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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1975
Page
2
Hutchinson News notes President Ford vetoed a 5.3 billion public jobs bill while pushing a 20 billion manned bomber, and later vetoed a 1.35 billion housing bill amid claims of cost and job concerns. A prior plea sought 1 billion for a submarine, inviting critique on security and inflation.
Burlington Iowa Hawkeye notes that Suez cuts miles but only 27 percent of current tankers fit. With 400 plus supertankers over 200,000 tons, drafts and spills threaten oceans as NAS warns routine discharges reach 1.37 million tons yearly. Experts say ship size outpaces safety standards and life in seas could vanish within decades.
A nostalgic portrait of threshing day in a pre tractors era. It describes the arrival of the threshing machine pulled by a steam engine, the gathering of 20 workers, the binder and shocks, the slow feeding of the machine, wagon after wagon of grain, and the noon meals that filled long tables with fried chicken, meat loaf, pies, and iced tea.
Washington reports that the United Nations continues to overlook the forced evacuation of about three million Cambodians from cities into the countryside. An intelligence memo for the White House notes many died during the exodus from Phnom Penh with reports of cholera, hunger, dehydration, and bodies along routes. It describes the mass relocation as a deliberate policy to reshape Cambodian society and warns the toll will rise as disease and famine persist.
Martha Keys, a rookie Congresswoman from Topeka, has gained attention on the House Ways and Means Committee for her diligence and grasp of tax trade and health issues. Colleagues praise her energy while noting she remains learning and not aggressive as she navigates a demanding panel.
The piece portrays Keys as newly seated on the Ways and Means Committee under pressure to prove herself. Colleagues note skepticism about her abilities, while Rep Jacobs defends her substantive contributions including an amendment to an energy bill.
Olivia Bennett, wife of Gov. Robert Bennett, was admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka for a respiratory ailment. Press secretary Leroy Towns said she has had periodic flareups and was admitted after trouble breathing. He added the illness is not serious and recent humid weather may have contributed. her condition is satisfactory.
Southeast Kansas investors plan to open a Pandere Parsons housing plant in Parsons. The facility will use tubular steel and other materials to manufacture a new type of housing. About 10 employees to start. Dr. Perdue B. Graves of Topeka chairs Pandere, Ltd. The site under consideration is a tract in the No 3 industrial park.
Thailand treads a tightrope amid strikes insurgents and a faltering economy. Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj must balance relations with the United States and China while facing a possible coup and rising communist influence. The 1973 student revolt and 21-party assembly shaped a fragile coalition. 9,000 insurgents and Laos-North Vietnam links threaten stability.
Fred M. Harris President F M Harris General Manager Keith Wright Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail in Trade Territory Neosho Allen Wil and Woodson Co Prices include Kan 3 Per Cent Sales Tax. One Year 6.45 Six Months 3.12 Three Months 2.05. By Mail Outside Trade Territory Year 8.00 Six Months 4.00 Three Months 2.00. By Mail in Area Towns With Carrier Delivery One Year 9.79 Six Months 5.15 Three Months 1.30. Chanute Post Office Boxholders One Year 27.80 Six Months 13.90 Three Months 6.95. By Carrier in Chanute 2.25 monthly plus tax in advance.
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At a Neosho-Cottonwood Flood Control Association meeting Burlington editor John Redmond was re elected president and Gordon Barker was chosen as one of three vice presidents to ease Redmond s workload. Redmond requested relief for health reasons but remaining members asked him to serve again.
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded Kansas 504,155 to the Department of Health and Environment for an air pollution control program run by the division of environmental health. Rep. Martha Keys announced the grant in Topeka. Keys also announced a 29,655 grant to Kansas State University to fund bilingual educator training for staff development at community junior colleges.
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