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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1973
Page
1
A St. Joseph resident found a letter mailed July 2 and postmarked 12 days earlier, written by his next door neighbor. The discovery occurred Saturday and was reported in the local AP dispatch.
President Nixon, resting after a night of improvement, plans talks on the Phase 4 plan with Secretary Shultz and Vice President Agnew. He will meet with Shultz and White House aides Laird and Harlow as the administration prepares to unveil wage price restraint proposals later in the week.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the United States will keep its military strength in the Pacific with no immediate troop withdrawals from Taiwan or South Korea. Japan would be consulted if any pullout were considered.
Washington economists note a cooling in the U.S. boom as June industrial production rises three tenths of one percent, down from May seven tenths. The Federal Reserve reports consumer goods output fell seven tenths in June, suggesting inflation may ease without harming growth.
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers takes its 43 page resolution package to Ford amid a positive reception from General Motors. Union leaders outlined aims including voluntary overtime dental coverage full retirement after 30 years and inflation protection with no specified wage increase. NEW DELHI AP Radio Kabul said Afghanistan is a republic ousting King Zahir Shah in a reportedly bloodless coup as drought drives famine and 80 000 deaths in central areas.
Former White House aide Egil Krogh Jr. told a House subcommittee he would invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering most questions about the 1971 burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office. He limited testimony to pre 1968 employment details.
The U S dollar fell on European exchanges as traders cited a lack of support from government banks. A brief rally last week followed token dollar purchases by the Fed and some European central banks, but halted buying Thursday led to renewed weakness.
White House confirms President Nixon will not hand over Watergate tape recordings to the Senate committee framing them as presidential papers. Press secretary Ziegler cites ongoing dispute over access and notes Nixon previously refused to appear or provide presidential papers. Garment and Buzhardt visited Bethesda Naval Hospital after Butterfield testimony.
Kalmbach told Congress he now recognizes his fund-raising for the Watergate wiretappers was criminal. He said he believed Dean and Ehrlichman acted proper when asking for payoff money in June but did not inform the President. Butterfield testified the White House tapped phones with the President's knowledge, aiming to record conversations for a history of the Nixon years.
Senate committees chief counsel Samuel Cash said staff will review the White House log of Nixon meetings and conversations to select dates cited in Dean testimony. Archibald Cox plans to request tapes to corroborate or challenge Nixon knowledge of the cover up, while Warren declined to comment. The panel scheduled an executive session to decide next steps.
The Resource Conservation and Development Board adopted a resolution to run a housing program targeting homes priced 10 000 to 13 000. It will not compete with local builders and will pilot in one of nine counties. Neodesha appears likely for the project with an experienced builder hired as superintendent and six trainees.
Area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and warmer weather through Wednesday with highs in the low to mid 90s and lows in the 60s to 70s. Separate items discuss a proposed public housing program using six trainees to build ten 1,100 square foot houses at about 10 000 dollars each with land and superintendent wages donated, potential tax roll entries, and training benefits for six workers over 26 weeks. A pork packing plant feasibility in Southeast Kansas is reviewed with Oscar Mayer not interested in a new Kansas plant and a meeting planned with Farmland Industries. RC&D and park council attendees noted. Governor Docking replies regarding Rural Development Act pilot project guidelines not yet issued from Washington.
The Salina city commission rejected all bids for the water system improvement project after the engineer’s $605,080 estimate was surpassed by bids of 991,322 318,791 and 948,400. The matter was referred to Ken Willey to coordinate with HUD and city manager Kenneth Sanborn. The meeting also adopted a policy to pay for one suit of uniform pants per week per officer and approved union contract points including vacation, pay scale, an extra holiday, and an eight percent raise. Next meeting July 23 at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Building.
The Senate approved the Alaska pipeline bill by 77 to 20 to remove legal barriers and speed North Slope oil development. It grants a consortium of oil companies right of way on federal lands and states the government properly considered a Canadian route in the environmental impact statement. The vote follows a failed court injunction and amid energy crisis pressures.
A 16 year old rural Neosho County youth faces delinquency charges after the May 22 shooting death of 71 year old Robert B Ehler near Parsons. Juvenile Judge Alberta Gough schedules a 2 p.m. July 24 hearing, closed to the public, with Raymond W. Radford as county attorney and the youth’s name withheld.
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