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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1969
Page
2
Prisoners at Lansing State Penitentiary injure themselves by cutting tendons including the Achilles. Officials face mixed feelings as reforms require money. The article suggests alumni groups fail to spur legislators to improve facilities and services, while prisoners drive demand for change.
The passage argues rioting and self mutilation by prisoners signal hope and protest within a system that creates conditions for change. It warns outside observers to consider their role in a justice system that drives inmates to self harm to force reform and questions future attitudes upon release.
A Kansas policy proposal seeks to curb holder in due course abuses in consumer credit. It argues buyers suffer when services aren’t rendered or goods malfunction and banks continue collecting. The measure targets fraud and deceptive practices by removing protections for unscrupulous lenders while preserving honest merchants interests.
CBS plans to swap The Leslie Uggams Show with Glen Campbell's variety hour to lift The Mission: Impossible lead in. Viewers fault the Uggams lead in and the loss of Landau and Bain, with format fatigue and repeated tropes also blamed for slumping ratings.
A reflective column argues Nixon shifted from opposing McCarthy’s peace plan to adopting Democratic planks since his election. It notes the Silent Majority’s continued support despite dissent, compares to Johnson’s opportunism, and suggests a new political style in which rivals’ proposals become policy.
The piece portrays the atmosphere for American troops in Vietnam, noting deep distrust, civilian danger, and brutality. It cites civilian killings, guerrilla tactics, and the psychological toll on GIs, with vivid examples of mines, booby traps, and sniper threats.
Monday night's lineup features Gunsmoke on CBS at 6:30 with a former gunfighter posing as a piano player at the Long Branch, followed by Here's Lucy at 7:30 and an NBC movie The D A Murder One at 8:00 about a nurse suspected in multiple killings.
A TV schedule listing daytime and Tuesday evening programs across channels KTWU TV 12 KODE TV 12 WIBW TV 13 and 7. Includes shows from Today Show to Bonanza plus soaps like As World Turns guiding light and news outlets Cronkite Huntley Brinkley and Merv Griffin.
Twenty five years ago Neosho County commissioners passed a resolution to adopt a county unit road system covering about 1200 miles. The plan shifts supervision to the county engineer and ends township road taxes. A county fund of roughly $100000 will support roads, paid by all residents.
In Washington the House Democrats fractured over President Nixon’s antipoverty measure. Rebels led by Frank Thompson pressed Perkins to block or delay the bill while Speaker McCormack faced calls to force a floor vote amid sharp exchanges and threats of a new “blackjack” tactic.
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