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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1976
Page
2
The Tribune editorial notes New York City's bankruptcy drew national attention but Detroit faces a similar crisis. About 1000 Detroit police, nearly 20 percent of the force, lose jobs amid a 103 million dollar budget deficit and a hoped for 20 million cut. The piece warns wholesale layoffs threaten public safety and calls for state or federal aid.
The Supreme Court without a vote struck down Nebraska pre trial publicity restrictions as too broad while banning reporting limits in open court. Chief Justice Burger warned against relying on sequestering jurors or delays to curb hostile coverage, insisting publicity aids justice. The ruling is seen as a curb on restraints amid crime trial reporting nationwide.
A Wichita envelope yields a note claiming senators cost taxpayers 1,188,000 a year and six-year term totals of 7,128,000, while House members tally 950,000 for two years. Figures include salary travel health insurance staff payroll but exclude free postage. Fringe benefits like office space and freebies add to the total.
A study by TWA rated Senate Finance Committee members at a 33 on tax reform. It criticized Bob Dole for opposing key reform amendments and a domestic international sales corporation provision. The piece includes quotes on reform votes and a joke about a hospital surge linked to a loaner program.
The Ford administration pursues a sweeping plan to combine energy functions into a single superagency, drawing in agencies from FEA to NRC and portions of Commerce Defense Interior and others. A presidential decision paper is due Aug 20 with three months to study. Critics call it campaign theater. supporters cite potential efficiency and energy independence gains.
The Cha're Tribune lists daily publication details, editorial staff, and subscription prices for various regions. Rates include local tax and mention UPI republication rights and ABC audits. Data covers trade territory Neosho, Alien, Wilson, Woodson counties and Chanute post office boxholders.
The Federal Power Commission is likely to announce a rate increase for interstate natural gas in July. Estimates suggest the wellhead price for new gas could rise from 52 cents to between 1 and 1.50 dollars per thousand cubic feet, sparking up to a 40 percent retail price rise for some residential users over two years.
Twenty five years ago two Chanute attorneys Leslie Cable and John Sherman petitioned the city governing board to find means to furnish a modern courtroom in the Memorial building.
HEW welfare head Robert E. Fulton says inflation erodes the 9.3 billion Ford budget for Medicaid before 1977 begins and that Medicaid costs will rise. Senate approves 1977 Medicaid funding increase, but House compromise looming. Fulton notes 23 million on Medicaid in 1976 with costs up 50 percent and cites 30 percent of Vietnamese refugees on welfare.
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