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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1973
Page
1
Jurors convict G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord in the Watergate burglary case. Sentencing pending. both jailed without bond. Possible decades in prison but actual terms likely shorter due to overlapping counts. Senate Watergate hearings loom as next phase.
Kansas Senate gives final approval to five bills including a secrecy bill shielding air contaminant source records from public disclosure. Critics call the measure a veil of secrecy for polluters and warn it weakens environmental safeguards. The chamber also tentatively approves a four year driver re examination bill with vision tests and an open book rules test.
About 35 members of the Chamber of Commerce met at the Tioga Hotel to discuss widening Highway US 169 from Elm to Ist and the impact on downtown parking. City planner Mike Bailey cited a state study recommending four lanes with turn lanes, noting loss of 33 parking spaces. He described traffic through Lincoln and Main peaking during 8–9 am and 3–5 pm, averaging about 7,000 vehicles, raising concerns from Cardinal Drugs and Tioga Hotel managers. Alternatives included restricting parking only at peak hours with strict enforcement.
President Nixon announces Henry Kissinger will travel to Hanoi Feb 10 13 to open direct talks with North Vietnam on a postwar reconstruction program seen as an investment in peace. Kissinger will also meet top leaders and begin extensive discussions with aim of lasting peace and a broader Indochina reconstruction effort.
Senator John C. Stennis was in very serious condition after being shot twice in what police called an ordinary street robbery outside his Washington home. The Mississippi Democrat and chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee underwent surgery and remained with stable vital signs at Walter Reed.
The Kansas Supreme Court upholds by a decision the voters approved Executive Article amendment ensuring four year terms for governor and other officials and allowing governor and lieutenant governor to run as a team. The ruling confirms district court finding that the measure is constitutional with changes to Senate leadership effects beginning in 1974. The governor lieutenant governor team will first run together in 1974.
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressed to Cha. The remark mentions a press complaint about attempting to ungag it.
J K R D McGregor says Chanute PRIDE has declined but plans a February reorganization to restore function as a clearing house for other groups. A ten member steering committee will rewrite by laws, elect new officers, and aim to resume active work aiding local programs and city priorities.
Sam Prather of Philo California dramatically protested refunds owed by the Internal Revenue Service by shaving a Shropshire on a busy San Francisco street outside the federal building. About 50 onlookers watched as he claimed refunds for 1969 1970 and 1971 were withheld. An IRS spokeswoman said efforts to speed refunds are ongoing. A separate AP report from Mexico City noted a strong earthquake causing at least 10 deaths and 100 injuries, with the Fire Volcano erupting again in Colima state.
The crew will be led by Thomas P. Stafford with Donald K. Slayton as astronaut corps chief and Vance D. Brand as third American aboard the joint mission. Stafford will command his fourth flight. Slayton earns his first space voyage at age 48.
President Nixon said Congress has not been responsible in fiscal matters and he will continue to impound funds if needed. He reaffirmed this as a presidential right under the Constitution and pledged to submit budget recommendations aimed at the general public rather than special interests.
Saigon reports a continued decline in cease fire violations despite heavy fighting in parts of South Vietnam. Canadian members of the International Commission express hope to deploy cease-fire observers soon, but delays persist due to the absence of the chief Viet Cong member. In Saigon, Vice President Agnew met again with President Thieu, with plans for a Thieu Nixon meeting possibly in Honolulu next month.
President Nixon told Congress the economy could have a strong year as wage and price controls wind down. He stressed cost cutting amid the second major message to the new Congress, the Economic Report.
U S bombers wage a shadowy air war in Laos despite the Vietnam cease-fire. They report strikes on Communist positions including a key Ho Chi Minh trail point. No U S losses have been reported in daily Laos raids since the cease-fire began last Saturday.
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