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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1971
Page
2
Sen. Bob Dole, in Colorado Springs, urged the Republican Party to present positive programs to voters. He said Nixon needs more than GOP votes and called the party a minority requiring better outreach to youths and minority groups including Black Americans and Mexican Americans.
The speaker argues that Agnew’s quest for a better job hinges on a selling job to black Americans and questions how the Southern strategy can be framed as justice. Haynsworth and Carswell linger in black memory while 1968 and 1971 evidence suggest youths reject both parties on Vietnam. The farmer vote remains another GOP target.
National poll shows 73 percent favor bringing troops home from Indochina this year. Common Cause led by John Gardner circulates two statements urging withdrawal by end of 1971. Signatures from nine congressmen on April 1 rise to 126 by May 10. Sentiment grows, and Nixon may soon read the polls.
Cynthia Lowry reviews a weekend TV slate across CBS NBC and ABC. Highlights include CBS Ice Palace premieres and Miss USA pageant coverage with Miss Pennsylvania crowned amid excitement. NBC's Venice Be Damned reports on Venice pollution and preservation risks. ABC's Cherokee Shaft shows mining dangers and union tensions.
About 3 600 Neosho County residents signed flood control petitions for the upper Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. Mary Ella Works receives the YM YWCA scholarship of 50 dollars. Eight dormitories will move from the Kansas Ordnance Plant to KU and Kansas State College. A Main Street car crash pushed a pedestrian near Bloomhart’s window. a woman dodged aside.
Washington AP reports a HUD plan to demolish St. Louis Pruitt-Igoe and replace it with 900 townhouses at a total cost around 20 million for construction and 31 million in bond write offs plus 3.5 million demolition. Secretary Romney weighs alternatives amid political risk. Congress members split, with Sullivan urging conversion to day care and training centers and Clay supporting demolition. Hammond backs demolition, arguing cost is irrelevant to the poor.
Minutiae by Terry Murphy notes Cha nute's Safari Museum is underdeveloped despite containing wealth from Osa and Martin Johnson. The Johnsons’ collections give the museum global significance and potential as a tool for US relations with African nations, as Africa seeks connection with its history.
The Johnsons recorded Africa's early century life through words and photos now kept at the Safari Museum in Chanute Kansas. Limited funds have hindered preservation and distribution of films. The collection, seen by many from students to ambassadors, faces neglect and potential high investment if sold.
National security adviser Kissinger reports to President Nixon that the South Vietnamese hold the tactical advantage in Indochina. He notes ARVN gains in Laos, external battles, and higher enemy casualties, with evidence citing 13 enemy maneuver battalions rendered ineffective.
Kissinger says allied losses were five to one against North Vietnam as ARVN units faced intensified enemy attacks. He argues Laos operations disrupted a major Hanoi offensive and predicts reduced ability for sustained campaigns this dry season. Nixon will focus on exit rather than justification of past actions.
On this date in 1626 Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan for 24 dollars in goods. Victoria was born in 1819. The first U S passenger railroad began in 1830. Morse sent the telegraph in 1844. The Bismarck sank the Hood in 1941. Congress rejected loans for nonpublic schools ten years ago. Uganda unrest six years ago. Israel warned Lebanon a year ago.
Verse from Exodus 18 7 describes Moses greeting his father in law with obeisance and a kiss as they inquire after each other s welfare and enter the tent in a dated biblical scene
The Chanute Tribune prints a daily television log for Kansas UHF and network channels. Listings cover morning to late evening, with programs from Today Show to Jeopardy and local fare, plus public notices and newspaper masthead.
Prime time listings feature Billy Graham’s Central Kentucky Crusade and Doris Day specials across channels 5 6 13. Evening slate includes Gunsmoke Here's Lucy The Jayhawkers and Perry Mason plus late night movies and talk show reruns.
Sigma Delta Chi head says news media welcome criticism from Nixon aides but reject threats. Robert W. Chandler names Agnew as pressuring media to "tell it his way" and warns campus radicals and business leaders echoing that stance. He urges self monitoring to prevent lawmakers from stepping in.
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