Schultz new mayor leads Chanute commission meeting
John Schultz was elected mayor by commissioners John Orozco and Marion Johnson at the new Chanute City Commission's first meeting. Johnson became vice mayor. Six ordinances passed including planning-approved resolutions and zoning changes for markets and a nursing home site. Mead and Sons bid $26516.87 for gas system upgrades.
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Dick Cowden
John Schultz
Chanute
John Orozco
Marion Johnson
New City Commission
Johnson
Marion
Schultz
Vesta Lightfoot
Clyde Kile
Planning Commission
Mobile Home
Chanute On
Main
Ottis Autrey
Mead and Sons
Kansas City
New Commission
Commis
Sion
Chanute Faces Population and Business Shifts Since 1875
A Chanute overview traces growth from 375 residents in 1875 to 10,635 in 1970 and notes 1972 declines in most business categories except beauty parlors. It cites Harvey F. Nelson on Chanute’s prosperity tied to agriculture railroads and oil, with a 1939 snapshot and 1905 1916 comparisons.
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Chanute
Nelson
Illinois
Public meeting on highway plan sparks debate in Chanute
About 100 people attended the state Highway Commission Action Plan meeting in Chanute to hear how highway projects may affect economy and environment across Kansas. Speakers urged balancing roads with environmental concerns while noting actual plans depend on legislature. residents asked for better roads and trees.
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State Highway Commission
Chanute
Commission
W. H. Ogan
Glen Koontz
Ogan
Commerce
Independence
Charles Carter
Kansas
Carter
Koontz
United States Congress
Russo Testifies About Pentagon Papers Copying
Anthony J. Russo admits copying the Pentagon papers but denies reading the secret Vietnam study. He links the act to Daniel Ellsberg as they face espionage conspiracy and theft charges over the documents.
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Los Angeles
Anthony J. Russo
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Russo
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Intercepted Letter About Cha and Burr Exchange
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressed to Cha referencing a joke once told to Aaron Burr when he was sworn in as vice president. The writer signs as Nute and the tone recalls a subtle historic quip about Burr's reaction.
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Aaron Burr
Burr
Grandson of Chanute resident finally comes home from Vietnam
Mrs. Pearl Strean of Chanute recalls her grandson Captain Robert T. White as the last POW to be released by the Viet Cong. White, shot down December 15, 1969 over the Mekong Delta, spent years in jungle captivity and malaria recovery. He is expected to visit Chanute later this year once recovered.
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Robert T. White
Vietnam
Pearl Strean
Mekong Delta
Saigon
White
Phoenixville
C. A. White
Chanute
Louisville
Ash Grove Cement Co
Prisoner Escapes Through Chimney at County Jail
Wayman Young twenty six of Parsons escaped from the county jail by prying a door off an incinerator and climbing an 18 by 18 inch chimney. He was found near Erie around 9 pm and is wanted on parole violation and auto theft charges.
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Erie
David Kern
Wayman Young
Parsons
Young
Highway Patrol
Chanute
Fort Scott
Kern
Crawford County
Neosha County
Lansing to buy Jose de Rivera sculpture for downtown mall
Lansing approves a 90000 purchase for a stainless steel revolving loop by New York artist Jose de Rivera to grace a downtown mall area. Officials had planned a baseball catcher's mitt sculpture before settling on the loop.
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Lansing
Mich
New York
Jose de Rivera
Senator Proxmire urges disclosure of intelligence budget
Washington AP Sen William Proxmire D Wis says about 148000 people are employed by U S intelligence and annual spending runs around 6 2 billion He calls for drastic cuts and urges CIA director James Schlesinger to make public the entire secret budget.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
U.S
Proxmire
James Schlesinger
Central Intelligence
Nixon asks Congress for broad tariff powers in trade push
President Nixon formally asked Congress to grant broad authority to raise, reduce or remove tariff barriers and to retaliate against unfair trade practices including banning some imports. He seeks MFN treatment extension without prior approval and to grant Most Favored Nation status to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
Spring Storm Hits Missouri Roads and Flood Areas
A spring snowstorm driven by 60 to 70 mph winds closes roads across north central Missouri and drives temperatures near record lows. The storm compounds floods in eastern and central Missouri, raising fears after severe river highs.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Missouri
Helicopter Flights Grounded By Vietnam Cease Fire Body
The International Commission of Control and Supervision grounded all helicopter flights for its four member nations Canada Indonesia Hungary and Poland. The ban followed the deaths of four commission members when a chartered helicopter was shot down in northwest Quang Tri Province in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Commission
Canada
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Quang Tri Province
Israeli biophysicist elected Israel's fourth president
Dr Ephraim Katzir, a leading biophysicist, was elected Israel's fourth president in the Jewish state's first contested presidential election. He ran as the candidate of Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor party.
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Jerusalem
Ephraim Katchalski
Israel
Golda Meier
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