Hefner Faces Hard Times as Playboy Empire Reels
Tribune editorial notes Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire in decline with Playboy Enterprises offices at the Chicago mansion closed, a $1 million annual maintenance bill, and the jet sold for $6.35 million. Hefner to fly commercial and reside at Playboy Towers in Chicago or a California residence.
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Hugh Hefner
Playboy
Hughie
Playboy Magazine
Hugh
Chicago
Playboy Enterprises
Hefner
California
Playboy Towers
Time-wasting rail switching blocks Main Street
A reader voices irritation at Santa Fe railroad switching cars blocking Main Street, arguing the delays waste time and fuel for hundreds, threaten downtown business, and urging the railroad to move tracks despite claimed space. The letter frames local transit friction as a cost to the city’s economy and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Main Street
Parallel parking tips and a wry look at driver errors
A humorous critique mixes a supposed AAA parking pamphlet with a blunt, overdone manual for parallel parking. It then cites Kansas road crash data showing driver error as the leading cause, plus a Salina incident of a man asleep on a car hood and a woman cited for driving with an improper rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Salina
Harris News Service
Truth in politics and truth in lending call for honesty
A columnist urges strict truth in politics after recounting past disclosures about ITT CIA plots against Allende, FBI dossiers, CIA assassinations, Middle East oil intervention, Chappaquiddick, and Senator Fong. The piece argues officials mislead, while demanding factual accountability from government and candidates.
Presidential aides clash with Kissinger on European tour
White House aides debate Henry Kissinger in Europe as Ford joins a 35 nation ten day trip. Critics praise his talent but fear future investigations could harm Ford 1976 campaign. Some say Kissinger is a poor team player while remaining loyal to the President.
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Helsinki
Kissinger
Congress
White House
Frank Church
Idaho
Ford
Alexander Soltzhenitsyn
Auschwitz
Poland
America
Donald Rumsfeld
Robert Hartmann
Local newspaper subscription rates and mailing details
The notice lists 84th year publication details and various subscription prices for in territory and outside, with tax amounts and service terms. It notes Chanute delivery options, boxholder rates, and carrier charges, plus credit to United Press International for local and UP dispatch republishing and ABC membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maiin
Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Chanute
Retiring after 40 years with United Press International
Phil Newsom reflects on four decades as a foreign correspondent and editor, recalling early war service in Korea, Pearl Harbor news relay, and the evolution of global reporting from United Press to United Press International. He notes gains in instant communication and the persistent cycle of conflict and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Newsom
United Press
United Press International
UPI
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Taegu
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Angola
Italy
Washington
Ozark Airlines Route Approved Kansas City to Tulsa Stop
Twenty five years ago Ozark Airlines won approval to operate a Kansas City to Tulsa route with Chanute as a stopover. Local leaders hoped the line would be awarded to Mid-Continent Airlines, which instead gained a route in Illinois and Indiana. Fifty years ago the county backed a unit road system, shifting road responsibilities from townships to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark Airlines
Kansas City
Tulsa
Chanute
Mid-Continent Airlines
Illinois
Indiana
Hiss challenges Pumpkin Papers as evidence of espionage
Alger Hiss, arguing 25 years after his perjury conviction, says the Pumpkin Papers fail to prove he was a Soviet spy. He viewed microfilm in Manhattan with NECLC support and called the material irrelevant to national security, noting it covered fire extinguishers and fuel system parts.
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Chappaquiddick
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Joe Gargan
Boston Globe
Kennedy
Joseph Gargan
Sen
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Patent
Robert Seto
Fong
American Patent Law Association
American Bar Association
PPG
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Seto
New York
UPI
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Maryland
U.S. State Department
National Emergency Civil Liberties Foundation
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Manhattan
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Tribune Peoples Forum
The
American Automobile Association
AAA
Kansas
Safety Department
State Highway Commission
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
U.S
International Telephone and Telegraph
Chile
Salvador Allende
ITT
CIA
Allende
FBI
Secret Service
Patrick Gray
Pat
Fricia
Fidel) Castro
Rafael) Trujillo
John McCone
Middle East
West
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Phillips Petroleum
Westinghouse
Dow Chemical
Allis Chalmers
Senate
Capitol Hill
Richard H. Growald
Ins Tribune
N. Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Nebraska Weekly
Rmit
Galvao
Korea
Louis Pasteur Avenue
Algiers
Gene Symonds
Japan
Gene
Chosen Dam
Singapore
Joel
Small Society
Brickman
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