Monopolized mail sparks editorial on postal service
The Tribune criticizes the Postal Service while noting the Kansas City court conviction of Robert Black, operator of a private mail service in Pittsburg. It argues the government preserves a costly monopoly under the guise of a businesslike reform and questions ongoing subsidies.
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Robert Black
Pittsburg
U.S
Kansas City
Black
Postal Department
Postal Service
Summit pledge on inflation questioned amid oil price risks
The San Juan gathering of seven non Communist industrialized nations pledged cooperation to fight inflation and aid in financial crises. Critics doubt the plan will bind oil producers and prevent future price hikes, noting energy costs dominate inflation and real aid may depend on U.S. strength.
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San Juan
Washington
U.S.A
Editorial on a fictitious 1976 health care law and resistance
A dramatic satire by Henry K. Baker M D describes a country divided into districts with seniors called senators and competing groups over health care. The piece centers on a 1976 law SB 646 requiring malpractice insurance and a town coin fund with a 36 hour compliance window and sarcastic notes about illegal medical practice.
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Neosho County
Fifteenth Annual Fourth Celebration Moves to Royster Stadium
The Chanute Veterans of Foreign Wars shift their 15th annual July 4th event to Royster stadium due to Neosho River flood waters, after years in City Park. Also noted is a 1926 note: Fidelity State Bank reopens for renters to retrieve safety deposit box contents.
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Chanute Veterans of Foreign Wars
Royster Stadium
City Park
Neosho River
Parks Helmick
Fidelity State Bank
Local Postage Rates and Carrier Fees Listed
Towns with carrier delivery and Chanute Post Office Boxholders have annual and partial-year rates including tax and postage. By carrier in Chanute, the monthly fee is $2.50 plus sales tax payable in advance. This listing appears under United Press International licensing.
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Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Chanute
Nixon pardon shaped by backroom talks and health concerns
A decade after Nixon’s resignation, reports detail the push for a presidential pardon led by Gerald Ford. Gen Haig, Benton Becker, and Herbert Miller navigated statements of contrition while Ford weighed health claims and denied any deal.
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Nixon
Alexander Haig
White House
Gerald Ford
Ford
Haig
Buchen
Herbert J. Miller
Buden
Miller
San Clemente
Washington
Benton
Ziegler
Becker
Benton Becker
Kansas Republicans mock OSHA farm safety proposals in Washington
In Washington, Rep. Joe Skubitz led an amendment to shield small farms from OSHA rules, quipping on slippery manure and five minute walk toilet access. The House approved the amendment 273 to 124, exempting small farming operations from OSHA jurisdiction. Senate consideration awaits. Sen. Robert Dole and Sen. Joseph Biden failed to add an anti-busing amendment to the Justice Department funding bill. The 55 to 39 vote failed. timing cited by aides as factor amid easing anti-busing sentiment.
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Tribune
Washington
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Joe Skubitz
Pittsburg
Purdue University
Skubitz
Senate
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Joseph Biden
Ddel
Justice Department
Justice
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Capitol hearing mix highlights 1970s political theater
Senators Humphrey and Bellman chaired Agriculture Committee hearings on grain export policy with a light side show. Dole planned a tax break proposal for handicapped access renovations. Ford was set to sign a honeybee quarantine bill to curb Africanized Brazilian bees entering the United States.
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Dole and Sons
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
U.S
Senate
Humphrey
Bellman
Jimmy Carter
Capitol Hill
Ford
U. S
Exemption park permits to aid seniors and disabled start July 1
Kansas senior citizens and totally disabled residents can obtain free state park permits starting July 1. Applicants must be 65 or totally disabled, own the vehicle the permit is attached to, and provide proof of age or disability and vehicle ownership. Permits issued calendar year via Topeka office or mail.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lynn Burris, Jr
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
Robert Bennett
Burris
Veterans Administration
Civil Service
Railroad Retirement
President Ford urges nationwide bell ringing for Bicentennial
President Ford calls for two minutes of sustained bell ringing at 2 p m EDT Sunday across the nation to mark the Bicentennial Fourth of July He urges Americans to extend celebration from July 2 to July 5 and to join civic religious and community leaders in observance for future safety and happiness of the nation
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Rev Harold Knight to Undergo Medical Examination in Prison
Rev Harold Knight a Baptist minister convicted of a terroristic threat remains in Kansas Penitentiary infirmary since last Wednesday for observation and tests amid chest pains. He was moved from Chanute to Neosho Memorial Hospital and then Lansing after earlier hospital visits.
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Lansing
Kan
Anna May Walker
Janice
Walker
Knight
Kansas Surpreme Court
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Mike) Harris
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Cone
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Richard Nixon
Richard Varener
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