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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
2
Residents demand relief as a city drainage project leaves a muddy ditch blocking sidewalks and mailboxes. Smoky Hill Inc. supervisor Jim McGee says subsurface moisture and freezing ground created a quagmire and temporary mailbox relocation is underway with permanent fixes after completion.
The commissioner corrects misstatements about airport funding and street repair cost sharing. He notes no current airport budget increase and explains the city pays 10 percent of permanent street improvements. He urges citizens and candidates to attend meetings to learn facts and propose solutions as two commission seats will be vacant in April.
A reader rejects becoming a true believer while defending women s liberation yet bleeds doubts about sharing housework. The piece argues liberation means human equality beyond rigid gender roles, noting that both men and women face limits from stereotypes and that shared chores matter.
Washington reports internal Army documents detailing a surge in drug abuse among U S troops in Europe. By February heroin use and hepatitis outbreaks rose at Coleman Barracks Mannheim Wiesbaden Mainz Dexheim with inoculations amid a crackdown on drug smuggling linked to President Nixon.
The report notes increasing heroin and other drug presence across regions from Saigon to Europe, with lab tests revealing cocaine, STP, and opiates in samples. It cites Pentagon acknowledgment of a jump from one to five percent usage in Europe and warns of evolving military drug-control efforts amid ongoing experimentation and injection practices.
AP TV critic notes Edwin Newman's tour of the Rothschilds on First Tuesday portrays a lavish lifestyle and sharp critique of industrial pollution. The piece also reviews CBS special A War of Children about Belfast families torn by sectarian violence, praising mood but criticizing pacing.
A brief biblical verse states that a virgin will bear a son and he shall be called Jesus for he will save his people from their sins as foretold in Matthew 1 21.
Twenty five years ago the Hiattville O'Bryan ranch placed third at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago with ten Hampshire barrows weighing 200 to 230 pounds each. South Steuben from Main to Seventh will be resurfaced with asphaltic concrete. city commissioners consider the petition this afternoon and grant the improvement request.
Mar Maton Valley Unified School District 256 held a special meeting with architect James Blessing to address urgent facility issues. Focus was on the Moran bus barn the high school library and the dressings rooms with Blessing authorized to draft improvements.
The page lists a dense TV guide with multiple network slots and programs including Bonanza The Couple Takes a Wife The Mark Hawaii and Marcus Welby among others It notes substitutions and last minute changes and spans from early evening to late night with specials like The Brotherhood of the Bell and Tonight Show coverage.
The list shows daytime and evening time slots for KTEW Channel 2 through KMBC Channel 9 and others. Programs include The Partridge Family Hollywood Squares Dragnet Emergency The Price Is Right Truth-Consequences Paul Lynde Playhouse New York and more with late night shows such as Tonight Show and Sahara plus news and weather.
Highlights include Utah ratifying the 21st Amendment ending Prohibition in 1933 and the 1492 Columbus voyage to Santo Domingo. Notable birthdays and events span 1782 Van Buren birth, 1832 Jackson victory, 1848 Polk gold discovery, and 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.
The page lists subscription rates for mail in and outside trade territories, area towns with carrier delivery, Chanute post office boxholders, and Chanute carriers. It notes tax details, monthly and quarterly options, plus notices of AP use and press membership.
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