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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1972
Page
2
A Kansas legislator proposes reducing 105 counties to 30 to improve administration and revenue bases. Representative Jerry Harper argues consolidation but critics say naming new counties and seats doomed the plan, urging focus on consolidating taxing areas and essential services instead.
In a candid bar exchange Old Timer and Sonny discuss income taxes and wealthy nonpayers. The dialogue touches tax time, privacy, and perceived bias with a nod to public exposure and the burden on the less affluent. The piece blends humor with social commentary from a 1970s perspective.
The piece argues Vietnam will stay a political issue into 1972, despite Nixon's promises and claims of de escalation. It notes POW and MIA concerns persist for families, rising air attacks, inflation worries, and a view that continued intervention may erode political trust.
ABC closed out three television series in one night, all starring film stars. The Smith Family featured Henry Fonda as a police sergeant with a conflicted home life. Shirley's World, despite Shirley MacLaine, was poorly received. The Man and the City starred Anthony Quinn as a Southwestern mayor and faced tough competition.
The Public Equity Corp prepares to go public, offering 2.5 million shares at 10 each as a test of capitalism via social good. Founders push a new model correcting capital abuses through legal counterforce and class action potential. Public response in late spring remains uncertain.
Washington- Tokyo relations wobble as Eisaku Sato pursues autonomy from Washington. Secret White House briefings warn Japan could emerge as a nuclear power independently. Sato seeks direct talks with China to avoid being disarmed by Nixon’s Peking strategy and resists US pressure on the security pact.
Secret Nixon Sato summit notes reveal U S pressure on Japan and hints at a postwar re study of Asia. Amb Meyer describes damaged trust with Tokyo as Tokyo aligned toward Peking and peace minded appearances. Kasuga and DSP push treaty review while Packard warns Japan cannot rush security changes.
Nixon accumulated more than 300000 miles of travel through Dec 31 1971, visiting all 50 states the Virgin Islands Guam Midway and 19 countries. He spent about 551 days away from Washington and 514 days in the capital, averaging two foreign trips per year since 1969 and promising more in 1972.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department released 300 Afghan white-winged pheasants in Terry County as part of a long range program to provide new game birds for hunters without impacting native species.
The Kansas City Federation of Teachers plans a strike vote on January 17. President Truman Holman says teachers will authorize a strike to protest loss of services to children while central administrative costs rise. He notes 69 000 district students and cites proposed cuts of 200 teachers and large budget reductions.
Several pages of prime time listings note The Andy Griffith Show special, My Three Sons hour, Chekhov plays on Hollywood Television Theatre, and lineup including Green Acres Hogan's Heroes and The Untouchables. Other features include CBS Reports Dean Martin and late night talk with Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett.
Channel listings show a daytime to late-night slate across KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW KTEW WDAF Chanute channels. Programs include The D.A. Brady Bunch Room 222 Love American Style Tonight Show and Dick Cavett among others with titles like The Lost Flight K killer by Night and Majin Monster of Terror.
The recap covers Joane Arc's birth in 1412, Martha Custis Washington's marriage in 1759, Morse's 1838 telegraph demo, Carl Sandburg's 1878 birth, New Mexico statehood in 1912, Roosevelt's 1919 death, FDR's Four Freedoms in 1941, literacy program plans in 1962, a Manila bus crash in 1965, and Viet Nam war policy comments by Melvin Laird a year ago.
Tribune reports ground will be broken when weather permits for a Wes leyan Methodist church at the northwest corner of 12th and Evergreen. Rev R C Cooper new pastor announced. Also noted are 5700+ Red Cross articles made by Neosho County chapter since last March and a leadership change at McCune Bodie Clothing Co with Walter E Bodie retiring and McCune Bros. Clothing Store formed by E J and R L McCune.
Instruction to dial 431-3400 at 5 30 p m if the Tribune carrier cannot reach you. No further context provided.
INDEPENDENCE Mike Carpenter named chief juvenile probation officer for Montgomery County by Juvenile Court Judge Kenneth David. He will succeed Faye Hardin, who resigns effective Jan 15 and is moving from Independence.
A brief devotional cites Galatians 2 19 stating the believer dies to the law to live unto God transforming daily faith. The verse anchors Christian living and spiritual renewal.
Chanute Tribune broadcast of weekly rates for subscriptions inside and outside trade territory with tax details plus Chanute post office box and carrier pricing. Publisher Dwight McCreigh and editor Terry Murphy noted with staff listings. audit bureau and AP membership declared.
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