Broadcasters propose four year phase out of cigarette ads
The TV Code Review Board of the National Association of Broadcasters recommended phasing out cigarette commercials over four years. Ads would end on subscribing networks and stations by September 1 1973 subject to board approval. The plan targets the three national networks and 64.4 percent of NAB coded stations and bans ads near programs aimed at youths.
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Washington
TV Code Review Board
National Association of Broadcasters
Association
TV Board of Directors
Senate OKs 581 Million For Six Regional Commissions
The Senate approved by voice vote a two year bill authorizing 581 million dollars for six regional development commissions. Of the total 50 million dollars support goes to the Ozarks Commission covering parts of Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Washington
Senate
The
Ozarks Commission
Kansas, Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Evers Leads New Fayette City Hall in First Day
Mayor Charles Evers and a five member Board of Aldermen began their term in Fayette Mississippi guiding a biracial city. The agenda included selecting department heads reviewing the budget and repealing segregation ordinances and removing junked cars from the streets.
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Fayette, Miss
Charles Evers
Evers
Mississippi
Kansas archeology project yields ancient pottery and pipes
Caldwell Kansas, archaeologists from the Kansas Historical Society and Kansas State University unearth a clay pot in good condition a stone pipe and other artifacts on the Charles Buresh farm near Bluff Creek. State archaeologist Thomas A. Witty says the site may host four to five dwellings a burial ground and a trash dump which is a rich source of artifacts.
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Caldwell
Kan
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas State University
Thomas A. Witty
Kansas
Charles Buresh
Bluff Creek
Witty
Vietnam battle deaths dip to lows since April lull
U S battle deaths in Vietnam fell last week to the lowest level since late April. Officials say the week ending July 4 likely mirrors the roughly 163 Americans killed in action in the week ending April 26, signaling a lull tied to enemy attack levels.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Astromonk Benny Mission Report Declares Technical Success
Scientists call the Biosatellite 3 voyage a near perfect run from launch to splashdown though the planned 30 day mission ended after three weeks. The 14 pound primate Benny died after a parachute landing in the Pacific Ocean at Hickam Air Force Base.
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Honolulu
Astromonk Benny
Hickam Air Force Base
Pacific Ocean
Senate delays secret Safeguard session in closed talk
Washington AP reports the Senate postponed a secret session on the Safeguard program and Soviet threats but will hold a later closed meeting for senators only. Senator Tower insists staff be barred, joined by Mike Mansfield who jokes about keeping mouths shut. Chairman Stennis seeks a closed-door briefing on Soviet threats. A bipartisan push to limit the program to research and bar deployment or site acquisition foresees a long debate but expected victory.
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Washington
Senate
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Mike Mansfield
Foreca Hot Price 10c The Chanute Tribune
Local brief notes indicate a price promotion and community notices in Chanute Kansas. Readers are reminded of the July 9, 1969 publication date and page placement for regional updates.
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THE
CHANUTE _ TRIBUNE
Anute
Kansas
Home From War Returns to Quiet Skies at Ft Lewis
More than 800 American soldiers, part of 25 000 withdrawn from Vietnam, arrived at McChord and Ft. Lewis. The first 94 veterans, some in their early 20s, faced mixed reactions as they prepared for a Seattle welcome parade and return to civilian life.
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FT. Lewis, Wash
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Jerome DeBold
Titusville
Dave Schutte
Quincy
Ill
Sgt
Kenneth Reynolds
Black Duck
Minn
Michael Santoro
Brooklyn
N.Y
Seattle
Donald Sweeney
Milford
Conn
60Th Infantry
9Th Infantry
Nixon
Pentagon
Nixon Orders About 15000 U.S. Troops Home From Abroad
President Nixon announced the withdrawal of nearly 15,000 U.S. military personnel from overseas bases over the next year, excluding Vietnam and other hot spots. The aim is to cut costs and reduce overseas presence, with civilian layoffs abroad around 5,100. Officials project $75 million annual balance of payments savings.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
White House
South Vietnam
Suit Seeks 6059 Dollar Fire Loss Against City Buckners
The city of Chanute and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Buckner are named as co defendants in a district court suit filed today. Plaintiffs Tom and Mrs. Lawrence seek 6059.18 for personal property lost when a gas line explosion burned a Buckner owned house rented by the Lawrences on Oct 17 1968. The Lawrences claim negligent gas line maintenance by the city and unsafe conditions by the Buckners in the utility room. Fire Chief John Erickson tentatively blamed the gas line near the hot water heater in the utility room. The Liners had just moved from California and resided in the house one day prior to the fire.
