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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1972
Page
1
Author Clifford Irving and his wife Edyth pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud a publisher with a fake Howard Hughes autobiography. The government dropped a mail fraud charge. Irving, Edyth, and researcher Richard Suskind agreed to plead guilty.
A three judge panel in Kansas City declared two sections of the state abortion statute unconstitutional citing due process and equal protection issues. The ruling upheld the law overall and involved plaintiffs Jane Poe and Sally Poe, Douglass Hospital, and Dr. Lynn D. Weller Jr. The unheld provisions targeted hospital accreditation by the Joint Commission and required three physician panel approval for abortions.
Amtrak faces a funding gap of 170 million dollars and seeks federal help to survive into mid 1973. Critics push for ending federal support as Congress weighs a reform and funding bill amid amendments to the 1970 Amtrak law and a tense committee hearing. Rep John G. Schmitz criticizes bad contracts and service while noting Amtrak president’s 125000 dollar salary protected by a grandfather clause.
Generally fair and cool tonight with decreasing northerly winds. Tuesday mostly sunny and warmer with a low in the low to mid 30s and a high near 70. Precipitation probability near zero.
Denver Dumb Friends League projects the U S dog and cat population could reach 800 million by 2000. The group says three puppies and kittens are born each second and if human births fall to zero, pets may outnumber people nearly four to one within three decades.
A playful intercepted letter suggests the government should offer free family planning centers for animal friends. The missive ends with a quirky sign off, Yours.
A government audit details methods used to inflate costs and profits in subsidized housing programs. It cites land overvaluation, inflated architect fees, internal subcontracting, and overstated timelines as schemes, with eight overvalued land cases and millions in excessive fees found across 62 projects.
Gov. Robert Docking told Kansas Young Democrats the session yielded major gains by beating back sales and income tax rate increases, while stressing the danger of extending the property tax lid. He warned that lifting the lid would let local governments raise property taxes and spending.
The city settled out of court with Sharon and Alvin Cramer after a gas explosion at their home. The District Court dismissed the negligence suit with costs assessed against the city. Insurance coverage had been canceled since the incident.
Gov. Robert Docking signed 41 1972 legislature bills including authorizing sale of salt bed rights under the state reformatory farm and tightening controls on medical service corporations Blue Cross Blue Shield. Other measures cover education contracts progress reappraisal delays driver license hearings highway funding and property valuations among others.
A cable car carrying 70Swiss tourists on Mt Schilthorn became stuck when a pulley jam blocked the line. Passengers slept on the car amid tea and blankets as night fell, and a helicopter finally ferried them down two at a time after a 35-trip lift. No injuries reported. U S Ambassador Shelby C Davis was among those flown down.
West Berliners lined up to apply for wall passes to visit relatives in East Berlin and East Germany during Easter from March 29 to April 5. The program also runs May 17 to 24 at Pentecost. It is the first East German permit since 1966 for non-relatives to travel east and the first time since 1961 that such travel is allowed.
U S Ambassador Arthur K Watson and Chinese Ambassador Huang Chen met in Paris at the Chinese Embassy for the first of a series of talks to keep channels open between Washington and Beijing. They called the session friendly and warm and said no agenda was released. The White House said Paris was chosen as the site for talks focusing on travel and trade matters.
Rescuers search for a fourth man believed killed in a head on collision of two Penn Central freight trains south of Sunbury Pennsylvania. Forty five cars derailed in Herndon as a 100 car coal train from Williamsport failed to wait for the westbound freight on a siding.
In Gary Indiana the first National Black Political Convention closed after creating a new political movement named The National Assembly. Debates and procedural wrangles dominated the final night, and the key task of adopting resolutions was referred to a steering committee for later action.
Partial results from 16 of 21 states and two territories show Mrs Gandhi's Congress winning nearly 80 percent of decided seats. India's troops completed withdrawal from Bangladesh 13 days early after Pakistan's surrender ending a two week war.
In Florida, Humphrey and Muskie rally for votes on the final day before the 1972 primary amid Wallace claiming a strong chance to win a majority of the state's 81 delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
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