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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev began a historic summit in Washington with pledges to seek lasting world peace. Nixon welcomed Brezhnev on the White House South Lawn as both leaders underscored a shared goal to lift arms burdens and strengthen global security.
In Oklahoma City a gasoline set fire destroyed a C.R. Anthony department store and damaged a high school and a grocery. police tie the blaze to a wave of assaults, including a fatal shooting near NE 30th Street. A Muslim leader’s confrontation and arrests followed, with additional gunfire at a home and a shotgun injury to a teenage girl.
Dr. James Rowland of AID said the Erie Industrial Park is near completion. K-B Electronics plans to move in this fall with seven initial employees and around 35 later, funded by a SBA community development loan guaranteed to the project.
The Chanute Housing Authority opens Osage Village at 301 W Walnut for low income seniors. 30 singles and 20 one bedroom units remain, with handicapped accessible options on each floor. Eligibility caps include $3600 single and $4200 couple annual income and assets under $10099.
A fragmentary note warns not to eat a carp, advising to flush it down the toilet. The unusual interception hints at a peculiar health or safety warning embedded in a personal message.
John W. Dean III, fired White House counsel, testifies in secret session to Senate Watergate committee as TV hearings loom. Focus lies on security secrets and Dean Nixon talks, immunity, and possible evidence of Nixon knowledge of the coverup. Senate leaders anticipate a full, televised account beginning Tuesday.
A Belgian team owned by Delmar Woolery of Thayer Kansas won the Nebraska Day horse pulling contest for the second year in a row in North Platte. Woolery's pair beat Edwin Judy of Redfield Kansas by one foot eight inches.
The Supreme Court ruled that federal courts lack power to halt railroad rates approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The decision followed environmental lawsuits challenging a 2.5 percent surcharge on rail freight, which plaintiffs said worsened environmental inequities. Additional actions upheld Texas and Connecticut reapportionment plans, mineral rights on federal lands, railroad grain inspection rates, and state copyright legislation.
Weather bulletin predicts fair and cooler conditions tonight with lows in the upper 50s. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Winds from the north to northeast at 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Four submariners aboard a mini research sub remained unconscious as the air supply dwindled to about an hour. Navy spokesman Lt Cmdr R H Bisbing warned the rescue could take hours as divers worked to reach them with a diving bell amid wreckage from a World War II destroyer southeast of Key West, where Clayton Link, 31, son of the sub’s designer Edwin Link, is among the trapped.
Gov. Robert Docking, 47, says he is leaning heavily toward a Senate bid, a move that would pit him against Bob Dole. The Kansas governor is in Salina for an interview and would be the first four term Kansas governor if he pursues the Senate.
In Mexicali Baja California officials report thousands of small carp poured from water fau cets and hoses when a purification plant filter burst. The incident sent fish into the city water supply and prompted response from authorities.
A 60 day price freeze and other measures reflect a worldwide push to curb inflation. The Agriculture Department notes countries have passed new laws raised tariffs and rationing exports to boost food supplies amid economic strain.
Space Center Houston reports Sky Lab 1 astronauts set a new space endurance record, surpassing the 23 days 18 hours 22 minutes mark logged by Soyuz 11 in June 1971. The crew reached the milestone at 2 22 a.m. CDT marking history’s longest space flight.
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