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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1972
Page
2
Republicans fret over a potential Kennedy draft as Democrats could favor Senator Ted Kennedy at a deadlocked convention. Kennedy remains noncandidate yet influential, with Dole wary of his allure and the risk of attacking a popular figure amid Vietnam inflation and unemployment.
The FDA plans to publish safety effectiveness and cleanliness data on foods and drugs it tests, ending most confidential labeling. The move follows controversy over permissible contaminants in processed foods and aims to improve candor and public health information.
On May 17, 1972, events include the 1954 Supreme Court ruling against school segregation, the 1792 NYSE founding, 1803 patent for a reaper, 1875 first Kentucky Derby, 1940 Nazi occupation of Brussels, 1957 Suez Canal tensions, Castro prisoner exchange offer in 1961, and labor strikes in earlier times. births include Birgit Nilsson and Stewart Alsop. thoughts quote by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Captain James P. Cartmill son of Mr and Mrs W G Cartmill of 1013 Rutter has been picked to compete with the Strategic Air Command in the Royal Air Force Strike Command Bombing and Navigation Competition at Marham England in May. He serves as electronic warfare officer aboard a B 52 Strato Fortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB Louisiana and has served in Vietnam. Cartmill holds a B A degree in education from Oklahoma State University where he was commissioned through the AFROTC program. His wife Julia is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl E Perdue of Sand Springs Oklahoma.
Instructions urge readers to contact their Tribune carrier if missed delivery and provide phone number 431 0660 for after hours assistance at 5 30 p m. The notice emphasizes prompt notification to ensure service.
The text argues gun control is unpopular and hard to enforce. It notes John F Kennedy believed public figures cannot be fully protected from a determined attacker. It suggests restricting public contact as a practical alternative.
Terry Murphy argues that violence permeates American life from sports to foreign policy. He contends national heroes celebrate toughness, violence attracts mass audiences, and weapons spending reflects a culture addicted to force. The piece challenges readers to justify this pervasive pattern.
A PBS style portrait of Kenya's baobab shows birds nesting in a single tree as Orson Welles narrates life inside its hollow trunks. Time-lapse footage captures nest-building, honey guide guiding beekeepers, and nocturnal bush babies and a loving mother bat.
The Kansas Crippled Children Commission announces a free diagnostic clinic for crippled children on June 7 at Columbus High School starting 8 a.m. Four orthopedic surgeons from Wichita and Kansas City will conduct exams and provide free advice. no treatment will be given.
Washington memo column notes FBI sex obsession amid 8500 agents under Hoover who banned pantsuits for female staff. It cites agents trailing Jane Fonda and describes sensitive social moments with restrained language, highlighting a clash between secrecy and celebrity.
FBI memos expose extensive surveillance of public figures including Madalyn Murray O’Hair and Hollywood stars. Reports detail sexual rumors, affairs, and voyeuristic notes from Los Angeles and New York offices, with references to athletes, musicians, and religious leaders in confidential files.
Galesburg Melvin L and Leland Van Cleave led the fifth annual McKan Polled Hereford show and sale at Lamar Missouri. Sixty head averaged 499 08 per head selling for 29945 total. Bulls and females brought 19585 and 10360 respectively with top buyers named.
Television guide lists 7:00 Carol Burnett with Eydie Gorme and Vincent Price. 8:00 Medical Center and Marty Feldman. 9:00 Mannix and Night Gallery. late night Talk shows and films including Cyborg 2067 and Valley of the Gwangi. Also listings for Green Acres Partridge Family Hogan's Heroes and The Tonight Show.
Twenty five years ago the local exchange restored service following nearly six weeks of emergency calls only due to a strike by the National Telephone Workers Union. Mrs. G F Tier notes youth today are more capable than older generations, while seven Chanute Checkers Club members visited Earlton to play the Earlton Checkers Club.
The 1962 class of Joint Rural High School schedules a 10 year reunion on May 2. A covered dish luncheon starts at noon at Timberlake resort, three miles west of Kimball. Volunteers provide current addresses for Gloria Bender Wayne Collins Marilyn Elliott Carolyn Matney and James McGee to Mrs. Mary Schneider Box 158 Altoona.
The Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service itemizes 1,080,000 cattle and calves on grain feed for slaughter in Kansas as of May 1, up 30,060 head from April. April sales totaled 180,000 grain fed cattle, down 10,000 from March, while 210,000 cattle and calves were placed on full grain feed in April, up from 190,000 in March.
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