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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1973
Page
2
Reynolds Shultz former Lt. Gov of Kansas has signed on as a USDA consultant drawing a $25 000 salary. The editorial daydreams about past stances and critique of bureaucrats frame the news as an embarrassing pivot for the ex legislator.
The National Archives hold 470 million pages marked secret with vital material including Pearl Harbor and Vietnam era files. Nixon orders aim to lift limits but Korea and Vietnam records stay sealed, prompting calls for greater public access and concerns about bureaucratic deception.
A mailed packet from the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association is summarized with notes on 1972 record sales, truck usage and types, freight trends, motor homes growth, employment in the industry, and a mix of anecdotes. It cites air conditioning rates, car ownership ratios, highway safety, cash buying, and a historical tidbit about the first concrete road.
Reporters detail how former secretary John Connally and his law partners secured several bank charters in Texas while he held office and after, with associates tied to various banks and holdings. The piece notes denials of direct influence and cites other Connally allies involved in charter applications. It also touches on Connally's rise from rural Texas politics to national prominence.
Allen County Commission approved redefining Bassett boundaries after Iola Industries asked for land to be taken out of the city limits. Bassett will annex land around Lake Bassola and along the highway as part of potential industrial park development, with utilities to follow.
A Chanute A district court jury ruled against plaintiffs in the K-39 highway extension land condemnation case near Chanute, awarding less compensation than the appraisal board's figure. Chanute JayCees donate 500 dollars to Neosho County Hospital building fund as part of a penny-a-day drive. Fifty years ago, Thayer Reading club received a deed from Mayor Abbie H Forest for library support funds, enabling upkeep of the library.
Channel advance grid lists The Singing Whale and Old Faithful with cast, followed by The Best Man drama and Dracula, Prince of Darkness. Prime time includes Demetrius and The Gladiator, Here's Lucy, Doris Day, and Bill Cosby. Late night features Tonight Show and Felony Squad with Black Castle repeats.
A dense listing of TV channels and a full daytime schedule by hour with programs from morning through late afternoon. Includes channel numbers for KTEW WDAF KCMO KUHI KOAM KBMA KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW and more, with shows like The Today Show News Sesame Street Jeopardy Love of Life and The Tonight Show.
Winter weather dampens fiction circulation as Chanute Public Library shelves are refreshed with praised works such as A Woman Named Solitude by An dre Schwarz Bart and The Gasp by Romain Gary. New titles from popular authors include Nethergate by Norah Lofts Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier Snowfire by Phyllis Whitney Tyler's Row by Miss Read The Mallen Streak by Catherine Cookson Royal Summons by Elizabeth Cadell The Truth About Unicorns by Bonnie Reynolds and historical novels by Jean Plaidy Eleanor Hilbert. Westerns feature The West of Owen Wister Wild Bunch by A B Guthrie The Tired Gun by Lewis Patten. mysteries include Murder Without Icing by Lathen Grave Doubt by Baker All My Enemies by Harris The Expurgator by York What Did I Do Tomorrow by Davies and The Overlords of War translated by John Brunner.
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