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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1973
Page
1
The last U S bomb will fall on Cambodia by midnight EDT ending the longest air war. The campaign dropped some 7.4 million tons of explosives. Insurgents control about 80 percent of Cambodian territory while Cambodian forces face a depleted army.
The Associated Press reports higher prices in early August as Phase 4 begins. AP tracks 15 items across 13 cities since March, with fresh rises layered on prior increases. From July 31 to August 13, 22 percent of 180 items rose, 8 percent fell, 57 percent held steady, and 13 percent were unavailable.
Harris County District Attorney Carol Vance presents the mass murder case to a grand jury in Houston. Key witness is a rescued boy. four more bodies found on Gulf Coast beaches bring the total to 27 victims. Suspects Elmer Wayne Henley and David O Brooks face murder charges amid a torturer murder ring probe.
The Chanute City Commission, after an engineer blurted out a $212 657.50 project estimate, moved into executive session to discuss the matter with him. A special meeting was set to act on a resolution as residents protested paving 9th Street from Plummer to Gretchen amid drainage concerns and petitions for a concrete street.
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller directs police chiefs and sheriffs to report all juvenile abductions in the past year. The data will be analyzed to identify patterns needing special investigation by his office or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation as a preventive measure.
An intercepted missive to Cha questions Miller's preventative measure, arguing it would merely prevent surprise by digging up a skeleton. The remark frames a broader dispute over policy effectiveness and historical caution.
Special prosecutor Archibald Cox asks for eight tape recordings and one phone call from 1972 to 1973 to show possible presidential awareness of Watergate cover up. He filed a 68 page summary urging Nixon surrender the tapes and fights Sirica ruling deadline.
The Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission announces a Young Hunter Safety Clinic August 27 to 30 at the Kansas Highway Patrol building. Johnny Litchenburg, state certified instructor, will lead with four assistants in a four night eight hour curriculum covering ethics, property relations, conservation, survival, and firearms safety. A written exam grants a safety certificate. Enrollment is limited to 40 with free course participation. Additional sessions are planned for September and October ahead of the autumn hunting season.
Police come under fire over free meals on duty as the state crime commission probes tickets. An officer allegedly ate a gratis hamburger then carried it outside to his horse amid an ongoing investigation led by Executive Director Lawrence T Hoyle. In Topeka, highway officials at a hearing say federal delays slow road projects, with Andrew J Gray urging accelerated construction.
Topeka legislators consider replacing newspaper publication with broadcast media for official legal notices. The change would shift statutory notice requirements away from traditional presses.
In a secluded office filled with mementos of his 25 years in public life President Nixon finalizes plans for a potentially pivotal address on Watergate. The speech, aimed at national television, is expected this week possibly Wednesday or Thursday.
Washington AP report says an aide to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew suggested federal prosecutors may receive Agnew records sought in Maryland corruption probes. J Marsh Thomson, Agnew's press secretary, said it would not be surprising if lawyers proceed that way. Agnew announced a federal grand jury is examining possible tax, bribery, extortion and conspiracy violations and called charges against him damned lies.
Ford Motor Co. was seen joining Chrysler, American Motors and others in raising prices on 1974 models under the Nixon administration's Phase 4 anti inflation program as the 60 day price freeze ended. Chrysler and American Motors already announced price increases.
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