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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1972
Page
2
The piece argues that the United States is the most destructive power in the world and condemns the Vietnam War as unholy. It denounces Napalm destruction of civilians and My Lai as a moral outrage, urging an end to killing and occupation.
Garden City Telegram recaps a 1848 Lincoln remark cited to argue for a bill limiting presidential war powers. The measure would allow military action for 30 days without Congress to repel attacks or imminent threats, then require Congressional approval. It passed the Senate 68 to 16 and faces uncertainty in the House.
Tourists face heavy Metro construction clogging downtown Washington. Connecticut Avenue from Dupont Circle to near the White House is hardest to navigate on foot or by car with streets torn up and overflow traffic on F Street. Parking is scarce and taxis are in high demand during peak hours.
The speaker notes distance from Army life as a positive change and questions adapting to a new democratic service. The narrative shifts to a scene with a house mother entering, suggesting a domestic or institutional setting.
Iris Ellis, a 45 year old Dearborn resident, has compiled a guide "S O S Shop Outlet Stores and Save on Shopping" listing 300 factory outlets in 18 states with plans for 48 states. She defines outlets as selling irregulars, discontinued lines, samples, or overproduced items and excludes discount stores. The Eastern US, especially Reading Pennsylvania with 24 outlets, tops her list. She notes travel savings on trips to outlets and offers the booklet for 2.50 with discounts for groups and free copies for new-listed outlets. In Dublin, Ireland, new mothers face space shortages at the National Maternity Hospital.
In a stark satire of modern military life, a weary platoon awakens in a chaotic camp named Wasteland Hilton. The narrative contrasts ritualized meals, psychology led drills, and double staffed guard posts with memories of stricter, more demanding past days and a veteran’s sense of service.
In Fargo North Dakota animals from fish and gerbils to a iguana named Iggie and a classroom snake Sam at Roosevelt School accompany students in daily learning. Guinea pigs at Madison and other wildlife observe classrooms while most elementary schools host some creature for observation or diversion.
CIA memo accuses Paraguay's Alfredo Stroessner and top generals of forming heroin trafficking franchises for narco gangs, making Paraguay a crossroads for U S imports. The report cites pilot landing strips, bribes at Asuncion airport, and plans to ship drugs to the United States while Stroessner opposes narcotics trade publicly.
The library adds a fresh crop of novels across genres this spring. Notable titles include My Name Is Asher Lev by Potok The Dead of the House by Green All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers by McMurtry and The Kooska Formula by Riley plus mysteries like The Issue of the Bishop's Blood by McMahon No More Dying Then by Rendell Illegal Entry by Martin and The Underground Man by MacDonald. A western Pioneer Breed by Vernam and science fiction The Light That Never Was by Biggle Moment of Eclipse by Aldiss are also featured.
On this date events include the 1898 USS Nashville capturing two Spanish merchant ships off Key West marking the Spanish American War start. Other notes cover US neutrality proclamation in 1793, mint motto adoption in 1864, Oklahoma land rush, poison gas use in WWI in 1915, and the 1940 World’s Fair opening.
Haiti's dictator Francois Duvalier dies at 64 and his son Jean Claude is sworn in as the new president. The note references global peacekeeping funding and United Auto Workers leadership changes, followed by birthdays and a thought for today.
The Iola Business and Professional Women's Club donates an electric engraving machine to the police department for marking possessions with identifying numbers. A master list links numbers to owners to aid recovery after theft. In Dallas a study proposes caring tape recorders for traffic stops.
Prime time features The World in His Arm with Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth plus Elmer Gantry with Burt Lancaster. Also The Trackers chase clues as Sammy Davis Jr and Ernest Borgnine star. Broadway awards telecast hosted by Fonda Kerr Astinov headlines late.
Daily program grid lists Channel figures and show titles for KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW KTEW Chanute WDAF Monday evening through late night including High Chaparral The Dick Van Dyke Show Let's Make a Deal Green Acres Hogan's Heroes Surrender at Appomattox An American Journey Who Do You Think You Are Laugh In Triple Play Only Human Sands of Iwo Jima Here's Lucy Doris Day Sonny and Cher Weather Tonight Show Night Into Morning Fear Strikes Out Dick Cavett News Paul Harvey Divorce Court Religious Town Hall Batman Now You See It Now You Don't Weather-Faith Story of Jesus.
Twenty five years ago Chanute council members from civic patriotic and educational groups voted against organizing a Community Chest saying the town is not large enough and the number of eligible organizations is too small. Fifty years ago 1922 John W. Wall state Anti Horse Thief Association president and motor license inspector returned from Parsons to check vehicle tags finding 107 outdated tags still in use in Chanute.
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