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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1973
Page
1
Saline County sheriff's deputies and the Ft. Riley Bomb Squad learned that a bomb they removed Saturday was a device designed to measure metal fatigue. The State Department of Research and Material said it installed the device and will warn locals before future installations.
Skylab 2 astronauts report Arabella the space going spider spins an apparently normal web without gravity. Her success will be rewarded later today with a filet mignon, something many Americans cannot get on earth.
Cambodian troops moved along Highway 1 from two directions to clear the Mekong west bank as U.S. bombing intensified. The Pentagon reported Cambodia airstrikes at their highest level in a month due to insurgent pressure.
The dollar strengthened on international exchange markets while gold fell sharply. In London gold traded at 104 dollars an ounce, down 9.75 from the previous session.
The Nixon administration reports limited success in reducing prices of tin and rubber through sales from strategic stockpiles. Prices for both materials have risen despite heavy GSA sales. Other commodities show weaker price drops than hoped. Cambodian officials record two more U S accidental bombings in the last 12 days.
The Pentagon released July recruiting stats claiming 76 percent of a 17,300 goal, while an internal report days earlier showed a larger 18,800 target and 70 percent achievement. The Army denies manipulating figures.
President Salvador Allende moves to name a cabinet with seven leftist allies against four military men and four notable non politicians. The shift signals a halt to socialist measures to avert economic collapse and possible civil strife.
A federal appeals court overturned a lower court order halting U S bombing in Cambodia. Plaintiffs say they will seek Supreme Court review, allowing strikes to continue until the August 15 cutoff unless the high court intervenes.
Vice President Spiro Agnew defends himself against kickback rumors, calling them false and malicious. He says he will not resign and met with President Nixon to discuss the Baltimore corruption probe, while a federal grand jury resumes session in Baltimore amid ongoing investigations into bribery extortion and tax evasion linked to Maryland officials.
The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals urges states to ban civilian possession, sale, manufacture and import of handguns by 1983 except for police and military use. The 318 page report also argues repealing jail terms for gambling, marijuana, pornography, prostitution, and private adult sexual acts.
FBI informer William Lemmer testifies in the Gainesville Eight trial that he may have told the Concerned Officers Movement the VVAW planned to work with police to avoid violence at the 1972 Republican National Convention. He details past meetings, aliases, and drawn cartoons supporting peaceful demonstrations.
The Chanute area reports two no account checks passed at local supermarkets by a woman giving false South Grant addresses. The checks were counter checks drawn on the First National Bank of Chanute.
Police dig deeper at the boat stall where eight corpses were found in shallow graves. They link the killings to Dean Corll and a youth, Elmer Henley, who says he killed Corll after a party. Investigators uncover torture instruments as autopsies await identification.
President Nixon's energy aide John Love described an eight point mandatory allocation program for petroleum products but said there are no plans to implement it soon. He urged public debate while noting such a program could reduce fuel supplies. A voluntary allocation plan will remain in effect for now.
Temperatures reach a high around 88 to 90 today with lows mid 60s to low 70s tonight. Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Friday with a 40 percent rain chance tonight and 20 percent Friday. southerly winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chanute leads with a 1,136,568 increase making its 1973 county valuation 17,211,482 with real estate 10,835,800 personal property 5,311,110 and corporations 1,064,522. Erie climbs 65,835, St Paul 36,505, Stark 731, Galesburg 1,945. Neosho County total reaches 45,824,501, up 1,563,529 from 1972.
An intercepted letter is seized in a case involving an epileptic individual. Authorities report the document as part of a broader investigation. Details remain limited as prosecutors pursue further evidence and potential charges.
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller expressed mixed emotions about banning handgun ownership for US citizens. He argued a ban would do little to curb plotted crime and suggested eliminating all weapons would be required to meet the commission's aims, in remarks to reporters after the National Crime Commission report release in Washington.
Justice William O. Douglas accuses colleagues of exceeding their authority by overturning his order to halt bombing in Cambodia. Marshall issued a parallel ruling after contacting six other justices, reversing Douglas and reinstating the lower court’s stay briefly.
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