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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1975
Page
2
Tribune editorial notes Betty Ford's frankness in public interviews has drawn mixed reactions. A national magazine article features her views on national issues and family life, including intimate topics. Readers weigh openness against concerns about White House privacy and bedroom matters.
Wisconsin senator William Proxmire targets a $57,000 FAA anthropometric study measuring airline stewardesses. FAA counters the data aid seat design and safety gear. findings include mean weight of 116.42 pounds and a shoulder-to-toe height of 4 feet 3 inches.
A visitor tours Wichita Towne East a two level shopping center built at about 50 million dollars press coverage notes grand opening with Ed McMahon and Bobby Riggs. The observer doubts the rents yet recognizes the potential traffic and volume while predicting pricey leases and upscale surroundings.
A reader visits Towne East and notes competition between two Wichita bookstores, plus local takes on shopping centers and consumer habits. The piece observes frequent shoe displays, store variety, and shopper wariness toward urban sales staff while imagining buying a locomotive.
A confidential House study warns Ford oil price decontrol will slow recovery and cost the U.S. about $16 billion annually. It foresees higher consumer prices, lower GNP, a 10 percent drop in auto sales, 100 000 to 150 000 fewer housing starts, and 400 000 to 800 000 more unemployed by late 1976. The report notes uncertainty over tariffs and possible government oil buying.
The CPI rose 1.2 percent in July, sparking questions about the strength of the postwar recovery. Officials cite temporary factors like gasoline shocks and grain sales to Russia, while predicting a stabilization in coming months.
By Mail in Area Towns Having Carrier Delivery With tax 1-Year 19.57, 6 Months 10.30, 3 Months 6.18. By Mail to Chanute Post Office Boxholders including sales tax and postage One year 27.81, Six months 13.90, Three months 6.95. By Carrier in Chanute 2.25 monthly plus sales tax payable in advance.
A United Press International notice states that UP exclusively holds the right to republication of all local news printed in the newspaper and all UP dispatches. The message confirms UP’s authority over editorial content for reprinting.
Secretary Brannan announced price supports for the 1951 wheat crop at 90 percent of parity with a minimum of 1.99 dollars per bushel, same as 1950. John Sherman Jr. will serve as acting police judge during Judge McCall's two week vacation. Work to spread gravel on the Capital highway midsection began at the Neosho County line with plans to finish before winter.
A Bible verse from Ezra proclaims the people raised a loud shout so powerful its noise could be heard far away. The text highlights communal celebration and spiritual zeal.
Kansas State University economists warn that if longshoremen refuse to load U S wheat bound for Russia, Americans could face higher oil import prices. They explain the trade off between cheaper food and costlier imports and vice versa with the final choice resting with consumers.
Brickman notes U S wheat sales earn foreign currency and lower imported prices while keeping the dollar strong. Flinchbaugh and Langemeier discuss how export profits reduce inflation pressure, cover production costs, and spur farm spending on Main Street as Kansas' yearly wheat crop totals about 345 million bushels.
A NASA Ames study envisions a 100 billion dollar wheel shaped habitat in the moon’s orbit for 10 000 people including shops schools and farms. It would rotate to simulate Earth gravity and beam solar energy to Earth as microwaves.
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