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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1977
Page
2
The Sunflower state shows a 3.5 percent April unemployment rate, about half the national average, with job gains across most industries. Government growth and tax funding of services raise questions about long term wealth creation and the need for a broader tax base.
Sandra Ilene West a 37 year old widow was buried in a Ferrari after a lavish funeral in San Antonio costing $9 000. She wore a lace nightgown and chose a dramatic interment while mortuary staff noted the plan was highly unusual and unlikely to become a trend.
The notice lists subscription prices for the Chante Tribune in and outside trade territory. Rates show annual, semiannual, and quarterly options with Kansas tax adjustments and separate margins for local and non local addresses. It specifies tax amounts for Kan 3 percent and separate Kansas tax calculations.
Kidney News reports a nationwide hoax urging collection of supermarket price codes and labels to fund dialysis machines. Joplin Chapter director Jo Anne Graham calls it a cruel chain-letter scheme and urges real help via Uniform Donor Cards and Medicare aid. A separate Count Your Kid In census identifies 825 Kansas handicapped children, urging school access under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
A Navy study of midshipmen and naval staff reveals extensive long distance calls charged to taxpayers. Four percent sampled in early 1976 shows 660 toll calls with many to massage parlors, race tracks, bookies, health clubs, and political groups, plus a distant McDonald’s trip.
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports on an 11 000 toll call scandal at Annapolis and eight massage parlors with suggestive names. It also critiques Coca-Cola and Pepsi lobbying, White House energy messaging, and the throwaway bottle debate amid Carter and Nixon connections.
Gov. Robert Bennett criticized the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration and the Carter administration for a second denial of a request to designate six northwestern Kansas counties as a blizzard disaster area. He called the decision callous and said it ignores the suffering of farm families facing heavy financial burdens.
John Brown and Rayl, guards at Kansas State Industrial Reformatory in Hutchinson, warn overcrowding may trigger a large scale riot this summer. Population rose from 736 to about 867 inmates with cells crowded beyond federal norms. Officials cite broken locks, crowded honor cellhouse use, and lack of psychiatry as key problems while 40 inmates are criminally insane.
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