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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1972
Page
2
A columnist mocks Johnson County District 229 for suing over a 7 year old’s hair length and argues dress codes won’t curb chaos. The piece praises Chanute Senior High’s looser rules and laments districts focusing on appearance over student education and student engagement.
After the Attica uprising Governor Nelson Rockefeller touted prison reform with over 200 million dollars to rebuild. The corrections board later reports no new funding for New York prisons, and the Governor rejects further measures.
The piece notes pledges for education medical care psychiatric services and prisoner counseling while warning against delays in reform. It contrasts New York and Kansas and suggests only tragedy will prompt action as the penal systems need improvements.
The Interagency Screw Thread Committee watches screw thread standards and advises the government. It includes one Bureau of Standards member, five Defense Department members, and 21 from industry. The panel, known as ISTC, meets twice yearly and faced errors in a handbook that caused concern among manufacturers.
In a brief reflective note, readers are urged to consider practical responses to calls for change as described in Luke 3 10. The passage questions how followers should act when confronted with moral expectation and communal needs.
John McCormall argues the Iowa Legislature should mourn all Vietnam casualties equally and criticizes Nixon's POW policy. He condemns prolonging the war for prisoners, noting the need to end the war and then pursue prisoner release, with flags at half-staff daily in mourning for the death of reason.
In a profile, Huey P. Newton says the Black Panther Party rejects gun rhetoric and pursues community service to win black support, while insisting armed struggle remains the ultimate solution. Leaders like Eldridge Cleaver and Bobby Seale faced jail and exile as the group shifts to aid programs amid depleted funds and manpower.
Washington notes that Richard Kleindienst, under Senate review for Attorney General appointment, previously acted for John Mitchell in two major ITT cases and blocked moves against Warner-Lambert Parke Davis merger. He admitted initiating events leading to dropping suits after ITT pledged funds to aid the Republican convention. Elmer Bobst is cited on Warner-Lambert concerns.
The piece details Kleindienst and ex-anti trust chief McLaren denying White House interference as ITT pressure moves to halt a Justice Department injunction. It links Nixon confidant Bobst to years of influence, then shifts to Texas General Ayers using a refitted KC-97 for a European spree at taxpayer expense, amid prior Las Vegas and Williamsburg flights.
Dr Richard Mosier president of Colby College Kansas is named President at Claremore Junior College Kent Wade Colby dean of student services becomes dean of students at Bartlesville Wesleyan College Wade a Webb City Oklahoma native previously taught in Kansas high schools He has served as judge in Kansas district and regional debate tournaments and festivals since 1963 Mosier Kansas State University and University of Wyoming graduate has led Colby since 1966 and previously taught in Dodge City and Hoxie
In Richmond Indiana the leftover 4800 dollars from a 5260 community donation to cover medical expenses for a sexually assaulted five year old girl were divided among eight local agencies serving children. Mayor Byron E Kluter said most gifts were anonymous to prevent return. In Carmel Indiana the town board appointed Robert Weedon Robert Jenkins and Robert Speed as police commissioners.
Prime time guide lists Emergency, What Did You Do in the War Daddy, Mission Impossible, FBI and Bonanza among other programs. Stars include James Coburn Carroll O Connor Peter O Tool and Paul Lukas with mix of dramas romances and westerns. Concludes with Sunday’s Night listings in Friday’s paper.
The page lists hourly city TV schedules across channels KCMO KUHI KCAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW KTEW and WDAF for Monday March 13 with programs including High Chaparral Gunsmoke Lassie Green Acres The Tonight Show and Dick Cavett plus religious and news segments and weather notes.
On March 11 in history several events are noted including the founding of the U S Navy in 1794 with Congress authorizing six ships, Napoleon’s marriage by proxy in 1810, a Confederate constitution adoption in 1861, the Blizzard of 1888 causing 200 deaths, Taft burial in 1930, MacArthur’s 1942 departure from Bataan, radar-diverting strikes in 1950, North Vietnam steel mill strikes in 1965, and Indira Gandhi’s party victory in 1971. Thought for today follows.
A House Roads and Highways sub-committee proposes mandatory driver exams on physical and operating ability to fund patrols. The plan would leave about 275000 dollars annually in the roads and highways fund. President Truman urged Congress to aid Greece and Turkey against totalitarian aggression. Chanute High School basketball won the Southeast Kansas tournament in Coffeyville, earning a silver trophy presented to Captain George Fogg.
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