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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1971
Page
2
How ard E Lindlow of 3M urges Kansas focus on cost models for site selection. He notes central location helps, and taxes labor and utility costs vary by locality. Chanute utilities are city owned, affecting costs and business prospects.
The article praises Chanute for a balanced labor climate that keeps payrolls and urban opportunities attractive without overinducing industry. It notes the goal of spreading service costs via tax base growth and existing site development programs, with industries meeting their responsibilities.
The piece notes President Nixon’s efforts toward compromise with Red China and outlines four brutal demands from the Communists. It calls for total pullout of American arms from Indochina and Formosa, abandonment of defense treaties, and removal of the 7th Fleet, plus withdrawal from Korea, to pave a peace that unites the peninsula.
U S intelligence spots familiar aides likely to accompany Premier Chou En Lai in Peking. Nancy Tang, 27, Chou’s main English interpreter, joins senior officials Chiao Kuan Ma Chang Wen chin Tang Ming chao and Boston Harvard trained Chi Chao chu in Beijing. Tang’s daughter Nancy also works as interpreter.
A man notes a secret gathering of several men at a deserted farm shed outside town. They fear discovery by their wives and parents. The informant hints at troubling plans discussed at the clandestine gathering.
A group of parents laments overpacked calendars for kids with night after night activities. Fathers complain of two baseball leagues three girls in dance recitals swimming lessons and baton twirling while mothers share the same fatigue. A note hints at curiosity about a nearby garage and a past meeting with mothers.
William F Buckley Jr says public television feels liberal not because management but because verbalists shape programs He moved Firing Line to PBS now reaching 203 stations in prime time and can go live for breaking news He defends his credibility after the hoax papers episode and calls the show an intellectual and theatrical challenge
On this date Fidel Castro began a revolt in Cuba against Batista by attacking an army barracks in Santiago in 1953. Other noted events include 1759 French abandoned Fort Ticonderoga, 1775 Congress created the Post Office with Franklin, 1847 Liberia declared a republic, 1944 German V2s hit England, 1945 Churchill resigned after Britain election, 1956 Suez Canal nationalized, and later era notes.
An undercover Humane Society survey found widespread animal mistreatment in 71 zoos across 23 states. Sue Pressman posed as a tourist to document cages and conditions while 17 zoos faced potential corrective actions to ensure humane treatment.
The Humane Society surveyed 44 municipal and 27 private zoos, reporting dilapidated cages lacking water and rising excrement, starving animals, and bald chimps. It cited spaces in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, and more, while praising Tampa Bay Busch Gardens and Washington zoo for better habitat simulation.
Veterans Administration survey in Wichita projects 2,387 World War II veterans living in Neosho County by June 30, 1947. President Truman’s decision on the OPA revival bill expected at a late news conference. Navy Hellcat drone planes from the atomic test landed safely. one carried radioactive residue but photographs remain intact. A new concrete traffic guide at Highland Avenue and Main Street weighs 4,750 pounds and stands 16 feet high.
A nostalgic note places a height three feet taller than the guide on Main Street at Lincoln Avenue. The rest lists subscription rates for various delivery options including in trade territory and outside areas, with taxes and fees for one year to several months. The notice states Chanute post office box rates and carrier delivery details, and mentions membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and AP rights.
A prime time lineup lists Gunsmoke at 6:30 with Matt Dillon quitting the force and a quest for normalcy. Baseball from Montreal features the Cubs vs Expos at 7:15, plus Doris Day in a skirt chase assignment and several classics from It Was a Very Good Year to Misterogers Neighborhood. Evening wrap includes Mayberry R.F.D. and late movies with Loneliness and Victory, along with talk shows Merv Griffin Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett.
A detailed weekday daytime grid shows many networks listing morning to afternoon programs. Notable entries include Today Show Dent, News, All My Children, Password, Jeopardy, The Doctors, and Guiding Light alongside children’s and variety fare across stations KCMO KUHI KOAM WDAF Chanute Channel 3.
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