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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1972
Page
2
A presidential commission warns death for small towns is inevitable and government should ease the pain. Kansas Sunday service at third and fourth class post offices ends July 1, viewed as hastening rural decline amid urban congestion and broader federal indifference to population concentration.
A 12 member panel for the American Bar Association urges more legal training for police and the placement of resident lawyers in larger cities. They argue arrest as the primary tool distorts criminal law and justice, advocating non police personnel for traffic and crowd control to reduce wrongful arrests and ease court dockets.
In Chanute area reports describe good river fishing with a Missouri party landing 95 buffalo weighing about 460 pounds total, with several eight pound fish among the best catches. Dealers note no current building boom though weather aids construction and prices stay high and unstable.
Developmental math and reading courses funded by a Title I grant will run June 5 to 30. Twelve instructors and two sites Murray Hill and Special Services Center serve up to nine students per class, totaling 160 when counting dual enrollments.
Three networks plan new Saturday and Sunday morning blocks to appease critics of child fare. CBS will drop You Are There hosted by Walter Cronkite, NBC ends Mr Wizard and trims Take a Giant Step, while ABC will keep Curiosity Shop and Make a Wish for another season.
Networks push educational entertainment in the wake of Sesame Street while critics and sponsors grow wary. Non-violent animal segments and pop culture parodies appear, but low Nielsen ratings threaten continued support and funding.
A reflective piece argues Chanute, facing complacency, can build a solid future with foundations in schools, capable city government, and restored utilities. The author warns local leaders must invest and drive progress or risk losing the town’s potential amid promised 1974 highway development.
Two independent psychologists found Lieutenant William Calley mentally unstable during the My Lai massacre. A military court had convicted him of murdering 22 civilians. Calley and his counsel chose not to pursue an insanity defense despite the experts' conclusions.
New copies of previously suppressed reports reveal how Dr Arthur Weider and Dr Stammeyer assessed Lieutenant Calley after the My Lai massacre. They describe potential psychotic stress and fragmented mental processes under combat, with notes on early childhood, education, and a pattern of emotional conflict.
London AP report says Dame Margaret Rutherford, renowned character actress famed for portraying eccentric English women, died today at age 80. She starred opposite stars and won a Hollywood Oscar for The Visee.
Former Gov John Anderson Jr and Lt Gov Reynolds Shultz challenged Gov Robert Dockings claim of credit for 76 new industries. They noted those firms arrived 1964 to 1967, before Dockings 1967 start, during a spring meeting of the Kansas AP editors and publishers association in Parsons Kansas.
A burglary at Sacred Heart College in Wichita Kansas led police to search for a thief who favors darkness. Readable loot included incense, an incense sensor with a gold chain, dozens of candles, vigil light glasses on stands, and a six foot extension cord.
Prime time features Cameron Mitchell as a dope pusher on the run for a cop killer and George C. Scott in A Time for Killing. Marcus Welby explores crib deaths with Michael Callan and Sallie Shockley. Other airings include The Advocates The Astronaut Hawaii Five-O Cannon and Marcus Welby in a dense late lineup.
The page lists weekday daytime and early evening TV grids from KUHI KOAM KMBC KTWU KODE WIBW KTEW Chanute WDAF WED May 2 with channel options and time slots for shows like High Chaparral Mary Tyler Moore Partridge Family Bewitched Hogan's Heroes Green Acres Carol Burnett Eddie's Father Adam Mystery Movie Smith Family This Week Medical Center Marty Feldman Vibrations The Persuaders Three Faces West Mannix Night Gallery Dragnet News Weather Curse of Frankenstein The Gunfighter Tonight Show Dick Cavett Paul Harvey Batman Divorce Court Weather Faith Story of Jesus.
On May 23 historical notes include Germany declaring war on Italy in 1915, the Battle of Saint Albans in 1455, Captain Kidd hanged in 1701, South Carolina’s 1788 statehood, Argentina’s 1853 constitution, and the 1937 Secur ity Act upheld. Ancestral birthdays and quotes conclude the brief.
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