This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1972
Page
3
The Chanute Tribune comments on the reserve clause and a proposed path for players to become free agents by skipping a contract and earning 75 percent, then negotiating with teams under league sponsored restrictions. The piece notes NFL suits against the practice and mocks owners for claiming competition harms the game while praising the public role of sports as a business.
Minutiae in By Terry Murphy shows an Old Timer quipping about what a Buckeye is a hairless ant. The exchange recalls Chanute and its people with playful warning not to forget old friends as new ones are made.
Thomas Austin Preston known as Amarillo Slim claimed the world poker championship in Las Vegas after eight players each put up 10000 dollars. He defeated Pug Pearson of Nashville to take a 60000 dollar prize and then rested before returning for unofficial play. He cited a strong heart for the high-stakes game and noted his stable home life with a wife three children and a dog.
In New York AP reports a nationwide clash among 14 000 commercial banks 6 000 savings and loan associations 490 mutual savings banks and over 2000 credit unions over whether thrift institutions should have checking and other full service rights. The Hunt Commission headed by Reed Hunt proposed new powers phase out interest rate ceilings and a uniform tax formula with limits on consumer loans. The fight shifts to Congress as the President weighs recommendations amid ongoing market pressure.
AP Religion Writer examines how new faiths like Methodists Quakers Lutherans and Christians faced ridicule at origin. Names borne from derision gradually became accepted identity with Luther skeptics and early pagans shaping common usage and self description.
At the Chanute Memorial Building last night J T Klingensmith outlined six weeks of canteen activity showing purchases of soft drinks candy ice cream and potato chips totaling about 427 dollars and 21 cents. The school system begins a 15 000 to 20 000 remodeling project including floor reinforcements and basement room additions at Cross to handle an expected pupil surge.
On this date in history 1941 the British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with about 2300 lives lost after a 1700 mile chase following its sinking of the Hood. The record notes other events including 1905 Russian fleet destruction and 1936 Queen Mary maiden voyage.
Washington notes that despite guarding over 400 groups from the Women's Liberation Movement to the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance, a federal study of 81 assassination attempts shows attackers are typically loners. Arthur Bremer is not in the 180,000-strong list of potential assassins.
The Secret Service kept watch on groups at White House protests and on ethnic, student, and minority organizations including the Gay Liberation Front, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, and the National American Indian Youth Council. Files reveal eavesdropping, photos, and placards, with coverage extending to media workers and black owned bookstores like Drum and Spear.
Readable listing of daytime TV programs across multiple stations with a detailed line up including Today Show Sesame Street Jeopardy The Price is Right and Nightline style segments via KCMO KUHI KOAM KMBC and others for a Monday through Friday grid. The document logs morning through late afternoon blocks with various shows and durations.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.