This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1977
Page
2
A House health subcommittee report exposes widespread overpricing and misrepresentation in eyeglasses dentures and hearing aids for seniors. It cites price variation from 200 to 300 percent and hearing aid markups, urging FTC and Justice Dept probes plus Medicare expansion to ease burdens.
The Procrastinators Club of America issued New Year predictions noting a peanut farmer as President and a King Kong comeback. The president says their late predictions are accurate and the executive committee will meet soon to close 1976. The group claims about 500,000 members, though many have not joined yet.
A reflective essay recalls New Year snow in 1977 and the blogger’s worn footwear. The writer jokes about forecasting storms, misplacing raincoats, and surviving winter chores, noting slip-ons and a missing raincoat proved unreliable but the snow still arrived.
Washington reports reveal two laudatory books on Rep. F Edward Hebert of Louisiana compiled with taxpayer payroll support. Three individuals connected to Hebert and the publisher were paid by the public purse during 1969 70 and briefly in 1973 for writing editing and evaluating the works.
A late career wrap in which Congressman Hebert, famed for military budget battles, leaves the House amid trumpet salutes and a $27 158 farewell. The piece notes his reformer start as a Louisiana crusading reporter and includes postscript about PG E power dispute and grain inspection fee delay at Kansas State Grain Inspection Department.
The Kansas grain inspection agency urges delay of the new federal fee set to fund supervision of grain inspections. Sen. Bob Dole and Rep. Keith Sebelius press for relief while Gov. Bennett may help. Kansas farms face higher costs as FGIS rules aim to recover supervision costs, with Hampschroeder citing potential impact on producers.
Kansas Governor stresses fiscal responsibility in the 1977 Legislature with focus on health care energy water education and corrections. He notes rural health access costs and doctor shortages, calls for energy diversification, coordinated water planning, quality education accountability, and modest prison facility updates including a new medium security unit and rehabilitation programs.
A 5 lb 14 oz baby won the annual Baby Derby. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Clounch of Humboldt. Fifty years ago Carl and Clarence Haight of Pioneer Music Co. celebrated New Year with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haight of Burlington.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.