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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
2
Taxpayers will fund concrete paving at intersections and near alleys in city projects including Ardyn Heights, with maintenance costs folded into assessments. Benefits cited include less citywide patching and boosted housing development as areas improve. The editorial notes upcoming considerations on the project.
The Cha nute master plan from the early 1960s identifies Seventh Street west from Steuben 14th Street between Plummer and Santa Fe and Plummer from 14th to Cherry as critical links. Widening and rebuilding these streets will cost money but so does maintaining them. It is good business to build roads that require minimal upkeep.
The court orders 90 women at Daisy Manufacturing Co. in Rogers Arkansas to back pay with interest for seven years and mandates raising women’s wages to match men. The decision under the Equal Pay Act considers both mental and physical effort in work valued for pay, countering claims that only physical labor justified the gap. Time and the women march on.
Washington AP reports strong demand for red meat keeps pace with record production. USDA cautions grocery prices still rise, with 1971 forecast about 3 percent, though meat costs show rising trends as hog and cattle output remains high. Meat accounts for about 30 percent of family food budgets.
David H. Masters receives promotion to Master Sergeant in the U. S. Air Force. He is stationed at Beale Air Force Base in California and is the son of Ted and (late) Mrs. Masters of 509 S. Evergreen. His wife is Betty Harner, daughter of Merle and Mrs. Harner of Humboldt. They have two daughters Laurie and Kelley.
Milburn Stone out after heart surgery with Pat Hingle stepping in on Gunsmoke while Barbara Anderson leaves Bon NBCs Ironsides for Elizabeth Baur. Mission Impossible keeps rotating new female teammates with Lynda Day George. New Dick Van Dyke Show aimed to distinguish from the old. CBS Friday Movies rebranded as 90 minute dramas and ABCs Movie of the Weekend debuts to build on Movie of the Week success.
Lawrence Legge is elected president of the Chanute board of education for 1946-47. Dr. R. V. Cartwright chosen vice president and Eve Lyn Cedar named clerk at a reorganization meeting. No taxpayers attend the budget hearing.
Tonight offers a mix of Westerns and comedies with High Chaparral and The Brady Bunch at early slots. The Name of the Game stars Richard Kiley and Pernell Roberts in a consumer crusade clash, followed by Odd Couple and That Girl. Evening ends with The Washington Review and notable movies and late talk shows.
A scanned TV schedule lists daytime and weekend time blocks across stations KCMO KUHI KOAM KODE WIBW WDAF Chanute 3 with shows from mornings through late evening including Beverly Gilligan's Island Bugs Bunny Tomfoolery Woody Woodpecker Sabrina The Monkees Lost in Jazzy variety such as Gunsmoke and Wagon Train with sports and news interspersed.
A Dallas judge proposes integrating schools by television to address unequal education, criticizing ongoing denial of equal education to minority children and questioning how many sideshows the country will stage before meeting its obligation to provide adequate education for all children. The remark implies national concern over civil rights and education policy.
Opinion piece blasts opposition to cross town busing to balance race in schools. It argues busing reduces inequality and benefits farm and urban students alike, warning that unequal education harms future employment prospects. It condemns using television exposure as a substitute and accuses racists of dodging progress.
The Las Vegas records show Howard Hughes directed Robert Maheu to aid Nixon’s 1968 run with sponsorship and supervision. Maheu allegedly diverted $100,000 from the Silver Slipper to Nixon via Richard Danner and Bebe Rebozo, while Hughes offered Humphrey “immediate full, unlimited support” with an alleged $50,000 pledge not recorded as received.
The report details William Hughes and his aide Maheu coordinating covert political funding and strategy to influence the 1968 presidential race. It notes offers to subsidize Larry OBrien as DNC chair, OBrien and Humphrey confirmation of discussion, and Hughes aims to promote Nixon while grooming Paul Laxalt. It also cites masked casino funds routed to politicians and efforts to halt Nevada nuclear testing via Humphrey.
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