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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1973
Page
1
Governor Docking presents a four point plan for property tax relief including circuit breaker extension of the tax lid law and full funding of homestead relief. He pledges new programs in health education welfare and highway networks while avoiding tax increases and aiming to refunds by end of 1973.
Governor Robert Docking unveils a $1.25 billion fiscal 1974 plan, a rise of about $250 million from current spending. The budget adds funds for new institutions, salary revisions, a circuit breaker for property taxes, school finance, postretirement benefits, and a capital program, funded without new taxes via federal revenue sharing and a state aid formula prioritizing per pupil allocation.
Gary R. Lopeman, 26, of 510 W. 5th, was injured when his stopped pickup was struck by a car driven by Esther I. Cochran, 62, on North Plummer Road at 6:25 p.m. Lopeman was outside the truck fastening a chain. Cochran slowed and slid into the pickup. Cochran was treated and released at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Lopeman was admitted with back, abdominal and leg injuries, described as satisfactory.
The Allen County Hospital board approved new bylaws on Tuesday night defining the hospital administrator as the board’s executive representative. The administrator must be competent and experienced or qualified by education or training or a combination, with specifics to be published later.
Utilities across 60 communities in Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska lose primary natural gas and rely on scarce alternate fuel. Francis Tobin of the Office of Emergency Preparedness warns that continued extreme cold may force reduced gas to high priority users. Fuel oil reserves may last two weeks, with conditions ranging from short to critically short per region.
The Chanute Police Department released 1972 statistics detailing 618 crimes against property person and peace. Calls for service reached 2 204 up about 500 from 1971.
President Nixon ends mandatory wage and price controls except for food health sectors and launches a self administering system. He asks Congress for a one year extension of authority, keeps the Cost of Living Council, and aims to cut inflation to 2.5 percent by year end 1973.
A fragment notes an inflammatory line claiming the American economy could run on an honor system and predicts socialists would harm themselves. The terse item reads as a captured message suggesting extreme political views.
Sandy Duncan, 26, married Dr. Thomas Calcettera, 35, who operated to remove a tumor from her eye, in a Wednesday civil ceremony in Carson City Nevada attended only by two courthouse employees. Justice Thomas Davis confirmed the couple’s nuptials.
Washington AP reports Watergate figure E Howard Hunt Jr. pleaded guilty for a second time and the government accepted the plea removing him from the trial of seven men charged with burglarizing the Democratic party headquarters.
The Nixon administration canceled a wheat set aside requirement and lifted a ban on grazing livestock on idled acres. The Agriculture Department announced the move after alarm over the sharpest farm wholesale price rise in 26 years, aiming to boost grain and livestock output this year.
The Army unveiled a major streamlining of its command structure to improve readiness and efficiency while cutting manpower by 15,000 and saving about 1 billion dollars over five years. It is the first such reorganization in 11 years and includes no base closures though some bases will be scaled back.
Rescue teams searched for more victims after a tornado ripped through San Justo, a farm city of 50 000. Forty six bodies were found and at least 300 were injured with the death toll expected to rise.
Paris dispatch reports Nguyen Minh Vy telling a semipublic peace talks meeting that negotiations have reached a decisive stage. Kissinger and Tho, for the fourth day, meet with added technical experts reviewing cease-fire details as U S bombing continues.
The SEC ruled that a company led by William P. Clements Jr. did not violate reporting rules by omitting involvement in a civil suit alleging conspiracy and fraud. The decision clears the way for Senate confirmation hearings on Clements for deputy secretary of defense.
Captain Michael J. Heck, 30, of Chu la Vista California, says he balked at bombing North Vietnam after his 175th mission. He states the goals do not justify mass destruction and killing and that continuing war in South Vietnam already suffices to end the conflict. The massive bombing could have been the last straw.
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