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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1970
Page
1
At Newton Kansas an oncoming freight train activated automatic crossing gates as Woodrow W. Hughes of Halstead attempted to cross. The barrier blocked the tractor and trailer and the truck was struck by the train while Hughes escaped injury. Fuel was siphoned from the wreckage the following night.
The first American C141 cargo plane landed at Lagos airport delivering three trucks ten telec tric generators and six hundred blankets. Six planes are planned for twenty one emergency flights over two weeks with the C141’s markings painted over to honor Nigerian sensitivities.
Two House Republicans proposed a compromise substitute for the vetoed 19.7 billion health education bill allowing Nixon to decide the final spending amount while Congress keeps its education add of about 1 billion. The plan aims to avoid a painful decision and keep political options open.
A painting of Field Marshal Montgomery by Dwight Eisenhower was presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson at a State Department luncheon and will hang in the British Embassy. The back bears the inscription Field Marshal Montgomery by his friend Ike 1952. Max Conrad halted his around the world via poles attempt after crashing near the South Pole but plans to return to the United States.
Washington officials announce a 1.4 million dollar Labor Department contract to train 500 Negro and minority workers as journeymen plumbers and pipefitters. Secretary George P. Shultz signs the agreement, stressing it does not replace the Philadelphia plan and highlights voluntary pacts with AFL-CIO Plumbers and Pipefitters Union and National Constructors Associations.
British troops with fixed bayonets faced Protestant marchers in Belfast as angry crowds roamed the city for a fourth night. Fears linger of a renewed religious conflict that last year left over 20 dead and hundreds wounded.
The Labor Department reported a seven tenths of one percent month rise in wholesale prices led by processed foods and feeds up two percent. Metals, paper, and machinery prices climbed while lumber and vehicle costs edged down. The gain signals further inflation pressure despite gains in grains milk and meats.
A new Humboldt Industries plant at Eighth and Osage begins production of four boat trailer sizes 17 to 20 feet. The firm, formed five years ago to build the Red Rider powered transport unit, now expands as Iola Moulded Plastics distributes the trailers nationwide. Briggs Massey leads production. officers include Cecil Carey and W. H. Cannon.
TOPEKA AP Republican Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell and Democratic Gov. Robert Docking disputed 1971 budgets and staff levels as Frizzell announced his gubernatorial candidacy. Docking cited higher employs and costs in Frizzell’s office and noted his plan to add advisers and urban disaster education staff.
Area forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of light rain. Thursday will be partly cloudy with a high of 45 to 50 and a 30 percent precipitation chance tonight. Low temperatures range from the 20s in the northwest to the 30s in the southeast with highs in the 40s Thursday.
A fragmentary note discusses skepticism about a national lottery, suggesting initial public hesitation and doubt that the idea will gain quick traction.
Rep Louis C Wyman a New Hampshire Republican argues a federally sanctioned numbers drawing could drain funds used by organized crime and raise 7 to 10 billion annually with states sharing revenue He notes mechanics must be worked out and federal outlets would require state approval while promising guaranteed minimums and percentages of net proceeds
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