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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1972
Page
1
A storm of tornado like proportions hit Cassville Missouri just before midnight injuring at least seven people and damaging 20 to 25 homes in a town of 1900. Five trailer homes were demolished at two trailer courts while trees and power lines were toppled.
Seventeen Senate and thirty four House members urge President Nixon to provide a full report on the size purpose and cost of a potential major U S military action in Indochina amid reports of a large air armada being assembled. The letter warns of increased bombing casualties and prisoners of war. The piece notes over 160 U S war planes sent in 10 days and states the Senate approved a bill curbing presidential power to deploy forces without Congress approval.
Three people were treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a two car collision eight miles west of Chanute on highway K39 at 11 40 a m Wednesday. Victims include Martha Savage 23 Karin Floray 34 and Trent Floray 7.
Fire caused at least $60,000 damage to the die casting department of Valley Products Inc in Mound Valley Kan. Harold E Britton president said relocation will begin immediately and faulty wiring on the top floor is suspected. No equipment was saved.
City planners report rising cases of unapproved home businesses in residential zones and unpermitted electrical plumbing or construction work. Michael Bailey notes home occupations like offices may not need rezoning, but other businesses do. Carl Mohr urges permits before work, even for licensed tradespeople, and offers guidance through the inspection department.
Annette Gilly confessed participant in the 1969 murders of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter said the union was behind the killings. She named “the big man” as Tony Boyle and described payoffs and plans to kill Yablonski. The statement was read at a pretrial hearing for her father Silous Huddleston.
Midwest Tank Company of Pittsburg is set to begin renovation of city elevated water storage tanks. City Manager Kenneth Sanborn says work could start soon after contracts signed last Fall. Frank Hoblick of Carthage consults on a low pressure gas line leak detection project for a May report. Federal funding for phases two and four of the water project is delayed awaiting formal regional planning commission action and resolutions of intent to join from cities and nine counties.
A weather service uncertainly notes wind and dirt may stem from the recent legislative session, suggesting possible origins but not confirming the cause or source.
In Pittsburgh a would be burglar fled shoeless from Ruth Miller’s home after assaulting her son William and pulling hair. Robert J. Toll, 20, was arrested in a bar where a matching shoe was found, tying the clue to the suspect. In Paris the Vietnam peace talks heard that Nixon proposed to resume talks on April 1, but North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam, Porter reported.
Democrats in the Senate warn Richard Klein to be attorney general faces trouble as the White House blocks Peter Flanagan, Nixon’s liaison with the business community, from testifying in the ITT controversy.
President Nixon ends a Camp David stay after drafting a speech before a three day tour to Canada. Officials doubt any real negotiations will occur as economic disagreements strain U S Canada relations during the visit.
Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy ordered a citywide crackdown as seven reputed gang figures were slain by gunfire over two weeks. Hundreds of officers were deployed in an effort to end the shootings across New York City.
Los Angeles County health officials urge mothers to vaccinate children at 60 free clinics to curb a red measles outbreak blamed for three deaths. The disease concentrates in black and Mexican-American communities with 745 cases reported in the year, eight times 1971’s figure, attributed partly to public neglect.
A Frontier Airlines 737 was skyjacked over New Mexico by two men and diverted to Los Angeles. The flight originated in Denver with planned stops at Albuquerque Tucson and Phoenix as authorities seek the hijackers demands.
A 19 year old Marine likely froze to death while stowed away in the wheel well of an American Airlines plane from San Diego to New York. Police identified the man as John J Gribow skas, listed as absent without leave, found at 6 20 a m by a maintenance worker with legs protruding from the wheel well.
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