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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1973
Page
4
The Chanute Tribune notes Oklahoma legalizes bingo for charitable and other groups after state law changes and a failed statewide referendum. Licensing proceeds amid challenges. Kansas must wait for a voter approval due to constitutional bans. The battle over ballot access looms as the next legislature session begins.
Columnist Keith Wright describes a flood of unsolicited mail to the editor from PR firms medical figures politicians and a Farah workers pamphlet. He notes varied aims from influence to marketing with a Coos Bay Oregon letter on UFOs and church tax exemptions, ending that self deception is the greatest.
Fredonia Unified School District plans a special election on September 6 to approve a two mill tax levy for five years. District patrons petitioned for the vote. Funds would be used for a capital outlay fund, earmarked for a new high school building.
Henry W. Schirmer, executive architect for Kansas Capitol Plaza, resigns and criticizes political meddling by individuals and government branches. He targets the $9 million state supreme court building and cites a 1973 legislature granted prerogative shifting the site as affecting $500,000 of planning. Post, the penitentiary chaplain, protests his involuntary resignation.
Mr. Post sought relief from the state Civil Service Board after conflicts with then-warden R. J. Gaffney. He says he bypassed Gaffney to Penitentiary Director Robert Woodson who suggested a six month leave, counting accrued time. Gaffney allegedly included 22 days in the six months, prompting Post’s presumed resignation when not returning. The report hints Gaffney aimed to remove Post by back door means.
Washington lawmakers reveal that giants like Cargill used export subsidies to profit from the Russian wheat deal. A Jackson Subcommittee memo says subsidies cost American taxpayers 333 million dollars as paper transfers let affiliates reap large gains. Cargill acknowledged affiliate transactions while defending the system as necessary for global competition.
A dated TV schedule lists 7:00 The Ceremony with Laurence Harvey and Sarah Miles, 7:30 Moby Dick with Gregory Peck, 9:12 The Couple Takes a Wife with Bill Bixby and Paula Prentiss, 8:30 Sandcastles starring Herschel Bernardi, Bonnie Bedelia and Jan-Michael Vincent, plus a lineup including Hollywood Squares, Maude, Maverick, Jeannie and more.
Television listings show various channels with program lineups for Wednesday August 22, including shows like Partridge Family Hollywood Squares Sonny and Cher and the Tonight Show while late night slots feature news weather and talk segments. The page notes possible substitutions due to advance schedules from channels KTEW WDAF KCMO KUHI KOAN KBMA KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW and others.
CBS faced protests as Maude repeats depicted an abortion. Affiliates balked last Tuesday. 39 CBS stations refused to air. Pro abortion groups urged a boycott of seven sponsors led by Mennen and PepsiCo while others cited pressure from antiabortion activists.
Nearly 300 people have applied for jobs at the Cha nute branch of Burlington Manufacturing Co as it prepares to start operations this winter.
Parsons Unified School District faces a Title I funding reduction to 69,969 for 1973-74 from 97,345 in 1972-73, with Title II money mainly supporting first three grades reading. Separately, plans for a 2 way split intersection at Third and Plummer advance near Cha nute’s east west artery as an electric feeder drives the project. Margaret Flottman heads to Fredonia for a Wilson county teaching post this year. A Bible verse urges restraint in judging others. A company spokesman denies significance to withdrawal of a Maude advertising block while a General Mills official cites protest as only a factor. Alberto-Culver notes sponsorship of November episodes and explains a new policy limiting ads on controversial topics in entertainment.
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