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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1972
Page
1
TOPEKA Kansas AP says the secretary of state's office reports more lobbyists registered for the 1972 Kansas Legislature session than at the same stage a year earlier.
The Kansas House State Affairs Committee introduced an open meetings bill after study since 1971. Rep Duane McGill says passage is likely this session. The measure bans hidden actions in executive sessions and requires full agency openness with a filing system for lobbyists.
1st Lt. Ed Ranz commanding Chanute National Guard unit learns it ranked in the top ten statewide in the Governors Recruiting Contest. He and his wife will attend a Saturday reception at the governor's mansion in Topeka to receive personal congratulations from Gov. Robert Docking.
An intercepted note jokes about coldcuts and a mismatch with an implied plan. The fragment hints at a quirky exchange between correspondents and a playful misfit idea.
City Attorney Bob Pennington said the state of Chanute's gas distribution system makes it impossible to obtain liability coverage. He noted the city is uninsured for gas distribution and commented on the broader implications of this gap.
Frank Hoblick of Carthage Missouri will again discuss his gas distribution study with the City Commission at the January 24 meeting. He urges starting with a leak repair program to gauge manpower and cost, noting 75 percent of 596 leaks in tested town pipes. He plans May cost estimates for a conversion to 45000 regulators and per meter control to allow corrosion protection and insulation, with staged project rollout and potential coverage soon. Insurance officials say impact on private rates varies by property and city rate class.
Lt. Governor Reynolds Shultz says Robert Wells would be making a big mistake to seek the Republican nomination now. Wells, Garden City radio executive, has faced a heart condition after an earlier withdrawal and mixed signals on returning to the race pending further medical tests.
Police say Grace Evelyn Todd was shot in the head last Aug. 4, her birthday. Her husband David Wilfred Todd, 38, a truck driver, is held without bail on noncapital murder charges. Three teenagers and a 15 year old girl helped uncover the body after moving a refrigeration unit in December.
Police found over ten cars with headlights on late Tuesday night and early morning. Authorities suspect pranksters activated the lights. most were turned off by officers. Police urge drivers to lock doors roll up windows and remove ignition keys when leaving a vehicle unattended. Leaving keys in a car is a state statute violation.
Topeka Kansas AP W Keith Weltmer new post auditor issued a report listing misfeasance and nonfeasance by Ronald F Dwyer former state director of property valuation but said violations do not warrant charges Cited are inadequate record keeping and improper tax collection methods.
The Supreme Court decided 4 to 3 that courts may determine a confession is voluntary by a preponderance of the evidence instead of beyond a reasonable doubt before admission. The ruling stems from Don Richard Lego's appeal challenging his 1961 Illinois armed robbery conviction, amid claims of four hours of police questioning and gun butt beating. Justice White wrote the majority opinion with Burger Stewart and Blackmun, while Brennan, Douglas, and Marshall dissented, arguing stricter proof protects innocence.
Abraham H. Treff of Philadelphia claims he persuaded six major brokerage houses to buy 200000 dollars of stock in his name without paying cash. He says the stunt aims to expose lax NYSE enforcement and bias toward commissions, and he conducted the trades by phone from St. Joseph's College.
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a series of property tax equalization orders on agricultural investment property challenged by Atty. Gen. Vern Miller. The court also upheld Northern Natural Gas Co. tax assessment in Rice County for 1969 taxes paid under protest.
Kansas senator and Republican national chairman Robert Dole is divorced from wife Phyllis after a 23 year marriage. Shawnee County District Court Judge Adrian Allen granted the divorce after petitions filed by Mrs Dole and cited incompatibility. The action was completed in one day per statutory procedure.
A federal court panel ruled fraternal organizations may lose tax exempt status if they deny membership on race grounds. The decision affects Portland Oregon based Elks lodge and revokes individual charitable deduction rights for such clubs.
A storm with hurricane winds and heavy snow sweeps the western mountains and northern Great Plains. Travel warnings extend from Washington to Nebraska with blizzard warnings in Montana and snow warnings reaching Minnesota and Wisconsin. Sustained 100 mph winds hit western Wyoming. gusts over 100 mph shake Livingston. Six mobile homes toppled at a Boulder park and two more were toppled from foundations.
Washington AP report says the Selective Service proposes rules requiring men to be told why their deferment or exemption requests are denied. The plan also improves access for students and others with long delays to seek deferment or exemption on hardship or conscience grounds.
Federal warrants issued for Allen Gordon Sims and Ida Patrice Robinson, both San Francisco residents, in connection with a hijacking aboard the Pacific Southwest Airlines Midnight Flyer from San Francisco to Los Angeles and onward to Cuba before returning to California.
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