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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1970
Page
2
Marshall McLuhan argues we are in the era of electronic communications and that literature will survive as an art form. The piece critiques his notion of communications, noting the need for clarity on impact and response.
John B. Gage, three-term Kansas City mayor, died at 82 after being struck by a truck near his downtown law office. He led a 1940s cleanup that ousted Tom Pendergast and helped restore city order amid 1930s machine rule, with wider national attention through the following decade. The report blends political history with reflections on media and communication.
Twenty five years ago a new forty thousand dollar Dr Pepper bottling plant site was purchased across from the present plant at 14 N Central Chanute. The plant will cover fifty by one twenty five feet with capacity of nineteen thousand two hundred bottles daily. Construction will begin after wartime material release.
The Kansan editorial attacks Governor Bob Docking for funding his agenda via sales tax and local budget shifts, urging clear facts before重大 decisions. It warns that his plan could erase local services, threaten schools and mental health, and worsen taxes, while mixing news of Kansas City’s Super Bowl win with punning.
The Nixon administration proposes ending college draft deferments except for medical students. After a set date no new deferments for education will be allowed, but students already on deferment in their sophomore to senior years may finish undergrad. Pentagon officials frame this as reducing inequities in the draft process.
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird says President Nixon seeks equal and fair treatment for all young people in deferments. Measures to implement this objective will go to the National Security Council and then to the Senate Armed Services Committee next month, with possible quick action. Officials note timing remains uncertain as details are reviewed.
Senate investigators hear from three doctors warning that birth control pills can cause blood clots arthritis and breast and cervical cancer in mice and humans. The testimony cites FDA testing gaps and alleges industry and AMA influence while noting rising concerns over estrogen progestin products and clotting risks.
Monday through Friday Tribune TV page lists 6:30 High Chaparral on NBC with Buck and Manolito leaving their cowhand lives. 8:00 CBS movie Robin and the Seven Hoods featuring Dean Martin Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr Peter Falk Barbara Rush Bing Crosby. Also full daytime and late night lineup with Brady Bunch Hogan's Heroes Mr. Deeds Here Come the Brides and more.
Saturday schedule lists multiple networks KVOO WDAF KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW with cartoons news hours and movies from 5:55 to 12:35. Sunday into Sunday P.M. offerings include This is The Life Oral Roberts Davey Goliath and NFL Pro Bowl content across stations.
Senate Republican and Democratic leaders in Topeka agreed tax reform will not generate enough revenue to cover higher state costs beyond 1971. They expect Governor Docking may urge tax hikes on sales and income taxes next January, despite Docking claiming reform could fund the budget.
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