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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1972
Page
1
About 100 U S infantrymen balked at manning a forward defense position near Phu Bai Vietnam deeming it too dangerous. They relented after learning their absence could jeopardize another U S unit. Command said no one refused and the 600 man task force remained in Phu Bai near Hue.
Gov. Reynolds Shultz criticizes Kansas tax structure as outdated and calls for broadening the economic base. He pledges reform of income taxes, welfare leadership, and reducing state costs while addressing inequities in taxation and welfare administration.
About 30 of 120 inmates in strict confinement at the U.S. Penitentiary near Leavenworth have returned to work and were released to the general population. Warden C. E. Harris said about 90 prisoners remain in the control unit called The Hole, with most refusing to resume jobs. The move followed a Kansas City Star report after letters requesting public inspection. The warden would not permit interviews while an appeal on interviewing federal prisoners proceeds.
The 16th annual high school drum corps show will close at 8 p.m. Saturday in the high school gym with Helen Anderson as sponsor. The event may be the last due to seating reductions and waning public interest. A 3 to 4:30 p.m. reception for past members precedes the performance, with 200 to 300 expected attendees. Royster Junior High drum corps directed by Barbara Keller will participate and the corps currently has 40 members. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
City Planner Michael Bailey announced the mobile home parks ordinance will take effect soon after publishing. He outlined a 22 item inspection checklist for parks to meet with possible license revocation for deficiencies. Some parks must move homes off property lines within 60 days and non fire resistant skirting must be replaced. Plans to test the ordinance in court have been discussed.
A key witness Arnold Stead, 23, declines to testify in the Randolph Gould bombing case without immunity promises. Prosecutors drop charges temporarily. Stead, already serving five years for bomb possession, may face contempt charges if he remains noncooperative. Douglas County Attorney Mike Elwell notes Stead unlikely to testify even with immunity and accuses defense of delaying tactics across courts.
Chanute postmaster Mrs. Florence Kelley announced that local postal negotiations were completed and signed in early March. The contract covers annual leaves by seniority, vacancy filling within five days, and recognition of craft unions, while national terms apply locally.
A 1 p.m. reading of 94 degrees at Martin Johnson airport surpassed the 1936 high of 89 as the temperature trend continued upward. Area forecast calls for partly cloudy, mild conditions with southerly winds 10 to 25 mph shifting northerly by morning. Thursday looks partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers or thundershowers and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Tonight low in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Precipitation probability 10 percent tonight, 20 percent Thursday.
A cryptic note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha presents a brief exchange with the line Late starts usually outnumber the head starts in life. Yours Nute.
The Chanute Chamber of Commerce and SBA Wichita sponsor an April 19 seminar at the Orchid Buffet on OSHA compliance for employers excluding domestic help. Registration costs 15 dollars, runs from 1:30 to 3:39 p.m., and is handled at the chamber office. The SBA and local chambers are conducting about a dozen other seminars. Federal data show 21 percent compliance among inspected businesses since the law’s passage.
The AFL-CIO authorized its 13.6 million members to begin picketing supermarkets and other stores to protest rising prices. Leo Perlis said the federation will escalate, reversing an earlier instruction not to form picket lines.
Head Start Chanute schedules a June 12 to August 4 program at Murray Hill school directed by Melvin Owen. Eligible are kindergartners to be, five by Sept. 1, with income limits for a family of five. Pre enrollments are accepted at the Murray Hill office.
Gene Hackman, after winning best actor for 1971, gave dry responses about what the Oscar means and about roles. He said no to both questions, noting he was turned down for a role that day. In Detroit, the Chinese table tennis team arrived on a U S tour, returning U S visits.
Paul Joseph Cini, 28, described as the first skyjacker to try using a parachute, is sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on seven charges for a November hijacking of an Air Canada jet with 118 passengers. The plane flew to Great Falls, Montana, and back to Canada where he received $50,000 before the crew overpowered him when he opened a package he claimed contained a parachute.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, pressing doctors to send him back to Texas, arrived at Brooke Army Hospital after a flight from Charlottesville Virginia where he suffered a major heart attack the prior Friday. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. vows to block Richard G. Kleindienst's nomination for attorney general unless White House aides testify in the ITT investigation.
The French government urged a resumption of the Vietnam peace conference without delay to seek a political solution. North Vietnam and Viet Cong demanded a Thursday restart, while the South Vietnamese delegation, aligned with the U.S. delegation, rejected the Communist demand.
The U S Command announced a further drawdown in South Vietnam reducing 640 American troops. The phased out units include Troop D of the 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry with 30 aircraft and its Lane Army Airfield based headquarters near Qui Nhon, plus military police, transportation and headquarters companies.
Assistant Secretary Richard E. Lyng told the Price Commission not to tighten controls and said the worst food price increases are past. He projected roughly a four percent rise for the year with over half of the increase already visible on grocery shelves as he testified at the hearing.
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