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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1973
Page
1
A federal grand jury indicted 12 law officers for illegal entry in six homes during bungled drug raids in Southern Illinois. The case spans Collinsville East St. Louis and Edwardsville with civil actions seeking about $2 million in damages.
Rescue teams tunneled through tons of debris to reach two men trapped seven days a quarter mile underground at the Lakeshore Copper mine in Casa Grande Arizona. Hecla Mining spokesman Jerry Turnbow said an earthmover was moving sand and gravel about six feet per hour and officials hoped the men were alive despite extreme heat possibly reaching 125 degrees in the shaft.
Citizens ask why a large pipe blocks the walk south of the public library and why no central electric lights exist at underpass entrances. City Manager Kenneth Sanborn cites parking layout and glare transitions. light chief George Eaton notes limited fixes. Area forecast follows.
Federal authorities dropped charges that Edwin M. Gaudet threatened President Nixon after a key witness failed to identify him. Gaudet’s wife maintained he was at the Morning Star Commune in Taos New Mexico with their three children when the alleged threat was made.
Gaudet surrenders in New Orleans after three meetings with his wife and cousin at a New Mexico hideout. He tells reporters the government is organized crime and backs Angela Davis for president. A warrant cites a remark about harming President Nixon in a New Orleans drug store.
The first young hunter safety clinic at the Kansas Highway Patrol building is full with four two hour sessions from Monday to Thursday at 7 pm and an exam Thursday 8 to 9 pm. Mandatory safety instruction and Kansas certificate of competency apply to those born after July 1 1957 before hunting licenses. Instructors include Litchenburg Rommel Jackson and Jo Ann Litchenburg with a September clinic planned. pre enrollments accepted at the district office of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission 222 W Main.
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission launches a five year Sasnak plan to boost hunting fishing and boating. About 95 new employees join across Kansas including two in Chanute Philip Jeffries district fisheries biologist and Larry Houf district game biologist. The group tours eastern and western Kansas training camps and visits Neosho Waterfowl Management Area with managers Dean Smith and enforcement supervisor Tommy Crispino describing water and crop challenges and wildlife law issues.
Kustom Sells New York Kustom Electronics an nounced it has been awarded a $477,000 contract by the New York City Police Department for its law enforcement digital communications system. The purchase includes $127,000 for software and installation and $350,000 in leased hardware with an option to purchase. The system will add 20 mobile terminals 20 stationary display terminals and 22 printers and will enable inquiries into state and national crime information networks. Potential expansion exists if the pilot succeeds and Kustom competes with IBM and others.
A brief intercepted note addresses Dear Cha asking why there is no reply. The writer says they are fine and mentions practice for a newsprint shortage, signing off as Yours.
A spokesman for the American Newspaper Publishers Association says Canadian mill and rail strikes have sharply reduced newsprint supply, risking shutdowns for some papers unless others rescue them. Stockpiles rose from 25 to 27 days from June to July, but late shipments still force smaller or canceled editions.
Chanute built and ran its own utilities for a century. Begins with a municipal water works bonds in 1893 and a 1903 electric plant on Katy street. Gas revenue funded the electric plant while later tax funding returned as costs rose. Upgrading programs funded by utility-backed bonds aim to restore preeminence.
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