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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1973
Page
1
The Uttar Pradesh state assembly met to discuss a strike by electrical engineers causing power cuts across the state for a week. The session was halted 15 minutes after it began when the lights went out.
The 38 million settlement with the Department of Labor and the EEOC requires AT&T and 24 subsidiaries to pay about 15 thousand blacks and Spanish surname employees and women. The accord covers lump sum payments and commitments to faster advancement. Separately Nixon cabinet nominees Dent and Brinegar won Senate confirmation, while four others await action.
Chemicals from an 11.5 million dollar fertilizer plant explosion near Pryor have threatened Fort Gibson Lake, the water source for Wagoner and Muskogee. Public Health Service officials ordered Wagoner to suspend pumping from the lake while safety checks are conducted.
Postmaster General E. T. Klassen proposed a surcharge on very small and extra large envelopes. The USPS says odd sizes cannot be sorted automatically and cost more to process, signaling higher mailing costs for invitations and oversized mail.
The Commerce Department says the economy grew at an 8.5 percent rate in Q4 1972 while inflation quickened to a 2.7 percent rise in GNP from 2.4 percent in Q3. The report highlights robust quarter growth alongside modest price increases.
American warplanes carried out more than 400 strikes against Communist base areas in South Vietnam as Thieu seeks to strengthen his position for a cease-fire. Government radio says a nationwide drive urges Communist personnel to defect. Thieu orders commanders and security units to protect civilians and Saigon controlled territory.
About 2000 troops are placed on alert as Washington braces for President Nixon's inauguration. Organizers of the March Against Death expect up to 50000 protesters marching to the Washington Monument grounds and rallying while the ceremony unfolds at Capitol Hill. Routes will not cross with the parade.
Police probe seven killings at a Washington home linked to the Hanafi Muslims race and motive questions. Victims include five children and two women found shot. Kareem Abdul Jabbar linked as owner donor the house.
In Topeka the Kansas Senate and House plan a final short session day with a Monday 5 pm cutoff for personal bill introductions. The 39 new bills, 22 in the Senate and 17 in the House, dominate the day as leadership signals no extension. Senate leaders note efforts to curb drafting. the House discusses equal rights amendment ratification.
A witty line compares sending Spiro Agnew to Saigon to conclude a peace deal with a football analogy involving Garo Yepremian. The quote frames a political remark about negotiations. The reference to public figures anchors the satirical content.
South Vietnam expresses readiness to accept a peace accord with the United States and North Vietnam, while seeking clarifications on annexes. Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam notes progress, with Kissinger and Tho to resume negotiations in Paris. Haig travels to brief allied governments before returning to Saigon. Temperatures and weather outlook accompany the political update.
CBS Radio reports Vice President Spiro Agnew will arrive in Saigon on January 28 for a visit timed to align with the Viet Nam cease fire agreement. Don Webster in Saigon notes South Vietnamese President Thieu received Nixon’s letter about the plan.
In Fairfield California the holdout juror Naomi Underwood says she still doubts the 25 guilty verdicts against Juan Corona and believes he deserves another trial. The jury initially favored acquittal 7 to 5 on the first ballot before finalizing 25 counts of first degree murder after 46 hours of deliberation over eight days.
Mrs. Helen Craven testified she asked the city council and mayor for money in return for resigning amid a funds shortage. She described the offer made last summer behind City Hall in Erie during her embezzlement trial involving $25,000 in city funds.
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