Chanute Editorial: ATC Cablevision Deal Improves Service
The City Commission negotiates with American Television and Communications Corporation to extend cablevision service to underserved points and restore microwave links. Both sides describe a two horse traders dynamic while focusing on practical gains and business policy. The piece notes programming remains beyond city and ATC control.
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Checkered Career Ends With Park Service Photo Chief
Cecil W. Stoughton, chief photographer for the National Park Service, says he is being forced out after wearing a checked jacket in President Nixon's inauguration photos. The position is being abolished so he can retire before 55 with a pension, likely to be recreated under another title.
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Ronald Walker
Writing Is Easier Than Fighting In Wounded Knee
Keith Wright reflects on critics who praise or deride his writing and jokes about avoiding conflict. He compares his peaceful nature to fighting and recounts family traits, a Cherokee hint, and the appeal of the printed word over loud debate.
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Lehmann
Los Angeles
Continental Airlines
Afghan Connection Revealed In Secret Drug Reports
U.S. officials examine a highly classified document about Afghan drug routes linking Kabul to Europe and the United States. The Afghan connection allegedly involves Corsican mafia contacts and opium networks described in a numbered, highly restricted report.
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Afghan Opium Flows Raise U.S. Drug Trafficking Fears
A confidential report warns Afghan opium, grown mainly in eastern tribal areas, could flood the U.S. market amid government cash crises and weak control. It cites corruption, reliance on foreign wells, and a 12.7 ton seizure en route to Iran, with efforts by Afghan premier Shafiq and a UN staff draft proposing solutions.
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Turkey
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New York City Agency Oversees Cable Franchises and Planning
New York City's Office of Telecommunications, the nation's only such agency, could prompt many cities to create similar bodies within a decade. Headed by Herbert Dordick, it advises on cable planning, franchise requests, and operations for Manhattan's two CATV operators, Sterling Manhattan Cable and TelePrompter Corp., while lacking enforcement powers. Dordick notes rising city interest as cable franchises expand nationwide.
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Ice Cream Truck Flipped By Train At Highway Crossing
A Missouri Pacific train struck the rear of a semi trailer loaded with ice cream at the K47 crossing in Altoona Missouri. The crash toppled the truck, caused $20,000 in damage to both vehicle and train, but no injuries were reported. The truck belonged to Associated Dairy Products of Wichita en route to Pittsburgh and was driven by Clayton Hamm of Marion. The ice cream was salvaged.
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Chanute News Rates And Subscriptions Roster
Subscription rates listed for local and surrounding areas with tax details. Options include mail within trade territory Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties and outside territory with Kansas tax rules. Carrier delivery and Chanute boxholders offered. AP and ABc affiliations noted.
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Trial Date Set In Shooting Case
James Hampton, 23, of Iola faces aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges with trial set for April 18 in Allen County District Court. Hampton is accused of shooting Steve McAllister in Humboldt on Bridge Street. McAllister was wounded in the shoulder and has recovered.
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Neosho county Red Cross drive launches with breakfast kickoff
Twenty five years ago the Red Cross fund drive to raise seven thousand five hundred dollars began in Neosho county with a kickoff breakfast at the Kay hotel attended by more than 25 workers. Charles Henshall chaired the meeting. In Washington the Marshall plan debate began as Sen Vandenberg urged swift European economic aid to counter communism. H H McClure returned to Chanute and opened a photography studio above the Globe clothing store.
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Television Schedule Debuts and Late Night Lineup
Channels release advance schedules showing Peter Pan and Room 222 in early primetime with Gregory Peck in McKenna's Gold. The lineup lists scattered programs through midnight including Tonight Show, Divorce American Style, and classic features.
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Sanford & Son
Washington Review
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Bobby Darin
Jonathan Winters
House of Usher
Journeys in Memory Life's Most Common Journeys in Memory
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory as a traveling realm, recalling rural life and social quirks. He paints scenes of porch chats, Granny with a corn cob pipe, medicine rituals, and nostalgia for simpler times, ending with the question about those days.
Council Establishes City Tree Board in Yates Center
The City Council approved an ordinance creating a city tree board to manage dead tree removal and replacement. Appointees include Milton Kraibill Claude Woodruff Neva Clark Adam Horst Margaret Wilson and Wayne Trichler. A proposed levy up to one mill to fund the program was discussed but not enacted. Vic Adams was appointed as third ward councilman to fill a vacancy from last year.
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Yates Center
Milton Kraibill
Claude Woodruff
Neva Clark
Adam Horst
Margaret Wilson
Wayne Trichler
Vic Adams
John Martin
Psalm 53 2 God Seeks Understanding Among Men
Psalm 53 2 speaks of God looking down from heaven to find anyone who understands and seeks Him. The verse emphasizes divine search for human grasp of God.
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Independence Nurse Ends 22 Year Mercy Hospital Career
Mrs. Capitola Thompson head nurse on Mercy Hospital surgical floor retires after 22 years. Trained at Wilson County Hospital School of Nursing Neodesiva she has lived in Sycamore since 1931.
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Independence
Capitola Thompson
Mercy Hospital
Planners Approve Motel Construction in Frontenac
The Crawford County Regional Planning Commission approved a 48 unit motel project in Frontenac. The city council has 14 days to act on the application. The motel, to be built by Econo Travel Motor Hotels of Norfolk Virginia, measures 46 feet wide and 190 feet long.
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Planning Commission
Econo-Travel Motor Hotels
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