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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1973
Page
2
The Tribune Editorial urges free market gasoline pricing over tax hikes or rationing. It argues higher pump prices would spur supply and better protect consumers, suggesting targeted coupons for the least affluent and noting past meat price controls as a warning.
John Marshall of the Salina Journal cites a Topeka Center for Regional Progress report showing north central and southeast Kansas losing residents as older Kansans outnumber youth. The piece notes rising elderly care needs, shrinking families, farm consolidation, college migration, limited rural jobs, and physician shortages, predicting continued rural decline.
Midtown musings about missing a Washington trip to join the Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the National Legislative Conference. The columnist notes being a citizen legislator, a stockbroker by trade, and references briefings with federal officials and upcoming meetings in Washington.
The Knight Club at Canterbury Inn Motel faces a Dec 15 hearing by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division in Topeka for possible license revocation over allegations it lacks the tax exempt status required for Class A private clubs under state law.
The newspaper lists subscription prices by mail and carrier for trade territory counties Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson and outside trade territory Kansas addresses with various terms. Chanute post office boxholders receive special rates and Chanute carrier service is priced monthly plus tax. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Washington column presents reader questions about Nixon emergency powers, Sinatra campaign funds, Camp David costs, and Watergate era issues. Includes anecdotes about Camp David pool upgrades, security, and a jail stay, with brief clarifications from officials.
Three men were sentenced in District Court for the November 11 robbery of an Iowa motorist. Harry Shadden Jr., 18, was given five years. Tynee Joles, 20, and Floyd Shadden Jr. received two-year terms. The Shaddens are cousins and all were sent to the Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center in Topeka before starting their terms.
TV schedule details for Chanute and linked stations list daytime and late night shows across channels KCMO KMBC WDAF KOAM KUHI KMBC KTWU WIBW KODE, with programs including Buck Owens Truth or Consequences Sanford and Son Twilight and late night movies and news.
AP reports station KTVW TV in Tacoma halted midnight broadcasts during the area's energy crunch to cut transmitter and receiver power use. The move is unlikely to be repeated nationwide though it spurred FCC study on broadcaster and receiver energy consumption with no current proposals to curb broadcasting hours.
The FCC says no proposal to cut broadcast hours exists though energy saving ideas circulate. Nielsen data show average U.S. households watch over six hours daily with TV power use varying by color and technology from 300 watts for old sets to 55 watts for solid state black and white models.
Chanute city commissioners approved a 1946 petition driven water line extension plan after a meeting with property owners. The session heard views for and against the project with only one signer changing stance. 50 years ago Christmas clubs grew in Chanute as 1923 checks nearing $50,000 were mailed by local banks.
Woodson County Court schedules a preliminary hearing for Jack E. Watkins Jr also known as Claude FE Watkins on indecent liberties with a minor. Watkins remains in Allen County jail in Iola on a $10,000 bond.
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