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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1970
Page
2
A column urges readers to pause and reflect in the new year. It highlights lessons from a four year old to avoid temper, and calls for greater local political engagement, fundraising, and volunteer work to influence state issues and highway decisions. Apathy toward campaigns, the piece argues, weakens regional influence and access to political patronage.
Probate Judge Alice Anderson reports only 126 marriage licenses issued in 1944, 57 fewer than the peak year 1942, in Neosho County. The Community Council seeks 4500 for a teen age canteen and youth recreation program and has received 800 in advance gifts from the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club.
The Garden City Telegram argues mobile homes should be taxed like real estate as they burden schools without raising property valuations. It cites Texas as an example where mobile homes pay far less and calls for an equitable, broader tax base to share the load.
Editorial urges President Nixon to reduce federal spending to fight inflation. It highlights defense overruns such as the C5A program and subs rescue vehicles, arguing there is no central cost data and urging strong action to curb military waste.
Washington scene around the upcoming inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne's drowning raises questions of possible willful neglect by Senator Kennedy and others at the scene. Key witnesses include diver John Farrar and confidants as investigators weigh criminal negligence versus civil Good Samaritan principles.
Lawrence W Althouse explores the question of identity and calling through biblical and literary images. He links Jesus baptism to a life calling, notes adolescence as a stage of self discovery, and urges readers to notice signs guiding personal mission in God’s plan.
The Chanute Tribune lists a full television grid for Chanute and adjacent markets with channel numbers and a dense schedule. It includes morning to late evening programs, movie reels, sports, and variety shows across multiple channels, plus local staff and subscription details.
The 1970 Winter Crops School sponsored by Neosho County Agricultural Extension Council and Kansas State University will be held Jan. 7 at the Central Park Community Building starting at 10 a.m. Verlin Peterson William Willis and Leroy Brooks will present. The program focuses on soybeans and grain sorghum with talks on fertilizer recommendations herbicide application plant diseases and insect control. Free lunch at noon. Call 441-3400 by 5:30 p.m. if you cannot attend.
The text presents a Bible verse stating that God’s way is perfect and the word of the Lord is tested. It proclaims God as a shield for all who trust in him, citing Psalm 18 30.
The Nixon administration announced a 1970 livestock feed grain program aiming to trim about 110 million dollars in farm payments. In 1969 costs were around 1.64 billion for corn sorghum grain and barley, with a target to idle 38 million acres. Farmers must remove at least 20 percent of basic acreage to qualify, with optional idle land up to 50 percent for extra payments. Price supports: corn 1.08 per bushel, sorghum 1.61 per cwt, barley 0.83 per bushel.
Tonight NBC presents High Chaparral at 6 30 with suspense at Cannon Ranch as hired hands are attacked by a mysterious assailant. NBC also airs Name of the Game at 7 30 featuring Howard and a dangerous cultural dilemma. CBS offers Hogan's Heroes at 7 13 with Col Klinks anniversary party used to obtain weather data for a bombing near Stalag 13.
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