U.S. bombing would lead to meaningful negotiations. He reaffirmed U.S. supports peace talks, urged UN members to aid peace efforts, and pressed Hanoi for an authoritative message on possible negotiations. He stressed no military solution and urged flexibility in Middle East peace approaches.
An intercepted note quotes a banker friend on finding coins believed to have vanished in 1707. He notes the discovery is wonderful but highlights the irrecoverable interest lost over the centuries.
Area forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Friday with mild temperatures. Topeka reports a cold front bringing cooler air, with thun derstorm activity overnight across parts of north central and northeastern Kansas. Funnel clouds were sighted over Munden Clifton and near Silver Lake. A tornado touched down near Belleville damaging three abandoned farm buildings.
Divers unearthed about 1500 gold and silver coins from 100 feet deep off the Scilly Islands, part of a 1707 fleet of Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell. The cache includes English French and Portuguese pieces. divers say more treasure remains below. The expedition, aided by a Royal Navy unit, seeks the sunken wrecks The Association The Eagle and The Romney, sunk on the voyage home from a naval engagement with France.
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 deaths in the 24 hours to 9 p m Thursday. For September the toll is 34 and for 1967 it is 461. The comparable 1966 period recorded 522 deaths.
Beulah crawled inland with estimated agricultural and property damage near 500 million dollars. Flooding and tornado threats persisted across southern Texas as the storm moved westward after landfall near Brownsville. The Red Cross reported 84,877 shelter residents and emergency crews fed about 90,000 people.
Gov. Robert Docking said he plans to appoint a new Kansas livestock sanitary commissioner despite opposition from the livestock association which backs A G Pickett. He argued the governor should not defer to a private group and said he may seek civil service reform for the two posts.
A motorist near Newton Kansas spotted two tires in Sand Creek and alerted the fire department. Rescue crews arrived as one tire, not attached to a car, floated away down the creek amid muddy conditions.
The House Post Office Committee approved legislation to raise postal rates across the board and grant pay raises to over two million federal and postal workers. The 19 to 6 vote backs higher postage for letters and cards, staged second and third class rate increases, and multi-year pay raises totaling hundreds of millions annually.
Six men died and 152 patients escaped to safety when a morning fire swept the first floor day room of the New Mexico State hospital for the mentally ill in Las Vegas. Assistant Director Thomas Barnett said the dead, all Albuquerque men, likely suffocated while trying to flee. One man reportedly locked in a room by error, and two attendants plus two firemen were also overcome by smoke.
Kansas law enforcement debate focuses on juvenile detention facilities served by multiple counties. Capt Lyle Huitt urges area homes under probate jurisdiction. He cites highway patrol issues with young drivers outrunning police and advocates stronger license laws and tighter traffic codes. He notes radar and aircraft use for safety and explains halo effect limits. The Chamber of Commerce panel also covers a gas tax study and future law enforcement forums.
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