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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1975
Page
2
Tribune Editorial warns against premature optimism as advisers claim recession ending while GNP stabilizes. Inflation remains a threat with rising energy costs likely to push up prices for goods and services, and readers hope for a mild winter to ease pressure.
Observers in southeast Kansas predict consolidation for junior colleges, with Chanute noted. Local groundwork favors cooperative operation, while the Kansas Legislative Planning Commission weighs regional or statewide governance as state financing grows. Local control is ruled out.
Keith Wright reports on the AP editors association June July issue. Gen Westmoreland discusses media influence on the Vietnam War and censorship effects, plus debates on press freedom and a Florida proposal to elect managing editors.
The Chanute Tribune lists mailing and carrier delivery rates. One year rates are $18.54 with tax for general area mail and $27.81 for Chanute post office boxholders. Monthly carrier delivery in Chanute costs $2.25 plus tax.
UP I holds exclusive rights to local news printed in the newspaper and to all UP news dispatches. The statement notes affiliation with the Audit Bureau of Circulations for circulation verification. The excerpt emphasizes rights retention and industry affiliation.
A Chanute Public Librarian argues information is the best therapy for future shock, recommending books on personal finance, aging, career paths, and coping strategies. They note missing titles, urge locating lost volumes, and warn about nonrefundable lost book charges. Proverbs 20 7 quote ends the piece.
A 1975 study by the National Consumer's Congress, funded by the Community Services Administration, finds low income families spend 53 percent of their income on food, far above the general 20 percent. It calls for expanding food stamps, nutrition education, and resources for co-ops, home gardens, and farmers markets.
Marmaton Valley District 256 votes a budget of 947,663 with a 40.78 mill levy up 160,000 from last year. Supt Bill Muckenthaler cites a $1.2 million valuation error last year as the main cause, noting last year’s spending was funded without enough levy revenue and now the district must correct the shortfall.
Army GOER vehicles built by Caterpillar face serious flaws from brakes to steering and motion sickness during tests at Ft Hood and in Maryland waters. Reports flag unsafe water use and call for redeployment or retirement to depot stock. Army counters that tests were limited and that GOERs meet design goals despite ongoing safety concerns and later unrelated political notes.
Twenty five years ago a storm passed through the area killing Mrs. Paul Carroll 33 as she aided her husband milking in a Walnut area barn. A tornado near Humboldt destroyed a farm barn and damaged trees. In Erie Robbers hit Cummings poultry house stealing 13 egg cases and tires with a hand drawn Main Street map left behind.
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