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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1971
Page
2
Governor Docking moves away from a strict hold the line stance. He asks agency heads to submit budgets aligned with businesslike practices and vows close scrutiny to ensure expenses are prudent and aligned with state needs. The change follows last year's contentious budgeting process.
Opinion argues Kansas agencies employ too many people and use excess office space and cars. A 10 percent personnel reduction and 5 percent office expense cut are urged as a starter to show taxpayers the state is tightening spending.
Chief Justice Warren Burger outlined reform aims including prison reform and a national state court center. Congress boosted budgets and clerks, while proposals for an annual state of the judiciary report faced mixed reception, and circuit administrator hires remain unfilled.
Hollywood AP report details Bobby Sherman building a broader appeal on Getting Together a situation comedy with music designed to bridge generations. Sherman and Wes Stern play songwriters with a young cast including a 12 year old orphan and a motherly landlady as they chase fame between rehearsals and fans. The piece notes his shift from Shindig to Here Come the Brides and his fan generosity and autograph patience. In Wichita AP dispatch another item covers The First Greystone Associates buying 22 percent of Farm & Ranch Financial Inc acquiring about 203000 shares from stockholders with the partners listed.
This piece extols air travel as modern magic carpet freedom while noting freeway congestion and dependence on others for rides. It contrasts jet era mobility with lingering public transport frictions and praises those who shoulder travel tasks for others.
Local listings show prime time featuring Men from Shiloh, Room 222, Boboquivari and Medical Center. Late night slots include Hawaii Five-O, NFL Action, and films like Target Unknown and The Lady Eve.
Thanks to two of them a long time desire to visit Marineland of the Pacific is realized. The log lists Channel 16 KUHI and other stations with a hot summer schedule and a Dana approach to a restless viewing day.
American student Bill Hutchison describes Indian attitudes amid the Bangladesh crisis. Indians chafe at U.S. policy, noting continued Western arms flows and lack of official U.S. condemnation of West Pakistani atrocities. Rising Bengali demands, military crackdown, and fear of influxes strain India- U.S. ties. Hutchison cites Bengal's 75 million population and stark income gaps as context.
Washington column links Assistant Attorney General Will Wilson to a $100 million Sharpstown investment empire. The piece details Wilson's 1964 to 1969 loans and wealth rise through Frank Sharp, his former client, and notes SEC charges and political connections while asserting Wilson recused himself from the Sharp case.
Barney Tucker a 41 year old Wichita man is charged with murder and aggravated assault after a Sunday shooting in an apartment left one man dead and three injured J M Coats 47 was found dead in a car outside his home two other victims David Evans 63 Ernest Jones 51 treated and released and Robert Durant 50 in fair condition Tucker held on 50000 bond with a September 1 court date set by Judge Daniel D Dwyer
Charles I. Forgey former police detective held for trial on involuntary manslaughter in the Aug. 4 shooting outside a tavern in Kansas City Kansas. Haire Prairie Village Kan was the victim. Frank Fenton 65 screenwriter and novelist died in Los Angeles.
Tribune reports junior college expects fall enrollment about 300 percent higher than last year based on inquiries and assistant dean Charles Yoos. Veterans may account for a larger share. Chanute pool closed due to fear of polio and weak business. Ash Grove builds 55,000 barrel oil tank at cement plant as part of summer expansion.
On August 25 1944 Allied troops liberated Paris marking a turning point in World War II. The day also notes earlier events including Iroquois attacks in 1689 Montreal New Orleans founding in 1718 Uruguay independence in 1828 and Iran invasion in 1941.
The passage cites Proverbs 24 17 as a caution against joy at an enemy s downfall. It notes the Duke of Kent s death in a 192 aircraft crash en route to Iceland. It recalls the 1950 railroad seizure, Brazil s 1960s reform politics, a 1960s Geneva disarmament pause, and Pope Paul VI s 1968 welcome of James Walsh after 12 years in Communist China.
By mail to Chanute Post Office Boxholders the rates include sales tax and postage. One year 317.51 Six months 9.79 Three months 6.18. By carrier in Chanute 2.00 monthly plus sales tax payable in advance. Associated Press notes indicate these price terms.
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