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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1972
Page
1
Kenneth Caldwell announces Chateau Village a 43 acre mobile home park three miles east of here along highway K39. The plan funds underground service lines two off street parking spaces per home six per acre tie-downs storage sheds playground and springfield engineer designed with bids expected around April 20.
Former U S Representative M V George of Parsons Kansas died at 72 He served in the Kansas House and later in Congress from 1950 to 1958 He was active on flood control legislation for Neosho and Verdigris rivers and once published the Edna Sun He retired in 1961 and survives include a widow a daughter and two sons Services set for Altamont Kansas and he spent time in Chanute and Parsons with ties to the Highway Department AREA FORECAST Partly cloudy and warm with southerly winds then west 5-10 mph tonight and Wednesday low 55 65 high 80s with 10 percent precipitation chance.
The City Commission passed the mobile home park ordinance and a sanitation ordinance with little comment. The sanitation law may delay full effect until July with city computer accounting system setup. The 1971 National Electrical Code was adopted after Board approval.
Bruce Perry aged 25 of 505 West Second Street was bound over for trial on two counts of LSD sale after a district court hearing before City Judge Richard Ashley. Five witnesses testified including two juveniles Police Chief Lige Matlock and officers Tom Ogden and Ray Zumalk. Defense offered no witnesses. Bond remained at 5000 with no trial date set and Perry was jailed in Erie.
Edwin Noland's parole for LSD possession was revoked by City Judge Richard Ashley after a marijuana conviction while on parole. Noland receives 9 days for the marijuana count and six months for parole violation. Several others including Reno Hively and Rebecca Nelson began sentences for marijuana possession, with Hively’s sentence cut to 30 days to avoid transfer to a state farm. Additional cases include Robert Creekkiller fined 125 dollars for DWI after a crash, Darrell Reed bound over on burglary and theft charges, and James Carter fined 100 dollars for improper gasoline container sales connected to a vehicle fire at Hudson service station.
Collections for the 1972 Cancer Crusade have reached 625 from business firms and organizations. Residential canvassing began Monday in Neosho County as leaders say business contributions total 565 and organizations contribute 60 so far with the campaign slogan Help Wipe Out Cancer in Your Lifetime.
Rep. Cornelius Gallagher of New Jersey faces a seven count federal indictment for evading more than 100000 in income taxes and perjury. The charges involve 1960s income hidden by fictitious bond purchases and a conspiracy with two unindicted associates.
Atty Gen Vern Miller in Topeka drafted a letter to all county attorneys warning that the state will not tolerate cockfights in any form. The move follows a raid on a barn operation near Ottawa and relies on a Sedgwick County court ruling that cockfighting violates cruelty laws.
In Erie on Saturday Neosho County Democrats named six delegates and six alternates to district and state conventions. The district meeting is May 13 in Fort Scott and the state convention June 10 in Topeka. Delegates include Ralph Watkins Erie S D Propst Chanute Larry Smith Fred Beachner Mrs Fred Beachner and Owen O'Brien all of St Paul. Alternates are Ruth Watkins Eric Mrs Ruby Boman Chanute Don Harding Mrs Don Harding Stark Henry Smith Mrs Larry Smith of St Paul. County chairman Virginia Burkhart was absent due to illness. Neosho County Democrat Women set April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in St Paul.
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha reveals a personal note about betting on a rooster that failed, with a witty remark about the bird turning out to be chicken and the author signing off with Yours.
Clyde Kile was elected mayor by a 2-0 vote at the City Commission meeting. Mrs. Vesta Lightfoot, who had served as mayor, moved the nomination and served as acting mayor during Kile’s absence with Schultz approving the arrangement. Schultz offered thanks for Lightfoot’s year as mayor.
Milton and Matilda the San Francisco Zoo oxen have arrived in Peking as a gift from the United States to the Communist Chinese. Zoo director Ronald Reuther announced after receiving a cablegram from Dr. Theodore Reed of the National Zoo in Washington. Reed flew with the oxen from Travis Air Force Base and reports they are now the only two of their kind in China as part of a swap arranged during President Nixon's China visit. The Chinese government will provide two giant pandas to the National Zoo in return.
White House aide Maurice J. Williams says the United States will ship 100000 tons of wheat rice and vegetable oil to Bangladesh before May end. The aid aims to curb hoarding and offset a looming food shortage expected to hit the nation next fall.
London AP reports three top Labour Party figures resigned in protest of Harold Wilson’s Common Market policies. The split could aid the Conservative government in pushing its legislation through Parliament as Wilson had supported membership while now facing internal dissent. Pollution Conference in Reykjavik aims to draft a seas dumping convention with officials from 30 nations.
Police found the bullet punctured body of a man in a trunk in a Brooklyn parking lot after an anonymous tip tied to the Joe Gallo case. The seventh gangland execution in two weeks signals rising underworld turmoil, though no links have been proven. The victim was unnamed.
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