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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1977
Page
2
An editorial in the capital critiques pomp and ceremony of the new administration. It argues the inaugural pageantry wastes public funds and that leaders should stay close to the people, noting Jimmy Carter must balance grandeur with accessibility while relying on advisers.
Coffeyville Journal editor questioned an executive session of the Organization Calendar and Rules Committee and printed testimony. Senators including Wint Smith oppose talking to a reporter, calling the disclosure unethical and harmful to public trust.
A compiled directory lists U S Senate members Robert Dole and James Pearson with their Washington and local offices, U S House Rep Joe Shubitz the Pittsburg district, Kansas State Senate Sen Mike Johnston Topeka and Kansas House Rep James Guffey Chanute, Neosho County Commissioners Bill Richman Joe Harper Ivan Shafer, and Chanute City Commissioners Oscar Cunningham John Orozco and Jim Chappell with contact details and home addresses.
The notice lists subscription rates by mail in the trade territory including Neosho Aliens Wilson and Woodson counties. Rates are shown for one year six months three months and five months with per cent sales tax applied. Evergreen Fred M Harris is noted as president and member of the audit bureau of circulations.
A Wichita reminiscence traces the Reuben's origin to an Omaha hotel in the 1920s when a lettuce shortage led to sauerkraut on corned beef, Swiss and dressing. The author laments sandwich sameness, recalls school lunches and barter culture, and swerves from hot dogs to a Reuben ending.
A Cuban eyewitness says the CIA asked him to aid in creating a false Oswald narrative during the Kennedy assassination probe. He testified to congressional investigators that he met Oswald with a CIA agent in Dallas in August 1965 and that the agent’s companion spoke little.
Transcripts reveal a Cuban couple in Mexico discussed a CIA plan to frame Castro for Kennedy's murder. An agent called off the scheme. the witness says the CIA was not implicated, while later notes describe a University of Washington study on prostitution and motives. The document cites Morris Bishop and Louis Posada Carriles in past anti Castro plots.
State Rep. Michael Glover, 29, of Lawrence, charts a youth-led drive in Kansas politics. He advocates decriminalizing marijuana and has proposed penalties of a 100 dollar fine for possession of two ounces or less with automatic expungement after two years. He remains active in the under-30 Kiddie Corps, submitting multiple bills each session as he seeks to make the younger voice heard.
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