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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1973
Page
2
A Wichita district court judge explains obscenity rules for a civic talk. The test weighs prurient appeal, offensiveness to contemporary standards, and lack of redeeming value, noting standards vary by audience and locale.
The article notes Kansas law bans alcohol advertising on vehicles including Amtrak trains and planes. During the 1973 Smirnoff Transcontinental Sailplane Derby, sponsors logoed boats and trailers. officials ruled the sailplanes also counted as vehicles and names must be blanked.
A Random column skewers a Sweden travel pitch showing a photo of a couple in an improbable ski pose. The narrator jokes about the Midnight Sun package price and questions the photo’s realism and caption wording.
Washington Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen says Nixon never asked him to curb the Watergate investigation. A brother in law and two witnesses allege the president told Petersen to go easy, but Petersen maintains their claim and his relationship with Nixon was straight up and down.
The report recounts Watergate transcripts and how prosecutors avoided probing President Nixon’s personal conversations. Petersen and three prosecutors are portrayed as forthright, yet some notes suggest White House pressure to settle or limit the case. The piece links debates over investigations and possible resignations over handling the Elisberg matter. Coffeyville brief: Arva Chit Petersen named interim Montgomery County clerk.
ABC plans seven Saturdays of live boxing from Madison Square Garden starting July 7 with two bouts per show, live at 4 p.m. EDT. ABC will also edit the Indianapolis 500 to a two hour tape delay from 9 to 11 p.m. EDT. NBC baseball season opens with guest commentators, including Joe DiMaggio and Bobby Riggs, for select games in June.
Karl T. Feldman named city engineer for Independence replacing interim acting engineer Roy Bluejacket who will continue to supervise water and sewer departments Feldman holds a mechanical engineering degree from Kansas University and has 36 years with Sinclair and Colonial Pipe Line Companies
The tornado warning siren in Pittsburg malfunctioned after relocation. It sounded three times unexpectedly before the move and twice more after being moved to City Hall for monitoring. City Manager Marty Stricklan said the siren is clearly malfunctioning and not a prank. The design is tamper proof and the control system has been sent to the installer for inspection and repair.
Channel advance schedules show last minute substitutions and a jammed lineup across evenings. Programs cited include Partridge Family, Odd Couple, Sanford and Son, Mission Impossible, Brady Bunch, Masterpiece Theatre and Tonight Show with various time slots and channel numbers.
HAL BOYLE reflects on simple joys that make life worth living from clover in summer to a child’s knee healing. Vignettes cover cat puppies poems bank apologies and gestures of kindness. The piece ends with gratitude and a prayer for meaning.
Twelve Brownie Scouts learned about joining Brownie Girl Scout Troop 84 for next year at Alcott School. Mrs. Tony Goben and Mrs. Jack Brown were introduced by Mrs. Ted Pegg and will lead next year. The group, joined by ten girls and their mothers, sang and played games with refreshments served by Mrs. Otis Babcock.
FDA reports presumptive evidence that saccharin caused cancer like bladder tumors in three of 48 rats fed a 7.5 percent diet. The artificial sweetener remains on the market pending NAS recommendation.
Twenty five years ago nine junior college education graduates will teach in rural consolidated and town elementary schools next year. The group includes Jean Hale Jean Williamson Dick Tice Mary Crissman Doris Barsby Milo Heilman Vivian Eagle Virginia Russell and Christine Hadden. Newell Maag will coach high school football and basketball next season and was in Chanute today.
The Iola Chamber of Commerce announces the first Southeast Kansas job fair on Saturday June 9 at Allen County Community Junior College in the cafeteria from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event aims to attract workers to Iola with 77 full time openings across seven industries and firms planning to hire more than 9 employees in six months.
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