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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1973
Page
1
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz celebrated a rare leisure day aboard the Houston space station turning flips and flying in weightlessness on a TV segment. They planned a space walk as early as next Tuesday to free a jammed solar power wing to boost electricity aboard Skylab.
Washington AP reported that the Pentagon health chief, Dr. Richard Wilbur, said all 566 returned Vietnam POWs will be advised and monitored for five years to prevent violent death risks seen after World War II and Korea. He noted stress reactions and family readjustment issues but promised counseling for prisoners and families.
The Kansas Governor's Advisory Council on Energy and Natural Resources heard testimony from major gasoline suppliers warning of a likely fuel shortage hindering harvest of a 344 million bushel wheat crop. Members urged more data before any emergency declaration, with plans for a report to Gov. Docking and possible public conservation measures.
An intercepted letter to Cha notes POWs are mixed up yet still laugh at Bob Hope’s jokes, suggesting continued morale despite confinement.
The District 413 Board of Education will meet Monday at 7 p.m. to act on new evaluation procedures. A report on workers' compensation by David Robinson of Chanute Insurance will be heard. The board will review the security sensor measure from May, study the food service budget, and consider changes in service and lunch schedules. Pending policy revisions on graduation requirements and compulsory attendance enforcement will be discussed. a certified employee will be appointed as required by law.
An attorney for a 16 year old from rural Erie filed a motion for an indefinite continuance of a Wednesday hearing in Neosho County Juvenile Court. The youth is charged with an act of delinquency in the slaying of 71 year old Robert B. Ehler whose body was found in his car near Parsons.
After 102 years the Katy depot in Chanute is slated for removal as the Katy offices move to the DeMeritt Grain Co. The line still serves Chanute with about 30 cars daily and cement traffic from a local plant. The Katy built a modern track in 1968 but the historic depot dates to 1871 with origins in a race among early railways to reach Indian Territory.
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