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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1975
Page
2
The 1975 Legislature approved 3.5 million dollars to raise basic welfare grants, with July 1 checks reflecting the increases. About 31,000 recipients will be affected as the state moves from 82 to 90 dollars for one person and up to 306 dollars for six people, though the per person rise remains modest.
Ellinwood hosts its first annual Kansas State Wrist Wrestling Championship on Saturday July 19 as part of the after harvest celebration. Co chairmen Floyd Griffith and Alan Isearn organize the event with five men's divisions and one women's division set after weigh in on race day.
Keith Wright notes Ellinwood Area Enterprises sponsors a state wristwrestling competition that will crown Kansas champions and award trophies. State winners may advance to the national event in spring. national rules apply and entry forms are available by mail. Competition slated for the high school athletics field if weather allows.
Washington diary notes report the death of J Frank Elliott at 105 S Lincoln after months of illness. He co ran Western Drilling Tool and Supply with his brother Elmer Elliott and was born at Elliotts Mills Pennsylvania. The piece recalls Elliott’s machinist start and work with Caruthers inventor of the Bessemer gas engine. It also notes a 1925 item about A W Pugh operating a chain of motion picture theaters and Stark summer free shows staged by local businessmen.
Lennon, facing deportation over a minor UK drug charge, gains a path to remain in the United States. Watergate-era tactics and legal work by Leon Wildes are cited as factors in the government reviewing Lennon’s status, with officials noting humanitarian exceptions.
An AG inquiry into U S 59 near Lawrence found no private contractor used illegal pressure to speed the work. The FHWA study pending. Taylor Construction influenced paving wet subsoil but deemed reasonable. Officials said weather delays and bridge costs pushed expedited completion, not misconduct.
Rates show yearly and short term options for mail subscribers in area towns with carrier service and Chanute post office boxholders. Prices include tax and postage. Chanute carrier deliveries billed monthly in advance.
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Clarence Kelley denounces the Limited Message Switching Implementation Plan that would let various law enforcement bodies share data on a single FBI network. Critics fear a police state and privacy loss, urging safeguards to prevent unrelated personal information from being recorded.
Bettman Archive in New York curates a pictorial record of ordinary citizens from a century ago. The collection aims to temper nostalgia with stark images such as bathers fleeing garbage scows on the Neosho River. Authors include James Brough and Brad Williams with works like The Prince and the Lily and Lost Treasures of the West. 좋은
UPI reports a playful but pointed tale as officials link Nixon era actions to a White House rodent surge. A rat catcher recalls tearing down WWI era Navy buildings to clear the Mall, sparking a rat influx now haunting Haig and Ford era offices including Kennerly’s basement space.
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