22 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1971
Page
1
In 1969 Army sergeant Sal Termine was maimed in Vietnam. Dee Olimo was injured in Florida in 1970. He sent letters and a large cheer up card, they began dating, met December 3, Sal proposed December 6, Dee accepted December 7, and they wed January 14.
The 83,882 ton American tanker Universe Patriot caught fire following an explosion near Cagliari. Sixteen of the 39 crew are missing. The German captain and 16 crewmen were rescued earlier, with six more survivors later found after a night at sea in a rubber raft.
Former President Harry S Truman, aged 86, remained in good condition at Research Hospital after being admitted with stomach pains. A 9:30 a.m. CST bulletin said he sat up, drank tea, and read a newspaper.
Sen. James B. Pearson of Kansas says he will co sponsor legislation to exempt .22 caliber rimfire ammunition from the Gun Control Act record keeping provisions. The measure, backed by Sen. Gale McGee of Wyoming, follows earlier support for exemptions for sporting rifle and shotgun ammunition and their components.
Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Fletcher Bell testified before two legislative committees proposing that auto liability insurance not be denied based on age. He urged 45 days notice to policyholders before nonrenewal and called for licensing of brokers who represent individuals. He also asked authority to disapprove life policies with unfair provisions and for broker examinations.
After four days of around the clock operations the Coast Guard says they are gaining control of an oil slick. An aerial survey found most concentrations cleared from San Francisco Bay while large amounts remain in the Pacific Ocean.
Ray Evans, 48, Kansas City banker and former KU All-American, is listed in satisfactory condition after open heart surgery at St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota. He was admitted Wednesday and operated on Thursday to bypass a coronary artery obstruction. Evans previously led the KU Alumni Association and served on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Welfare workers resume duties at a Brooklyn social services center after a one day walkout protesting the suspension of three employees who booked a welfare family into the Waldorf Astoria. Union leader Stanley Hill had threatened a city wide walkout but urged a return pending a later decision on reinstatement.
A premiere showing for the invitational exhibit runs 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Neosho County Community Junior College library. The Neosho Valley Arts Council sponsors the display featuring Chanute area artists. Hours: Tuesday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday Sunday January 30 and 31 from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit also opens 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Participating artists include Judy Bower Kansas City Monte Teon Americus Frank Nichols Hays Tom Arthur Wichita Robert Blunk Jr. Pittsburg Barbara Balch Treloggen Denver Bob Lofgren Tom Brazil New York Larry Wilson Louisville Susan Freeman Yates Center. Co chairs are S A Mannoni and Cecelia Beuligmann. other members include Mrs Wayne Huffman Mrs Howard McNeill Mrs Richard Good and Fred Forslund. Mrs Lloyd Dalton chairs the premiere. Brazil contributes conceptual art, a self-study in several poses with commentary. he works as a freelance designer in New York and holds a master’s in painting from Columbia University plus BAs from Rockhurst and the Kansas City Art Institute. He is a Peace Corps alumnus (1965-66) in Peru in crafts and community development. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Chris Brazil, 630 S Highland, Chanute High School graduate 1957.
District 101 of Neosho County will elect four four year terms to the school board in April. Filing deadline is February 16. Positions to be filled are Nos. 2 4 6 and 7 with terms expiring for Nos. 2 4 and 6 and 7. Two candidates currently hold seats in Nos. 1 3 and 5. Mrs Thornton was appointed to No. 7 in July 1969 when created by state law.
Generally fair conditions continue through Saturday with a slight cooling trend. Tonight and Saturday will be a bit colder with lows around 20 to 25 and daytime highs near 40 to 45.
Richard Brown executive director of the Kansas Nursing Home Association said the directors recommend Kansas facilities no longer accept Medicare patients. The action mirrors a national move by the American Nursing Home Association Board. No exact figures, but estimates exceed 1000 Medicare patients in Kansas extended care beds.
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha describes speaking for ourselves and notes that a few new memory molecules might be a good thing. The text references personal reflection on memory and potential biochemical ideas.
The Kansas Highway Commission received a low bid of 989 800 dollars on a project to widen U S 54 to four lanes through Yates Center and pave nine miles east and northeast of the city. Hamm Asphalt Inc. of Perry was the apparent low bidder for surfacing.
President pro tem Richard Russell dies at 73 paving the way for senator Allen Ellender to assume both Senate chairmanships. In the days before, Byrd used Russell proxy to topple Kennedy for Senate Democratic whip while Mansfield won reelection as majority leader.
In Phnom Penh a rocket mortar and saboteur strike on the city airport and a military camp devastates Cambodia’s air force and shadows the army’s drive to reopen the sea highway. In New York AP reports U S lines plan flight cuts and intensified efforts to lure passengers after a poor year.
Gov. Robert Docking's 1972 budget for the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital would remove one employee, a licensed practical nurse, while operating expenditures rise to 783,134 dollars. The hospital currently staffs 81.75 positions, with an average census of 50 and about 150 monthly outpatients.
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller announced a crackdown on violations of gambling and liquor laws. He sent letters to city and county officials urging them to warn clubs and organizations that there will be no sanctuaries and that suspected illegal activity will trigger immediate investigation, arrest, and prosecution.
Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shultz says Kansas welfare expenditures nearly double in three years rising from 81.5 million in 1968 to 153 million in 1972. He calls for a comprehensive program review and public disclosure to curb abuses and improve administration while noting needs of the unemployed in Wichita and the elderly and sick.
Inmates at the U S Penitentiary Leavenworth refused to return to prison industries after halting work in the shoe factory. About 1,800 inmates were involved as 113 food service workers volunteered to resume kitchen duties. The warden reported no specific cause and noted a prior August stoppage lasting about 10 days.
Baylor College of Medicine scientist Dr. Georges Ungar reports synthesizing a memory transfer molecule that caused mice to fear darkness after being injected into untreated animals. The work, done with Drs. Lesiderio and Parr, aims to replicate the natural memory molecule and could pace future human applications depending on funding.
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