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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1973
Page
1
Bob Hope was the principal speaker at the annual Flag Day ceremony in the House Chamber. He joked he did not know why he was chosen unless it related to taxes he pays or time he spends abroad.
AP sources say the grand jury investigation into the office break-in tied to Daniel Ellsberg has narrowed to four former White House employees. Named are John D. Ehrlichman Egil Krogh David Young and G Gordon Liddy.
An informed source says France, the United States and their allies will study a possible new declaration of principles for NATO. The study would be conducted by the permanent NATO council in Brussels, urged by the Nixon administration, and agreed during private talks at the NATO foreign ministers session.
Kissinger told reporters of a private understanding on Cambodia and suggested a cease fire could come in the next few weeks. The Senate then approved a bill 67 to 15 to ban all U.S. military activity in Cambodia and Indochina, despite his plea for more time.
Shaky start in Saigon as rockets and mortars fire rockets and artillery disrupt the new cease fire. No progress on Kissinger Tho 14 point plan. Fighting and U S air strikes continue in Cambodia while the Joint Military Commission delays action.
Barbara Kihm reports Brother Gene Harding of Savenburg rode 4285 miles over 45 days to Mexico. He spoke to crowds and raised funds for native ministers like Brother Rosas, who runs 22 missions and lives near starvation. He plans to send monthly support and supply a trail bike.
The White House says the U S Soviet summit will not yield a sweeping new arms limit pact but seeks a breakthrough toward permanent nuclear curbs. Kissinger briefing reporters as Brezhnev in Moscow frames talks as a chance to deepen and improve relations between the two nations.
Washington reports George P. Shultz will stay as Treasury secretary despite another economic clash with President Nixon. John B. Connally appears ready to resign, citing strained access to Nixon and a deteriorating White House operation after Watergate resignations.
A magistrate hearing for eight defendants in the Black September attack that killed the American ambassador to Khartoum and two other diplomats has been postponed indefinitely. The delay surprised diplomats and reporters as hearings were slated to begin in Khartoum, with a Sunday start previously announced by a senior Sudanese official.
In Senate testimony Jeb Magruder linked final approval of the espionage plot to John Mitchell and said the target was Lawrence F. O'Brien. He said the aim was to gain information to harm the Democrats while H.R. Haldeman and others kept the coverup hidden.
The EPA plans traffic controls to curb auto emissions in 11 metro regions including Los Angeles Boston Minneapolis St Paul New York Philadelphia New Jersey Cincinnati Houston San Antonio Dallas and El Paso. Measures range from vehicle inspections to strict traffic controls and possible gasoline rationing and partial downtown bans.
George Voth Jr of Far-Mar Co spoke at the Midwest states conference about making ethyl alcohol from wheat to replace tetraethyl lead in motor fuel. He said the process could consume over three billion bushels of wheat annually and cited a breakthrough in fractionating the wheat kernel. The Kansas Wheat Commission urged using wheat for alcohol.
The Labor Department reports a typical four person family needs 11446 yearly for a moderate standard of living in fall 1972, 7386 for austerity, and 16558 for some luxuries. Costs rose 4 percent for moderate and high budgets and 2.4 percent for austerity from the prior year, with consumer prices up 3 percent since fall. Anchorage Alaska is the most expensive area at 132 percent of the national average. southern small towns are the cheapest at 83 percent.
Police Chief Lige Matlock notes more complaints with rising motorcycle use. Youths under 16 face street riding limits unless on school trips or farm business with an accompanying adult. Cyclists trespassing on vacant city land near Memorial Park Cemetery may face citations and fines.
A fragment cites an intercepted letter accusing a person of aligning with a 15-year-old to ride a motorcycle and send him on a non agricultural errand during school break, labeling the act as creating a lawbreaker.
In Scott City Kansas about midnight every other Saturday night x rated movies are shown at the drive in drawing heavy traffic. Residents complain of on street viewers and beer drinking in a residential area while 200 residents sign petitions seeking a permanent injunction to block the films. County attorney Keen Brantley says the action aims to curb nuisance not obscenity and Tecklenburg the theater operator has about 20 days to answer.
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