Hoxie resigns Chanute chamber post
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Tom Hoxie announces resignation set for December 31, 1975 to return to Pryor Oklahoma. Board forms search committee and names new members while nominees for board positions are submitted for mail ballot votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hoxie
Chanute Area
R. C. Lee
Hoxie
Royce Wells
Gail Malson
Dick Cornell
Bill Boone
Sharon Stout
Coming Kingdom Bookstore
Bud
House approves energy bill to force prices down
The House approved a 40 month energy program by a 236 to 160 vote. The measure aims to roll back prices initially with a path to gradual rises tied to inflation. It sets an oil price floor and allows adjustments for exploration costs while adding fuel economy rules and a national oil reserve.
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Washington
UPI
House
House-Senate Conference Committee
Senate
Ford
Tax compromise bill stalls as Senate backs six month tax cut
Congress failed to reach agreement with President Ford on a spending ceiling. The Senate approved extending this year’s tax cuts into mid 1976 while debate continues over withholding rates and a veto override. Southwestern Bell customers face savings from reduced federal excise tax and lawmakers foresee a possible House veto override vote.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Southwestern Bell
Chanute
Sharon Stout
Stout
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Liberals Press Angola Arms Cut Amid Vietnam Echoes
Senate liberals led by Frank Church and Mike Mansfield seek to block further U.S. arms to Angola after reports of 25 million already sent and another 25 million planned. They push amendments to the defense bill and aim to bar U.S. funds from aiding Angola except for intelligence gathering, denouncing covert military involvement. They warn of entanglement with South Africa and warn against repeating Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Angola
Senate
Frank Church
Idaho
Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
Congress
U.S
John V. Tunney
Calif
Dick Clark
D-Iowa
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Church
Mansfield
South Africa
Vietnamese Refugee Family Finds Welcome in Chanute
A third Vietnamese refugee family settles in Chanute after fleeing Viet Cong rule in Vietnam. Ba Van Nguyen bought a ship in Vietnam for about 22000 dollars before loss of belongings, now employed at Chanute Manufacturing Company. Sponsors at St Patrick's aid settlement. Ba Van has seven refugee brothers already in the U.S.
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Vietnam
United States
Hong Thi Nguyen
Hue Thi Nguyen
Cuong van Nguyen
Hoang van Nguyen
To Thi Pham
Ba van Nguyen
Dao Thi Nguyen
Binh van Nguyen
Chanute
Vung Tau
Tang Nguyen
Hitler
Dao Thi
Ba van
Chanute Manufacturing Company
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Area Forecast Highlights This Week
Mostly sunny today with highs in the lower to mid 40s. Tonight and Wednesday turn cloudy and much colder with low teens tonight and highs in the mid 20s on Wednesday. Winds shift to northeasterly 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Intercepted letter to Cha questions tax fate
An intercepted letter from Nute to Cha ponders why taxes never seem to fall, invoking the old saying what goes up must come down. The quirky note uses humor to comment on fiscal pressures and public finance.
Bush Defends CIA Nomination Before Senate
George Bush told the Senate Armed Services Committee that politics is a noble calling and should not block his CIA director bid. He said he would not seek the vice presidency but would consider stepping aside for Ford if asked, while Sen. Barry Goldwater urged caution about selecting a running mate.
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Washington
Sen
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Bush
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Peking
U.S
People’s Republic of China
United States
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
White House
Ronald Reagan
Gary Hart
Dcoo
Congress
Kissinger to deliver confrontational energy policy speech
Paris reports Secretary of State Kissinger prepared a tough 30 minute opening speech for a three day world conference on energy and raw materials. The plan stresses the impact of high oil prices on Western development and advocates shifting resources to poorer nations.
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Paris
UPS
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Kissinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chanute Chamber
Nancy Huffman
Tolle Manufacturing Co
Ken Caldwell
Western Petrochemical
David F. Swiler
Neosho Paper Products
Quentin Nelson
Westerman Electronics
H. T. Carter
Sportsman’s Bowl
Carl Hurlbert
Mike Harris
Bill Reinhardt
Larry Miller
Wayne Huffman
Jim Shirley
Bob Wilson
Dick Sigler
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Federal Energy Administration
Iran
Monarch Cement Company
Humboldt
Fuller Company
Catasauqua
Mehdi Motemedi
Farhad Azima
Traman Visitors
Kansas City
Fuller
NCCJC
Shapur Azgami
Tehran
Azima
Troy Hunziker
W. Main
Martin Johnson Airport
Mexico
Canada
Tunney
Africa
South Vietnam
Singapore
Philippines
Cha
CIA
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