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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1977
Page
2
The Legislature considers fixing a flawed census system used to allocate tax dollars. County clerks submit county populations, but nine differing state projections exist, causing up to a 40 percent variance. Governor Bennett pushes for a single accurate projection and possible federal census changes spur urgent reform.
Historian Lumir Buresh of Prairie Village promotes an illustrated work on the 1864 Mine Creek clash near Pleasanton Kansas. The book details troop movements casualties and battles with maps photos and appendices and notes its role in Mine Creek Battlefield Park development. Kansas Wheat Month highlighted with milling facts and baking tips from Charlene Patton of the State Board of Agriculture.
A proposed emergency rule by the Grain Inspection Department to give longtime local customers first access to scarce grain storage was turned down by the Rules and Regulations Board. State law requires first come, first served, and officials warned against discrimination and potential abuse.
The page displays the 16th year, issue 59, a daily except Sunday publication with second class postage and a telephonic contact. It notes United Press International exclusive rights to local news republication and UP dispatches, and mentions Audit Bureau of Circulations membership.
The 1969 plan targeted the winter White House at Key Biscayne with underwater attackers to blow up the Nixon residence. A Cuban agent recruited a Cuban American servant to draft security blueprints. the servant faced threats but informed authorities. Espinosa Bonet was expelled over security concerns. The piece links CIA mafia plots against Castro to possible Cuban retaliation against Kennedy. Oil politics also feature a separate note on environmental amendments favored by Sen Johnston aiding major oil firms. Gwen Bartlett summer program at Chanute Public Library ends with Windwagon Smith film and readings.
The Justice Department petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission to block seven oil majors from overcharging for Trans-Alaska Pipeline shipments. It seeks to prevent rates up to $2 per barrel higher than necessary, claiming possible year ahead overcharges totaling about 900 million dollars. The ICC plans a June 30 decision as pipeline opening looms.
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