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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1977
Page
1
Chanute High School stage band aims to break the national record for non stop performances by playing from 4 04 am to midnight at 5 E Main Street. The fundraiser seeks 1000 via donations for a summer trip to St Louis while volunteers raise early morning energy with meals from sponsors. ]]>
President Carter tours Northern England ancestral sites with large crowds in Newcastle Sunderland and Washington Old Hall. He campaigns with handshake after handshake and urges progress on human rights while preparing for a seven nation economic summit in London.
A House judiciary subcommittee advances a bill to pay crime victims up to 50 000 financed by the federal government with the Carter administration favoring a 20 000 ceiling. The measure would require the federal government to reimburse states 100 percent for federal offenses and 50 percent for state offenses.
President Carter's instant voter registration proposal wins committee approval 17 to 8 despite a Justice Department memo warning of high fraud risk. The plan allows day-of registration with an affidavit of eligibility and identity, with added anti fraud provisions and more federal aid to states.
NASA and Cornell astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan discuss placing a phonograph record of Earth sounds on the Voyager spacecraft. The 12 inch disc would include greetings in many languages, music, natural sounds, animal calls, and digital data to symbolize Earth's civilization and Edison phonograph legacy.
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 7 percent in April, the lowest since the recession began 29 months earlier. About 90 million people were employed, while 67 million were unemployed, with declines centered among those who lost jobs. Adult men saw the largest drop, and construction unemployment fell to 12 percent.
Partly cloudy tonight with a 40 percent storm chance and 30 percent on Saturday. Lows near 60s, highs in the low 80s. Winds southerly 15 to 25 mph tonight, 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Victor Woodard a 34 year old Garden City man spent five days in Finney County jail rather than pay a 25 dollar fine and 40 dollars in court costs for fishing without a license. Sheriff officers call it a rare case with Woodard noting no job and no money to pay the fine. He said he had not caught a fish in 15 years.
Chanute city officials will discuss the preliminary Facility Plan at a 6 p.m. meeting in Central Park Building. The plan calls for about 7.2 million in improvements to the wastewater treatment and collection system, with EPA funding covering 70 percent. Residential rates would rise to 4.11 dollars base plus 23 cents per 100 cubic feet, and total costs include a new treatment plant near Turkey Creek, plus major interceptor sewers and rehabilitation of 35 miles of aged lines.
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