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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1973
Page
1
The Tribune offers avenues for complaint handling. Contact Vernon Wible, Box 902, Independence, Kan. 67301, the Denver owners’ area representative, or approach the City Commission which administers franchised service in the city. State your specific grievance clearly.
Very cold with occasional light snow this afternoon and tonight. Winds shift from northerly to easterly 10 to 20 mph. Low tonight zero to 10 above, high Friday teens. Precipitation chance 40 percent tonight, 60 percent Friday. Sunrise 7 38, sunset 5 07. Today at 1 p.m. high 20 low 13. yesterday high 35 low 18. Year ago today high 14 low 0. Highest on this date 66 in 1955. lowest 0 in 1972. Precipitation trace this afternoon. total today 1.75 inches. Relative humidity 61 percent. Barometer 29.26 inches. Area forecast continues very cold with light snow likely tonight and Friday and northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Pittsburg representative Joe Skubitz replies to The Tribune about President Nixon’s renewed bombing of North Vietnam. He expresses surprise at the December 18 decision, notes lack of congressional consultation, and mentions possible bills to cut war funding when Congress convenes in January.
Barbara Kihm reports a severe ice storm disrupted Chanute utilities with grocery aisles lit by flashlights and no electric toasters or cash registers. Linemen worked overnight from Wednesday and crews continued restoring primary lines and individual house service toward full recovery while phone lines and street debris were addressed.
A Kansas legislative committee tentatively approved a school finance plan raising state income tax by 1.5 percent to fund about 65 million dollars in property tax relief. The plan aims to meet court rulings on unequal district funding and would raise over 50 million from residents and 15 million from nonresidents. It proposes 113.57 million in new state money for local schools and distributes revenue to districts to lower mill levies.
In Philadelphia two boys aged 11 and 10 pleaded guilty to beating raping and robbing an 84 year old widow in a housing project last November. They were placed on probation under state law with no prior record. The case also involved two other youths and a trial for a fourth boy was delayed.
A reader recalls overhearing criticism of the city's Christmas decorations. The note argues a shabby manger would be inappropriate for the season and defends the display as fitting.
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller says a month long study of obscenity problems is complete and procedural methods are ready for county attorneys. He pledges active involvement in investigation and prosecution and notes charges prepared against operators of a Topeka establishment as county officials acted Wednesday.
Utilities scramble to restore power and phone service across Kansas City area and Iowa after an ice storm. Don Landes of Kansas City Power & Light says the outage count reaches tens of thousands with 40 000 meters still down. Shelters open as freezing temperatures persist and citizens seek warmth.
Audie Karst 18 filed a municipal court complaint Tuesday against Russell police officer Alex Stepanick alleging illegal parking and stopping without lights. He says the patrol car, with a hand held radar, was in darkness on South Front Street and narrowly forced his car into a ditch. Kansas employment report shows November unemployment at 699100, a new high for nonfarm wage earners.
A four alarm fire tore through the old Hotel Loyal in downtown Omaha. Firefighters faced freezing temperatures and smoke while rescuing guests on the third floor. John Parkins, 55, died after being pulled from a smoke filled room and brought to Lutheran Hospital.
Census data show 5.3 million voters aged 18 to 21 cast ballots, 48.3 percent of eligible youths, far below the 71 percent turnout of the 45 to 64 age group. A separate nationwide commission urged cautious, competitive reforms in consumer credit to lower costs and ease access.
The talks resumed with Hanoi pressing the U S to sign promptly while Saigon denounced the draft as a disguised North Vietnamese victory. Saigon demanded recognition of two sovereign states in Vietnam and Dinh Ba Thi dismissed the claim as absurd. Blitz totals report new American losses and 109 casualties in two weeks, with 116 enemy attacks nationwide in 24 hours.
North Vietnam released a preliminary survey claiming 1,318 killed and 1,261 wounded from U S bombing raids on Hanoi last month. The report says American planes conducted over 1000 sorties Dec 18 to Dec 29 and dropped about 40000 tons of bombs on the capital.
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