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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1972
Page
2
A reader accuses Chanute city planners of discrimination against mobile home parks, claiming zoning changes and inspections unfairly target MH owners. He cites fire hazard rulings on skirting, gas line upgrades, late meetings, and hiring bans, warning of mass closures in ten days.
A veteran admirer laments baseball’s shift toward big money and TV excess. He recalls Dodgers era memories and criticizes long broadcasts, slow pitching rituals, and lopsided games while noting the manager umpire squabble as the only entertaining part.
Editor Heywood Hale Broun reflects on his CBS Saturday sports essays and his transition from acting to broadcast journalism. He explains the aim to reveal why games are played and how sports mirror society, and notes his past theater work and anticipation of future roles.
Washington reports indicate Premier Chou En-lai will not withdraw support for North Vietnam or intervene to end the war. In six hours of talks with House leaders Hale Boggs and Gerald Ford, Chou urged a political settlement and rejected U S elections as a path for South Vietnam. Boggs and Ford, returning from China, sent a confidential letter to President Nixon noting China sent no troops but did not rule it out if asked. There was one optimistic note they described as remarkable.
A Boggs-Ford report to the President quotes Premier Chou Enlai and other Chinese leaders stressing Vietnam as a military line, not a political boundary, and urging gradual Korean-style moves toward peace. They push U.S. presence in Europe to deter the Soviets and favor limited disarmament within SALT negotiations.
Television listings preview a busy schedule with Partridge Family featuring Arte Johnson as master chef and artist, Doris Day and Ray Bolger in April in Paris, and college stars vs Cowboys in the College All Star Football game. Evening lineups include Sligh Chaparral It s Your Bet Hollywood Squares Wagon Train Brady Bunch Big Valley Sanford and Son Killer from space and Desires.
On July 28 1972 readers are reminded of past events including Austria declaring war on Serbia in 1914, Peru's independence in 1821, and the 1945 Empire State Building bomber crash. Other notes mention Haiti riots intervention in 1915, Malta WWII defense in 1940, Nixon's 1960 nomination, and future pivots in Detroit and China. Birthdays include Aristotle Onassis, Jacques Piccard, and Jacques d Ama boise. Thought quotes Franklin.
Twenty five years ago Chanute merchants report an all time high in retail sales driven by influx of high quality merchandise, strong demand, high prices and solid industrial payrolls. Fifty years ago 1922 reports describe two cars colliding on the Santa Fe road after drivers used spotlights to dazzle each other. both vehicles lost front wheels and no injuries were noted.
Parsons unveils a 1973 budget with a levy increase of under two mills. The total 1972 levy remains 43.133 mills to fund 1973 expenditures, aided by a $853,183 rise in assessed value and a 2,129,088.23 total budget, up 138,471.94 from the current year.
In Redwood City California two pet llamas known for spitting at neighbors were ordered to leave the Dr E H Rentschler property. The county planning commission gave Rentschler five years to dispose of the animals with a November deadline after Kenneth Disney complained the llamas spit at him and one kicked him.
The advertisement lists subscription rates for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and surrounding areas including tax details. It covers one year six months and three months terms by mail and carrier, with differing taxes for Kansas addresses and Chanute post office boxholders. It also notes AP republication rights and that the paper is an Associated Press member.
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