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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
2
The piece lauds Attorney General John Mitchell for urging removal of emotion from decisions on U S foreign policy including Indochina and prisoner issues. It argues emotional thinking distorts assessments of threats from communist dictatorships, Vietnam bombing, and prisoner releases, and praises Mitchell as making the most sense in urging a cooler, fact based approach.
Terry Murphy recalls Jack Harris who built a small empire by salvaging distressed newspapers and embracing no nonsense innovation. Harris expanded to nine papers and six radio stations, using data processing and automation while teaching that old methods rarely outpace modern systems.
A Santa Fe train crew member recalls the last morning passenger train through Cherryvale, thanking the town for a final farewell. The crowd, band and fire engine marked the end of an era on the Tulsa to Kansas City route before Amtrak's broader service begins.
NBC aired a hard hitting documentary on juvenile justice detailing abuses in detention centers reform schools and mental hospitals. The investigation by Martin Carr highlighted beatings solitary confinement and unlawful detention of youths in Cook County Jail Elgin State Hospital Indiana Boys and Girls Schools and El Paso Texas.
The Brookings Institution report analyzes Nixon's 1972 budget and finds that the expected peace dividend from Vietnam troop withdrawals and growth will offset by 1975. A 1976 dividend around 17 billion is far below Nixon's 30 billion forecast. It also notes highway trust fund surplus and housing shortfall, with caution on inflation if growth accelerates.
Washington security officials reveal at a Carlisle symposium that despite arrest of a material witness in the Capitol bombing, the FBI remains hampered in locating radicals. Ervin L. Recer says fugitives on campuses are virtually invisible and cites the National Peace Action Coalition as Trotskyist dominated by the Socialist Workers Party and its youth arm.
The article covers Nixon officials outlining an economic strategy to rival Japan, boost steel industry margins, and sustain military strength. It notes plans for an early warning system for foreign economic threats, warnings to GOP leaders about becoming second in global power, and a shift toward economic warfare while preserving defense.
Janis Finney, 14, becomes the first Chanute girl to earn the curved bar for outstanding Girl Scouts achievement. Her music contributions aided the award, and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Finney, Troop 6 member at the Presbyterian Church.
Tonight’s schedule includes Gunsmoke at 6:30 on channels 5 and 13 with Dean Martin and George Peppard in Rough Night in Jericho shown later. Doris Day hosts a San Francisco fashion show at 8:30 on channel 13, followed by Carol Burnett at 9 and late night talk with Merv Griffin Carson and Cavett.
Daily schedule of morning and afternoon programs across channels KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC KODE WIBW KTEW WDAF Chanute and more. Shows include Today Education Sesame Street Jeopardy Password Gallantly, Lucy Show, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, World Apart, and Mister Rogers with varied children's and news blocks.
IRS Commissioner Randolph Thrower testified to a House subcommittee that economy measures cost the Treasury about 1.5 billion dollars in revenue while saving only 250 million, a six to one loss. He urged a 108.6 million dollar budget increase to improve tax administration. He noted audit manpower at its lowest since 1963, a rising delinquent- account backlog, and 1.8 billion dollars uncollected.
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