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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1973
Page
1
Postmaster Dick Hays recalls an unusual item found in a city collection box an egg with a stamp and address but no return address. Workers wrapped it for mailing though it was not properly packaged. Hays could not tell if the egg was raw or hard boiled.
The United States speeds up work on a proposed laser bomb as powerful as a hydrogen bomb. The 1974 budget includes 34 million dollars for Atomic Energy Commission laser research, including 20 million for a high-energy laser facility in Livermore, California. The concept uses a laser heat flash to ignite hydrogen explosives rather than an atomic bomb trigger.
Argentine national Auguste Joseph Ricard, described by the government as the biggest narcotics trafficker ever brought to justice in the United States, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 20000 dollars for leading an international ring that routed a ton of heroin into the United States each year.
In Austin Texas Lady Bird Johnson says former President Lyndon B. Johnson died confident a cease fire for South Vietnam had been reached President Nixon personally informed him of the accord reportedly on Monday after his passing.
WASHINGTON AP The Senate confirmed Elliot L. Richardson as secretary of defense. The action leaves three Nixon cabinet nominees still awaiting confirmation.
Government figures show the annual cost of a market basket of foods for a family of four increased by 64 dollars last year. Higher farm prices accounted for 59 dollars of the rise, with December up 5.0 percent from a year earlier to 1338 dollars and November to December adding 8 dollars.
Seven Americans and 30 others perished when an Egyptian Ilyushin 18 struck a mountain ridge while approaching Nicosia airport in Cyprus. Witnesses said the plane would have cleared the ridge if it had been 200 feet higher. The crash happened in the Kyrenia Mountains about 12 miles from the airport.
Washington AP report says W. A. Tony Boyle's annual pension as former United Mine Workers president was reduced from 50000 to 16000 by the union International Executive Board. Miller cites abolition of a special $2 million pension fund created in 1960.
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Saigon and reiterated U S support for South Vietnam. He stated the Nixon administration does not recognize North Vietnamese troops as having rights in South Vietnam and acknowledged Thieu as the only legitimate government. He planned talks with President Thieu on postwar relations.
Wayne Sparks owner of the Topper Barber Shop will assume the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce post on Feb 15 succeeding Steve Kinney who left to become an administrative assistant for state Senator Dale Hudson. Sparks plans to focus on local business and attracting outside companies. He is a Chanute native with extensive ties to the community and prior work in aviation construction and municipal roles. He and his wife Virginia have been married 30 years and have two married daughters. Mrs Sparks has served as Chanute Housing Authority executive director since May.
The Kansas Senate rejected liquor-by-the-drink and lottery amendments in a swift 25-15 vote for the liquor repeal and short of the 27 required for the lottery measure. House Speaker Duane McGill indicated the House would not advance either measure, signaling likely session defeat. Weather and public figures weighed in as lawmakers returned to business.
Intercepted letter to Cha discusses political sentiment. It notes that if Corona's supporters were in Kansas the advice to "hang on" would seem in poor taste. The remark highlights regional sensitivity in political discourse.
Neosho County welfare director John Kirkwood said Governor Docking’s reorganization plan could slow welfare operations. He noted the plan may not cut staff but the method leaves many workers in limbo amid the changes.
Fairfield California AP juror Naomi Underwood and matron Georgia Wallis were ordered to testify on February 5 before Judge Richard Patton in the defense motion for Juan Corona's new trial. Corona was convicted January 18 of 25 murders near Yuba City in 1971 amid mass labor camp killings.
Procedural disputes delayed dispatch of cease fire observers into the South Vietnamese provinces while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces allegedly violated the truce more than 250 times from noon Monday to dawn Tuesday. The ICCS and joint military commission failed to place seven regional teams despite meetings. Canadian and Polish ICCS members pressed to move observers into the field, hoping for action by Wednesday.
Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. opens hearings on a bill to let Congress override presidential impoundment of appropriated funds within 60 days. Nixon withholds about 10 billion to curb inflation. Mansfield and Scott voice opposing views.
Mrs. Helen Wycoff began Jan 25 as nursing director for 110 nurses and aides at Neosho Memorial Hospital. A Nebraska native, she trained at Nebraska Methodist Hospital and worked in Kansas City Los Angeles Lawrence and Shawnee Mission before Chanute. She and her two daughters live in Safari West Apartments and attend First Methodist Church. Her initial directive: no changes will be made before March 1.
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