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Chanute
Marvin Buckner
W. 6Th
Tom Lawrence
Independence
Lawrences
John Erickson
California
Man Found in Ditch Playing Records Near Plummer
Police responded to a 6:50 p.m. call Tuesday and found a man in a roadside ditch two miles west of Plummer just south of Cherry. He was alive and playing records on a portable record player.
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Plummer
Cherry
Federal pressure targets Georgia and Chicago schools
The Nixon administration threatened desegregation suits unless remedial action is taken within two weeks. The Justice Department demanded a voluntary plan within 15 days from Georgia to end separate school systems across 194 districts. A similar warning urged Chicago to desegregate its faculty to ensure equal protection under federal law.
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Washington
Nixon
Georgia
Chicago
Justice Department
State Board of Education
Asst. Atty
Jerris Leonard
Jack P. Nix
Chicago Board of Education
Nix
Leonard
Chicago Board
Weather forecast shows hot humid conditions with storms
Partly cloudy and hot conditions persist with humidity high. Tonight and Thursday expect a low in the 70s and a high near 100 with a 20 percent precipitation chance and possible heavy thunderstorms in north central and northeastern areas. An area forecast notes continued heat and humidity. A Kansas city housing authority meeting is set for 7 30 p m at the Memorial Building commission room.
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Topeka
Kansas
the Weather Bureau
The
City Housing Authority
Memorial Building
Drowned Boy 13 At Buffalo Lake Near Chanute
Robert E. Spence Jr. thirteen of 220 West 14th drowned Tuesday afternoon in Buffalo Lake ten miles west of Chanute. He stepped into a hole while swimming and did not resurface. Wilson County coroner Dr. Hugh Bayles declared death at 4:50 p.m. A bystander offered scuba help. Memorial services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Gibson Koch Chapel with Rev. David Meadows officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Robert E. Spence, Jr
W. 14Th
Buffalo Lake
Chanute
Wilson County
Hugh Bayles
Spence
Royster
Four Square
David H Meadows
Haysville
Memorial Park Cemetery
Two Weeks Training For Chanute National Guard Unit
More than 80 Chanute Kansas National Guard members from Co C 3rd Battalion 137th Infantry depart for Camp Ripley Minnesota for two weeks of basic combat tactic training. They travel in a 136 vehicle convoy stopping overnight in Osceola and Shakopee before arrival. The unit returns home July 27 following training ending July 25.
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Camp Ripley
Oceola
Iowa
Shackabee
Minn
137Th
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reflects School Activities
A fragment suggests a note about schools offering more extra curricular activities today than in the past. The brief line hints at changes in student life and activity scope with a personal voice.
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Yesteryears
Fire At State Prison in Kansas Compound Burns
Fire at a metal and wood constructed compound north of the Kansas State Penitentiary destroyed two buildings and severely damaged a third. Forty-six inmates remain confined as space frees inside the main prison. A tunnel was found during the same shift, later filled by guards.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Robert N. Woodson
Zoning Board Grants Trailer Exception for Howard Andersen
The zoning board of appeals approved a hardship-based exception allowing Howard Andersen to move his house trailer to Tulsa for 15 months while attending a school for disabled veterans. His son will keep a second trailer on the lot. after return, the original trailer may be replaced.
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Steve Drummond
Zoning Board of Appeals
Howard Andersen
N. Grant
Tulsa
Convicted Rapist Ordered To Trial On Murder Charge
Ernest R. Bishop Jr. was bound over for trial on a first degree murder charge in the Saturday killing of Margaret Philips, a 25 year old UM student. A defense bid to downgrade to manslaughter was denied after prosecutors alleged sufficient evidence.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Bishop
Margaret Philips
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