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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1970
Page
2
The piece critiques democratic restraint on police power, noting Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield favor looser police authority. It warns democratic rights could erode, risking tyrannical governance if due process is bypassed in the name of efficiency.
In Topeka more than 160 lobbyists are registered to influence 165 Kansas lawmakers during the 60 day session. Experts estimate about $50 000 could be spent on meals rooms and media to sway legislators with broader salaries for lobbyists not included. Gov Docking is cited as a potential lobbyist for oil interests while lawmakers debate disclosure and conflict of interest laws.
The piece highlights Section 236 and new tax laws designed to attract private investment in low-cost housing. It details FHA mortgage insurance, 1 percent interest pass-through, accelerated depreciation, and large rehab write-offs, with a worked example of a 15 unit project yielding huge first-year deductions and near zero outlay. It notes a deferral of taxes on gains if proceeds are reinvested in similar housing and urges readers to pursue these incentives.
Meri deth Old, a USO contortionist from Chanute, returns from 20 months overseas duty. During a past camp show a disappearing audience moment coincided with German aircraft overhead. Old toured England Scotland Ireland France Belgium and the German front with five fellow performers. Mrs. William Bailey of Chanute offers her job to the first applicant after the war ends.
In Medford Oregon Cutie a 20 pound Persian cat serves as a seeing eye companion for Esther Downey Palmer a partially blind former Army nurse. The cat walks ahead warns of obstacles indoors and pushes objects from her path reflecting an unusual bonded guardianship amid a broader labor shortage context.
A verse from 2 Corinthians 12 7 notes a messenger of Satan to buffet Paul to prevent pride and exaltation. The line reads there was given me a thorn in the flesh. It appears in a religious devotional context.
A sermon cites Acts 19 13 20 to urge Christians to reject evil books and pornography. It recalls the Ephesian riot of condemnation and confession, warns of dangerous reading, and warns that ink can soil the mind as mud. It says believers should prefer wholesome thoughts and consider spirit led book burning.
TV schedule notes The Virginian on NBC at 6 30 pm and Then Came Bronson at 9 00 pm feature a land grab plot and Amish life questions. Danny Thomas Show guests include Bob Hope Carol Channing Tim Conway Juliet Prowse and Dionne Warwick. Includes Eddie’s Father Room 222 Hee Haw and Johnny Cash among others.
KVOO to KODE prime time listings show Pat Paulson Misterogers Family Affair That Girl Showings across channels with Dragnet Dean Martin Paris Nine Tonight Show Merv Griffin Dick Cavett Paul Harvey Sunrise Semester and late movie blocks during January 29.
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports on a leaked American Public Health Association study accusing federal and local authorities of ruining health for the poor. The panel highlights malnutrition, pesticide exposure, sewage in the Potomac, hospital delays, and Indian and urban slum suffering. It urges Medicaid reform and poverty clinics amid calls for federal outlays.
A 10 man team from the Coast and Geodetic Survey works ten weeks in Southwest Kansas to locate elevations for engineers surveyors and navigators. Headquarters in Ashland. Night observation towers to be erected near Dodge City Minneola Englewood Liberal Meade Protection Coldwater and Ashland. Project cost about 50000 dollars.
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