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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1970
Page
1
The Gateway Arch of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial has contracted three inches due to frigid air. Workers adjust the trains that carry visitors, and superintendent Harry Pfanz says the shrinkage is normal and does not endanger the structure.
The ULMS undersea long range missile system, a revived submarine based nuclear option, would extend Polaris capabilities and allow all US submarines to retaliate from U.S. waters. Navy leaders cite vast range gains, while costs run in the billions as defense planners weigh future arms options.
Gov Warren Hearnes scheduled a special session in Jefferson City at 2 p m on January 19 to approve about 20 million dollars in emergency appropriations for state agencies through June 30. Lawmakers likely to reconvene in April to consider 1970 71 appropriations.
The Tennessee Supreme Court rejected James Earl Ray's appeal for a new trial in the MLK assassination case. In a unanimous decision, the court found Ray willingly and knowingly pleaded guilty to first degree murder by lying in wait with competent counsel.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says some small towns cannot survive without consolidation into viable county or area units. The review cites lack of jobs, low real incomes, and population loss as barriers to growth, urging communities to expand employment, upgrade skills, and raise personal incomes. Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will deliver a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University and attend related events in Manhattan, meeting officials and staying with the university president.
Kansas Attorney General Kent Frizzell said he will withhold announcing political plans until after Kansas Day January 29 and will reveal them before the end of the 1970 legislative session on March 13. He is viewed as a likely Republican gubernatorial candidate.
TOPEKA AP State Rep. Ernest R. Woodward resigns from the legislature for health reasons. The District Republican Committee will pick a successor, but officials doubt a replacement can be chosen before the new session opens Tuesday.
New York AP reports David Sarnoff, 78, retires as RCA chairman and is named first honorary chairman after steering home radio and television. He is recovering from mastoid surgeries at Lenox Hill Hospital. Manhattan housing panel approves 350 low rent units in a $5.5 million project, to start within months and finish by late 1970 or early 1971.
The Army says Pvt Gerald A. Smith of Chicago, 22, faces premeditated murder and indecent assault in connection with the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968. He is the third soldier charged in the incident in South Vietnam.
Bitter cold chilled 47 of 48 states with zero or below readings from the Rockies to New England. Temperatures failed to rise above zero in parts of 12 states as winds amplified the chill. Utilities reported record gas and electricity use, with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Commonwealth Edison hitting record outputs to meet demand.
The Area Forecast notes moderating temperatures but extremes remain across Kansas with subzero readings in most areas. Topeka saw five below, several towns hit record lows, while winds 10 to 20 mph worsened wind chill to as low as 30 below in spots. Highs near the 20s in the northeast, southwesterly warmth to the low 20s, and light snow flurries in the northeast mark the forecast through Friday.
A brief wartime note contrasts three methods of doing things the right way the wrong way and the Army way reflecting military discipline and tradition in a clipped passage.
Erie district court hears the case of Gregory Castoreno and Daniel Hernandez Sr. v Rubew administrator of Michael Lohse. District Judge Don Musser presides Pittsburg. Judge Alderson disqualified. Trial started Tuesday with jurors including MecMeekin Mix Basher Debler Krokstrom Hennessey Chapman Debler Davis Krone Wilson Mathis Reece and others.
Neosho County treasurer reports 2138 car 625 truck 60 motorcycle and 74 trailer tags issued. The license rush delayed tax payment processing. backlog mail to be processed within two weeks. In Topeka, Ross Beach named finance chairman of Kansas Republican Party by state chairman Don Cannon.
LeRoy Brunson of Baxter Springs was formally appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives by Gov. Robert Docking to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Bill Fribley. The governor’s action followed district committee selection and is a formality.
In Vietnam the US Army filed court martial charges against Spec. 5 Robert Lawrence 27 of Atlanta accusing him of disobeying a sergeant to drive soldiers home and delaying a news broadcast. Lawrence says the matter involves censorship claims and seeks legal aid while the U S Command says the incidents are not directly connected. Rep John Moss indicated potential hearings on censorship in Vietnam within weeks.
Neosho County commissioners report a January 1 cost of living raise of about seven percent for 39 highway department employees including the county engineer and secretary. 1969 payroll reached $163,953 as new rock crusher, drill and power shovel were bought for quarry work costing about $150,000 and a sixth diesel truck joined the fleet at $11,702.45.
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