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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1972
Page
1
The Supreme Court ruled five to four that districts cannot be broken into smaller units to perpetuate racial segregation. The decision from a rural Virginia case expands federal judges’ power to supervise district boundary drawings and signals strong judicial actions to dismantle segregation.
A Chanute car theft was solved in 15 minutes after citizen Dick Harmon heard a broadcast on his radio scanner and alerted City Cab. Police and highway patrol chased the vehicle to the Wayside Club where Edward Thomas of Parsons was arrested for driving without a license and with an open bottle. He is jailed awaiting charges.
Cities Service Gas Co. won dismissal of three tax abatement suits against Neosho County in district court. The cases sought about $7,000 in ad valorem taxes for 1970 71 and 72. The moves followed a highway accident report and a Supreme Court decision against a gas company.
Barbara Kihm reports Greenwood Cemetery lies near Chanute and contains Civil War soldiers and early settlers. Tales from tombstones show stark lives, with inscriptions like There must be something hereafter and I am not afraid to die. Miss Pearl Akers notes rubbing inscriptions as a common preservation method and warns of vandalism threats to tall stones and sandstone markers.
In Chanute a three acre solar home built in 1947 by W D Jones and Edith Jones sits at 329 S Rutter. The south facing design uses specially sealed glass windows and a shading canopy to maximize solar heating. Utility bills over the years were often lower than similar homes, though no formal records confirm a one third heating share.
A Fort Scott rummage sale trousers purchase yields a found 50 cent piece returned to the seller. Larry Brockway of Fort Scott, aka Lyn Bau man, wrote and recorded two songs with The Country Jayhawkers at Rimrock Recording Studios. A left turn scare in Fredonia involving a driver and parked pickups hints at possible consumer protection inquiry.
A Jersey woman who rented a room to Edwin C Grace described him as quiet and punctual paying rent, saying she knew nothing of the 33 year old occupant of Apartment 2 at Saxony Motel Turnersville accused of a terrifying Cherry Hill shooting spree. Grace remained in critical condition after the Wednesday attack as reporters gathered in Marine Park Brooklyn where his parents reside.
The Irish Republican Army Provisional Wing announces a conditional cease-fire to start at midnight next Monday to pursue unification of Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic. Britain says it will reciprocate if violence halts.
A fragmentary note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha appears to describe a person who seems to guide their destiny while others are managed by someone else, ending with a closing line Yours.
The Legislative Budget Committee reviews a first draft for a constitutional article allowing the Kansas Legislature to meet intermittently over a two year term. Provisions include abolishing pocket vetoes, redefining district apportionment, expulsions, censure, and limiting same day passage to emergencies.
Mrs. C. H. Bailey notices after 28 days the peahen stops sitting and returns to the nest to find nothing but a discarded light bulb. The peacock mate had strutted nearby as the bird attempted to hatch the object, revealing the humorous misadventure.
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