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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
1
Gemini 11 astronaut Richard Gordon said he was tired and had a high heart rate before a space walk. He urged restraint until better equipment allows stable positioning in orbit. What he expected to be a 30 second tie to Agena with a 100 foot cord stretched to about 30 minutes. the walk tested endurance.
Gov. William H. Avery announced a governor's planning committee on criminal administration with Atty. Gen. Robert C. Sonderholm as chairman. The panel will work with a federal law enforcement and administration of justice commission to study crime, civil disobedience, and gaps between legal principles and daily operations.
A 46 year old woman Frances McDermett of Atlantic Iowa was shot once with a .22 pistol as she started to enter a super market at a Manhattan Kansas shopping center. Her husband Michael McDermett was arrested by Sheriff James Tubach at a relative’s home near Tuttle Creek and held for questioning as County Atty Donn Everett continued the investigation with no charges filed yet.
A grand jury postpones questioning 12 reputed Mafia leaders after a bomb scare at Queens Court House triggers evacuation. Police search the fifth floor with no bomb found. the session resumes later as other witnesses testify. Dist Atty Nat Hentel reports the call came into his office.
An intercepted note from astronaut Gordon before a space walk expresses fatigue and weariness, comparing his feeling to common preflight tiredness. The message reads as a personal aside from Gordon to Cha, conveying human emotion ahead of extraordinary work.
At about 7 15 p m Saturday a 1966 Chevrolet driven by Lewis Rowan 19 of Chanute R 4 hit the rear of a 1949 Plymouth driven by J E Bradshaw 77 of R 1 near the Urbana corner on Shaw road Damages were about 650 for the Chevrolet and 75 for the Plymouth Rowan and Bradshaw were uninjured and were with three others including Bradshaw’s wife Ethel 77.
U S bomber pilots report silencing 10 antiaircraft positions along the northeast rail corridor to China and attacking four surface to air missile sites near Hanoi during 127 North Vietnam raids. Navy bombers destroy a torpedo boat northeast of Haiphong. Ground fighting in the south yields small actions after a weekend of heavy casualties.
The Kansas traffic toll for the year climbed to 529 after 11 people died in weekend crashes. Five fatalities occurred in a Garden City area collision, with others in Russell and Johnson County wrecks. Names include Raymond Boles and his family, Otto Fritsche, and Vernon Caudill.
Topeka dispatch notes a 48 hour traffic death log ending 9 am Monday September 3 1966 with totals 529 for 1966 compared to 478 in 1965. The report tallies fatalities across the state for the period.
Janice Oase Teague born August 30 as a three month premature infant weighing one pound 5% ounces. She briefly dropped to one pound one ounce but has recovered to one pound 27 ounces and remains on the critical list. Doctors say the tiny girl has a good chance of growing up after three months in care.
Twenty one local men have been called by the Neosho County Selective Service Board for pre induction physical exams for the armed services in Kansas City. The group will depart Wednesday. Names include James J. Smith St Paul Gary A Gower Wichita Milton E Jackson Steven J Wells Daniel K Slane August J La Rocca Gary L Garrison Robert M Mee James J Rubew Russel M Zimmerman Jr John S Brown Jim L Schaffer Leonard G Anderson Felix F Van Leeuwen James D Fleming Jan R Hazen Eric William J Durkin Jack H Brookhart Donald E Halvestadt Derryl R Thuiller Harry E Ozpurn and others from Chanute Topeka Manhattan Puerto Rico Rozwell N M.
Humboldt plans the ninth annual Biblesta parade featuring 22 floats and 10 bands with banner entries. The event starts 2 30 p.m. from 6th and Bridge, includes radio coverage, and an 5 o'clock bean feed. Community talent appears in the square.
Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Razak urged all U.N. members to back a peace conference for the Viet Nam war. He called for an Asian-led effort and urged continued U Thant as secretary general while noting Indonesia’s war end and return to the U.N. He favored keeping Communist China as a member if it agrees.
Hundreds of police and soldiers aided disaster relief as Typhoon Ida slammed central Japan including Tokyo and Mt. Fuji, killing 197, with 123 missing and about 1,000 injured. U.S. installations faced over 6 million dollars in damage. Japanese losses exceeded 300 million.
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard held nearly two hours of talks in Washington covering NATO obligations trade and space. They planned a joint flight to Cape Kennedy, Florida, to view U S space activity, followed by a Cabinet briefing on the discussions.
Area forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with widely scattered showers and possible thunderstorms through Tuesday. A little warmer Tuesday with tonight's low at 55 to 60 and Tuesday's high 70 to 75. Precip yesterday was 0.06 inch. Sunrise 6:13, sunset 6:13. Barometer at 28.82 inches.
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy skies and scattered showers across Kansas through Tuesday. Temperatures will range from 65 to 75 degrees during the day, with overnight lows in the 50s.
The Missouri Highway Department paused plans to rebuild U S 71 from Harrisonville to Joplin until a toll road decision is made. Chief Engineer Marvin J. Snider said the delay should last only months as the project links Arkansas to Harrisonville and ties into the new U S 71. He criticized the 5-cent tax as insufficient and proposed tax increases, bonds, or toll roads, while also urging higher salaries to attract qualified staff.
Several city officials attend a Kansas League of Municipalities meeting in Topeka that opened yesterday and runs through tomorrow. The city commission meeting normally held tonight is rescheduled to 7 30 p.m. Thursday due to the convention.
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