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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1973
Page
1
Suzan Winder sues Fred Meyer Inc. for 100000 exemplary damages plus 170 for analysis and costs after paying 17.50 to test two beef packages she says exceeded the store fat limit of 15 percent. She cites malicious and willful disregard for her rights.
Gold eased from near record highs in Europe as the dollar improves. Gold opened in Zurich at 104.50 per ounce, down six dollars from Tuesday. Atty General designates Elliott Richardson planned interviews with three prospective Watergate prosecutors during Senate recess, including Warren Christopher, William H. Erickson, and David Peck.
Black Panther co founder Bobby Seale failed in his run for mayor of Oakland California as businessman John Reading won a third term with an almost two to one margin on Tuesday.
Sen. Barry Goldwater urged President Nixon to start moving toward leadership while Sen. Stuart Symington accused Nixon aides of obstructing justice by shading the Watergate affair under CIA protection. Testimony before the Senate panel suggested the ploy failed as the CIA refused to participate. McCord Jr. also questioned White House use of the cover. Goldwater warned of waning confidence in governance and rising gold prices as consequences.
The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities will open hearings Thursday to recount the Watergate affair. Leadoff witness Robert C. Odle will outline 1972 campaign structure, followed by Sgt. Paul W. Leeper, among officers who helped arrest burglars at Democratic headquarters. The process aims to reconstruct the burglary, expose campaign tactics, and may stretch into late November.
A judge orders G G Liddy to testify before the Senate Watergate committee with immunity. The developments follow public disclosures linking the Watergate break in to the Nixon campaign and set the stage for televised hearings beginning Thursday. James W McCord Jr., a campaign security chief, is named as a key witness in the probe.
President Nixon urged Congress to study a constitutional amendment and consider a commission to review campaign rules. In briefings with leaders, he floated a single six year term for presidents and four year terms for House members. Industrial production jumped one percent in April led by most sectors, while March rose .6 percent. The balance of payments deficit kept widening.
The committee voted 24 to 0 to bar further U S bombing in Cambodia reflecting broad bipartisanship against Nixon policy. Republicans joined Democrats in opposing Indochina policy while senators paused full vote until Paris talks between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho proceed. Skylab crews consider shielding ship from sun to curb 120 degree cabin heat as repair option.
Secretary Rogers meets Peru's leftist military leaders in Lima to discuss tough U.S. Latin American issues including nationalization of American business interests and limits on U.S. tuna fishing.
Kansas City Kansas Mayor Richard F Walsh accuses the Kansas Bureau of Investigation of failing to cooperate in breaking an interstate burglary ring based here. KBI director Fred Howard says the case has long involved local officers and was discussed since November with city police officials.
The Tribune's cookbook edition lists winners across categories. Grand prize goes to Mrs. Jim Robertson of Thayer. bread winner Mrs. Martin Close. salads to Mrs. Velma Bowman. meats to Mrs. Mildred Betty Fairchild. vegetables to Mrs. Fredolph Hawkinson. cakes and cookies to Jessie Carlson. and desserts to Mrs. H. J. Becannon.
A District Court suit accuses Ray Zumalt juvenile officer of detaining Timothy Albertson in 1972 for alleged acts not crimes. Albertson of Lawrence seeks 500000 for unlawful detention, 500000 for fear of loss of liberty, and 10 million for malicious conduct.
Chanute High School seniors Dick Ray and Aimee Guinotte received the Representative Youth Athlete Award at a morning assembly. Ray, 6-7 and 220 pounds, starred in football basketball and track and earned a football scholarship to Kansas University. Guinotte led CHS girls tennis regionals and also lettered in track.
Police, using small boats between Ditmar's Ford Dam and Austin bridge, widened the hunt for 20 year old Anne Bowes who vanished after a raft capsized near Brown Wells Dam. Six other youths escaped. Bowes presumed drowned as river levels remain high and temperature affects recovery timing.
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