Editorial Commentary Sees Youth Vote as Auspicious Start
The piece argues that Census Bureau figures showing 48.3 percent turnout for 18 through 21 year olds in the presidential election reinforce opponents of lowering the voting age. It notes youth turnout improved versus 1968 and attributes this to pre election mobilization, campaigns, and party organization, while urging continued engagement and opportunities for youth political activity.
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Census Bureau
U.S
Vietnam View Forum Letter Questions Nixon War Policy
A reader replies to Mr David Saunders in the Peoples Forum 1-3-73 arguing the Vietnam war is not Nixon’s personal vendetta and urging withdrawal without cowardice. The letter questions why critics ignore Viet Cong violence against civilians and contrasts Nixon’s alleged aims with those of Fulbright and Mansfield.
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Peoples Forum
Nixon
President Nixon
You
Fulbright
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Book Tells Legislator What He's Been Doing
Kansas legislators prepare for a 90 day session in Topeka with many new faces. The book The Kansas Legislature Procedures Personalities and Problems by Marvin Harder and Carolyn Ramsey offers a detailed, accessible guide to the legislative process and its players.
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Kansas
Topeka
Liearns
Marvin Harder
Carolyn Ramsey
House
University Press of Kansas
Nixon Faces Pressure After Vietnam Peace Draft Leaks
Washington insiders reveal that the Joint Chiefs influenced Nixon to stall peace momentum last October. Kissinger hints at releasing secret talks transcripts while Nixon privately reviews the 58 page draft deal with Thieu and Dong. Officials monitored Xerox copying and restricted access to documents.
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le Duc Tho
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Saigon
Hanoi
Nixon gambled on a broader peace by threatening with massive bombing
The article recounts how President Nixon and advisers pressed for a tough line with Hanoi in late negotiations. Abrams and Gaylor warned war survival depended on military aid to Saigon while Joint Chiefs pushed delays. Nixon ordered a vast airlift and planned massive bombing to force concessions, keeping lines to Hanoi Peking and Moscow open as Kissinger prepared to return to Paris.
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Pham van Dong
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Vietnam
Public TV Control Debated By PBS and CPB Leaders
AP reports the PBS Board and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting clash over who decides most public TV programming. CPB president Henry Loomis cites sloppy practices and calls for role definition, while PBS president Hartford Gunn Jr argues shifts would strip stations of influence. Loomis cannot say final outcome before Jan 10.
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Public Broadcasting Service Board
Corporation
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Congress
Henry Loomis
CPB
Hartford Gunn Jr
U.S
Gunn
Loomis
Bank totals hit all time high in Chanute city history
Twenty Five Years Ago total bank statements for two Chanute banks surpassed 10 500 000 at year end Dec 31 bankers said as prices crops and business growth fueled a postwar expansion. Fifty Years Ago 1923 Byrne Shaw of Galesburg received a toy motor car built by his father a gift from the local motorcycle factory owner.
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Chanute
Byrne Shaw
Galesburg
Stanley Shaw
Shaw
Award honors Walnut carrier for heroism at fatal crash
Joseph A. Smith of Walnut received a Kansas Funeral Directors Association heroism award for pulling two women and a baby from a flaming wreck east of St. Paul on Oct. 22. He could not reach James H. Hayden Jr. and Robyn Golay who died, while others were not seriously injured. Carson-Dick Funeral Home sponsored the award. he also earned a postal service citation.
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ST. Paul
Joseph A. Smith
Walnut
Kansas Funeral Directors Association
Smith
James H. Hayden Jr
Pittsburg
Hayden
Robyn Golay
Robert E. Golay
R.3. Girard
Luanna J. Sparks
Carson - Dick Funeral Home
Postal Department
What You Don't Do Cannot Injure You
New York AP column humorously lists absurd self restraint and social queries. It then shifts to Oswego Labette County registration news with county treasurer Leah Canfield noting 903 more license tags issued in 1973 than 1972, for a total of 19,953 including 13,177 automobiles.
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Oswego
Labette County
Leah Canfield
Evening TV Schedule Highlights From March Lineup
Channel lineups list shows from Partridge Family to Circle of Fear and Night and the City with stars Janet Leigh Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney. Other entries include The Parent Game Green Acres Hollywood Squares and Masterpiece Theater along with sports and game programs across the evening blocks.
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Janet Leigh
Richard Widmark
Gene Tierney
London
Wall Street
Green Acres
Buck Owens
Big Valley
Local Subscription Rates and Carrier Details
Subscription rates listed for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties with tax breaks for long terms and Kansas addresses outside trade territory. Carrier and Chanute post boxholder options included. AP rights noted.
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Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
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Kansas
Chanute
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