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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1973
Page
1
Washington AP reports the House voted to require President Nixon to restart the Rural Environmental Assistance Program which he halted last Christmas amid partisan budget battles. The move signals possible veto pressure but keeps pressure on the administration to restore REAP quickly.
Kansas House Reapportionment Committee considered five paths after a federal ruling deeming the 1972 apportionment unconstitutional. Options include appeal, doing nothing, or reworking districts in 1974 or during the session with possible seat reductions to 120 or fewer. The debate touched on budget and veto risk, with party lines shaping stances on reapportionment and federal funding.
The forecast calls for fair and cold tonight with lows from 5 to 15. Light variable winds. Friday should be sunny and a little warmer with highs in the low to mid 30s and zero per cent precipitation chances.
Slaughter Brothers Inc of Dallas acquires Whyte Wood Products of Chanute forming a new division. Whyte remains president and will diversify product lines and expand facilities. Whyte, a former professor with degrees from Kansas University, and his family reside in Chanute. Slaughter is a major wholesale lumber distributor reporting over $21 million in 1972 sales.
The Neighborhood Youth Corps program in Kansas City will be discontinued. Chester Stovall of the Human Resources Corporation said the Labor Department is ending the summer job program with 4,000 slots at $1.60 an hour, leaving 4,000 youths facing a bleak summer. The remarks were made at a Model Cities task force meeting on unfreezing federal programs.
Gov. Robert Docking reported a significant expansion in Kansas economy for 1972 with strong employment and income gains and lower unemployment. He forecast 1973 should be generally optimistic as the aircraft industry recovers and several new firms begin operations, with relatively strong farm income.
A Navy A7 Corsair crashed into a four story Alameda apartment house causing a massive blaze that spread to two nearby buildings. Four dead and at least 17 injured with many missing as rescue teams search the charred debris for victims.
In Topeka the Kansas Senate pressed bingo back into the spotlight as an emergency motion to revive the issue failed 26 to 13, one vote short of approval. Senator Francisco who has pneumonia missed the vote and was expected to be present from the hospital the next day.
Neosho County Commission discussed a RC&D flood control dam on the Neosho River four miles west of Erie. A feasibility survey suggested benefits may equal costs, with federal funding likely covering construction. The commission will express continued interest and seek landowner permission for RC&D survey work. A bid of 6096 dollars from Ewen Motor Co. for a truck was accepted after bid-spec checks.
Terrill Jones 18 year old NCCJC student was arrested after a locker search authorized by City Court Judge Richard Ashley found marijuana. Dean Joe Smith reported the complaint. Jones posted a $200 bond and faces arraignment the following Monday as County Attorney Raymond Radford filed charges.
Richard N. McClain, 21, observed three failed rescues of a cat stuck in a tree and finally retrieved it. He climbed the tree, shook the cat loose, and said the animal could have frozen overnight. In South Dakota, 25 people face arraignment after a protest riot tied to the death of an Indian man and AIM supporters.
The Senate voted 77 to 0 to form a special committee to investigate the Watergate bugging incident and other GOP political espionage against Democrats in 1972, after Republicans failed to expand the scope to include Democratic misdeeds in 1964 and 1968 campaigns.
Five more people were killed in Belfast as gun battles, bombing, rioting, and arson raged across the city. Victims included a firefighter shot by a sniper, a youth killed by an assassination squad, and three Protestant guerrillas in a clash with the British army amid a long sectarian conflict. The confirmed toll rose to 717 in 3144 years of warfare. Fire engines crowded the streets as rioting continued and the army faced fire from both sides.
The dollar attack persisted in foreign exchanges as threats of a trade war grew. William Eberle, Nixon’s trade negotiator, warned Japanese ministers in Tokyo that the United States seeks strong curbs on imported goods pouring into the country.
In Saigon the four parties to the Vietnam cease fire held talks to plan the weekend release of the first group of American prisoners. Pentagon sources said the Viet Cong will transfer 27 prisoners Sunday near An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon.
Striking Penn Central trainmen halted service nationwide in a bid to block cutbacks to train crews. The disruption affects thousands of daily passengers as Senate and House consider emergency actions and a possible pause in the strike for congressional review.
Authorities investigate a shooting spree by 29 year old Lawrence Root that left four dead including the gunman and another person wounded critically. Autopsy results were pending with details to come later in the week.
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