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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1975
Page
2
Chanute marks the start of Christmas season with a Chamber of Commerce led parade. Santa and helpers handed out candy and nuts to children while merchants fund coffee for parents. Civic groups, bands, floats, decorated bikes, and a Saddle Club appearance lit up the town. Parking tickets issued to meter neglecters amid festive events.
A reader urges the paper to show full dollar figures with all zeros to highlight true scales of government spending. The letter argues that writing $1,000,000.00 and $650,000,000,000.00 would reveal magnitudes more clearly and calls for reporting accuracy.
In a Tribune letter responding to Carl Haight, the writer argues that proposing a law to bar pornographic mail would strip adults of their rights to receive material and advertisements. The author also contends such restrictions impinge on gun ownership rights and questions Haight’s authority to limit individual freedoms.
The historic elm near Elm and Kansas has been cut down after years of controversy over its overhanging limbs. Dutch elm disease weakened the giant tree, leaving only a bare ground where the stump stood. The editor notes odd local curiosities about twin turnips and a large hen egg presented by a donor who wished to remain anonymous.
A quirky interview with a two year old hen that laid an enormous egg becomes a humorous, fictional exchange. The hen jokes about concentration and a natural-born gift while the husband claims credit, ending with a playful nod to the Great Blackout anniversary and a dark punchline about births nine months later.
The piece portrays Carl Albert of Oklahoma as a small in stature yet powerful lawmaker whose leadership is eroding. It details his background from a coal miner's son to Speaker, his personal quirks, temptations, and controversial conduct, and notes critics say Congress is out of touch and Albert bears part of the blame.
William Ruckelshaus urged fixed terms of eight or nine years for the FBI director and said the director should report to the President only through the attorney general. He attributed past abuses to Congress and Hoover's era, while noting reforms by Attorney General Levi.
Published notices show subscription prices across regions including Neosho, Chanute, and area towns. The United Press International retains exclusive republication rights for local and UP news dispatches.
Detroit automakers who once fought to keep catalytic converters off new cars now defend them against claims they pose fire hazards. Critics say high operating temperatures could ignite fuel. makers cite six million converter cars and 250 smoke or fire incidents, none fatal.
Twenty five years ago the county hospital board worked overnight on plans for the new Neosho Memorial Hospital. Open house was planned for January 11 to 13 with a dedication January 14 and first patients to be accepted January 15. Fifty years ago Mrs. Rose Dean suffered a serious fall at 215 West Third, breaking both bones of her right leg and dislocating an ankle after catching her heel on a top step.
President Ford and Secretary Kissinger spoke with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin at the White House about the deadlocked strategic arms talks and the potential Moscow visit. Kissinger delayed his Moscow trip by four to five weeks amid a detailed position review, with Angola and Soviet Cuban roles also in play.
Crosby's lawyers prevailed in a temporary ruling over Jack Harris who sued for 2 million dollars claiming Crosby's lawyers wrongly alerted sponsors that Harris imitated Crosby's voice. Harris sought to halt further letters until trial. A Superior Court judge refused to bar lawyers from acting for a client.
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