Naval tanker leasing drawdown prompts fiscal curb call
Chanute Tribune notes military spending patterns with nine fuel tanker ships leased by the Navy without Congress approval. GAO reports the Navy could have bought the ships for under half the lease cost totaling 314.1 million dollars over 23 years plus a 1.2 million tax loss. GAO urges congressional authorization for any leasing over 500,000 dollars annually to curb excess.
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Wheat at five dollars a bushel rattles farmers and bakers
Farmers push for more wheat to meet rising costs while government lifts planting limits. Millers warn bread could rise to a dollar and a shortage looms. Kansas Farm Bureau President John J. Armstrong notes bread contains less than a pound of wheat and calls for expanding foreign markets to stabilize prices. Armstrong warns a domestic glut could depress futures prices despite a strong export role.
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Thoughts on Popcorn Run from First to Third Thoughts
A reflective piece tracks popcorn from cozy memories to machines in theaters and clubs. The narrator quips on popcorn’s appeal, cites historical notes from The Popcorn Institute, and contrasts modern can or bottle choices with old fashioned popping methods.
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Postal contracts favored friend of Postmaster General
The Washington Post reports Postmaster General Ted Klassen awarded over $600,000 in Postal Service contracts to his longtime ally Charles Burnaford without bidding. The deals, starting September 1970, covered an internal communications program and campaigns such as Postal Week and Serving America. Burnaford’s firm received at least 11 contracts totaling more than $300,000 beyond the first $343,000.
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Jackson to Speak at Docking Dinner in Wichita
Sen. Henry M. Jackson will headline the Kansas Democratic and raising dinner honoring Gov. Robert Docking on Oct. 6 at the Century II exhibition center in Wichita. Norbert Dreiling will preside. Tickets cost 100 per person 125 per couple and 500 for a six seat table. A birthday special train will shuttle participants to the event.
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Aviation Weather Aims for National Public TV Flight Safety
The FAA backs expanding the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting program Aviation Weather for private pilots. Vic Turner created the show in 1972 to provide accessible forecasts and pilot education, with FAA meteorologists, maps, and a 12 to 48 hour outlook. The program airs on about 20 stations in seven East Coast states and may expand to the South and national reach.
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Evening TV Schedule Highlights and Guest Stars
Prime time listings show Gunsmoke at 7 00 with Festus confronting an escaped convict. The Bliss of Mrs Blossom and Shirley MacLaine air later, followed by Medical Center starring Ruth Buzzi. Other features include Wild Kingdom Here's Lucy and The Rockies with assorted specials and a late movie lineup.
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Television Log Listings for One Week
The Tribune presents a daily daytime and evening schedule across channels KTEW through KMBC with 5:50 to 2:15 time slots. Programs include Art Linkletter Sunrise Semester Captain Kangaroo Sesame Street The Jokers Wild The Brady Bunch The Young and the Restless General Hospital The Price Is Right Hollywood Squares and other classic 1960s- era shows.
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Neosho County Draft Registration Underway
Twenty five years ago plans to register all young men in Neosho county under the new draft law moved ahead at Neosho and Erie. Mrs. Cleo Golden, clerk of the county selective service board, said today. Police raided Saturday night finding forty seven packages in Brown pharmacy, six twenty six in the Owl No 2, twenty four in Owl No 1 and nine hundred ninety nine in the Palace of Sweets. Fifty years ago 1923 one thousand six hundred ninety six packages of cigarettes were noted.
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Depositor Recovery suit cut down in court
A suit to recover depositor money from the Coffeyville Loan and Investment Co. was reduced in court. Attorney Charles C. Shafer Jr. of Kansas City represents Donald Elbel. A separate suit to recover 1.2 million dollars from D. A. Wilbern of Coffeyville remains pending.
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Department Store Changes Hands in Yates Center
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Perkins sell their Wood Perkins department store to Hale McGinty of Neosho and Don Coffman of Springfield. Coffman will manage the store, renamed McGinty Coffman. McGinty operates a Neosho department store and is linked to an Iola store. Coffman previously worked for a Springfield finance company.
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