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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1973
Page
2
Editorial cites mysterious assailants terrorizing Saline and Smoky Hill regions. Reports of a roving rapist, a cattle killer, and an owl torturer emerge as Ottawa County mutilations climb toward fifty central Kansas incidents since July. Local fears grow with no arrests.
A bipartisan House panel proposes a new five member commodity futures trading commission with broad authority over grains cotton sugar metals coffee and plywood. It would gain emergency powers for foreign intervention export controls and embargoes and operate independently of brokers or the USDA. Hearings resume next year.
Keith Wright jokes about gifts for the rich and impossible to please turning to a Wall Street Journal piece listing bizarre catalog items. He notes Defense Disposal Service auctions armored personnel carriers, rare animals, left handed moustache cups, beekeeping kits, and odd trinkets. He concludes with a satirical nudge toward balloons and a final quip suggesting penicillin for those who already have everything.
The notice lists by mail and carrier subscription prices for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and Chanute post office boxholders. Rates include tax and postage with yearly six month and three month options and Chanute boxholder terms. It notes Associated Press republication rights and AP membership.
A columnist playful list to Santa precedes a CBS special at 6 p.m. EST Sunday. Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales is dramatized by eight National Theatre members with narration by Sir Michael Redgrave and sign language by Bernard Bragg, praised for its dual performance.
Ray Walsh manager of the Mainstreet theater said a bandit held him up after closing last night. He was ordered to empty his pockets at gunpoint but no loot was taken. Walsh could not identify the assailant. City commissioners and Chamber of Commerce heard architects outline plans for a new city building.
A cryptic prompt invites readers to scan their spaces for a man who does justice and seeks truth referencing Jer 5 1. The line encourages reflection on righteous behavior and truth seeking.
Unpublished Drew Pearson diaries edited by Tyler Abell reveal early concerns about Nixon campaigns funded by oil interests and other geopolitics. Entries span 1952 to 1957 noting alleged conspiracy to elevate Nixon, large Riggs Bank loans, Truman remarks, Faisal tensions, and FBI scrutiny with harsh Civil Liberties critique.
The listings show December 15 prime time across networks with programs from Hollywood Squares to The Waltons and The Tonight Show. Notable titles include The Good Die Young, The Last Escape, Kung Fu, NBC Follies, and Miracle on 34th Street among many film and variety offerings.
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