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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1973
Page
2
The Tribune decries Kansas high schools adding winter sports while dangerous weather persists. It notes lack of KSHSAA travel policy and accuses administrators of risking students by proceeding with games. Five blizzard deaths cited as evidence that postponements were warranted. Ed. Note by Kent Pulliam.
The piece playful lyons about Australia contrasts myths and travel fantasies with blunt satire. It cites Indochinese conflicts, American rifles, and machines, jokes about kangaroos and pandas, and pokes fun at Canberra and trivia culture. It ends with a wish to visit a travel agent.
The column details U.S. government cost overruns and malfunctions in early satellite and Autodin communications systems. It cites silencing clocks, malfunctioning transponders, and climate issues in Vietnam, noting NATO use and cannibalization of units after withdrawal, with cost overruns and secrecy hampering effective service.
Twenty five years ago Eric Tommy Fannon a Fort Scott county jail inmate received flash burns on his hands and slight singeing of hair after accumulated gas exploded as he attempted to light the jail furnace. The furnace had been shut down since 9 am following a bulldozer cutting a gas line north of Erie. In another 1925 item a local couple Mrs W S Leighty reports meeting the daughters of Octave Chanute while crossing to London.
TV guide lists Friday night programs by channel and time with a mix of dramas comedies specials sports and news. Notable items include Christmas programs on multiple networks and classic reruns such as Perry Mason Adam's Rib Love American Style Tonight Show and Masterpiece Theater along with holiday specials and public access features.
Hutchinson residents will pay $17 to duplicate a Big Brothers Food Basket in 1973 up from $13 in 1972. Clair Hyter, basket committee chair, says each basket includes poultry, canned goods, produce, dairy, baking staples, and other essentials with two to four loaves of bread and up to three chickens depending on family size.
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