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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1972
Page
2
The column argues owners profit from publicly funded stadiums while players face wage and pension demands. It likens current disputes to historical political conflicts and cites public scrutiny of televised coverage as a distraction from the on field dullness.
The piece argues that new populist calls to raise taxes on the rich mix old deception with genuine policy questions. It cites George Wallace, George McGovern, and Robert Docking as examples and notes a decade long widening rich poor gap. It suggests room for adjusting tax structures while warning against pure demagoguery.
A consumer reflects on frustrations with failed warranties and faulty purchases. A faulty 400 dollar television, a late birthday cabinet, and misfiled tax guidance highlight issues with product quality and delivery. The piece notes repeated delivery problems and references Larry Merchant’s book And Every Day You Take Another Bite.
The New England lobster shortage and soaring prices have pushed many restaurants to drop lobster from menus or raise prices. Wholesale lobsters reach $4.29 per pound. Halifax prices near tripled. Maine fishermen report strong demand and limited catches.
The critic’s latest piece aims at a club show but misses the mark. The two principals failed to grasp the humor intended and readers react with mixed amusement and concern.
Keith Wright vents amid a contract dispute after three remaining performances were canceled. He defends himself as harmless and compares critics to slanderers while praising dancers and guitarists, noting readers’ reactions and joking about publicity and his own age.
Washington story reports EPA hid an alarming 123 page study titled Position Document Mercury. The study accuses mercury in air and water poisoning nervous systems and causing blindness retardation and death. It faults government fish centered safety levels and calls for public release.
A confidential EPA document warns mercury threats from fertilizers, fuels, and industry contaminate air, water, soil and food. It traces prenatal harm, brain damage, and widespread wildlife exposure while noting past discharges will haunt years to come.
In Texas City the Junior College dean Adolph Unruh reports over 20 inquiries about the upcoming college summer school running May 19 to July 11. The program will qualify students for emergency teaching certificates and about sixty to seventy enrollments are expected.
Friday listings show emergency drama Emergency at 7 00 with other cases including a child who swallowed phenobarbital and a burglar heart attack. Notable slots include Trial Run with James Franciscus and Diana Baker, The Harness with Lorne Greene, and Who's Afraid of Opera with Joan Sutherland.
Daytime TV listings for multiple stations show a mix of game shows dramas and news blocks. Notable programs include The Dick Van Dyke Show Let's Make a Deal Gunsmoke The Lost World Batman Paul Harvey News Tonight Show and various entertainment features across stations KCMO Ch 5 KUHI Ch 16 KOAM Ch 7 KMBC KTWU Ch 11 KODE Ch 12 WIBW Ch 13 KTEW Ch 2 Chanute WDAF Ch 4 with time slots from early morning to late afternoon and additional specials across channels.
Chanute public librarian Jean Gray reviews The Murder Book an illustrated survey of detective fiction. It blends dust jacket art nostalgia with notes on famous sleuths from Sherlock Holmes to Poirot while lamenting out of print titles and praising renewed editions.
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