03 May 1971
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
1
In a six hour May Day clash in Washington crowds of demonstrators fought police using tear gas and billy clubs. About 6000 protesters were arrested and 300 more in suburban Virginia. Police and National Guard kept traffic moving and bridges open.
City contractors Michel and Yerkes, Independence, audit the 1970 city budget. Interim City Manager Ross Cooper says the audit, with detailed fund breakdowns, should finish in about three weeks. Historical notes cover cash-basis violations and expenditures over budgets from 1953 to 1969, with varied management and adjustments.
A white haired woman stored a 4 by 4 foot crate weighing 350 pounds for two decades at a moving firm in Los Angeles. After her death the crate sold at auction for 80 dollars, revealing items such as monocles, cowbells, a revolver, lacework, yellow Bibles, letters, and a Titanic captain snapshot.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Neosho County Junior College on Wednesday from 9 30 a m to 1 45 p m in the Academic Arts Building home economics room at the north end of campus. The 75 unit quota is set and drop in donors are welcome. Local chairman H M Moeller notes it has been 70 days since the last visit in February.
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, allows juries to decide life or death in capital cases and rules the penalty phase need not be separate. Rulings also set hearings on abortion laws and allow government use of doctors statements in Social Security disputes. McGautha and Crampton upheld. 644 on death row in 33 states. dissenters listed.
Robin Black of Mobile Alabama won scholastic achievement honors in America's Junior Miss competition, earning a $1000 cash scholarship. Final judging and telecast are set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. local time with channels 2 4 and 7.
A fragment shows an auditor remarking on personal expenditures in an intercepted letter to Cha. The excerpt suggests candid humor about spending habits and invites reader reflection on financial behavior.
Ten youths ages 12 to 16 piled into Danny Henderson's car for a Sunday ride. A freight train struck the compact auto, dragging it nearly a mile and killing nine of the occupants. Sharon Belcher, 16, survived in critical condition and was hospitalized in Atlanta.
The U S Command reported an eight thousand drop in American forces in Vietnam for the week ending April 29. The total stood at 273 400 troops, down from 281 400 the prior Thursday, marking the second largest weekly cut of the year.
Gov. Robert Docking cancels two public speeches due to a pinched nerve in the sacroiliac area. Aide says he is resting at Cedar Crest and a fuller report on recovery timing could come later today.
The Sierra Club named Raymond Sherwin, presiding judge of Solano County Superior Court, as its new president. The board urged an immediate nationwide ban on all strip mining, citing irreversible environmental damage and regulation weaknesses.
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