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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1972
Page
2
Lawrence Republican Morris Kay proposes a state aging department a 3 percent tax cut on medicines and groceries and a constitutional amendment to let voters decide tax shares for financing schools and local government. He links exemptions to revenue loss and relies on federal sharing and growth to offset impacts.
The piece notes a shift from plastic voting admission cards to traditional numbered tickets for entrance to the Democratic national convention. It highlights concerns about machine gates failing or being fooled four years ago in Chicago and describes new secretive, guarded issuance with daily color coding to prevent counterfeiting and ensure security.
Safari Museum drew 853 visitors in June with 734 from out of town across 31 states. Guests included visitors from Denmark Mexico the Philippines and Zambia Africa. Stan Gibson of West Hartford Conn may have visited while a Chanute letter to Woodall's Trailer Travel praised the Johnsons Martin and Osa and the museum for authentic exhibits and affordable entry. Local groups visiting included Bible schools from Humboldt Olpe and Neodesha and a Better Homes Club from Humboldt.
In Brooklyn Park Minnesota Jim Scheriber fears suburbia crowds out country life as taxes rise and traffic increases near his family potato farm. A London driver survives a car crash and donates wrongly to a robber, while a Rome FAO forecast predicts meat production up but prices staying high. A Miami animal trainer dies at 73. A Sulphur Oklahoma bull sells for 108500, and a Wichita pharmacist fends off a third armed robbery in 12 days, with losses totaling around 700 dollars.
The Cronkite column surveys how television transformed national party conventions into televised spectacles. It cites Kennedy’s 1956 rise, Stevenson ticket tactics, and the role of TV in shaping public perception and the nomination race.
Washington-Florida tomato growers, with Agriculture Department backing, seek to ban Mexican vine-ripened tomatoes in U S supermarkets. They push low-grade green tomatoes for domestic use, claiming higher costs for the public while restricting foreign imports through secret committees chaired by growers.
A transcript reveals Florida tomato tycoons discussing eliminating Mexican competition and boosting profits. The piece also covers a Government debate over restricting Mexican tomato imports and a broad critique of senior officials traveling first class under a Nixon economy directive.
Twenty five years ago Chanute joined the parade as a flying saucer tag reeled on today with two local reports of strange objects floating in the northwestern sky. Carmen Collett and Loren Galbreath made the reports. Tribune reporters tried to track down the object seen by Miss Galbreath which looked like a six sided kite but it disappeared. There is less livestock in Neosho county pens and pastures this year than last year per Everett Stafford county clerk. Fifty years ago 1922 the John Robinson circus will be here Aug. 7 in City park arriving Sunday over the Santa Fe from Muskogee.
A devotional note centers the verse Psalm 24 7 inviting readers to lift up their heads as the King of Glory approaches. The piece emphasizes praise and reverence within a spiritual outlook.
Television grid lists diverse shows from 7:00 to 2:15 including Partridge Family at 7:30 and Room 222 at 8:00, with The Living End and Oh Nurse among 6 13 entries. Notable entries include Sanford & Son, Wagon Train, Hollywood Squares, and Brady Bunch, plus late-night programs The Tonight Show and Paul Harvey.
On this date in 1865 four accomplices of John Wilkes Booth were hanged for Lincoln’s assassination. Other events note Toussaint L Ouverture proclaiming Haiti independence in 1801 and Alaska statehood in 1959. Birthdays include Vittorio De Sica and Ringo Starr.
A crop field day at the Southeast Kansas Experiment Station three miles west of Mound Valley on Highway K9% is set for July 25. Attendees will hear talks on Bermuda grass varieties, alfalfa weevil threats, Johnson grass control, weather implications for farmers, and grazing economics. A free lunch is provided at noon after a morning program and farm equipment displays.
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz announced plans to appoint a National Horse Industry Advisory Committee. The panel will oversee USDA programs on horse research disease control education and other equine activities, according to a memo.
Published notices detail subscription pricing by mail and carrier in trade territory and area towns, with tax breakdowns for Kansas addresses. It lists staff roles including managing editor Dwight McCreight and advertising director Mike Harris, plus AP affiliation and audit bureau membership.
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