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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1966
Page
1
Thirteen Cosa Nostra figures released on 1.3 million bail await a Queens County grand jury Monday to answer on syndicate power and hierarchy. Witnesses include a Forest Hills restaurant owner. others unnamed. Bail set at 100000 each. raids cited as nationally significant by Inspector Garelik.
Naval officials report seven bodies recovered from the West German submarine Hai, which sank September 14 off the British coast near Dogger Bank during a North Sea storm. One survivor, 11 crewmen still missing, hull to be examined for possible naval negligence.
About 40 members of Company A 139th Infantry 35th Division are expected at the Last Man's Club reunion in Coffeyville. The gathering marks the Sunday nearest Sept 26 when they began the Meuse Argonne drive in World War I. The last survivor will receive a wine kept by the group.
Topeka AP report: Joe Crupper of Hutchinson Kansas was killed Friday when his semi trailer overturned on a curve at the U S 24 75 interchange in Topeka while hauling popcorn. He was pinned in the cab.
Two underworld figures, Stephen Hughes and Samuel Lindenbaum, were killed when a speeding black sedan fired at their car on Route 114 near Middleton Massachusetts. The killings are linked to Boston area numbers rackets and follow a string of gangland deaths since March 1964.
Hazel Rogers eighteen of 1729 South Katy was admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital for observation after a traffic crash north of town. She was not believed seriously injured. Passenger in a 1958 Ford driven by Robert Erickson eighteen of 419 South Lafayette with Mary McGettrick seventeen of Route 3. The vehicle struck the Neosho River bridge on US 169, hitting the north end and both bridge sides. Car damage estimated at two hundred dollars.
Erie jury Deliberated over 14 hours without agreement in a change of venue trial from Montgomery county. Plaintiff Phyllis Farlow Schenck seeks damages over 230000 from Frank Thompson over a 1963 collision at 10th and Country Club road near Independence.
An intercepted note to Cha hints at plans to stay indoors over the coming weekend. The brief message conveys personal correspondence and a wait for likely indoor restraint.
Mid-America Refinery increased crude oil payments today by five cents per barrel. President O. H. Cunningham said the rise follows state wide pricing trends. The 30 gravity crude price moves from 2.68 to 2.73 a barrel and 40 gravity climbs from 3.00 to 3.05 a barrel.
A 15 day continuance was granted in the preliminary hearing of William H. Addington a Wichita grain dealer to study a question of jurisdiction. The case involves alleged warehouse receipts for 200000 bushels of grain he did not possess and questions over where the trial belongs Wichita or Hutchinson. The magistrate set deadlines for briefs and replies to address the jurisdiction issue.
A car overturned and caught fire Friday night ten miles north of Russell on U.S. 281 killing a man identified as Vernon W. Cau dill, 21, of Russell. The woman, about 40, remained unidentified today.
The United States persists with new peace ideas for North Vietnam as Hanoi calls them hypocritical. President Goldberg at the UN outlined steps toward a bombing halt and phased troop withdrawal while U Thant’s three point plan shapes talks with Viet Cong involvement discussed.
TOPEKA AP The Kansas selective service system may call more than 600 men in November as quotas rise from 348 in October. Deputy state director Francis H. Martin said calls are increasing and records of college boys may be re-examined, with possible drafting of older ages in the 26 35 bracket.
U S B52 bombers struck southern North Viet Nam near the DMZ for the third time in four days while tactical fighters hit seven targets inland. South Viet Nam saw light fighting as the Tiger Division ended its six month operation and Australian and U S troops began new actions. The total U S planes lost over the north stood at 385. 123 losses were in the south.
Kansas traffic death log shows 63 fatalities in 24 hours to 9 a.m. Saturday September 10 1966, compared with 527 for comparable period in 1965 and 473 in 1964, highlighting ongoing road danger.
Kenilworth Illinois police intensify efforts to solve Valerie Percy slaying with more investigators. Bayonet evidence and lie detector results are under review at the Chicago Crime Laboratory as Capt. Daniel Dragel aims to finish testing by Wednesday. A campaign staffer faced polygraph questions, while Tempe Arizona authorities report a related stabbing incident under review for possible links.
Mrs. Frank Brown, 59, of Kansas City Kansas, died in a hospital Friday night about two hours after a head on collision on U S 69 in Johnson County near the Miami County line.
Area forecast calls for fair warm days and cool nights through Sunday with highs in the 80s and 90s. A few showers possible in northwest Kansas today and tonight with limited rain elsewhere, daily highs in the 70s to 80s and lows mainly 40s to 50s. Top temperatures reached 76 at Olathe to 90 at Wichita. overnight lows ranged 45 to 60.
Five people were killed and one injured in a head on collision on U S 83 near Garden City Kansas. Victims include Raymond Boles 58 Liberal stockman and school board member and his wife Vernetta Boles 56 and daughter Shirley 16. Larry Ball 19 of Plains Kansas died in the other car. Barbara Bevins 17 was treated for severe injuries.
A dog photographed in Florida and dubbed Proxy by a photographer is to fly to Detroit for a new home with Gail Andres and her sisters. They lost their previous pet Duke to a car accident and see Proxy as a hopeful substitute. The Broward County Dog Pound accepted the arrangement, with Gail covering $32.13 for air transport.
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