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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1972
Page
2
Life magazine, a pioneer of photojournalism for 36 years, succumbs to economic pressures from television competition and soaring postal costs. Look magazine faced the same fate, as both suffered from heavy outgo versus income and a lack of price controls on the press.
A Chanute driver recalls two near misses on the highway between Humboldt and Chanute. A deer dashed across a wet curve denting the Pinto hood and snapping the radio antenna, while a dog darted into the road and caused the driver to brake hard, narrowly avoiding a crash with oncoming traffic. The letter urges safer roadside behavior for children waiting for the bus.
The narrator tests yoga postures from a book to ease a stiff spine. He describes the Bracing Rocking Exercise and the Plough posture, noting initial success, fatigue, and a plan to continue despite overdoing the Plough. The piece blends humor with self reflection on aging and winter strain.
Bob Hope’s first overseas tour in 1942 to Anchorage nearly ended in disaster when a Lodestar went missing in a storm. The showman, with Frances Langford, Jerry Colonna, and Tony Romano, later planned a 29th overseas tour including Vietnam, with a last large Christmas run suspected but not guaranteed.
On this date December 13 in history, 1577 Drake began his voyage around the world from Plymouth. In 1781 a day of prayer marked the end of the Revolutionary War in the United States. Madrid fell in 1808, Port Arthur was occupied in 1897, and in 1916 a deadly Alpine avalanche killed Austro-Hungarian troops.
At 34 Dave Owen moves from the Kansas Senate to lieutenant governor on January 8 and eyes a possible 1974 governor bid. He aims to boost industrial development, push tax stability, expand venture capital, and press school finance reform while coordinating with Terry Scanlan's Economic Development team and facing court rulings on the lieutenant governor’s presiding role.
In the same country shepherds watch over their flock by night as Luke 2 8 is quoted. Readers are reminded to contact their Tribune carrier if an edition is missed or call 431 4100 before 6 p m.
Channel advance schedules show last minute changes or substitutions. Highlights include Harlem Globetrotters special with Teresa Graves, The Good Die Young with Richard Basehart, Connie Stevens and Ken Berry in Every Man Needs One, Medical Center drama, and a list of films and talk shows airing through 11 PM with various stations and times.
A weekday schedule lists daytime and evening programs on KTEW TV Chan 2 through KMBC TV Chan 9. Highlights include The Waltons Oral Roberts The Mod Squad Engelbert Humperdinck Dragnet How to Murder Your Wife Perry Mason Tonight Show and Dick Cavett with political and entertainment segments across stations.
Twenty five years ago the first annual Christmas vespers with songs by over 300 students and the Christmas story narration drew a crowd of several hundred into Memorial auditorium. Thayer City officials will install an electric flasher at Main and US 169 after state approval. Mr and Mrs William Ogden welcomed a son named John William, weighing 7 pounds, born Sunday, with Mrs Ogden staying at her parents home in Iola.
The Chanute Tribune lists subscription rates for in territory and outside trade area, including Kan 3% sales tax and various terms. It notes Chanute post office boxholders rates and carrier delivery costs, with references to the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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