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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1975
Page
4
An editorial notes the 1975 Kansas law raises traffic offense penalties from Class C to Class A over a year, with new maximum fines up to 2500 dollars and potential jail time. It applies to state traffic violations only, not city codes, and highway officials doubt judges will frequently use the higher limits.
U S Senator Jim Pearson of Kansas urges a new New Hampshire Senate race to resolve the stalemate over whether Louis C. Wyman or John Durkin should be seated. Pearson argues the Senate cannot determine the outcome and that NH voters should decide, noting NH already authorized mechanics for a rerun to prevent further delay.
The narrator recalls two relatives Jan and Dot, nonconformist retirees, traveling in a 25-foot motor home with two schnauzers and a towed Mazda. Once academic colleagues, they now explore the West from Los Osos California, planning a flexible, future return while pondering energy concerns and the aging journey. They began the trip April 5, visiting Chanute and prairie destinations, with the prospect of returning in four years.
Washington notes a shift from Nixon era schemes to Ford’s emphasis on fair treatment of rivals. Ford invites Mary Louise Smith and discusses party support, while planning visits to key states and considering a new energy development bank to spur private projects.
UPI reports three NATO members face political crises weakening Western unity. In Italy the Communist vote surge pressures coalition participation. In Portugal a military rulers move to curb parties and take press control signals a drift from democracy. In Turkey Cyprus tensions and aid clashes strain Ankara's alliance ties.
The notice lists mail subscription prices for Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson and surrounding areas with Kansas tax included. It covers one year six months three months and monthly rates for trade territory outside trade territory area towns with carrier delivery Chanute post office boxholders and Chanute carrier options.
The United Press International holds exclusive rights to republish all local news printed in the newspaper and all UP news dispatches. This agreement grants UP exclusive republication rights for both local content and its own dispatches.
East Main Street gains a 70 foot tall grain elevator for Chapman Feed Service. The structure combines an elevator and feed mill with 17 bins and a 16500 bushel capacity plus seed cleaning and treatment equipment per Ralph Chapman. A separate item notes Fred Pilgrim's broken arm from a Ford engine backfire in 1925.
Kansas 2000 began at Kansas State University with about 50 attendees as Herman Lujan warned of looming shortages in oil, groundwater, and water supplies while most residents would live in northeast Kansas by 2000. He urged a year by year planning approach to avert crises in land use, water, energy, and services.
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