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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1972
Page
1
Two lifeguards, Brian Ingless aged 25 and Barry Wood 26, were pulled from a storm drain beneath a Ramsgate street after entering to inspect a loose grill by a seafront pool. They wandered underground through a network of channels and sewers before being found exhausted in swimming trunks.
Wallace has gained six pounds since the June 18 bullet was removed from his spinal canal and has done parallel bars in therapy. Dr. Stacy Rollins said the governor has shown steady progress and should be able to attend the Democratic National Convention opening July 10 in Miami Beach.
The Senate approves 200 million dollars for Eastern U S flood victims doubling Nixon's request as urgent aid seeks fast passage. A separate measure on Saturday Night Specials advances after Judiciary Committee backing seeks broader handgun ban. In Vietnam, 10 000 marines and paratroopers push toward Quang Tri with 1350 tons of bombs dropped for support.
An intercepted note expresses confusion about lifeguard friends and suggests they were in an altered state before entering a sewer. The terse fragment hints at a puzzling scenario but provides few concrete details or names.
Democrats push a 20 percent Social Security increase as an amendment to the debt ceiling bill. Sen. Frank Church says the proposal is ready to be offered when the Senate votes, likely Thursday. The House approved the debt-limit bill 211 to 168, andHouse leaders plan procedures to accept the Senate amendment on return.
SIMLA India and Pakistan hardened positions ahead of talks between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. India said 91 000 Pakistani POWs would stay in India until Bhutto accepts the cease fire line through Kashmir as an international boundary and Bangladesh as an independent nation. Bhutto demanded POW return and warned against humiliating terms.
18 year old cyclist Pauses in Chanute for a few days rest and minor repairs before resuming a 3000 mile journey to Los Angeles. Paired with aunt and uncle in Chanute, he sold his car to fund the trip bought an $80 Italian Chioroa 10 speed, started from New York by air to La Guardia, then rode across the country camping when needed and planning to visit the Grand Canyon on route.
San Francisco police investigate a string of gangland style murders in Chinatown. Barry Fong-Torres, 29, executive director of the Youth Services and Coordinating Center, was shot in the abdomen and head at his apartment door. Police cite nine Chinese victims killed since March 1970 and 17 related assaults this year, linked to rival street gangs striving for control of Chinatown. Inspector John McKenna likens the situation to Chicago in the rackets era.
Mrs. Sally Clark a 24 year old student from Ottumwa is in Chanute for summer as a staff intern at the Municipal Airport Flight Service Station. She has completed a year of a two year air traffic control program at Indian Hills Community College and is the only woman in a class of 12. The program, still experimental, is a joint effort with the FAA.
Washington AP reports McGovern supporters wage a large drive to overcome a California credentials challenge seen as a final major hurdle to his nomination. Democratic platform writers echoed his positions, broad enough to include rival views, as the Miami Beach convention prepares to vote on the draft platform amid expected debate on Alabama opposed planks.
The piece outlines platform planks on Vietnam busing tax reform ceilings and abolition of the draft with amnesty for conscientious objectors. McGovern signals support for Lawrence F. O'Brien as chair and faces challenges from Humphrey allies over California’s delegation seats. AP tally shows McGovern near nomination at 1,358.9 votes, 150.1 short of 1,509.
President Nixon announced a two month drawdown of 10,000 U S troops from South Vietnam and a rule that only draftees who volunteer will be sent there in the future. The troop level should drop to 39,000 by September 1 with an average summer drawdown of 5,000.
The House rejected amendments to cut 1.7 billion from a 21.3 billion arms bill and to set a Sept. 1 Indochina withdrawal deadline. It also defeated a proposal to ban bombing North Vietnamese dams and dikes. The chamber approved the full 21.3 billion authorization for tanks ships missiles and planes for the coming fiscal year.
FAA runs over 300 Flight Service Stations across the country. Chanute Municipal Airport hosts one since 1938 under Joe Gormley. The station handles preflight and in flight briefings, route planning, flight plans, position reports, weather news, and navigation support under VFR and IFR rules with weather data updated hourly from about 150 stations and six to twelve hour forecasts every six hours.
Neosho County awarded a conditional contract to Cook Flatt Strobel for plans to replace the east Big Island bridge over the Neosho River near St. Paul. If no bid falls below 150000 dollars, the engineers’ study stands with no change. The replacement will sit on piers of a currently closed bridge. County plans aim to reopen eight other bridges in the secondary road system deemed structurally weak by an engineer’s report.
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