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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1975
Page
2
The House refuses to lift the arms embargo on Turkey over Cyprus invasion despite administration warnings. Editors argue Turks may seek leverage over bases critical to NATO posture, while a growing view questions costly alliance courting and whether Turkey needs the U.S. as badly as the U.S. needs Turkey.
A U N Security Council debate on extending the Sinai buffer force stalls over a single word expressing satisfaction versus appreciation. The Israeli envoy objects to any backpat implication, highlighting how nitpicking words undermine Mideast peace hopes. The piece also lampoons bureaucratic phrasing, noting signs like Closed for hygienic reparation.
An Emporia reminiscence recalls William Allen White's drought era prayer for rain with vivid, stormy imagery. The piece imagines lightning, driving rain, gutters, and thunder as a dramatic, almost comic plea for weather to break the long dry spell.
Keith Wright notes farmers beg for rain to save crops as Kansas arouses renewed faith in harvest. Mike Herold brings two giants weighing 2 1 4 to 2 3 4 pounds. Mrs. George Roberts shows a 2 1 2 pound tomato grown by Jess Byers and gifted to her husband. Who will present a three pounder next.
Rates outline payments for one year six months three months and one month by mail outside trade territory in Kansas and Chanute post office boxholders with applicable sales tax. Carrier delivery in Chanute costs 2.25 monthly with tax. United Press International note included on local news rights.
Chanute public library lists top fiction for July led by Cold River by William Judson and The Snow Tiger by Desmond Bagley. Other thrillers include The Eagle Has Landed, Supersonic, The Boat, The Circe Complex, and a wide array of mystery and adventure titles from Francis to Matthiessen.
The city proposes a 32.72 mill levy for 1976, 1.02 mills less than this year, supported by a gain in valuation. The budget totals 4,158,090 dollars, up about 750,000 from the current year.
Washington periods reveal William Cotter chief postal inspector allegedly aided CIA mail openings and misled Congress before halting the scheme in 1973. Rep Charles Wilson urged Bailar to fire Cotter, accusing him of prioritizing the CIA over the Postal Service.
Surveys for the K 39 extension show two East Elm houses crossing the street line and must be cropped. The larger residence at 101 N Evergreen occupies five apartments and intrudes four feet, while the adjacent duplex porch intrudes three feet.
New York based reports show Time and Ladies Home Journal joining Readers Digest McCall's and Better Homes and Gardens in testing non postal delivery for magazines. Trials use local consolidations with computer systems and plastic bag delivery, with expansion planned though still experimental.
Washington officials said Soviet demand for U S grain could total 14 to 15 million tons with potential price effects this year If the August crop report confirms record yields an additional 4 to 5 million tons of wheat and corn might be sold to meet Soviet needs Produced by drought and market conditions this may raise livestock feed costs modestly and influence 1975 price forecasts alongside debates over who should oversee overseas grain sales.
Dr. Russell Graham president of Coffeyville Community Junior College suggested forming a nine-county pilot project in southeast Kansas to test regionalization of junior colleges. His idea follows a Kansas Association of Junior Colleges proposal to create 20 to 22 districts.
A devotional note cites I Corinthians 11 28 urging believers to examine themselves before partaking in the bread and cup. The verse emphasizes personal reflection as part of the communion rite.
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