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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
2
In a Tribune editorial, Neosho County commissioners close the road to Parsons city dam on the Neosho River citing littering and vandalism. Landowners and officials will hold keys to the gate for dam inspection while questioning why trusted sportsmen cannot receive access keys.
A Chanute reader rebuts the May editorial arguing against long hair bans in schools and cites Supreme Court precedents. He urges a reasonable dress code and notes the April 24 Pittsburg Sun photo shows well behaved boys facing suspensions. The writer defends civil liberties under the 14th Amendment and Tinker ruling.
A farmer buys his first television sets it up but soon returns to the seller in an irate mood claiming the set shows only politicians on every channel and at all times during the election year.
The piece lists annual and semiannual mail subscription rates for various regions with tax details, then pivots to a string of humorous quips and anecdotes about politics, taxes, and daily life. It ends with a long anecdote about a mistaken insult and an accidental name recall.
The local police department will place the spread eagle atop a U S flag shield insignia on both police cruisers. The plan was announced at police headquarters. Fifty years ago in 1926 Dr A B Cullum reports 38 city men signed up for the citizens military training camp at Leavenworth in August.
The article outlines how Howard Hughes allegedly distributed cash to a wide range of candidates including presidents and senators. Tom Bell and Jimmy Snyder are named as key conduits, with specific payments to Sen. Howard Cannon, Sen. Richard Nixon, and Hubert Humphrey cited. The piece notes Hughes sought friendly power alignment and cites subsequent investigations and reform limits.
Gov Arch Moore and aide William Loy were acquitted of conspiring to extort 25000 from a bankrupt loan firm president. Jurors said testimony failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moore faced potential 20 year prison term. Loy to resume law practice after the verdict.
Ottawa Kansas will merge its fire and police into a department of safety starting August 16. Cross-training begins now with a two year transition to public safety officers on eight hour shifts and forty hour weeks. Mayor John Sheldon says the move will yield greater protection per tax dollar and save about 145000 in personnel costs through 1980.
A biblical verse from Psalms 49 13 cautions that those who trust in wealth or earthly portions face mortality and divine reckoning. The passage reflects on vanity and the inevitability of death beyond material gains.
Washington reports a heated debate over the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act proposed by Hubert Humphrey and Augustus Hawkins. It would require a federal job program to cut unemployment to three percent within four years, with most new jobs in the private sector and federal employment as a last resort. Kansas lawmakers express concern over cost and private-sector reliance.
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